Nominees unveiled of GreenTech Innovation & Concept Awards 2024

Added on 13 May 2024

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Nominees unveiled of GreenTech Innovation & Concept Awards 2024

GreenTech Amsterdam is pleased to announce that 6 from the 47 submissions have been nominated, in 2 categories - ‘Innovation’ and ‘Concept’ - for the GreenTech Innovation & Concept Awards 2024.According to the jury, the rapid adoption of data science and AI in the market is striking, resulting in a significant increase in the number of submissions and focus on reducing energy, water, and nutrient usage. The winner per category will be announced during the opening of the show on the first day. GreenTech Amsterdam will take place from 11 – 13 June at RAI Amsterdam.

Egon Janssen (chairman jury) explains why the jury selected the nominations below: “Due to climate change it becomes more important to secure the fresh food production at the lowest environmental footprint possible. The jury is excited to see the quick uptake of Data Science and AI in the market, resulting in a huge amount of innovations reducing energy, water and nutrient use in greenhouses.”

Nominations per category

Category Innovation

Blue Radix - Integrated Autonomous Climate & Irrigation Control
ISO Horti Innovators - ISO High Speed Grafter
Van Iperen - GreenSwitch® Potassium Sulphate

Category Concept

Koppert - Koppert’s Digital Assistant
Maan Biobased Products and Klasmann-Deilmann – Nygaia
Voltiris - Voltiris solar modules

Check out the 6 nominees on the website.

GreenTech is proud that these will be showcased at the Innovation Zone and at the show floor including the longlist of the 51 novelties of which 47 were submitted for the awards. You can find them here.

Jury
The jury of the GreenTech Innovation & Concept Awards 2024 consists of:

Chairman: Egon Janssen, TNO (Netherlands)
Silke Hemming, Wageningen University Research (Germany)
Perry van Adrichem, HortiTech B.V. (Netherlands)
Peter Zwinkels, Technokas (Netherlands)
Roel Vanderbruggen, Proefcentrum Hoogstraten (Belgium)
Bart van Meurs, Division Q (Netherlands)
Jolanda Heistek, Royal FloraHolland (Netherlands)
Tijl Hoefnagels, Rubio (Netherlands)

The jury’s advisory committee consists of:

Brian Sparks, Greenhouse Grower (USA)
Leonardo Capitanio, Vivai Capitanio (Italy)
Enrico Verhoef, Total Greenhouse Service (Mexico)
Heinrich Dressler, Haymarket (Germany)

More information at: https://www.greentech.nl/amsterdam/.

Registration policy Visitors
GreenTech is offering a 3-day entrance ticket €95 excl. VAT per person, up to and including 7 June. Exhibitors can invite their clients free of charge until 7 June. After 7 June until 13 June the tickets will be €120. For an additional fee, upgrades such as a Premium, Overnight stay and Fun package, are offered. More information and registration at https://www.greentech.nl/amsterdam/tickets.

GreenTech Amsterdam
GreenTech Amsterdam will be held from Tuesday 11 - Thursday 13 June 2024. The exhibition is a global meeting place for all horticultural technology professionals with a focus on the early stages of the horticultural chain and the current issues growers face. GreenTech is supported by AVAG, the industry association for the greenhouse technology sector in the Netherlands.

More information can be found via the GreenTech website or follow GreenTech on Facebook, LinkedIn, X, YouTube and Instagram.

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