Speakers
Shaping the future of horticulture: Expert speaker line up for FutureGrow Expo
The HTA has announced the first confirmed speakers in an exciting line up for FutureGrow Expo - Nursery of the Future. The event will bring together industry leaders and innovators to explore the latest advances in horticultural technology, sustainability, and production systems. Sessions will cover key topics such as automation adoption, precision crop management, developments in crop protection, and achieving business resilience, all aimed at equipping growers and businesses with the tools and insights needed to thrive in a rapidly evolving sector.
Andrey Ivanov
Andrey Ivanov is a Director at Wilkin & Sons Limited, based in Tiptree, Essex, where he leads operations and contributes to the business’s long-term strategic development. As a grower, he will focus his talk on improving business resilience through the commercial adoption and application of technology, and on connecting innovation to return on investment and operational resilience.
Andrey will be presenting on ‘Improving business resilience through innovation adoption’.
Dr Minshad Ansari
Dr Minshad Ansari, the CEO and Founder of Bionema Group, is recognised as one of the leading voices in global biological crop protection. His talk will focus on biological control and plant health in ornamentals, why product formulation and delivery determine performance, cost and consistency and what the industry needs to do next to accelerate adoption.
Minshad will be presenting on ‘The future of crop protection in ornamentals: biological control, plant health, and smarter delivery’.
Professor Lorenzo Cotrozzi
Prof. Lorenzo Cotrozzi is an Associate Professor of Plant Pathology at the University of Pisa, whose expertise combines AI, plant science, hyperspectral sensing and digital agriculture. His talk will focus on AI and the digital transformation in horticulture to create resilient nurseries of the future, early detection of plant stress, and precision crop management.
Lorenzo will be presenting on ‘AI and digital technologies for resilient nurseries of the future: automated irrigation, precision nutrition, and advanced stress control’.
