Welcome to the

XII INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSIUM
ON KIWIFRUIT

MATERA | ITALY
SEPTEMBER 5-10, 2027

CONVENERS

Prof.

Bartolomeo Dichio

Prof.

Cristos Xiloyannis

Prof.

Alba Mininni

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Turkey

Arif Atak

Bursa Uludag University, Turkey

South Africa

Irene Barnes

University of Pretoria, South Africa

New Zealand

Brent Clothier

New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science, New Zealand

Italy

Gloria De Mori

University of Udine, Italy

Italy

Bartolomeo Dichio

University of Basilicata, Italy

Iran

Mahmood Ghasemnezhad

University of Guilan, Iran

Spain

Pedro Pablo Gallego

Vigo University, Spain

New Zealand

Kris Kramer-Walter

New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science, New Zealand.

Poland

Piotr Latocha

Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Poland

Greece

Athanassios Molassiotis

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

New Zealand

Simona Nardozza

New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science, New Zealand

Chile

Catalina Pinto Palacios

University of O’Higgins, Chile

New Zealand

Annette Richardson

New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science, New Zealand.

Italy

Damiano Remorini

University of Pisa, Italy

Italy

Marco Scortichini

Former researcher at CREA, Italy

Italy

Francesco Spinelli

University of Bologna, Italy

Romania

Florin Stănică

University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Bucharest, Romania

Japan

Ryutaro Tao

Kyoto University, Japan

Greece

Ioannis Tsirogiannis

University of Ioannina, Greece

Argentina

Alejandra Yommi

Mar del Plata University, Argentina

China

Qiong Zhang

Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Chile

Juan Pablo Zoffoli

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Bartolomeo Dichio

Chair of the CO, University of Basilicata

Cristos Xiloyannis

Former professor at the University of Basilicata

Alba Mininni

University of Basilicata

Guglielmo Costa

Former professor at the University of Bologna and the University of Udine

Raffaele Testolin

Former professor at the University of Udine

Ugo Palara

SOI Kiwifruit Working group

Brunella Morandi

University of Bologna

Gregorio Gullo

University of Reggio Calabria

Pasquale Losciale

University of Bari

Luca Nari

Agrion Foundation

Carmelo Mennone

Lucanian Agency for Development and Innovation in Agriculture (ALSIA)

Christian Nicodemo

Frutthera Growers

Giampaolo Dal Pane

Dorì international

Cristina Fabbroni

Jingold

Mirco Stefanati

Kikokà Europe

Graziana Zanini

Timac Agro Italia

Raffaele Benedetti

Unitec

Marco Mastroleo

Zespri Fresh Produce Italy

Marilia Moccia

Serroplast

Symposium secretariat

Yulia Kiryakova

Maria Calabritto