Academic Advisory Sessions - Territorio Aguacate 2025

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Academic Advisory Sessions

A space designed for those seeking more technical, strategic, and personalized discussions focused on the Hass avocado industry.

5

November 2026

Medellín

Colombia

On the second day of Territorio Aguacate, Full Access attendees will be able to participate in small-format sessions designed to ask questions, resolve specific doubts, exchange experiences, and speak directly with specialists from different areas of the production chain.

Production, nutrition, health, post-harvest, export, sustainability, markets, and more will be covered in sessions designed to generate more practical and applicable learning.

Agenda:

Table #1

Climate change

Efficient production

10:00

-

10:40

Productivity projections

Efficient production

11:00

-

11:40

Iñaki Hormaza

Crop physiological behavior this year and the low harvests

Efficient production

14:00

-

14:40

Gilma Orrego

- Hass Avocado Technical Advisor

Mycorrhizae: Invisible Allies for a More Productive and Resilient Avocado

Efficient production

15:00

-

15:40

Laura Osorno

Table #2

Cadmio

Quality and safety

10:00

-

10:40

Catalina Arroyave Quiceno

- Ph.D., GRINBIO Research Group – Universidad de Medellín / Professor, Environmental Engineering Program

Waste management

Quality and safety

11:00

-

11:40

Phosphonic acid waste

Quality and safety

14:00

-

14:40

Francisco Lorza

- Westfalia Fruit Colombia / Technical Director of Farms

Sustainability: Wastewater treatment with ozone

Quality and safety

15:00

-

15:40

Jorge Vélez

- Hidroasesores

Table #3

Ripening

Strategic Postharvest

10:00

-

10:40

Luz Ines Herrera/Cristian Sanabria

Post-harvest damage

Strategic Post-Harvest

11:00

-

11:40

Daniel Gómez

Post-harvest protection strategies

Strategic Post-Harvest

14:00

-

14:40

Dry Matter/Harvest by Passes

Strategic Postharvest

15:00

-

15:40

Juan Rafael Giraldo

Table #4

DIAN /OEA

Logistics and Supply Chain

10:00

-

10:40

Disruptive alternatives for mobilization

Logistics and supply chain

11:00

-

11:40

Tertiary roads

Logistics and supply chain

14:00

-

14:40

Export traffic lights and export logistics in Peru

Logistics and supply chain

16:00

-

16:40

Table #5

Understanding the international market: Mintel

Markets and Commercialization

10:00

-

10:40

Puerto Antioquia

Markets and Commercialization

11:00

-

11:40

Experiences from other countries in international markets

Markets and marketing

14:00

-

14:40

Market analysis

Markets and marketing

15:00

-

15:40

ONE AVOCADO, MANY MARKETS: Audits and certifications to win International markets

Markets and Commercialization

16:00

-

16:40

Alejandro Franco

Table #6

Drones (Definition of Spraying Parameters for Drones)

New Technologies

10:00

-

10:40

Diana Díaz

- Wakate / Technical Manager

Avoscam Technology

New Technologies

11:00

-

11:40

Cristian Díaz

- EAFIT

Sorting machines

New technologies

14:00

-

14:40

Supercritical CO2 as a refrigerant for refrigeration systems

New technologies

15:00

-

15:40

Maria José Gallego

- Avopack

Cooling systems

New technologies

16:00

-

16:40

Friopacking

Table #7

Chelation reactions with avocado products

Transformed

10:00

-

10:40

Clean labeling

Transformed

11:00

-

11:40

Use of avocado in unconventional derivatives

Transformed

14:00

-

14:40

Post-consumer disposal of containers and packaging

Transformed

15:00

-

15:40

Ana Maria Bueno

- Avopak / Environmental Coordinator

Relationship of export fruit to oil yield

Transformed

16:00

-

16:40

Mauricio Guapucha

Table #8

Retailers' vision

Local development and market

10:00

-

10:40

Positioning of domestic consumption

Local development and market

11:00

-

11:40

Promotion of consumption

Local development and market

14:00

-

14:40

Promotion of domestic consumption in the United States

Local development and market

15:00

-

15:40

Manuel Michel

- Colombia Avocado Board / Executive Director

Table #9

Rootstocks

Genetics and plant material

14:00

-

14:40

Wilmar Pérez

- Westfalia / Technical Director (Growers)

Greenmotion/ Euro semillas

Genetics and Plant Material

15:00

-

15:40

Characterization of Rootstocks Resistant to Water Extremes under Climate Change Scenarios

Genetics and Plant Material

15:00

-

15:40

Sara Bedoya

- Montana / Technical Director

Table #1

Climate change

Efficient production

10:00

-

10:40

Productivity projections

Efficient production

11:00

-

11:40

Iñaki Hormaza

Crop physiological behavior this year and the low harvests

Efficient production

14:00

-

14:40

Gilma Orrego

- Hass Avocado Technical Advisor

Mycorrhizae: Invisible Allies for a More Productive and Resilient Avocado

Efficient production

15:00

-

15:40

Laura Osorno

Table #3

Ripening

Strategic Postharvest

10:00

-

10:40

Luz Ines Herrera/Cristian Sanabria

Post-harvest damage

Strategic Post-Harvest

11:00

-

11:40

Daniel Gómez

Post-harvest protection strategies

Strategic Post-Harvest

14:00

-

14:40

Dry Matter/Harvest by Passes

Strategic Postharvest

15:00

-

15:40

Juan Rafael Giraldo

Table #5

Understanding the international market: Mintel

Markets and Commercialization

10:00

-

10:40

Puerto Antioquia

Markets and Commercialization

11:00

-

11:40

Experiences from other countries in international markets

Markets and marketing

14:00

-

14:40

Market analysis

Markets and marketing

15:00

-

15:40

ONE AVOCADO, MANY MARKETS: Audits and certifications to win International markets

Markets and Commercialization

16:00

-

16:40

Alejandro Franco

Table #7

Chelation reactions with avocado products

Transformed

10:00

-

10:40

Clean labeling

Transformed

11:00

-

11:40

Use of avocado in unconventional derivatives

Transformed

14:00

-

14:40

Post-consumer disposal of containers and packaging

Transformed

15:00

-

15:40

Ana Maria Bueno

- Avopak / Environmental Coordinator

Relationship of export fruit to oil yield

Transformed

16:00

-

16:40

Mauricio Guapucha

Table #9

Rootstocks

Genetics and plant material

14:00

-

14:40

Wilmar Pérez

- Westfalia / Technical Director (Growers)

Greenmotion/ Euro semillas

Genetics and Plant Material

15:00

-

15:40

Characterization of Rootstocks Resistant to Water Extremes under Climate Change Scenarios

Genetics and Plant Material

15:00

-

15:40

Sara Bedoya

- Montana / Technical Director

Table #2

Cadmio

Quality and safety

10:00

-

10:40

Catalina Arroyave Quiceno

- Ph.D., GRINBIO Research Group – Universidad de Medellín / Professor, Environmental Engineering Program

Waste management

Quality and safety

11:00

-

11:40

Phosphonic acid waste

Quality and safety

14:00

-

14:40

Francisco Lorza

- Westfalia Fruit Colombia / Technical Director of Farms

Sustainability: Wastewater treatment with ozone

Quality and safety

15:00

-

15:40

Jorge Vélez

- Hidroasesores

Table #4

DIAN /OEA

Logistics and Supply Chain

10:00

-

10:40

Disruptive alternatives for mobilization

Logistics and supply chain

11:00

-

11:40

Tertiary roads

Logistics and supply chain

14:00

-

14:40

Export traffic lights and export logistics in Peru

Logistics and supply chain

16:00

-

16:40

Table #6

Drones (Definition of Spraying Parameters for Drones)

New Technologies

10:00

-

10:40

Diana Díaz

- Wakate / Technical Manager

Avoscam Technology

New Technologies

11:00

-

11:40

Cristian Díaz

- EAFIT

Sorting machines

New technologies

14:00

-

14:40

Supercritical CO2 as a refrigerant for refrigeration systems

New technologies

15:00

-

15:40

Maria José Gallego

- Avopack

Cooling systems

New technologies

16:00

-

16:40

Friopacking

Table #8

Retailers' vision

Local development and market

10:00

-

10:40

Positioning of domestic consumption

Local development and market

11:00

-

11:40

Promotion of consumption

Local development and market

14:00

-

14:40

Promotion of domestic consumption in the United States

Local development and market

15:00

-

15:40

Manuel Michel

- Colombia Avocado Board / Executive Director

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