CONFERENCE COMMITTEES


Organising Committee 

Agriculture Victoria

  • Mark O’Connell (Convenor)
  • Zelmari Coetzee
  • Glenn Hale
  • Carlos Lora
  • Mark Hincksman
  • Bruce Gill
  • Kieran Murphy
  • Alessio Scalisi
  • Sarah Hetherington
  • Eliza Sears
  • Andy Clark



Australian Society of Horticultural Science

  • Sophie Parks

Regional Development Victoria

  • Tim A Russell
  • Anna K Feldtmann

Scientific Committee 




Mark O’Connell
Agriculture Victoria

Alessio Scalisi
Agriculture Victoria

Ian Goodwin
Agriculture Victoria

Zelmari Coetzee
Agriculture Victoria

Pablo Zarco-Tejada
University of Melbourne

Dario Stefanelli
Department of Environment
and Primary Industries

Mark Krstic
Australian Wine Research Institute

Vinay Pagay
The University of Adelaide


Antonino Pisciotta
University of Palermo 

Luca Corelli Grappadelli
University of Bologna

Luigi Manfrini
University of Bologna

Riccardo Lo Bianco
University of Palermo

Bruno Mezzetti
Marche Polytechnic University

Brunella Morandi
University of Bologna 

Gianluca Allegro
University of Bologna


Federica Gaiotti 
Research Centre of
Viticulture and Oenology





Evelyne Costes
French National Institute for Agriculture,
Food, and Environment (INRAE) 

James Taylor
University of Montpellier


Jill Stanley
Plant and Food Research

Ken Breen
Plant and Food Research


Wiehann Steyn
Hortgro Science

Carlos Poblete-Echeverria
Stellenbosch University



Diego Intrigliolo 
Council for Scientific Research


Alan Lakso
Cornell University

Giulia Marino
University of California

Luca Brillante
California State University

Matthew Whiting
Washington State University

Lee Kalcsits
Washington State University

Manuela Zude-Sasse
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering
and Bioeconomy (ATB)


Carlos Lopes
University of Lisbon