CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Thursday, 9 June 2005 17.00 18.00 Registrations 18.00 20.00 Opening Session 18.00 18.30 Opening and Welcome Addresses 18.30 19.00 Keynote Speech Functional Foods Maria Babatzimopoulou, Nutrition and Dietetics Department, Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki 19.00 20.00 Award Presentations 20.00 21.00 Welcome Cocktail at the Petros M. Nomikos Conference Center 1
Friday, 10 June 2005 09.30 11.00 SESSION 1 Chair Prof. Christos Olympios 09.30 10.00 Keynote Speech The Manufacture of the Santorini Tomato from the Beginning of the 20th Century until Today Markos Kafouros, Association Cooperatives of Theraic Products - SANTO 10.00 10.30 Keynote Speech Cherry Τomato Cultivation in Italy: Present Status and Perspectives Cherubino Leonardi, University of Catania, Italy 10.30 11.00 Keynote Speech The Current Status of the Cherry Tomato Cultivation in Israel, Especially in the Negev Area 11.00 11.30 Coffee Break 11. 30 13.30 SESSION 2 Rami Golan, Arava R&D, Israel Chair Prof. Athanasios Economou Keynote Speech Cherry Tomato Fruit Cracking: Study of the Implied Factors and Possible Solutions to Applying in Pre- and Post-harvest Antonio Javier Matas Arroyo, Estación Experimental La Mayora, CSIC, Spain 2
12.00 12.30 Keynote Speech Maximization of Marketable Production of Cherry Tomato with Combined Application of Pruning Systems and Optimum Plant Population Christos Olympios, Vegetable Production Laboratory, Agricultural University of Athens 12.30 12.50 Fruit Composition and Metabolism of Santorini, Chiou, Limnou and Aisla Craig Tomatoes Ifigeneia Mellidou, School of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 12.50 13.10 Breeding Manipulations for Protecting and Exploiting Santorini Small- Sized Tomatoes Ekaterini Traka-Mavrona, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Agricultural Research Center of Macedonia-Thrace 13.10 13.30 Registration of Tomato Varieties in National and Community Catalog Plant Variety Rights 13.30 14.30 Lunch Break 14.30 15.50 SESSION 3 Ecaterini Chondrogianni, Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development and Food, Variety Research Institute of Cultivated Plants Chair Dr. Ekaterini Traka-Mavrona 14.30 14.50 Tomato Production in Perlite and Pumice as Affected by the Bag Size and the Presence of Zeolite Costas Economakis, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Institute of Subtropical Plants and Olive Tree of Chania 3
14.50 15.10 Response of Greenhouse Tomato to Salt Stress and Potassium Supplement Kostas Chartzoulakis, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Institute of Subtropical Plants and Olive Τree of Chania 15.10 15.30 Non-thermal Technologies Applied to Santorini Cherry Tomatoes: High Pressure and Osmodehydrofreezing George Katsaros, Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology National Technical University of Athens, School of Chemical Engineering 15.30 15.50 Tomato Viruses in Cherry Tomato Populations of Thira Apostolos Avgelis, Agricultural Research Station of Ierapetra & Plant Virus Lab., Heraklion, National Agricultural Research Foundation 16.00 17.00 Visit at the Exhibition of the Reproductions of the Wall Paintings of Acrotiri at the Petros M. Nomikos Conference Center 19.30 20.30 Visit of the Yiannis Chryssos Folklore Museum, Vanishing Santorini, at Pyrgos village 21.00 23.00 Gastronomical Competitions based on Santorini cherry tomato and Dinner at the old tomato paste factory of D. Nomikos at Vlyhada 4
Saturday, 11 June 2005 09.30 11.30 SESSION 4 Πρόεδρος As. Prof. Anastasios Siomos 09.30 10.00 Keynote Speech Alternative Crops for Supplementary Income in the Islands of Cyclades Athanasios Economou, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 10.00 10.30 Keynote Speech Development Opportunities for the Cultivation of the Santorini Cherry Tomato within the Regional Operational Programme Sectors Panayiotis Pagonis, Region of South Aegean Islands 10.30 10.50 The Cultivation of Cherry Tomato in Santorini in Relation with the European Community Agricultural Policy, the Community Programs and the Scientific and Technological Developments in the Agricultural Field Vasilis Varelas, Sub Prefecture of Thera 10.50 11.10 Processed Cherry Tomato - Market, Products and Perspectives Maria Nomikos, D. Nomikos S.A. 11.10 11.30 Lycopene: The Precious Component of Tomatoes 11.30 12.00 Coffee Break Paraskevas Tokouzmpalides, Association of Friends of Olive Oil 12.00 13.00 Round Table Discussion: Traditional Products, Local Gastronomy and Tourism George Hatziyiannakis, Selene Restaurant, Fira - Coordinator Aggeliki Georgantopoulou, Community of Oia Giannis Zaggelidis, 1800 Restaurant, Oia Denny Kallivoka, TimeOut Athens Magazine Christos Markozannes, Skala Restaurant, Oia 5
13.00 17.00 Conference Excursion Guided visit of the Archeological Site of Akrotiri. Bathe at the black sanded beach of Perivolos and lunch. Posters Tomato Viruses in Cherry Tomato Populations of Thira Apostolos Avgelis, Agricultural Research Station of Ierapetra & Plant Virus Lab., Heraklion, National Agricultural Research Foundation Cherry Tomato Fruit Cracking: Ιmplications of Relative Humidity and Harvest Handling Gloria López-Casado, University of Malaga, Spain Effect of Substrate of Perlite and Pumice at Various Particle Size on Tomato Culture Costas Economakis, National Agricultural Research Foundation, Institute of Subtropical Plants and Olive Tree of Chania 6