NEW!

The Symposium will take place at MACFRUT fair in Rimini Expo Centre

May 7th – 8th 2025

via Emilia, 155 Rimini, Italy

The presentation of high-quality research enables producers to meet consumer demands while ensuring a safe, affordable, and sustainable product. Over the years, the fruit and vegetable sector has witnessed significant advancements in both cultivation and transformation processes. Concepts such as digitalization and sustainability have prompted a re-evaluation of production methods, emphasizing environmental considerations and consumer well-being.

Frutic2025 comes to Rimini, Italy, as part of the prestigious Macfrut exhibition, providing an exceptional platform for a research network on emerging technologies and sustainable practices in the fresh produce industry. The conference will encompass a wide range of topics, focusing on technological advancements in production, harvest, postharvest, distribution, and quality control of fruit, nuts, and vegetables. By bringing together scientists, academics, and industry professionals, Frutic2025 aims to foster collaboration, disseminate knowledge, share practical experiences, and develop roadmaps to achieve common goals.

Against this backdrop, the conference aims to explore the latest technological developments in cultivation and postharvest processes. Precision farming continues to provide practical solutions for efficient orchard management. Automation and sensor technologies employed in transformation processes enhance product quality control, expand the range of offerings (including fresh-cut fruits and vegetables), reduce waste, and minimize costs.

Join us at Frutic2025 in Rimini, Italy, where industry leaders, researchers, and practitioners will converge to shape the future of the fresh produce industry. Together, we will advance technologies, embrace sustainability, and drive innovation, aiming at a prosperous and resilient industry for years to come.

Topics

  • Digital System
  • Emerging sensor
  • Energy saving evaluation
  • Machinery and robots
  • Modeling
  • New logistic solution
  • New products
  • Packaging
  • Processing
  • Prototyping
  • Storage
  • Tecnology
  • Treatment

Program and Abstracts

PROGRAM and ABSTRACTS

Frutic 2025 Scientific Award

We are pleased to announce the Scientist Award. All participants of ORAL or FLASH TALK presentation will be evaluated by the audience of the FRUTIC 2025 International Symposium.

Each participating scientist will be able to vote once for ORAL and once for FLASH TALK presentation. It will then be possible to establish a ranking.

This award will provide financial support to the winners to publish their research in an Open Access IF Journal, the Journal of Agricultural Engineering (https://www.agroengineering.org/index.php/jae).

There will be three winners for the ORAL presentation and three winners for the FLASH TALK presentation. In case of withdrawal, the possibility will be given following the ranking.

The counting of the votes cast during the Symposium and the announcement of the winners for both ORAL and FLASH TALK presentations will be made during the Closing Ceremony on 8 May 2025.

Registration Fee

Early birdLater than 31th March
Regular€ 250€ 350
EurAgEng members€ 220€ 320
PhD Student and Postdoctoral fellows€ 150€ 250
Social Dinner€ 45€ 45

Participants from developing countries are eligible for a 50% discount on the conference registration fee. This initiative aims to encourage wider global participation and promote knowledge sharing across different regions. If you are interested in this opportunity please contact the organizing committee: formazione@poloaq.it

Convenors

Prof. Riccardo Guidetti – Università degli Studi di Milano

riccardo.guidetti@unimi.it

Prof. Giancarlo Colelli – Università degli Studi di Foggia

giancarlo.colelli@unifg.it

Scientific Committee

Alessio TugnoloUniversità degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Amauri RosenthalEmbrapa Food Agroindustry, Brazil
Aris PurwantoBogor Agricultural University, Indonesia
Atsushi HashimotoMie University Graduate School & Faculty of Bioresources, Japan
Dazhou ZhuBeijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, China
Dharini SivakumarTshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Dong SunKyungnam University, Republic of Korea
Francisco Artes-HernandezUniversidad de Cartagena, Spain
Gavin RossPlant & Food Research, New Zealand
Giancarlo ColelliUniversity of Foggia, Italy
Mustafa ErkanAkdeniz Üniversitesi, Turkey
Leon TerryUniversity of Cranfield, UK
José BlascoIVIA, Spain
Lorenzo LeonINIA, Chile
Maarten HertogK.U. Leuven, Belgium
Manuela Zude-SasseATB Potsdam, Germany
Margarita Ruiz-AltisentUniversidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
Maria Isabell GillCEBAS-CSIC, Spain
Maria Luisa AmodioUniversità degli Studi di Foggia, Italy
Martin GeyerATB Potsdam, Germany
Merete EdelenbosAarhus University, Denmark
Norhashila Binti HashimUniversiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Paolo GayUniversità di Torino, Italy
Pramod MahajanATB Potsdam, Germany
Reza EhsaniUniversity of California, Merced, USA
Riccardo GuidettiUniversità degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Roberto BeghiUniversità degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Stanley BestINIA, Chile
Stavros VougioukasUniversity of California, Davis, USA
Takaharu KameokaMie University Graduate School & Faculty of Bioresources, Japan
Umezuruike Linus OparaAfrica Institute of Postharvest Technology, South Africa
Valentina GiovenzanaUniversità degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Veronique Bellon-MaurelINRAE, France
Victor RodovARO Volcani Center, Israel
Wiraya KrongyutUbon Ratchathani Rajabhat University, Thailand
Ze’ev SchmilovitchARO Volcani Center, Israel

Organizing Committee

Beghi Roberto
Giovenzana Valentina
Cusmai Arianna
Narote Abhiskìhek
Tugnolo Alessio