CIOPORA Groups & Experts
CIOPORA Groups & Experts
CIOPORA Crops Sections and Working Groups conduct important work in crops and topics within the scope of CIOPORA's activities. All CIOPORA members are eligible and are encouraged to join such groups and contribute to their work.
CIOPORA also appoints members to take lead on the association's crop and topic-specific work. CIOPORA Head Technical Experts, Crop Section & Working Group Chairs as well as Crop Leaders serve as liaisons to CIOPORA members as well as its office in their respective crops/topics and represent CIOPORA in relevant intergovernmental and governmental meetings.
CIOPORA Crop Section & Working Groups
CIOPORA Crop Sections are created by CIOPORA members to address issues and facilitate experience exchange in particular crops. All CIOPORA members active in respective crops are eligible for Crop Sections membership. CIOPORA Crop Sections are permanent groups that develop their own agenda. Their meetings take place several times a year in locations frequented by their members, such as international trade fairs, including FruitLogistica Berlin & IFTF Vijfhuizen. For CIOPORA lawyer members, we offer participation in the Lawyer Panel. To join a Crop Section or the Lawyer Panel, please contact the respective group chair copying the CIOPORA office.
CIOPORA Working Groups are created by CIOPORA to address specific issues in plant IP. These groups are in charge of specific projects and develop positions, guidances, and roadmaps. Once formed, the Working Groups mostly maintain a permanent member contingent. The majority of CIOPORA Working Groups are temporary and are dissolved upon successful project completion. If you require more information on CIOPORA Working Groups, please contact the CIOPORA office.
Crop Section Chair | Fruit | Erin Wallich | Summerland Varieties | The Netherlands | |
Crop Section Chair | Cut Flowers | Ingrid Slangen | Selecta One | Germany | |
Crop Section Chair | IRBA/Cut rose | Bruno Etavard | Meilland | France | |
Crop Section Vice-Chair | Fruit | Emma Brown | Plant & Food Research | New Zealand | |
Panel Chair | Lawyer Panel | Philippe de Jong | Altius | The Netherlands | |
Working Group Chair | Enforcement | Alexandra Sapir | Grapa Varieties Ltd. | Israel | |
Working Group Chair | Biotechnology | Dr Jan de Riek | ILVO Plant | Belgium |
CIOPORA Head Technical Experts
CIOPORA Head Technical Experts (HTEs) for Fruits and Ornamental support CIOPORA and its Secretary General in all technical matters concerning their respective crops, provide input to Crop Section work, monitor CIOPORA's crop-specific projects and represent CIOPORA in external technical meetings. To get in touch with the CIOPORA HTEs, please contact the CIOPORA office.
Head Technical Expert | Fruit | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
Head Technical Expert | Ornamentals | Silvia Sartorelli | Cultivar Protection Ltda | Brazil | |
Head Technical Expert (Vice) | Ornamentals | Herman Scholten | RAI | The Netherlands |
CIOPORA Crop Leaders
CIOPORA members are active in a great variety of crops. In order to address issues in specific crops, the CIOPORA Board appointed Crop Leaders.
To get in touch with the Crop Leaders, please contact the CIOPORA office.
Crop Leader | Apple | Peter Allderman | AIGN/Topfruit | South Africa | |
Crop Leader | Blueberry | TBA | TBA | ||
Crop Leader | Cherry | Debbie Hemingway | International Fruit Genetics | USA | |
Crop Leader | Citrus & Pistachio | José Pellicer | Eurogenetic | Spain | |
Crop Leader | Kiwi | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
Crop Leader | Pear | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
Crop Leader | Stone fruit (exl. cherry) | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
Crop Leader | Strawberry | Jan Wouter van Eck | Fresh Forward B.V. | The Netherlands | |
Crop Leader | Table grapes | Garth Swinburn | Sun World International | Australia |