The Plant International Meeting (PIM) is organized every two years by VEGEPOLYS, the world reference cluster of specialized plants (horticulture, fruit and vegetable farming, seeds, tree farming, winegrowing, medicinal plants, mushrooms, cider and tobacco). Dedicated to business leaders, this international meeting will be held next January 12 and 13 at the Congress Center in Angers, France. The theme of this third edition will be “Success Stories,” illustrated with true accounts of business leaders as well as innovation and technological experts. Complementary to the SIVAL trade show and the Fruits and Vegetables Event that also take place at the same time in Angers, PIM is especially intended for all decision-makers in the sector.
Two days to move forward together
This is a one-of-a-kind event to help professionals, researchers and institutional players from all over the world to exchange, share and combine their experience regarding innovative, environmentally friendly and healthy plants. The Plant International Meeting will help participants develop collaborative projects, establish commercial, industrial or science partnerships or even find new foreign markets, particularly for varietal innovation, plant protection, urban landscaping, plant properties development or business intelligence.
A two-step program
1. Conferences on companies' success stories: 10 leading business leaders or field of plants experts will tell their story, revealing the key factors of their success and how they included environmental and health aspects. Each account will be followed by a debate with the audience.
2. Business meetings
There will be a dedicated area where PIM participants will have the opportunity to get together, find out more about VEGEPOLYS and make new contacts with its network (cluster services and businesses within the sector) thanks to the identification of resources, services and skills linked to innovation and technological development.
Business meetings will take place on Tuesday, January 12 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 4 to 5 p.m. and on Wednesday, January 13 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. The participants will have access to four different areas. In the Research & Services area, they will be able to meet with experts and find out about the cluster’s services concerning varietal innovation, plant protection, the urban landscape, the development of plant properties, economic intelligence, international issues, etc. In the Business & Know-How area, they will be given the opportunity to establish partnerships or carry out business, to identify the know-how required to facilitate active cooperation with private laboratories, technical centers, ingredient or technology suppliers, service providers, etc. There will also be a Subsidiaries area, where all the VEGEPOLYS subsidiaries and their resources will be introduced. And finally in the Partners area, sponsors and partners will be able to make presentations
Plant International Meeting – Practical information:
PIM 2010 registration rates:
Register now online at www.pim2010.eu. Subject to 350 available admissions (5% discount from 2 people per organization)
VEGEPOLYS Pass:
Two days (excluding gala) per person +1 admission to SIVAL and Fruit & Veg Event
VEGEPOLYS member: €150 exc. tax ($225)
Non-member: €200 exc. tax ($300)
Gala on the evening of Tuesday, January 12:
VEGEPOLYS member: €50 exc. tax ($75)
Non-member: €70 exc. tax ($105)
About VEGEPOLYS:
Labeled a competitive cluster with a worldwide reach in July 2005, and confirmed as such in 2008, VEGEPOLYS represents a unique territorial aggregation in Europe through its production capacity and expertise, and through the presence of all channels in the field of specialized plants and of a high-level learning and research cluster. Throughout this territory, businesses grow, create jobs, deploy learning and research programs and give birth to new production technologies. VEGEPOLYS development is founded on a multi-centennial production tradition in the Loire Country. The region’s soil and weather conditions, its energy, the know-how of its businesses as well as the support from the government and public authorities over several decades have enabled it to become a leader in the field of specialized plants. The networking of businesses, research and learning - the cluster’s founding principle - fosters exchanges, marshals the energies and combines the means in order to innovate faster and better.
8 channels: Ornamental horticulture, fruit and vegetable farming, seeds, tree farming, winegrowing, medicinal plants, mushrooms, cider and tobacco.
4 areas of action:
- Food and nutrition: varietal research in fruit and vegetables, product quality.
- Health and wellness: the discovery of vegetal molecules in depolluting plants, advanced research on plants with strong antioxidant properties, medicinal plants, applied research in dietary supplements and cosmetics.
- Landscape, environment and life setting: urban landscape, new ornamental designs.
- Sustainable development:
VEGEPOLYS in numbers:
- 250 members
- 420 researchers and university researchers
- 25,000 jobs
- 4,000 businesses
- 25 education programs
- 2,500 students
- 66 certified projects
- €32 million in cooperative project funding
A high-resolution logo is available on request.
For more information, please contact:
Press Contact
VinciCom
Christelle Roignant / Régis Gasnier
Tel.: +33 (0)2 97 29 07 74
Cell: +33 (0)6 83 81 61 61
E-mail: presse@vincicom.com
Web: www.pim2010.eu
Vegepolys
Communication Manager
Emmanuelle Rousseau
Tel.: +33 2 41 72 17 37
Cell: +33 (0)6 33 75 38 41
E-mail: international@
Web: www.vegepolys.eu
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