1. Participants accept, consent and authorize the organizers for free photo and/or record (voice and image) shooting throughout the event. Furthermore participants agree at personally appearing into this material for promotional and/or scientific reasons for unlimited amount of time.
2. For the production of the printing materials for the meetings scheduled in Noord-Brabant, participants should provide company’s logo and corporate profile (100-words) by July 15, 2019.

Noord-Brabant is a province in the south of the Netherlands with borders to the provinces of South Holland and Gelderland to the north, Limburg to the east, Zeeland to the west and Belgium to the south. The Duchy of Brabant was a state of the Holy Roman Empire established in 1183. In 1815, Belgium and the Netherlands were united in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the province of Noord Brabant was established. In the last century it has become one of the major economical important, metropolitan regions of the Netherlands, contributing to 20%+ of the industrial production of the country.

With a population density of 501/km², North-Brabant is above average urbanized. Like most of the Netherlands, North Brabant is mostly flat but nearly every part of it is above sea level. Employment is found in the agricultural, industrial and service sectors, with agricultural and food processing companies such as Agrifirm, Bavaria, FrieslandCampina, Mars Incorporated, Nutreco, Royal Canin all having large production sites or their headquarters located in the province. The main agricultural products are corn, wheat and sugar beet, while cows and pigs are held as livestock. Other important industries are automobile production (e.g. General Motors in Breda and Tesla in Tilburg), electronics, textile and shoes.

Noord-Brabant’s cuisine is renowned for its many rich pastries, soups, stews, and vegetable dishes and is often called “Burgundian”. It is the only Dutch culinary region which developed an haute cuisine, as it is influenced by both German and French cuisine and it forms the base of most traditional Dutch restaurants, including typical main courses which are premium cuts of meat (pork or beef), accompanied by various sauces and potatoes which have been double fried in the traditional Dutch (or Belgian) manner. The traditional alcoholic beverage of the region is beer. There are many local brands, ranging from Trappist to Kriek. Beer, like wine in French cuisine, is also used in cooking, often in stews.

Precision Farming (potatoes), Organics (fruits), Greenhouses (herbs, tomatoes), Livestock farming (dairy, piglets/sows), Nursery (trees, shrubs), Hi-Technology, Cooperatives (research, finance, industry)

• Meet and greet at the airport. Check-in and flight to Amsterdam on Aegean Airlines
• Arrival to Schiphol airport and transfer to Eindhoven
• Check-in at Pullman Cocagne hotel. Dinner, overnight

• Visit to Agrifoodplaza at ‘s-Hertogenbosch, South Holland Farmers Organization (ZLTO) headquarters and basis of EntrepreneurLift+, AgriFood Health Innovation Center, AgriFood Capital and Grow Campus.
• Meetings, presentations, discussion with representatives of the following organizations:
  – Noord Brabant Regional Government
  – ZLTO (Southern Holland Agricultural & Horticultural Organization)
  – Royal FrieslandCampina
  – Rabobank
  – HAS University of Applied Sciences
  – LIB Brabant
• Networking light lunch in Agrifoodplaza
• Field visits to the following family business facilities:
  – De Kruidenaer (cultivation & production of high-quality fresh herbs in greenhouses)
  – Natuurlijk Tomaat (cultivation & production of organic tomatoes in greenhouses)
  – Van der Meijden (SPF company producing top-quality piglets with 1000 sows)
• Dinner at Van der Meijden farm.
• Return to Eindhoven. Overnight.

• Arrival to Eindhoven High Tech Campus, the smartest km² in Europe
• Visit at (Philips) Signify GrowWise Research Center (city farming production under LED-lighting)

Field visits to the following family business facilities:

• Van den Borne (southern Holland’s potato farming leader. Precision agriculture specialist)
• De Ruurhoeve (dairy cows farming, milking and hi-quality cheese production)

Light lunch in De Ruurhoeve

• Van den Berk Nursery (cultivation and supply of avenue trees, conifers, shaped trees, shrubs etc)
• Philips Fruitgarden (cultivation and supply of organic fruits: apple, pear and plum orchard)
• Barbeque dinner with local drinks at Philips Fruitgarden.
• Return to Eindhoven. Overnight.

• Departure to Swinkels Family Brewers.
  Vist Bavaria Brewery (since 1719 the 2nd oldest family-owned company in Holland).
  Beer tasting at Bavaria Brewery Café
• Departure to Amsterdam
• Flight to Athens and Thessaloniki. End of program
  

• Twin sharing: 990€
• Single Occupancy: 1190€
• Airport taxes are not included

• Air-tickets economy class from Athens or Thessaloniki to Amsterdam & v.v. on Aegean airlines
• Three nights’ accommodation at premium (4superior class) hotel (city tax included)
• Full board basis (3 buffet breakfasts, 2 lights luncheons and 3 dinners)
• Transportation with deluxe motor-coach as per detailed itinerary
• All technical visits and meetings featuring to the program
• Geo Routes tour conductor
• Printing materials
• VAT

Prices are exempted of: airport taxes (90€), personal expenses, unless otherwise stated drinks/beverages during the meals, tips and anything not explicitly stated above to the services included list.

• Gain insights on the Dutch agriculture, horticulture, food technology and deal flows
• Listen to first class farmers, cooperatives and agrifood dynamics of the Netherlands
• Meet agribusiness leaders, agtech innovators, farmers and producers
• Explore your potentials through expanding horizons from the Dutch agrifood systems
• Establish connections and potential cooperation with Dutch family business and SMEs
• Boost your corporate outreach to a designated audience of farmers, businesses, financial services, research, academia and the public sector

Pullman Eindhoven is located in the downtown of the vibrant City of Light, Eindhoven which the rooms (24sqm) offer coffee/tea machine, free Wi-Fi, Ambilight TV, Air conditioning, Minibar, Bath, Optimal acoustic isolation, Blackout curtains, 24hrs room service, Iron and Iron board, Laptop safebox with power outlet, Keycard-operated door locks and bath amenities. The fitness center is free for its guests, including 2 saunas, an indoor swimming pool, a solarium, and gym equipment.

1. Presentations and onsite visits will be in English with translation to Greek
2. Participation to the program requires 50% deposit upon registration and 50% final payment on/before July 10th 2019. Participants should need to provide copies of payment at abf@geo-routes.com
3. For reservations it is required at completing and emailing the booking form at abf@geo-routes.com and furthermore accepting the terms and conditions explicitly stated to the booking form
4. The final itinerary will be provided to the participants upon final payment
5. Program is subject to changes and modifications
6. For travelling to the Netherlands it is required a valid passport or an ID card of Greek/Latin characters

AgriBusiness Forum flexible sponsorship plan provides numerous opportunities at strengthening networking and corporate outreach. Below some reasons on why supporting Agrifood Traction Tour:

• Sponsors’ interview in the media
• Complimentary participation(s) or special discount for corporate participants
• Hi-priority branding and corporate outreach throughout the event
• Advertisement A4 to the printing agenda
• Logo on website with web link
• Opportunity for brochure inserts in delegate bags
• Social media promotional campaigns
• 20% discount @ AgriBusiness Forum 2019 registration fees

Geo Routes Cultural Institute is owner and official organizer of the AgriBusiness Forum and all subsequent modules or events under the AgriBusiness Forum. It is expressly stated that the name, the identity, the content, the trademarks related with the AgriBusiness Forum are to the jurisdiction and exclusive ownership of Geo Routes Cultural Institute.

Geo Routes Cultural Institute is a nonprofit & nongovernmental organization seeking to promote the cultural heritage of Greece, facilitate the intercultural dialogue, fostering to the welfare and contributing to the development of the local societies.

Geo Routes and its subsidiary Aegean Routes experiential eco-friendly journeys held under the auspices of the Hellenic National Commission for UNESCO, being acclaimed “best practice” since 2013 at the 37th General Conference of UNESCO in Paris for its contribution to UNESCO program “Culture-Tourism-Development”.

Nowadays Geo Routes sets platform in planning, developing and executing (through appointed operators and resellers) cultural heritage journeys and events of cultural, environmental and educational character in Greece and abroad.

Geo Routes participates in global fora about consulting for rural development, contributing to the design of eco-friendly cultural heritage routes, elaborating rebranding destinations, considering to protect tangible and intangible cultural heritage, respect local society and the responsible management of environmental resources.

More information: www.geo-routes.com

• Gain insights on the Dutch agriculture, horticulture, food technology and deal flows
• Listen to first class farmers, cooperatives and agrifood dynamics of the Netherlands
• Meet agribusiness leaders, agtech innovators, farmers and producers
• Explore your potentials through expanding horizons from the Dutch agrifood systems
• Establish connections and potential cooperation with Dutch family business and SMEs
• Boost your corporate outreach to a designated audience of farmers, businesses, financial services, research, academia and the public sector