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SGF Expo will provide you with timely information that is vital to maintain your competitive edge. The conference is a powerful combination of latest research, trade statistics and applications, to provide you with the latest industry developments and trends to help grow your business. It will be a gathering of the best minds, bringing together well-known experts from the landscape and horticulture industry. |
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| 23 July 2008 Wednesday |
| 3.00pm |
Conference Registration
*please note registration ends at 6.00pm
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Foyer |
| 6.30pm |
Welcome Reception
HortPark |
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| 24 July 2008 Thursday |
| 8.00am |
Registration & Breakfast
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Foyer |
| 9.25am |
Arrival of Guest-of-Honour
Mr Mah Bow Tan
Minister for National Development |
| 9.30am |
Welcome Remarks
Mr Ng Lang
Chief Executive Officer
National Parks Board, Singapore
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
| 9.40am |
Keynote Address -
Changing Landscapes: Challenges and Adaptations
Ms Kathryn Gustafson, USA/UK,
Landscape Architect & Artist,
Director, Gustafson Porter
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
| 10.40am |
Keynote Address – Singapore: Shaping a Competitive Global City
Mrs Cheong-Chua Koon Hean, Singapore
Chief Executive Officer, Urban Redevelopment Authority
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
| 11.15am |
Tour of Trade Exhibition
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 1,2 and Foyer |
| 12.00pm |
Lunch |
| 1.00pm |
Business Opportunities in China
Kim Morris, Australia
Managing Director, Kim Morris & Associates
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
| 1.30pm |
Landscaping Business Opportunities in the Gulf: A Consultant’s Perspective
D. Lawrence Hall, Dubai
General Manager/Managing Development Director, Crystal Fountains
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
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Emerging Trends & Markets |
| 2.00pm |
Landscape:
ECOLOGICAL LANDSCAPING AS AN EMERGING MARKET
Herbert Dreiseitl, Germany
Landscape Architect & Artist
Founder, Atelier Dreiseitl, Germany
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3
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Horticulture
Lifestyle Horticulture as an Emerging Market
Dr John Haydu, USA
Professor & Agricultural Economist
University of Florida
Suntec Singapore, Level 3, Room 325 |
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Industry Branding:
Key Strategies |
Innovative Trends in Landscape Design:
Green City Concepts |
| 2.30pm |
Dr Doeke C. Faber, Netherlands
Chairman, International Association of Horticultural Producers
Henry Steed, Singapore
Regional Director, ICN Design
Ng Sek San, Malaysia
Principal, Sek San Design
Suntec Singapore, Level 3, Room 325 |
Jaap Spros, Netherlands
Chairman, Plant Publicity Holland
Alfred Tonneijck, Netherlands
Senior Consultant, Triple E-Economy, Ecology and Experience
Niek van Rest, Netherlands
Director, Flower Council Holland
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
| 4.00pm |
Coffee Break |
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The Business of Horticulture |
Landscape:
Materials and Technology of the Future |
| 4.30pm |
The Business of Horticulture:
Professionalism in Product Design and Delivery
Mr Robert Percy, Australia
Proprietor and Director of Wholesale Operations, Aspley Nursery
Integrating the Supply Chain
Jaap Kras, Netherlands
Director, Hortimarc
Publisher CEO, FloraCulture International
Suntec Singapore, Level 3, Room 325 |
Integration Of Wetland Technology In Urban Design
Dr Tony Wong, Australia
Principal, EDAW
Art and Garden Design
Dimitri Xenakis, Artist and Designer, France
Ms Maro Avrabou, Artist & Designer, France
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
| 5.30pm |
Industry Night
Suntec Singapore Level 2, Foyer |
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| 25 July 2008 Friday |
| 9.00am |
Keynote Address:
Contemporary Landscape Design
Prof Meng Zhaozhen, China
Vice Chairman, Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture
Council Member, China Academic Engineering (Landscape Architecture)
Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
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Market Opportunities |
| 9.50am |
Cradle to Cradle – Sustainability in Garden Landscape
Nico Wissing, Netherlands
Designer, WissingTuinen
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
| 10.20am |
Landscaping brings Spaces to Life
Allen Ang, Singapore
Head of Department (Commercial), Projects Division,
City Developments Limited
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
| 10.50am |
Coffee Break |
| 11.20am |
Case study: Hope for Rivers – Isa River Bavaria, Germany
Herbert Dreiseitl, Germany
Landscape Architect,
Visiting Professor, University of Hanover
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
| 11.50am |
Case study: FloraHolland – Unique Products & Strategies
Fred van der Hoeven, Netherlands
Manager, Business Development, FloraHolland
Suntec Singapore, Level 2, Ballroom 3 |
| 12.20pm |
Lunch |
| 1.40pm |
"City in a Garden” Technical Tour
Providing an overview of Singapore’s greening efforts over the last four decades, this technical tour gives conference delegates an insight into the planning and policy initiatives that have brought Singapore’s Garden City vision to fruition. The tour, which will cover the lush meandering streetscape enroute to Gardens by the Bay development site, URA Gallery and park connectors, will allow delegates first-hand experience of the green ambience for which Singapore is renowned. |
| 5.30pm |
Networking by The Bay
The Singapore Flyer |
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