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THAILAND INTERNATIONAL ORCHID INNOVATION SHOW (TIOIS)
July 24-26, 2009
At Impact Exhibition Center, Hall 8, Muang Thong Thani, Nonthaburi Province
10:00 am – 9:00 pm
 
 

THAILAND INTERNATIONAL ORCHID INNOVATION SHOW
Thailand is the world's largest exporter of tropical orchids with more than 40 years experience. Growers, private sector, educational institute and government organizations have developed many new varieties, technologies and products concerning orchids.

Thailand International Orchid Innovation Show (TIOIS)
TIOIS is Thailand first significant innovative business-oriented trade event in the orchid industry.

Exhibition: The exhibition will feature:
  1) new orchid varieties, ornamental plants, and related products,
2) orchid production technologies for the next decade, and
3) innovative ways to utilize orchid and orchid products

Trade Show:
Thai government offices, private sector, orchid associations and foreign exhibitors will display their orchid or orchid related innovations or services.

Seminar and Business Matching:
The seminar will be held during 24-25 July 2009 in the Phoenix room at the Impact Exhibition Center. The thematic issues of the first day will be on the novelty of orchid market in Thailand and the world whereas the second day will focus on orchid production innovation in Thailand and the world. There will be prestigious speakers from Thailand and abroad. On the second day, a business matching session will be held in parallel with the seminar.

Orchid Contest and Sale Booths:
There will be an orchid contest from across the country together with sale of orchid plants, ornamental plants and related products.

Products on display
Orchid Flowers, Orchid Plants, Ornamental Plants, New Technologies related to Orchid Production and Market, Orchid and Related Products

Target visitors
Orchid Growers, Importers, Exporters, Wholesalers, Retailers, Florists, Government authorities, and general public etc.

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME FOR SEMINAR AND BUSINESS MATCHING
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Participation Fees for Trade Participants
  Trade Show Booth
Free of charge for standard Booth Size 3m x 3m includes wall panels, fascia with company name, carpet, 3 spotlights, one power outlet and electric consumption fee (or raw space upon request)
Sale Booth Booth size 12 sq.m. (4m x 3 m) at 7,000 Baht/booth
Deadline for Booths Application: 19 June 2009

Information/Application
TIOIS Secretariat
Dr. Setapong Lekawatana
Ms. Jurairat Sangsawat
Dept. of Agricultural Extension
Chatuchak, Bangkok 10900
Thailand
Phone: +66 81 813-1776
Fax: +66 2 579-9549
E-mail: setapongl@hotmail.com, tiois@doae.go.th

Organized by:
Department of Agricultural Extension

Co-organizer:
- Tourism Authority of Thailand
- The Royal Horticultural Society of Thailand under the Royal Patronage
- The Horticultural Science Society of Thailand

Acknowledged by:
Thailand National Orchid Board

Official Supporter:
Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)

Supported by:
- Thai Orchid Exporter Association
- Thai Orchid Garden Enterprise Association
- The Society for Ornamental Plants of Thailand
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Export Promotion

Managed by:
XCON Company Limited* await confirmationu

Web site: http://tiois.doae.go.th

TENTATIVE PROGRAMME FOR SEMINAR AND BUSINESS MATCHING
FOR THAILAND INTERNATIONAL ORCHID INNOVATION SHOW

Thursday 23 July 2009
  Arrival of Oversea Speakers
   
Friday 24 July 2009
Part 1: Seminar on What’s New in Orchid Market
8.30-9.00 Registration
9.00-9.30 Opening Ceremony
9.30-10.00 Coffee Break
10.00-12.00 Panel Discussions on Thai Orchid Market and Trend
Thai Orchid Exporter Association
**Thai Orchid Cut Flowers Exporters
(Mr. Tipakorn Sanguthai, Excel Orchid)
**Thai Orchid Plants Exporters
(Mr. Prayoon Ployphommas, Prayoon Orchids Ltd., Part)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-15.00 Oversea Guest Speakers on Orchid Market in Major Countries: Their needs, requirements and new trends
13.00-14.00 **Orchids in the Japanese Market
(Susumu Sugiyama, Director of Japan Flower Trade Association)
14.00-15.00 Orchids in the European Market (Union Fleurs)
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-16.30 Orchid Market in China / Australia
16.30-17.30 **Transportation options for far away markets: airfreight versus sea freight by Mr. Eelke Westra, Post-harvest technologist, Agritechnology & Food Innovations of Wageningen UR, Netherlands
   
Saturday 25 July 2009
Part 2: Business Matching
08.30-09.30 Registration
09.30-12.00 Business Matching (Oversea Importers andThai Exporters)
12.00-13.00 Lunch with Thai orchid exporters
13.00-17.00 Business Matching (continued)
   

Saturday 25 July 2009
Part 3: Seminar on What’s new in Orchid Production

8.30-9.00

Registration

9.00-9.30 Opening Ceremony by Director General Department of Agricultural Extension
9.30-10.00 Coffee Break
10.00-12.00 Panel Discussions on Thai Orchid Production and Trend
New Orchid Technology (Kasetsart University)
Environmental Friendly Orchid Production (Dept. of Agriculture)
Orchid Production and Breeding
(The Royal Horticultural Society of Thailand under Royal Patronage)
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.00 **New Development in Taiwan Orchid Production (Phalaenopsis Inovation) (Prof. Fure-Chyi Chen, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology)
14.00-15.00 Orchid Production Technology in Australia
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-16.30 **Orchid Seed Stores for Sustainable Use
(Mr. Philip Seaton, the Kew botanic garden)
   

Sunday 26 July 2009
Part 4: Field trips

08.30-17.00

Visit a Tissue Culture Laboratory, Orchid farms (young plants and cupflowers) and Orchid Packing house

   

Monday 27 July 2009
Part 5

  - Free day/Visit orchid export company (by appointment with exporters)
- Departure of oversea guests
   
Remark: Items of the programme marked with an asterisk** have been verbally accepted for the seminar
   
  IMPORTANT
Event dates and programme details may be subject to change.
Many of the festivals and events listed on Thailand's official calendar of annual events are traditional Buddhist or folk festivals, the date of which is either determined by the Buddhist lunar calendar and waxing and waning moon. These are not staged events. The festivals reflect the rhythm of life in rural Thai villages and local traditions as observed in times past.
To ensure you have the most updated information, please reconfirm details prior to travel.

Contact:
Tourism Authority of Thailand
Email:
info@tat.or.th
Website:
www.tat.or.th
Tel: +66 (0) 2250 5500 (120 automatic lines)
Fax: +66 (0) 2250 5511 (two automatic lines)

FOR EVENT INFORMATION,
please call 1672.

Address:
1600 Petchaburi Road, Makkasan, Rajatevee
Bangkok 10400
Thailand

 
 
 
 
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