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We were attending & exhibiting at the International Nut and Dried Fruit Council Foundation  Congress, celebrated in Santiago de Chile the days 9,10 and 11 of May 2008.

This year's event presented a new opportunity for BORRELL to catch up with it's INC friends from around the world. Our stand was Nš4, next to SATAKE.

We  hope see you again at next INC Congress in Monaco




INC 2008 Santiago de Chile Convention Program


FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2008
7:30 am Bus departs Congress Hotel for Golf and Tennis Tournament 9:00am-5:00pm Congress Registration, Sheraton Convention Center 9:30am-4:00pm Scientific Committee Meeting, Sheraton Convention Center 7:00 pm Welcome Cocktail party at the Pool area of the Sheraton Hotel

SATURDAY, 10 MAY 2008
 9:00am Congress officially opens at the Sheraton Convention Center. Welcome: Siegfried Von Gehr, Congress chairman & Jack Mariani, INC Chairman. Official Opening: Secretary of Agriculture in Chile: Mr. Alvaro Rojas Marin (invited)

10:00am Goretti Guasch, INC Executive Director: What has the INC done for its membership

10:30am HAZELNUTS Working Group

11:00am Coffee break. Do not miss to visit the exhibitions area

11:30am WALNUTS AND PECANS Working Group

12:30pm DRIED FIGS, APRICOTS AND DATES Working Group

13:00pm BRAZIL NUTS AND PINE NUTS Working Group

13:30pm Buffet Working Lunch

4:00pm - 6:00pm Scientific Seminar, chaired by Pino Calcagni, at the Sheraton Convention Center

7:00pm Casual Buffet Dinner at Cousiņo-Macul Winery

10:00am-3:30pm Spouses Tour: Santiago de Chile City Tour (lunch
included)


SUNDAY, 11 MAY 2008
9:00 am INC General Assembly, Sheraton Convention Center

10:00 am ALMONDS Working Group

10:30 am CASHEWS AND MACADAMIAS Working Group

11.00 am Coffee Break. Exhibition continues

11.30 am Nutrition Round Table: Latest news on Health Message. Speakers: Prof. Jordi Salas, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain; Maureen Ternus, MS, RD, Nutrition Coordinator INC-NREF, USA.

12:00pm PISTACHIO AND PEANUTS Working Group

12:30pm Mr. Luis Schmidt, President of SNA (Chilean National Society of Agriculture)

1.00pm PRUNES, RAISINS/SULTANAS/CURRANTS Working Group

1:30pm 2009 Monte-Carlo Congress Presentation

1:40pm Closing Ceremony and Buffet working Lunch

3:00pm-5:00pm Ambassadors Meeting, Sheraton Convention Center

7:00pm Gala Dinner and Ball at El Castillo de Hidalgo

9:30am-3:30pm Spouses Tour: Concha y Toro Winery (lunch included)


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