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GreenWINE
May 19 – May 20 PDT
The Spoke 7 of the Ecosystem i-NEST, under the leadership of the Department of Biotechnology of University of Verona, is organizing the International Scientific Congress GreenWINE in collaboration with VINIDEA.
GreenWINE welcomes contributions from multidisciplinary research in sustainability for the wine sector, covering the areas of viticulture, enology, plant pathology, soil science and other scientific branches such as engineering, informatics, economics, social sciences, etc., concurring to address the main challenges faced by the global grape and wine industry:
CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE
Limit the impact of drought, extreme meteorological events, heat waves; prevent and manage wine unbalanced composition, microbial contamination, product instability, etc.
LOW INPUT AND GREEN PRODUCTION
Reduce the use of fertilizers, pesticides, wine preservatives; by-products and waste recovery and up-cycling; fuel, energy and water consumption; robotics and sensing technologies; sustainable packaging, storage and delivery, etc.
SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
Match market trends and production costs, personnel availability, regulatory obligations, etc.; Sustainable business model; corporate social responsibility and corporate sustainability; Environmental and social performance measurement;
Sustainable supply chain management; sustainable and circular products; consumer practices; upcycled food; digitalization, traceability, decarbonization.
