The Complete Agenda for the 2024 GLASE Summit

By GLASE|October 11, 2024

The greenhouse lighting landscape is constantly changing, as automation continues to bring new capabilities to growers and is proven to save energy. Growers, researchers, manufacturers, educators, policymakers, and other industry leaders across North America and beyond will gather to explore dynamic lighting at the 2024 GLASE Summit.

Attendees will experience thought-provoking researcher and grower panels, presentations on new technologies, and an exciting keynote speech from Tessa Pocock, Ph.D., a lighting expert with more than 40 years of horticulture experience. Registration is limited to 100 attendees so secure your place in Montréal on November 6, 2024 today.

2024 GLASE Summit Agenda:

9:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Welcome Presentation

10:00 a.m. – Keynote Presentation: Light Versus Nurture in Plants
Tessa Pocock, Independent Light Consultant

11:00 a.m. – U.S. and Canadian Grower Panel

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  • Bob Jones, Co-Owner and CEO of The Chef’s Garden
  • Holly Counter-Beaver, President and Managing Partner of Finn & Roots
  • Robert Thieren, CEO and Agronomist at Les Serres Point du Jour
  • Denis Lavoie, Co-Owner and Head Grower at Serres Brillo

12:00 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 p.m. – Researcher Panel

  • Neil Mattson, Associate Professor at Cornell University and Principle Investigator for GLASE
  • Matt Korpan, Executive Director of Research and Development at the Center for Horticultural Innovation
  • Valerie Gavel, Associate Professor at McGill University

2:00 p.m. – Presentation on Crop Registration with AI Imaging

Dan Cronin, Vice President of Sales at IUNU

2:45 p.m. – Research Panel

  • Tim Shelford, Research Associate at Cornell University and GLASE Consortium
  • Stijn Jochems, Researcher at Delphy
  • Etienne Lord, Researcher at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

3:30 p.m. – Presentation on Climate Controls

Ryder Lane, Area Sales Manager at Hoogendorn Management

4:00 p.m. – Networking Reception Featuring Vivid Canopy

The 2024 GLASE Summit is sponsored by Sollum Technologies, an industry advisory board member.

“We are happy to be an anchor partner of this year’s GLASE Summit and help usher in a new era of greenhouse technologies,” said Jenny Zammit, vice president of marketing at Sollum Technologies. “Our commitment to dynamic lighting promotes superior plant growth and helps the greenhouse community commit to a more sustainable future. This summit is a vital hub of ideas and innovations propelling the industry forward.”

The 2024 GLASE Summit will be hosted at the St. Paul Hotel in Montréal. While it’s near popular tourist attractions, Montréal also has a thriving urban agriculture scene and is close to several CEA growers. Click here to book your room.

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The public-private GLASE Consortium merges leading-edge academic research with the marketplace expertise of industry practitioners. GLASE partners are CEA growers, horticulturists, produce buyers, plant physiologists, lighting manufacturers and agriculture engineers—all committed to pioneering and commercializing breakthrough greenhouse technology. Their work extends to all areas of the CEA lighting environment, integrating advances in LED light engineering, carbon dioxide enrichment and lighting control systems. See all author stories here.