Tickets are selling fast for Hort Connections 2024 the event now firmly placed as the largest horticulture conference and trade show
Conference tickets for Hort Connections 2024 are selling fast as the event’s program fills with expert speakers from across the Australian and international horticulture industry to celebrate $5.8 billion of farmgate value.
Hort Connections is the largest conference and trade show for the horticulture sector in the southern hemisphere, and this year’s program boasts speakers from government and regulatory authorities, researchers, growers, agronomists, Agri finance, market analysts and many more.
Beyond the conference program, there is also the opportunity for Hort Connections attendees to book a seat on four separate pre-event tours. They offer unique access to businesses and facilities normally closed to the public.
Pre-event tours available
- A tour of the Melbourne Wholesale Market, fruit and berry farms in the Yarra Valley, and lunch at a local vineyard.
- A visit to Mornington Peninsula growers Butler Market Gardens, Peter Schreurs & Sons and Gazzola Farms.
- A tour of a range of innovative retail settings around Melbourne
- A visit to Bacchus Marsh and Werribee horticulture businesses Boomaroo Nurseries, Tripod Farmers and Boratto Farms – SOLD OUT.
“Our Farm and Retail Tours are an opportunity for attendees to get a look inside the businesses of key players in the horticulture industry that would otherwise be inaccessible,” urged AUSVEG National Manager of Events and Partnerships, Nathan McIntyre.
“Tickets for the Hort Connections Farm and Retail Tours are limited, and in previous years they have been booked to capacity well before the event, so we encourage anyone who’s interested in attending to secure their ticket soon,” Nathan added.
Hort Connections 2024 schedule is shaping up as an action-packed program, once the doors open at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 3 June and the event will run until 5 June.
The conference will kick off with the Perfection Fresh Breakfast, an eagerly awaited networking breakfast sponsored by major fruit and vegetable grower Perfection Fresh.
“This year’s Perfection Fresh Breakfast will be headlined by our keynote speaker Lucy Bloom, the former CEO of Sunrise Cambodia and Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia,” Nathan McIntyre continued.
“The Perfection Fresh Breakfast is always very well attended and is a fantastic way to dive into the three days of networking and learning that Hort Connections offers,” Nathan advised.
Bookending the event is the Hort Connections Gala Dinner which this year is proudly sponsored by leading vegetable grower, Fresh Select. Offering amazing food as well as the presentation of the Horticulture Awards for Excellence 2024, this event is always a must attend.
The Hort Connections 2024 program includes all this and much more, and tickets for limited-seat events like the Farm and Retail Tours and Gala Dinner are selling quickly.
Registrations for Hort Connections 2024 are available at hortconnections.com.au/registration/.
About Hort Connections
Hort Connections is the largest horticulture conference and trade show in the southern hemisphere. The conference is co-produced by AUSVEG and International Fresh Produce Association A-NZ (IFPA A-NZ).
Hort Connections 2024 will be hosted from 3 to 5 June at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre (MCEC). Hort Connections has grown to a 3,000-delegate event and welcomes more than two times the number of growers than it did at the time of conception in 2017.
Speakers and exhibitors will showcase the latest research, technologies, and innovations to offer new perspectives on the future of Australasia’s horticulture industry.
About AUSVEG
AUSVEG is the peak industry body for the Australian vegetable, potato & onion sectors, representing over 3,600 growing businesses that employ tens of thousands of workers and produce over 3.5 million tonnes of produce, with a farmgate value of over $5.8 billion.
Hort Connections 2024 floorplan
