Symposium

Welcome to ISHS Greensys2027!

We invite you for the International symposium on Smart and Sustainable Greenhouse Systems. Are you from a academics, industry, a start-up or large-scale company or any other professional? Are you interested any field of CEA systems, in technical or crop management aspects and do you want to understand integral sustainable solutions for resilient CEA production?

Organised by Greenhouse Horticulture
Date

Sun 6 June 2027 until Thu 10 June 2027

Venue The Wageningen International Conference Centre (WICC), Lawickse Allee 9, 6701 AN Wageningen, The Netherlands

The goal is to share the newest scientific knowledge on the field of resilient and sustainable Controlled Environment Agriculture CEA systems. We connect science and companies in order to learn from each other and shape the future together. We share innovations and discuss the state of the art and future perspectives for the CEA sector.

The conveners

Silke Hemming

Leo Marcelis

Ep Heuvelink

Scientific program

Scientific program:

  • 6 June 2027: Welcome reception
  • 7-9 June 2027: Keynotes, Oral and Poster presentations
  • 10 June 2027: Technical tour
  • 15-17 June 2027: Option to visit Greentech fair 2027, Amsterdam

Details to be announced later…

Topics:

  • Greenhouse crop production systems design
  • Technologies for passive protected cultivation systems (high tunnels, shade, and screen houses) up to Vertical farming (plant factories)
  • Sustainable energy in greenhouse cultivation
  • Climate control and modelling
  • Light manipulation by coverings, screens and LEDs
  • Controlled environment horticulture to improve human nutrition
  • Crop production and quality
  • Greenhouse crops modelling and management
  • Fertigation, water management
  • Growing media, hydroponics, aquaponics
  • Labor in greenhouses
  • Autonomous cultivation systems incl. sensors, automation, robotics and digital twins
  • Resilience of horticultural production systems
  • Circular greenhouse horticulture
  • Environmental impacts of controlled environment horticulture

Scientific committee:

Details to be announced later…

Registration

Important deadlines:

  • Abstract submission: 1 November 2026
  • Abstract selection: 15 December 2026
  • Full paper submission: 1 April 2027
  • Early bird registration 1 February 2027

Registration

  • Interested in participating in the symposium? Registration will be open soon.
  • Registration fee for symposium participation and contribution to e-Acta Horticulturae proceedings:
    • ISHS member € 750,00
    • Non-ISHS member € 850,00
    • Students € 650,00
    • Extra fees for technical tour and conference dinner!

Practical information:

The venue:

The Wageningen International Conference Centre WICC:
The Wageningen International Conference Centre WICC:

Lawickse Allee 9, 6701 AN Wageningen, The Netherlands

  • Auditorium ca. 450 persons
  • Parallel oral sessions
  • Poster sessions
  • Sponsor exhibition

Travel information:

Different International airports in the Netherlands ca. 1 hour from Wageningen:

  • Amsterdam Schiphol airport
  • Rotterdam/The Hague airport
  • Eindhoven airport

Different International airports ca. ~1.5-2.5 hours from Wageningen:

  • Brussels airport, Belgium
  • Düsseldorf airport, Germany

The Hotels:

  • Historic Hotel “De Wereld”
  • Conference Hotel “WICC”
  • Modern Hotel “De Wageningse Berg”
    • 300 rooms in Wageningen
    • 200 rooms nearby, check booking.com or airbnb.com
    • Bikes and shuttle arrangements possible

Technical tour

Post-conference technical tours: Discover how a tiny country feeds the world

We will organise conference tours together with our industrial partners.

Agricultural giant Holland is changing the way we farm

High-tech research greenhouses @WUR in Bleiswijk:

NPEC Phenotyping Facility, greenhouses, climate chambers and labs @WUR Wageningen Campus: