ALAP 2023
XXIX Latin American Potato Congress
The Reunion and a look towards sustainability and climate change
March 28 to 31, 2023.
It is a great honor to announce the XXIX ALAP Congress together with the XXIII ACHIPA meeting in Chile. We are pleased to invite you to participate in this Congress, which will be held from Monday 28th to Friday 31st March 2023.
We are working hard to be able to offer you the most up-to-date scientific, technical and industrial advances. In addition to having visions and trends from experts in our potato sector.
We look forward to seeing you in Puerto Varas, Los Lagos Region, Chile!
REGISTRATION
ACHIPA/ALAP MEMBER
CLP$382.500
- Access to all Conferences
- Coffee Breaks
- Lunches
- Opening Reception
- Closing Dinner
- Field Day
NON MEMBER
CLP$467.500
- Access to all Conferences
- Coffee Breaks
- Lunches
- Opening Reception
- Closing Dinner
- Field Day
STUDENT
CLP$238.000
- Access to all Conferences
- Coffee Breaks
- Lunches
- Opening Reception
- Closing Dinner
- Field Day
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CHILOÉ`S TECHNICAL TOUR
April 1st, 2023
CLP$127.500
- Location : Puqueldon, Chiloé Island
- Meals
- Transportation
- Visit to genetic bank of native potatoes and native potato keepers
SELECTED ABSTRACTS & POSTERS
CLP$272.000
- Access to all Conferences
- Coffee Breaks
- Lunches
- Field Day
CLP$382.000
- Access to all Conferences
- Coffee Breaks
- Lunches
- Opening Reception
- Closing Dinner
- Field Day
INFORMATION
. For more information, we ask you to please send an email to andrea@dpmas.cl
. Non-refundable Registrations as of March 24th, 2023.
WELCOME TO ALAP 2023
ORGANIZERS
ALAP
The Latin American Potato Association (ALAP) was born in 1977, as a result of a previous organization known as the «Latin American Society of Potato Researchers (SLIP)».
The mission of ALAP is to stimulate the production and efficient use of potatoes, as well as increase and disseminate the knowledge we have of this crop through the development of research and dissemination of technical and scientific advances achieved in the regional and global context. All these actions are aimed to awake the interest for this crop in people, with the certainty of achieving greater well-being in the communities that grow potatoes and in the people who consume it in all its forms.
ACHIPA
The Chilean Potato Association (ACHIPA), which is a trade association whose mission is to:
- Promote the production and the role of potatoes for human, animal or industrial food systems.
- Encourage the improvement of the productivity and quality of the potato crop and its derivatives.
- Support research and knowledge dissemination on potato improvement, cultivation methods, pest and disease control, costs and other issues related to the production.
WELCOME EVERYONE

ALAP and ACHIPA have come together to hold the twenty-ninth version of the Latin American Potato Congress in the city of Puerto Varas, which will bring together the entire potato industry and will have as its main focus the sustainability of production and the challenges of climate change in the world of this tuber. Scientists, researchers, academics, extensionists, farmers, and technology and equipment companies and providers have been convened for this event. Representatives from more than 20 countries will attend to discuss topics such as: breeding and biotechnology, plant pathology, cultivation and storage techniques, positioning and nutritional value. The objective of this congress is to increase potato cultivation and its consumption.
Boris Contreras
President of the Chilean Potato Association (ACHIPA)
INVITED SPEAKERS
CONFERENCIAS

Muhamad Baquer
I have started my own business (Tayyebat s.a.r.l.) in producing French fries on 2008.
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Gary Secor
Gary Secor is a Professor of Plant Pathology at North Dakota State University in Fargo, North Dakota in the USA.
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Rubí Raymundo
Rubi Raymundo is a scientist who studies the underlying dynamic of crop systems. The overarching goal of her research is…
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Hugo Campos
Dr. Hugo Campos serves as Deputy Director (interim) of the International Potato Center. He has more than 30 years of international experience in…
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Stef de Hann
Stef de Haan has 25 years of experience in agricultural research and innovation with an emphasis on agrobiodiversity and human nutrition in…
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Callum Wilson
Professor Calum Wilson is a plant pathologist within the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) at the University of Tasmania. He has over 25 years’ experience in…
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Gabriela Burgos
Doctor in Food Scientist, Master in Nutrition, Senior Research Associate, Head of Quality and Nutrition Laboratory…
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Inga Smit
Inga Smit is leading the group of Potato Technology within the Department of Safety and Quality of Cereals at the Max Rubner-Institut (MRI)…
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Luigi Ciampi Panno
Luigi Ciampi Panno, Italian, was born in Florence (Italy) in 1943 and emigrated to Chile at the age of 6 with his parents settling in Valparaíso…
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SIMPOSIOS

David Ramírez
David Ramírez is an ecologist who leads the Crop Ecophysiology and Modeling Laboratory of the International Potato Center (CIP).
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María Teresa Pino
Dr. María Teresa Pino, she is agronomist (UFRO, Chile). In 2006, she received a PhD in Horticulture (Biotechnology and plant physiology) in Oregon State University (USA).
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Franco Faccennini
He has a degree in philosophy from the University of the Republic (Uruguay) and is the director of Celinco S.A, a company dedicated for more than 30 years to the international trade of seed potatoes.
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Carmen Castillo
She earned his Ph.D. in Entomology from Washington State University, USA. She completed his M.Sc. in Plant Pathology and Entomology…
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María del Pilar Márquez Cardona
Professor- Researcher Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá) – Biologist M. Sc in Ecological Agriculture. Plant Biology …
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Arjan Brouwer
I am a 47 year old Dutch independent professional, having worked all my life in the potato industry from the cradle onwards and hopefully for many years to come!
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Claudia Villota
Agro-industrial engineer from the University of Nariño in Colombia. Master’s Degree in Rural Development from the Pontifical Javeriana University of Colombia.
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CONFERENCES & SIMPOSIUMS
CONFERENCES
Challenges for pesticides reduction in potato production.
Potato genetic breeding: Perspectives and progress.
Climate change in potato production: Projections and challenges.
Resources use sustainability in potato production.
Technological advances and aplicability in potato production.
Digital transformation for sustainable potato production.
The agregated value of potato and its future as a staple crop.
Potato as valuble food source in the world.
Worldwide emerging diseases and its effect on Latinamerica.
SYMPOSIUMS
Emerging pest and diseases: prevention and containtment in Latin America.
Potential and self´-suficiency in for potato seed production in Latin America.
Puting a value to the protection of potato genetic heritage in Latin America.
Potato as a super food crop.
Climate change in potato production: Projections and challenges.
Potato consumption tendicies: new challeges for its comercialization.
ABSTRACTS PRESENTATION
Selected abstracts and posters have a special rate to attend the event.
The Scientific Committee of ALAP 2023 extends a cordial invitation to you to present your Abstracts in some of the six topics that have been arranged for this Congress.
For this event, a Virtual Platform has been set up to facilitate the application process and review of the Papers received. We ask you to carefully read the following CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS GUIDELINES file.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS GUIDELINES
The deadline for first call is january 25th, 2023. The editorial committee will inform to the authors the acceptance. It is required that at least one of the authors is registered in the event for the abstract publication
TOPICS 2023
Plant breeding, genetic resources and seed production
Added value: Processing, industrialization, nutritional quality and marketing.
Technology transfer and extension: Associativity, connectivity and development.
Technological innovations: A.I., digital development and precision agriculture.
Agronomy and alternatives for sustainable and agroecological management.
Plant health: Integrated management and emerging pests.
ABSTRACTS CONTRIBUTION PLATFORM ACCESS
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Ivette Acuña Bravo
ALAP 2023 Scientific Committee Director
Agronomist. Ph.D. Phytopathologist. Integrated management, epidemiology and pathogen characterization on emerging diseases. INIA Chile.

Boris Contreras
Agricultural Engineer, International Consultant in productive chain, value chain and differentiation. Owner of Novaseed, Papas Arcoriris and Pat Pot Chips. President of the Chilean Potato Association (ACHIPA)

Claudia Barrientos
Agronomist. UACH. Technical adviser Corteva Agrisciences.

Anita Behn
Agronomist, Dra. Plant genetic resources conservation and plant crops breeding. Universidad Austral de Chile.

Mónica Gutiérrez Arévalo
Agronomist, M. Sc. Phytopathologist. Detection, diagnostic and epidemiology of endemic and quarantine pathogens. Agricultural and Livestock Service of Chile.

Juan Inostroza Fariña
Agronimist. Crop manegement and extension in agricultural technology. INIA Chile.

Carolina Lizana Campos
Agronimist, M.Sc. Dr. Crop production and its response to environmental stresses and the role of genetic diversity in the sustainaibility of agriculture. Universidad Austral de Chile.

Ingrid Martínez
Agronomist, Dr. To develop strategies for the use and protection of soils, combining fertility, soil physic and root phenotyping. INIA Chile.

Luis Miquel Avilés
Graduated in Philosophy. Main Manager Consorcio Papa SpA.

Manuel Muñoz David
Agronomist, Dr.
Encharged of the Potato breeding program at INIA Chile.

Patricio Sandaña
Agronomist, Dr. Ecophysiology, resources use efficacy and crop simulation models. Universidad Austral de Chile.

Constanza Sepúlveda Teuber
Agronomist. Extension in agricultural technology. INIA Chile
FERIA

(Note: ALAP and DPMAS SpA are not responsible for any inconvenience they may have in their accommodation.)
ALAP EXPO & EXHIBITION
The Organizing Committee of ALAP 2023 makes available to the Industry and related areas, the possibility of being part of an international Event and thus having the commercial instances to generate contacts with the main representatives of the productive areas of the sector.
If you need more details Andrea@dpmas.cl
SPONSORS
The Organizing Committee of ALAP 2023 makes available to the Industry and related areas, the possibility of being part of an international Event and thus having the commercial instances to generate contacts with the main representatives of the productive areas of the sector.
If you need more details Andrea@dpmas.cl