AIPH Spring Meeting 15 March 2016, PanPacific Hotel, Vancouver, Canada AGENDA 9.00 1.0 Welcome by AIPH President, Mr. Bernard Oosterom 9.10 2.0 Welcome by President of the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association (CNLA) Mr. Rene Thiebaud and President of the Canadian Ornamental Horticulture Alliance (COHA) Mr. Michael Murray 9.30 3.0 Review of AIPH activity by AIPH Secretary General, Mr. Tim Briercliffe including update on progress with the International Vision project 9.45 4.0 Country reports from members During this session members are asked to provide an update on the state of the industry in their country with a particular emphasis on the industry outlook for the next 5-10 years and the biggest threats or opportunities they face (including import/export). This will feed into the International Vision project. Any Powerpoint presentations to be sent to AIPH Secretariat by 28 February 2016. 10.30 Coffee Break 10.45 Country reports from members continued 11.30 5.0 Green City Committee 5.1 Introduction by Ms. Karen Tambayong, Chair 5.2 Minutes of Green City Committee, 20 October 2015 (Annex 1) 5.3 Green City Committee report (Annex 2) 5.4 Update on AIPH Green City project (Annex 3). Presentation by Mr. Tim Briercliffe 5.5 Update on discussions with ELCA 5.6 Any other business 12.00 Lunch 13.00 6.0 Environment & Plant Health Committee 6.1 Introduction by Mr. Gery Heungens (Chairman) 6.2 Minutes of Environment & Plant Health Committee, 20 October 2015 (Annex 4) 6.3 Environment & Plant Health Committee report (Annex 5) 6.4 Discussion topic – How North American Growers tackle sustainability This will include presentations from John Byland of Bylands Nurseries and CNLA Growers Chair (Canada), Craig Reggelbrugge, Senior Vice President - Industry Advocacy & Research at AmericanHort (USA) and Justin Hancock from Costa Farms (USA) The presentations will be followed by a discussion 6.5 Any other business 14.0 7.0 Marketing Committee 7.1 Introduction by Mr. Kevin Chung, Chairman 7.2 Minutes of Marketing Committee, 21 October 2015 (Annex 6) 7.3 Marketing Committee report (Annex 7) 7.4 Progress reports: 7.4.1 Tangshan, China (2016) 7.4.2 Antalya, Turkey (2016) 14.30 Tea break 14.45 – Marketing Committee continued 7.4.3 Taichung, Chinese Taipei (2018/19) 7.4.4 Beijing, China (2019) 7.4.5 Floriade, The Netherlands (2022) 7.5 Updated applications: 7.5.1 Gold Coast, Australia – Request to move the date from 2018 to 2020 and will present a new plan for a new location in Gold Coast. Applicant will be seeking a new approval for this. 7.6 Presentation from Yangzhou City, China, regarding their plans to apply for a B Class Exhibition in 2021. 7.7 Proposed new annexes to AIPH Regulations for International Horticultural Exhibitions (Annex 8 – to follow). 7.8 Any other business 17.0 8.0 AIPH General Meeting 8.1 Minutes of General meeting 21 October 2015, Milan (Annex 9) 8.2 Secretary General report (Annex 10) 8.3 International Grower of the Year – review of 2016 and plans for 2017 8.4 Novelty Protection Committee report (Annex 11) – Mr. Tim Edwards 8.5 Financial Update 8.6 Annual Congress 2016 – Antalya, Turkey 8.7 Any other business 17.30 Meeting closed by Mr. Bernard Oosterom AIPH Green City Committee, Vancouver, 15 March 2016 Annex 1 Minutes of Last meeting MINUTES (Draft) ______________________________________________________________________________ Committee : Green City Date : Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Time : 10:30 – 12:30 hrs. Place : Stresa, Milan, Italy Reference : 2015_Milan_GreenCity_Minutes_DRAFT.doc Chairman : Ms. Karen Tambayong, Indonesia Secretary : Mr. Tim Briercliffe, AIPH _______________________________________________________________________ 1. Opening by the chairman Ms. K Tambayong. Ms Tambayong opened the meeting. 2. Minutes of the meeting March 18, 2015, Paris (Annex 1). The minutes were approved. 3. Green City 2015-2016 3.1. 2015 Activity Report (Annex 2). Ms Tambayong explained the various activities in relation to Green City and AIPH. She introduced the new cities summit in Jakarta that she had recently attended and explained that she had recently visited the former Expo site in Japan. 3.2. AIPH supported Almere/Milan Green City seminar, Milan, 16 October 2015 (Annex 3). Mr Briercliffe described the event that had been organized by Floriade Almere at the Milan Expo. Representatives from many cities had signed the Milan Urban Food Pact the day before, in the presence of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Many of these cities sent representatives to the Almere event the following day where delegates discussed the implementation of the pact. AIPH had the opportunity to highlight its work with Green City and it raised the question as to the extent to which AIPH should include urban food production within its Green City remit. 3.3. AIPH Green City Conference, Vancouver, Canada 16-18 March 2016. Bill Hardy introduced the conference and showed film about it. 3.4. AIPH Green City Conference, Antalya, Turkey 2016. It was agreed that AIPH and Expo 2016 Antalya would work closely together to agree an appropriate date and programme. AIPH has already submitted a suggested programme to them. 3.5. External Green City related events (Annex 4). Ms Tambayong referred members to the list in Annex 4 for their information. 4. AIPH Green City initiatives 4.1. Minutes of AIPH Green City Working Group meeting on 19 March 2015 (Annex 5). Mr Briercliffe explained to members that a working group had been convened and this met just after the Paris Spring Meeting. This session was beneficial in gaining the views and knowledge of academics and experts from across the world. From this discussion it had become clear that defining a ‘Green City Standard’ would be difficult and the group proposed that AIPH should look at finding a way to assess commitment by city governments to greening as well as publishing clear green city guidance and promoting best practice, maybe with awards. The outcomes from this were being developed further. 4.2. Proposed next steps to develop an AIPH Green City Audit, updated Green City Guidelines and Green City Awards (Annex 6) Mr Briercliffe explained to members the proposed plan of action for progressing AIPH Green City initiatives. These initiatives depend on sourcing external funding. One option for this was the Beijing 2019 Expo and a meeting was to be held with the Beijing delegation on the following day. The plan includes a three- fold approach including a Green City governance standard, new green city guidelines and green city awards. 4.3. Developing the AIPH Green City Audit (Annex 7) Ms. Anne Jaluzot (Green Infrastructure Consultant) has been contracted to begin the process of testing feasibility and developing a new AIPH Green City Audit. Ms Jaluzot presented her work to date and outlined the proposed work for the following months subject to the support of AIPH members. Ms Jaluzot proposed a Green City Award that cities could apply for. They would then be subject to a jury and awards would be given. Ms Jaluzot described the context, i.e. there is both a big demand and need. Currently countries are not adequately addressing ‘real’ green infrastructure. A competition would stimulate peer pressure to be the best. Promotion of brand for a city is really important. Big corporations look very carefully at city reputation before moving to a city. This award could put the city on the map. E.g. the mayor of Chicago has used the green message to get him re-elected! Ms Jaluzot proposed two options. Either an index (survey) approach or a competition (challenge) approach. She felt that a Challenge approach is better. A ‘Challenge’ type competition would have a bigger market reach (could be more than 50 cities), politically safer, less reliant on native speaking auditors. AIPH would need to develop smart partnerships to run effectively. Assessment categories: Delivering value, using evidence, leading by example, key metrics, innovation. 4.4. Developing new AIPH Green City Guidelines (Annex 8) Mr. Niek Roozen (Niek Roozen BV) outlined his proposal for developing a new edition of the Green City Guidelines which will tie in with the Green City Audit project Mr Roozen thanked AIPH for opportunities given that have helped him to develop a career in expos. Mr Roozen described examples of Green Cities from around the world and expos as shown in the Green City Guidelines. This book will now be translated into Chinese. Next edition of guidelines would focus more on plant choices and international case studies. It will be expanded and have more examples and link to the audit. Mr Kok asked how we would ensure that the two projects interacted correctly and Mr Roozen agreed that this was important. Mr Kok also stressed that the project should look to find ways to include the use of plants inside buildings as well as outside. 5. Green City Updates 5.1. Member reports (Annex 9). 2/3 AIPH members each presented details about the latest Green City initiatives in their countries. Ms Tambayong stressed that AIPH needs to include urban agriculture in our plans. Mr Prince noted that Hort Innovation Australia has 4 mill AUD available for researching green city and AIPH should consider linking with this. Ms Hanim Dur (Expo 2016 Antalya) talked about the involvement of Antalya in the Communities in Bloom ‘International Challenge’. They won a major prize in this competition and liaised with government and many stakeholders to achieve this. See www.antalyainbloom.com. Won the 5 Golden Bloom top award at awards. 5.2. Impact of Expos on stimulating Green Cities (Annex 10) Ms. Tambayong reported on her recent visit to Hamamatsu, Japan where she viewed the park developed as a legacy of the 1990 Expo.