Presentation of ISHS made by Jozef Van Assche when visiting Barquisimeto, Venezuala in October 2009 on the occasion of the 2009 meeting of the IASTH (Inter American Society for Tropical Horticulture)

1. International Society for Horticultural Science: a great ‘network’ to ‘plug in’ Ing. Jozef Van Assche, ISHS Executive Director in collaboration with Dr. Norman E. Looney , ISHS President and Prof. Ian J. Warrington , ISHS Vice President 55 th Reunión Anual SIHT 12-16 de octubre 2009 Barquisimeto, Venezuela

3. Horticulture is a true Global Issue

9. Commissions

13. Individual Members 2.382 4.568 7.073

15. ISHS

17. ISHS Symposia in Peru, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela, Cuba

18. The answer of the International Society for Horticultural Science Horticultural Science is a Global Issue

19. See you again