August 15, 2008
LO has announced that Jan Habets of Plant Publicity Holland will headline the Conference speaker lineup for Congress 2009.

Habets is managing director of Plant Publicity Holland, a founding member of the Green City initiative and a committee member for the World Horticultural Exhibition, Floriade 2012. He has been involved in horticulture since 1979.

“The presence of Mr. Habets will emphasize to our audience the worldwide importance of horticulture to society,” says Paul Day, Congress show manager. “We are extremely fortunate to have a speaker of this caliber open our event.”

Plant Publicity Holland promotes nursery stock to the consumer market with an aim to increase the number of buyers and the number of purchases per consumer in the Netherlands and around the world.