6 conference of the International Sea buckthorn Association «SBT – a fresh look at Technology, health and environment» was hold on October 14th – 17th, 2013 in Potsdam, Germany. 267 participants from 15 countries of the world took part in the conference. Natalia Demidova made presentation “Sea Buckthorn Research in the Central and Northern Russia: to the memory of two Russian Scientists – Dr. V. Fefelov and Dr. V. Nilov”.

ISA board meeting took place on the 14 of November, where some organizational issues were solved.

Participants of the conference visited Federal agency for brads, got aquatinted with sea buckthorn plantation and harvesting technology, visited processing plant. There was organized Potsdam town tour with Park Sanssouci visit.

Photo 1-8 – Y. Zubarev, The Lisavenko Research Institute of Horticulture for Siberia, Barnaul

Photo 8-11 – N. Demidova

Photo 1 – Conference Hall decoration by fruited Sea Buckthorn

Photo 2 – Opening ceremony: President of the International Sea Buckthorn Association Professor Yuanlin Tai

Photo 3 – Opening ceremony: President of the German Sea Buckthorn Association Jorg-Thomas Morsel

Photo 4 – Participants of the conference

Photo 5 – Sea Buckthorn products by Company “SAVA” Tomsk, Russia

Photo 6 – Sea Buckthorn plants of German bred produced by company “Kordes”, Germany

Photo 7 – presentation of N. Demidova

Photo 8 – Meeting of ISA Board

Photo 9 – H.J. Albrecht – breeder, author of German Sea Buckthorn cultivars, on Sea Buckthorn brads plot

Photo 10 – Sea Buckthorn plantation after mechanized harvesting (30% of fruits stay on plantation)

Photo 11 – Sea Buckthorn plantation after one year harvesting