2024 GLASE Summit

Exploring Dynamic Lighting

GLASE’s 2024 in-person Summit with a theme of Dynamic Lighting will be held on November 6, 2024 at the Hotel St. Paul in Montréal, Quebec in Canada. Researchers, academics, and industry professionals will share presentations and explore the CEA industry’s latest challenges and emerging technology solutions.

GLASE members are invited to participate in greenhouse tours and a member meeting on November 7, 2024.

Registration is now open!

Summit attendance: $100

Summit attendance + Discounted Individual GLASE Membership: $250

Already a member? Free!

Registration includes all programming including lunch and a networking event.

A hotel room block will be announced this month.

Become a GLASE individual member and receive access to all of GLASE’s technical articles and short course module recordings, as well as complimentary admission to in-person events and future short courses. Learn more here!

Tessa Pocock,
Chief Science Officer at Soli Organic

Tessa Pocock Ph.D. is the Chief Science Officer at Soli Organic, the largest organic herb producers and distributors in the U.S.A. At Soli, she is defining their scientific and research strategies with the goal of moving our growing systems and technology into the future. Tessa’s Summit keynote presentation is titled “Light: Nature versus Nurture in Plants” and will cover dynamic lighting in nature and the greenhouse, circadian rhythms, and sole source lighting.

Tessa has been working in horticulture for over 40 years and has practical, business and academic experience in CEA. She joined Soli three years ago from her position as Director of Light Optimization at Plenty where she worked closely with engineers and growers to develop crop growth and screening protocols, light recipes and biological sensors. Her overall goal at Soli Organic is to translate fundamental plant science into practical applications and solutions. Tessa is originally from Canada and has lived and worked in Sweden and the U.S.A. and thus has had the opportunity to work with and experience CEA systems worldwide

Location: Montreal, QC
Venue: Hotel St. Paul
Date: November 6, 2024

Tentative Schedule

9:00am: Registration
9:30am: GLASE and Sollum Welcome
10:00am: Keynote Speaker: Tessa Pocock, Soli Organic
11:00am: U.S. and Canadian Grower Panel
12:00pm: Lunch
1:00pm: Researcher Panel
2:00pm: Québec Government
2:45pm: Break
3:00pm: Speaker (to be announced)
3:30pm: Speaker (to be announced)
4:00pm: Networking Reception featuring Vivid Canopy