Why Attend
Growing markets means growing opportunities - in the next five years the biopesticide market is set to be worth 8.82 billion and the biostimulant market at 2.91 billion - there's no better time to refresh your knowledge and stay ahead of the trend
From concept to vision - 100+ experts from the BioAg industry gather to discuss and understamdn more about the key challenges within these growing markets and how to maximise the new opportunities plant health and biocontrol present.
Industry hot topics covered included:
- Strategising for success - biocontrol investment & planning
- Overcoming uncertainty - regulation frameworks, obstacles & solutions
- Licensing & commercialization - efficient & effective routes to market
- The future & use of AgTech in farming
- Blending biology & chemistry - the relationship between chemicals & biologics
- Science hurdles - current challenges within the R&D
- Top trends - agrochemicals, seeds, fertilizers & biologic
Co-located with AgFutures: Investment & Strategy, attendees also had the option to upgrade and hear more about the rise in merger and acquisitions, as well as strategizing a successful product portfolio.
Take a look at our highlights video:
Who Will Be There
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Biostimulant & Biopesticide companies60%
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AgTech companies20%
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Investors20%
The Speakers
Dimitiris Drisis
Kim Müller Christensen
Dr. Maristella Rubbiani
Miroslav Florian
Albena Todorova
Albena works for the Business Development Unit of Sumitomo Corporation Europe, where she is part of the team taking care of agtech investments. Sumitomo Corporation is looking to leverage its vast global agrifood business portfolio by pursuing opportunities in agfood tech in Europe.
Oleg Yahkin
Professor Paul Dyson
Dr Robert Wylie
Dr Robert Wylie holds various senior level positions including: Chairman and co-founder of WHEB- WHEB, a sustainability focused multi-asset class investment firm, which is one of the pioneering IMPACT investment firms in Europe. He is also Chairman of Cambridge Agritech, an investment syndicate of largely private investors who are either owners or directors of some of the largest agricultural businesses in the UK. Robert also Chairs’ Five Seasons, a new fund manager which is developing a venture capital fund focused on impact investing across the food value chain.
Roger Tripathi
Nicolas Ferras
Jeroen Meeussen
Jeroen Meeussen is a plant pathologist by training. On 1st September 2015 he started work as coordinator for the EU Minor Uses Coordination Facility. From October 2010 until July 2015 Jeroen Meeussen has been working in Brussels for the European Commission (DG SANTE) on pesticide issues, including ‘minor uses’ and biopesticides. Before that he worked as the EU coordinator for plant protection products for the Dutch Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb). Since 2005 Jeroen chairs the Expert Group on Biopesticides (EGBP) as part of the Pesticide Programme of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Massimo Toni
Giorgio Lodigiani
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Sponsors
Acadian Plant Health - A Division of Acadian Seaplants Limited
Website: www.acadianplanthealth.com
Backed by 35 years of extensive, global scientific research, Acadian Plant Health™ is the world-leading manufacturer of biostimulant and bionutritional solutions proven to increase crop yields. Acadian Plant Health™ offers products that optimize plant performance from seed to table by improving root growth, plant establishment, nutrition and stress management. By focusing on innovation, sustainability, growers, partners and its people, Acadian Plant Health™ empowers growers and their crops to sustainably feed the world today and in the future.
Media Partners
Burleigh Dodds Publishing
Website: www.bdspublishing.com
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing is an award winning, “climate-smart” publisher in agricultural science. With over 50 published titles and an extensive forward programme, our books cover the major crops and livestock types. This includes each step on the value chain for their production, from breeding through to harvest and the final product. Our books are designed from extensive customer feedback and are edited and written by internationally renowned experts; you can read more here: www.bdspublishing.com
AgroPages
Website: http://www.agropages.com/
AgroPages is the industry's leading online media platform devoted exclusively to the global agricultural business, providing rich industry information, deep market analyses, powerful companyand product searches, professional database and market reports, and personalized online marketing solutions for brand establishment.
Crop Protection Monthly
Website: www.crop-protection-monthly.co.uk
The latest crop protection and pesticide news, comments and developments from R&D, the marketplace and conferences.
Key stories from Europe, Asia and the rest of the world plus exclusive interviews and reports.
Read by top executives, analysts, consultants and researchers.
Produced by experts with decades of experience in the crop protection industry.
EBIC
Website: www.biostimulants.eu
The European Biostimulant Industry Council (EBIC) promotes plant biostimulants and their contribution to sustainable and resilient agriculture.
EBIC was founded in June 2011 to support the growth and development of the European Biostimulant Industry and improve the regulatory framework for biostimulants, improving accessibility and transparency for the end-users: farmers. EBIC embodies the voice of the biostimulant industry to the EU institutions at a tipping point in the history of EU fertilizer use: the reform of the EU fertilizer regulation; the first since 2003.
EBIC currently represents the majority of the European industry with its 55 member companies, including dozens of SMEs as well as multinationals.
AgriTrade News
Website: www.agritradenews.co.uk
AgriTrade News is an independent news service dedicated to businesses servicing the UK agricultural industry.
AgriTrade News covers agribusiness company news, people movements and new products and services alongside policy developments and events that influence agricultural markets.
Available as a weekly hard copy and electronic (pdf) and through a website, ATN is concise, to the point, packed with relevant information and designed to update its subscribers quickly and efficiently on what is going on in agribusiness.
International Pest Control
Website: http://international-pest-control.com/
International Pest Control (IPC) magazine is in its 60th year of publication in 2018. It is the leading independent, bi-monthly magazine, in the world dealing with all aspects of pest prevention and pest eradication. The magazine aims to cover all aspects of pests and human conflict and regularly focuses on :-
- Public Health
- Agriculture
- Horticulture & Amenity
- Forestry & Plantation
- Animal Health
Because pests do not recognize national boundaries, the problems are increasingly approached from an international perspective.
The magazine provides authoritative reviews of pest control developments worldwide, with news, articles, reviews, features and comments. It is published in the interest of everyone concerned with the control of infestation of all types - in agriculture; in food manufacturing, storage and distribution; in domestic, commercial and industrial premises.
IPC keeps its readers informed of trends in new techniques, new chemicals, new products, and new methods of applying existing remedies – these are the practical tools of the pest control industry the world over.
The magazine also provides information on control and protection against various diseases transmitted by insects.
Subscribers to International Pest Control magazine have free on-line access with search facility to all back issues published since January 2004.
Agronomy
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/agronomy
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