Gain insights into the latest advancements, trends, and best practices on the use of new technologies for breeding innovative crops.
Join industry leaders, cutting-edge startups and top researchers for an exciting journey. The program features high-level keynotes, interactive sessions, and countless opportunities to connect.
Day 1 Highlights
29 March 2026
Conference kick-off & opening reception
Visit to KeyGene
Keynote: Supporting Crop Innovation with fair access to patents for breeding- and AgTech companies
Panel: Cultivating Tomorrow: The New Crop Innovation Ecosystem
Networking dinner
Day 2 Highlights
30 March 2026
Keynote: Beyond the Genome: From Data to Decisions
Visit to NPEC greenhouse and growth rooms
Sessions on Speed Breeding, Phenotyping, Next-Gen Breeding Tools
Startup pitches
Conference dinner
Day 3 Highlights
31 March 2026
Keynote: From Corporate to Capital to Crops: Turning Fear into Fuel
Sessions on Protein and Allele Design, Disease Resistance, Unbundling Big Ag, AI
CropIB is a C-level conference for management, entrepreneurs, leading scientists, financial- and legal experts from the international AgBio and AgTech industry.
Speaker
A. (Alan) Pauls
PhD candidate in the LettuceKnow Project
Wageningen University & Research
Speaker
T.L.T. (Tate) Tischner
Partner | Registered Patent Attorney
Troutman Pepper Locke
M. (Magda) van der Houven-Miziolek
Senior Territory Account Manager
Illumina
Speaker
T. (Thomas) Jacobs
Group leader Plant Genome Editing
VIB-Ugent Center for Plant Systems Biology
H.A.S. (Hedwich) Teunissen
Managing Director CropXR
CropXR
Y. (Yuling) Bai
Professor of Plant Breeding
Yuling Bai, Wageningen University & Research
H.A.J.M. (Erik) Toussaint
Sr. PR & Communications Officer
KeyGene
M. (Marco) van Schriek
Program Scientist
KeyGene
Speaker
N. (Nastaran) Baleng-Soultani
Co-Founder RadCap | CEO BlueRedGold | Angel Investor in Tech Startups
