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.P.Z. (Andrew) Zappia
Partner
Troutman Pepper Locke
Speaker
C. (Claudia) Hallebach
Chair
Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform (ACLP) / Head of Global Legal and IP at KWS SAAT SE & Co.KGaA
P. (Philippe) de Jong
Partner
ALTIUS
I. (Ilja) Roobeek
Manager Trail Discovery & Genomics
Bejo Zaden B.V.
F. (Finn) Gaida
CTO
NoMaze
N. (Nikita) Sajeev
Manager Thematic Cluster Agri-Food Biotechnology
Biotech Booster - Wageningen University
Speaker
D. (Danny) Geelen
Professor
HortiCell - Ghent University
C.R. (Carsten) Reinhard
J A Kemp
Speaker
Prof. dr. T. (Thomas) Hartwig
Group Lead for Crop Improvement
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and Heinrich Hein University
