Crop Innovation & Business

M. (Maria) Abad Molina

EIT FOOD

Investment Manager
- Belgium -

J.J.M. (Jeroen) Aker

De Groot en Slot bv

Manager Breeding
- Netherlands -

M. (Miguel) Arato

Eurofins Agroscience Services Germany Holding GmbH

NewAg Business Lead Agroscience Europe
- Germany -

Dr. G. (Giacomo) Bastianelli

Rainbow Crops

Co-founder & CEO
- Belgium -

H. (Hakan) Baykus

magtivio BV

Senior Technical Sales Specialist
- Netherlands -

B. (Barbara) Berckmans

Agri Investment Fund

Investment manager
- Belgium -

T. (Thomas) Beuls

Breed Bio

Co-founder
- Belgium -

Dr. P. (Pankaj) Bihani

Namdhari Seeds PVT Ltd.

Vice President - Technology (R&D)
- India -

Prof. W. (Wout) Boerjan

Ghent University

Professor
- Belgium -

M. (Michiel) Bontinck

VIB

Business Development Manager
- Belgium -

M. (Marc) Bots

Bejo Zaden B.V.

Research & Breeding Director
- Netherlands -

P. (Petra) Bracht

CEPLAS - Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences

Communication Coordinator
- Germany -

M.J. (Maarten) Braspenning

Excelra Belgium BV

Sr Vice President Bioinformatics & Data Science
- Belgium -

C. (Christin) Bruchhagen

illumina

Sr. Territory Account Manager
- Germany -

Dr. F. (Felix) Büchting

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

CEO
- Germany -

M. (Mario) Caccamo

Niab

Director
- United Kingdom -

Dr. N.P. (Nora) Castañeda-Álvarez

The Global Crop Diversity Trust

Science Project Coordinator
- Germany -

H. (Huiling) Chen

Sanya yazhoubay

- China -

N. (Nicolas) Cheviet

Hiphen

Chief Revenue Officer
- France -

J. (Jihed) Chouaref

Annogen

Bioinformatics scientist
- Netherlands -

F. (Filip) Cnudde

Corteva Agriscience

Regional Regulatory Team Leader Seeds & Biotech, EMEA
- Belgium -

K.D. (Karl) Collins

Bayer Crop Science

Director, Open Innovation and Ecosystems – Europe
- Germany -

P.M. (Stef) Cuijpers

BASF - Nunhems Netherlands BV

Global head of Strategic Planning
- Netherlands -

A. (Ahan) Dalal

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Research Associate
- Germany -

A.J. (Auke) Damstra

CropXR / University Utrecht

CTO
- Netherlands -

A.D.A. (Anna) Daneva

NLO

- Belgium -

E. (Eliana) De Sousa Salgado

MolGen

International Account Manager
- Belgium -

J.L. (Johan) De Vidts

WIWAM

- Belgium -

J.P.C. (Jack) De Wit

Rijk Zwaan Zaadteelt en Zaadhandel

Licensing & Contract Research Manager
- Netherlands -

J. (Jürgen) Decloedt

VITO Remote Sensing

Business Development Manager
- Belgium -

O. (Omar) Dekkiche

Amatera Biosciences

CEO
- France -

A. (Alindi) Delftiana

MolGen BV

International Account Manager
- Netherlands -

D. (David) Dessers

CRESCO

Founding Partner
- Belgium -

S. (Stijn) Dhondt

VIB

Head of VIB Agro-Incubator
- Belgium -

J. (Jan) Diettrich

Hochschule Rhein-Waal

scientific staff
- Germany -

O. (Oana) Dima

VIB-UGent

science policy manager / EU-SAGE executive manager
- Belgium -

S. (Shifan) Ding

ID Biotech

Global Product Manager
- China -

Dr. C. (Christoph) Dockter

Carlsberg Research Laboratory

Head of Cereal Breeding & Trait Development
- Denmark -

O. (Oleksandr) Dovzhenko

ScreenSYS GmbH

Managing Director
- Germany -

J. (Cian) Duggan

Resurrect Bio

CEO & Co-founder
- United Kingdom -

K.C. (Katherine) Dutmer

GC Legal Services

Chief Legal Officer | AI | IP
- Netherlands -

A. (André) Eggen

illumina

Agrigenomics Manager
- France -

R. (Rana) Essa

OlsAro Crop Biotech AB

Business Developer
- Sweden -

K. (Kader) Fatmi

Eurofins Agroscience

Project Development MAnager
- France -

L. (Laia) Fitó

Semillas Fito

- Spain -

Dr. P. (Pádraic) Flood

Aardaia

Founder & CEO
- Netherlands -

A. (Anna) Freudenreich

KeyGene

Researcher in Bioinformatics and AI
- Netherlands -

Prof. Dr. W.B. (Wolf) Frommer

Heinrich Heine University

Alexander von Humboldt Professor
- Germany -

W. (Winnie) Füchtbauer

Sejet Plantbreeding

Wheat breeder
- Danmark -

F. (Finn) Gaida

NoMaze

Co-Founder & CTO
- Germany -

R. (Ricardo) Godinez-Moreno

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Innovation Manager
- Germany -

S. (Sofie) Goormachtig

VIB-UGent

Group Leader
- Belgium -

C. (Camille) Gouache

Limagrain Europe

Licensing Manager
- France -

C.R. (Christine) Gould

GIGA

Founder & CEO
- Switzerland -

Dr. T.W.G. (Tom) Greene

Corteva Agriscience

Sr. Director External Innovation Investment
- United States -

R.H.G (Ron) Groot

LGC Biosearch Technologies

Account Manager
- United Kingdom -

G. (Guido) Grossmann

CEPLAS/Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Professor
- Germany -

K. (Katharina) Gräfe

BIO.NRW - The Home of Biotech

- Germany -

H. (Hélène) Guillot

ACLP

Managing Director
- Belgium -

D. (Dominic) Hall

Biographica

CTO
- United Kingdom -

L. (Lisanne) Hameleers

VU Amsterdam and Biotech Booster

Business Developer
- Netherlands -

T.J.W. (Tim) Harmsen

Iribov

R&D Project manager
- Netherlands -

R.J.M.G. (Richard) Harrison

Wageningen University & Research, Plant Sciences Group

Managing Director
- Netherlands -

P. (Pernille Ollendorff) Hede

Healthycrop

CEO
- Denmark -

Dr. A. (Anne) Helfer

biotope by VIB

Startup Support Manager
- Belgium -

M. (Magnus) Hertzberg

SweTree Technologies AB

CTO
- Sweden -

Dr. L. (Lennart) Hoengenaert

VIB - University of Ghent

Coordinator Crop Genome Engineering Facility
- Belgium -

R. (Rene) Hofstede

KeyGene

Program Scientist / Team Leader
- Netherlands -

W.L. (Wessel) Holtman

Fytagoras BV

commercial manager
- Netherlands -

K. (Kim) Jansen

KeyGene

Portfolio / Account Manager
- Netherlands -

S. (Scott) Jarrett

Elaniti

CEO
- United Kingdom -

T. (Thierry) Jaunet

Limagrain

Head of Licensing & Innovation
- France -

Dr. P. (Petra) Jorasch

Euroseeds

Manager Plant Breeding Innovation Advocacy
- Belgium -

L. (Luca) Jubitana

Takii Europe B.V.

Pre-breeder
- Netherlands -

U. (Ujjal) Kaur

Namdhari Seeds Pvt Ltd.

- India -

A. (Arjan) Kerkhoff

BASF - Nunhems Netherlands BV

Global Head strategy Development
- Netherlands -

K.B. (Kamila) Koropacka

Axia Vegetable seeds

Head of Research
- Netherlands -

C. (Christina) Kothes

University of Cologne

Innovation Manager Plant Sciences
- Germany -

H.K.L. (Lutz) Krafft

Lutz Krafft

Consultant
- Germany -

L.P.N.M. (Laurens) Kroon

Bejo Zaden B.V.

Head of Research
- Netherlands -

T. (Thomas) Kruse

Sanatech Life Science

- Japan -

R. (Remco) Kwakman

Syngenta Seeds

Global Seed Technology Lead, Vegetables
- Netherlands -

N. (Natalie) Laibach

Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

- Germany -

Prof. M.J. (Martin) Lercher

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Professor of Computational Cell Biology
- Germany -

S. (Shai) Leviatov

Harmoniz LTD

VP R&D
- Israel -

L.G. (Guangyu) Liu

BGI Research

head of BGI Research’s agriculture and breeding R&D division
- China -

E. (Ernesto) Llamas

Plantman

- Germany -

R. (Robert) Lo Bue

Resurrect Bio

Operations Manager
- United Kingdom -

S. (Sumit) Luthra

KeyGene

Director, IP Licensing & Technology Transactions
- Netherlands -

I. (Ido) Margalit

Interim partner
- France -

J. (Jan) Meiling

Naktuinbouw

managing director
- Netherlands -

L.S. (Leo) Melchers

Melchers Biotech Consulting

Founder & Director
- Netherlands -

A. (An) Michiels

AgKnowlege

Director
- Belgium -

Z. (Zeljko) Micic, PhD

SMARTtray GmbH

CEO
- Germany -

K. (Knut) Mohr

LGC Biosearch Technologies

SeniorAccount Manager Applied / AgBio
- Germany -

W.T. (Wout) Morrenhof

OostNL

Investment Manager
- Netherlands -

Dr. K. (Kathy) Munkvold

Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research

Scientific Program Director - Crop Production Systems
- United States -

Dr. M. (Mathias) Müller

Corteva Agriscience

Corteva Catalyst Senior Director
- United States -

A. (Andreas) Müller

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

Head Scientific Management (IBG-2)
- Germany -

E. (Eswar) Narayanan

Corteva Agriscience

Director, Corteva Catalyst
- United States -

Dr. P. (Pernille) Ollendorf Hede

Healthycrop

CEO
- Denmark -

Y. (Yadira) Olvera Carrillo

VIB

Business Development Manager
- Belgium -

L. (Liesbet) Paemen

De Clercq & Partners

Partner & Patent Attorney
- Belgium -

C.P.D. (Caroline) Pallard

NLO

Dutch and European Patent Attorney
- Belgium -

K. (Klaus) Palme

ScreenSYS GmbH

Professor, PhD, CSO
- Germany -

N.P.A. (Niels) Peeters

Innoveins seed solutions B.V.

Director and seed specialist
- Netherlands -

Dr. W. (William) Pelton

Phytoform

Co-founder and CEO
- United Kingdom -

M. (Michel) Perriere

Standard BioTools

Senior Field Application Scientist
- Germany -

M. (Martin) Quanz

Bayer Intellectual Property GmbH

Senior Patent Counsel
- Germany -

A. (Pablo) Quijada

SEMILLAS FITO

- Spain -

Dr. M. (Michel) Ragot

DELTAGee

CEO
- United States -

D. (Dries) Raymaekers

VITO

Researcher
- Belgium -

E. (Emile) Redant

Zymofix

CEO & Co-founder
- Belgium -

M. (Michiel) Reessink

MolGen

Chief Commercial Officer
- Netherlands -

C.J.L.P. (Christopher) Roe-Bullion

Eurofins Genomics Europe Agrigenomics Products and Services A/S

Senior Business Development Manager
- Denmark -

L.M.J. (Loet) Rummenie

StartLife

Program Director
- Netherlands -

F.K. (Frank) Röber

Corteva Agriscience Germany GmbH

Europe Breeding Alliances Lead
- Germany -

N. (Nikita) Sajeev

Wageningen University and Research

Knowledge Transfer Officer Biotech
- Netherlands -

J.A. (Janus Asbjørn) Schatz-Jakobsen

Sejet Plant Breeding

R&D manager
- Denmark -

H. (Helmut) Schramm

BetterSeeds

Chairman
- Israel -

Dr. J. (Jasmin) Schubert

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH / BIO.NRW

Senior Project Manager
- Germany -

B. (Beate) Schurek

Standard BioTools

Regional Sales Manager
- Germany -

S. (Stefan) Schwarz

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

Lead of Scouting & Licensing
- Germany -

F. (Felix) Seifert

Excelra Belgium BV

Senior Scientific Manager
- Belgium -

A. (Andreas) Sewing

Enza Zaden Research & Development B.V.

Chief Scientific Officer
- Netherlands -

Y. (Ying) Shao

Plantik Biosciences

CEO & Co-Founder
- France -

S. (Shivam) Sharma

StartLife

Startup Analyst
- Netherlands -

G.W. (Rüdiger) Simon

Heinrich Heine University

Professor
- Germany -

F. (Fatemeh) Soltani

University of Cologne

Post doctoral researcher
- Germany -

B. (Bruno) Steinkraus

Soilytix GmbH

CEO
- Germany -

Prof. Dr. M. (Markus) Stetter

Institute for Plant Sciences, University of Cologne

Professor
- Germany -

B.D. (Wouter) Stevens

Twist Bioscience

- U.S.A. -

G. (Günter) Strittmatter

Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

CEPLAS Head Technology Transfer and Cooperation Management
- Germany -

K. (Katrien) Swerts

Rabobank

Executive Director
- Netherlands -

A.P. (Anker) Sørensen

KeyGene

Vice-President New Business
- Netherlands -

S. (Shimpei) Takeshita

Sanatech Seed Co., Ltd.

Representative Director-President
- Japan -

O. (Oliver) Thimm

Landman.Bio

CEO
- Belgium -

T.L.T. (Tate) Tischner

Troutman Pepper Locke

Partner | Registered Patent Attorney
- United States -

E. (Erik) Toussaint

KeyGene

Sr. PR & Communication Officer
- Netherlands -

Prof. Dr. Ir. L.M. (Luisa) Trindade

Wageningen University & Research

Group Leader Biobased Economy
- Netherlands -

F.S.G. (Fleur) Tuinzing-Westerhuis

Houthoff

Counsel
- Netherlands -

J. (Joris) van Arensbergen

Annogen

Founder and CEO
- Netherlands -

Dr. J. (Joris) van Arensbergen

Annogen

Founder and CEO
- Netherlands -

Dr. P. (Petra) van Bergeijk

KeyGene

Scientist
- Netherlands -

N.E.M. (Nikkie) van Bers

Genetwister Technologies B.V.

Head of Innovation & Application
- Netherlands -

J. (Jérôme) Van Biervliet

VIB

Managing Director
- Belgium -

J.F. (Wim) Van Camp

Fyteko

Chief Development Officer
- Belgium -

J.H. (Jan) van den Berg

BASF | Nunhems

Scouting & Partnering vegetables
- Netherlands -

Ir. T. (Tonny) van den Boom

BASF

Global Genetic Resource Coordinator Vegetable Seeds
- Netherlands -

R.W. (Ruud) van den Bulk

Wageningen University & Research

Manager Business Development
- Netherlands -

E. (Erik) Van der Biezen

BASF

Alliance Management
- Belgium -

Dr. I. (Ingrid) van der Meer

Wageningen University & Research

Manager Business Unit Bioscience
- Netherlands -

T. (Thea) van der Wijk

KeyGene

VP Intellectual Property & Legal Affairs
- Netherlands -

Prof. A.D.J. (Aalt-Jan) van Dijk

University of Amsterdam

Professor Data Analysis in the Life Sciences
- Netherlands -

M. (Maureen) van Eijnatten

KeyGene

Team Lead / Program Scientist
- Netherlands -

Dr. F. (Fred) Van Ex

Inari

Managing Director
- Belgium -

M. (Mark) van Haaren

L&C advisory

Advisor
- France -

R. (Roeland) van Ham

KeyGene

CEO
- Netherlands -

B. (Bart) Van Hooland

Thia Ventures

Managing Partner
- Belgium -

Dr. L. (Ludo) Van Put

SMO bv

Head of Software
- Belgium -

Dr. A. (Arjen) van Tunen

TunenAgroFood B.V. advice and coaching

CEO
- Netherlands -

M.C. (Marcel) van Verk

KeyGene

Vice-President Crop Data Science
- Netherlands -

T. (Tamar) Veg Ariav

Phenome-Networks

Head of Product
- Israel -

Dr. A. (Annick) Verween

biotope by VIB

Head of biotope
- Belgium -

Dr. X. (Xana) Verweij

Enza Zaden

Global Biotech Director
- Netherlands -

T. (Tom) Viaene

VIB

Manager New Ventures
- Belgium -

F. (Francisco) Vilela Pereira

VITO

R&D Climate Adaptation in Agriculture
- Belgium -

C. (Chiara) Volpi

Enza Zaden

Research Manager
- Netherlands -

N. (Lars) von Borcke

Plenty Sense Ltd

Busienss Development Director
- United Kingdom -

Prof. Dr. M. (Maria) von Korff Schmising

Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

Institute for Plant Genetics
- Germany -

J. (Jaap) Vromans

Limgroup

Manager research
- Netherlands -

J. (Jeroen) Wagemans

Landman.Bio

R&D director
- Belgium -

A. (Annkathrin) Wahbi

RootCamp GmbH

Project- & Innovation manager
- Germany -

H. (Hong) Wang

KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA

Senior Scouting & Licensing Manager
- Germany -

M. (Alexander) Wiegelmann

SeedForward GmbH

Chairman of the Board
- Germany -

J. (Julien) Winkel

Soilytix

CCO
- Germany -

R. (Renate) Wünsche

Syngenta Seeds

Global Lead Physiology
- Netherlands -

A.P.Z. (Andrew) Zappia

Troutman Pepper Locke

Leader of Health Care and Life Sciences IP Team
- United States -

T. (Darius) Zarrabian

FoodLabs

- Germany -

Participants

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