Program overview
April 14, 2019
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15:00
The history of Amsterdam is intimately connected with water. Its 165 canals were created over the centuries to stimulate trade and transport and reclaim land to expand the city. They continue define the city’s landscape and in 2010 Amsterdam's canal ring was recognised as a UNESCO world heritage site. Besides providing a stunning backdrop to the city’s historical centre, floating down Amsterdam’s canals is one of the most memorable ways to discover the city's sights and attractions. Whether you’re a first-time or frequent visitor, everything in Amsterdam seems a bit more magical when viewed from a boat.
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17:15
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´How Will Digitization and Artificial Intelligence Transform Agriculture?’
Dr. Peter Eckes, President BASF Bioscience Research about how digitization and artificial intelligence will transform agriculture.
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´What future for plant science in the EU´
Beat Späth, Director for Agricultural Biotechnology at EuropaBio will talk about how the EU has slowed global GM crop innovation. Is the same now happening with genome editing?
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‘What is the impact of the regulatory landscape on the seed industry, the value chain & society'
Panel discussion led by Niels Louwaars, Managing Director Plantum (NL)
Panellists:
• dr. Paresh Verma, President at Bioseed (India)
• Beat Späth, Director for Agricultural Biotechnology at EuropaBio (BE)
• Stefan van der Heijden, Director of Research and Development at Royal van Zanten (NL)
• Max van Hooren, PhD student Molecular Biology, University of Amsterdam - Plant Cell Biology (NL)
• dr. Filip Cnudde, EMEA Seeds & Biotech Regulatory Leader at Corteva Agriscience™ (BE)
• Vonnie Estes, VP of Technology Produce Marketing Association (US)
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19:00
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20:00
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´The Value of a Responsible and Sustainable Food Supply Chain´
presentation by Clive Gristwood, EVP R&D – Foods & Refreshment at Unilever (U.K.)
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April 15, 2019
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08:30
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09:00
Keynote lecture by Adam Anders, Managing Partner at Anterra Capital
´Global economic growth, investment, trade, logistics and food prices´ -
09:45
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10:30
Parallel sessions part 1
Hosted by VIB
Presentations by
• Katherine Dutmer, General counsel a.i. (NL)
• Nora Alonso Casajús, CEO Iden Biotechnology (ES)
• Inge Hanssen, DCM De Ceuster Meststoffen (BE)
• Lars Moelbak, R&D Manager Plant Health Chr. Hansen (DK)Ornamentals in a changing market: producers and customers
Hosted by Verdant Partners
Presentations by
• Olivier Aretz, VP Strategy & Product Teams at Dümmen Orange (NL)
• Sjoukje Heimovaara, CEO Royal van Zanten (NL)
• Joris van der Els, Global head of Flower Product at bloomon (NL)
• Tessa Duste, Co Founder & Industrial Designer at MOSS (NL) -
13:30
Parallel sessions part 2
Hosted by KeyGene
Presentations by
• Cindy van Rijswick, Senior Industry Analyst Fresh Fruit and Vegetables RaboResearch Food & Agribusiness (NL)
• Matt Kramer, Director of Product Development & Commercialization Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc. (US)
• Mike Vermeer, Head of Innovation and Gerbert Dijkgraaf, Business Development Manager, SVZ International, a Royal Cosun company (NL)
• Anker Sørensen, Vice President New Business KeyGene (NL)Indoor farming, digitization and big data
Hosted by Icos Capital Management B.V.
Presentations by
• Maren Schoormans, VP Commerce and Strategy Horticulture Priva (NL)
• Claudia Rössler, Director Agriculture Strategic Partnerships Azure Global Engineering at Microsoft Corporation (US)
• Nityen Ranjan Lal, Board member Gamaya (CH)
• Roeland van Ham, VP Bioinformatics and Modeling KeyGene (NL) -
15:30
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16:15
Plenary pitch program
Presentation winner innovator pitch contest 2017
Jurriaan Ruys, CEO Sensoterra
Confirmed pitching companies:
▪ Tom Martens, Managing Director UgenTec (BE)
▪ Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Chief Operating Officer ScreenSYS GmbH (DE)
▪ Dwarkesh Parihar, Head Biotechnology R&D at Bioseed Research (India)
▪ Andre Moreira, CEO Novihum Technologies GmbH (DE)
▪ Stephan von Rundstedt, CEO RoBoTec PTC GmbH (DE) -
17:30
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19:00
Informal conference- and network dinner
Pub Quiz
Presented by Dutch journalist and sports commentator Andy Houtkamp.
So, what's it all about? It's easy. You play in a team against everyone else. The organisation will put the teams together. All the attendees put their phones away, turn off their laptops and see just how much random, useless knowledge they have and how that compares to the other people in the room. The winning team will get besides eternal fame a nice prize.
Pop Up Pitches
In 2 minute sessions anyone with a business or applications idea can take the floor! Sign up during this conference but up to 30 minutes in advance of this session.
For more information about participation criteria, please contact dr. Leon A. Mur, leon.mur@cropib.com
This dinner will take place at Grand Café De Tropen, Linnaeusstraat 2, Amsterdam (entrance through the park or on the Mauritskade).
April 16, 2019
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08:30
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09:00
Keynote lecture by Dr. Arjen van Tunen, CEO Keygene:
´Breakthrough innovations for better and healthier crops for the future´ -
09:45
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10:30
Parallel sessions part 3
Hosted by Syngenta
Presentations by
• Paresh Verma, President at Bioseed (India)
• Erika den Daas, Managing Director at Meijer Potato (NL)
• Stefan Schwarz, Head of Innovation & Licensing KWS Group (DE)
• Pim Lindhout, Head R&D Solynta (NL)Hosted by NLO
Presentations by:
• Bart Swinkels, Partner & Dutch and European patent attorney NLO (NL)
• Vonnie Estes, VP of Technology, Produce Marketing Association (US)
• John Purcell, Head of Vegetables R&D Bayer Crop Science (US)
• Ben Tax, Managing Director Rijk Zwaan (NL) -
13:30
Parallel sessions part 4
Hosted by KeyGene
Presentations by:
• Olivier Rigaud, Former CEO Naturex (FR)
• Maga Malsagov, Founder & CEO PureCircle (US)
• Pierre Broun, VP Plant Sciences - coffee and cocoa Olam (NL)
• Jacques Ruth, Group Managing Director at Deroose Plants (BE)Nutritional crops (protein crops)
Hosted by EuropaBio
Presentations by
• Ruud Tijssens, Group Director Public & Cooperative Affairs at Agrifirm (NL)
• Hans Jöhr, Corporate Head of Agriculture at Nestlé SA (CH)
• Niko Koffeman, Co-founder De Vegetarische Slager -
15:30
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16:15
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by Neal Gutterson, Chief Technology Officer at Corteva Agriscience™, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont™ (US)
Healthy food and a healthy planet. That’s an aspiration many of us share. Join Neal Gutterson as he discusses tools with the potential to help achieve that goal.
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18:00