Program overview
April 14, 2019
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14:00
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15:00
Welcome reception and social event
Social event, to be announced.
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17:05
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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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´Consequences of the EU approvals system for GMOs´
Beat Späth, Director for Agricultural Biotechnology at EuropaBio will talk about the consequences of the EU approvals system for GMOs
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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:
• Michael Keller, Secretary General, International Seed Federation (CH)
• dr. Paresh Verma, President at Bioseed (India)
• Beat Späth, Director for Agricultural Biotechnology at EuropaBio (BE)
• Marjan Frik, VP Legal Affairs KeyGene (NL)
• Stefan van der Heijden, Director of Research and Development at Royal van Zanten (NL)
• T.b.a., Corteva
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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
Presentations by
• Nora Alonso Casajús, CEO Iden Biotechnology (ES)
• Speaker t.b.a., DCM De Ceuster Meststoffen (BE)Ornamentals in a changing market: producers and customers
Presentations by
• Olivier Aretz, VP Strategy & Product Teams at Dümmen Orange (NL)
• Joris van der Els, Global head of Flower Product at bloomon (NL)
• Sjoukje Heimovaara, CEO Royal van Zanten (NL) -
13:30
Parallel sessions part 2
Presentations by
• Matt Kramer, Director of Product Development & Commercialization Fall Creek Farm and Nursery, Inc. (US)
• Anker Sørensen, Vice President New Business KeyGene (NL)
• Franck Berger, CEO Limagrain Vegetable Seeds (FR)
• Speaker t.b.a., SVZ (NL)Indoor farming, digitization and big data
Presentations by
• Claudia Rössler, Director Agriculture Strategic Partnerships Azure Global Engineering at Microsoft Corporation (US)
• Roeland van Ham, VP Bioinformatics and Modeling KeyGene (NL)
• Maren Schoormans, VP Commerce and Strategy Horticulture Priva (NL)
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15:30
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16:15
Innovator pitches by young-, promising- and/ or startup innovators
6 innovator groups, startups or SMEs will have the opportunity to present their venture, technology or business case in an elevator pitch of 2 minutes with 6 slides (Pecha Khucha style). The audience will choose the best pitch who will get the opportunity to give an 8 minutes presentation on Tuesday. -
17:30
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19:00
Informal conference- and network dinner
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
The dinner experience 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
Presentations by
• Régis Fournier, CEO Maïsadour Semences (FR)
• Stefan Schwarz, Head of Innovation & Licensing KWS Group (DE)
• Ponsi Trivisvavet, CEO Inari (US)
• Paresh Verma, President at Bioseed (India)Presentations by:
• Vonnie Estes, VP of Technolgy, 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
Presentations by:
• Maga Malsagov, Founder & CEO PureCircle (US)
• Jacques Ruth, Group Managing Director at Deroose Plants (BE)
• Olivier Rigaud, Former CEO Naturex (FR)
• Pierre Broun, VP Plant Sciences - coffee and cocoa Olam (NL)Nutritional crops (protein crops)
Presentations by
• Hans Jöhr, Corporate Head of Agriculture at Nestlé SA (CH)
• Ruud Tijssens, Group Director Public & Cooperative Affairs at Agrifirm (NL)
• Erika den Daas, Managing Director at Meijer Potato (NL)
• 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)
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18:00