Sponsors
Check out the available tailor-made sponsoring packages: brand awareness, brand exposure or networking.
For more information, a tailor-made offer or booth reservation, please contact:
Iventus
Miranda de Regt
T +31 (0)252 75 5810
E miranda.de.regt@cropib.com
Partners
KeyGene
KeyGene is the go-to AgBiotech company for higher crop yield & quality.
With our intellectual capital, solution driven approach and collaborative spirit, we work for the future of global agriculture with partners in the AgriFood sector.
VIB
VIB is an entrepreneurial research institute in life sciences located in Flanders, Belgium. VIB’s basic research leads to new and innovative insights into normal and pathological life processes. It unites the expertise of all its collaborators and research groups in a single institute, firmly based on its close partnership with 5 Flemish universities (Ghent University, KU Leuven, University of Antwerp, Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Hasselt University). We are supported by a solid funding program from the Flemish government.
VIB has an excellent track record on translating basic scientific results into pharmaceutical, agricultural and industrial applications. VIB’s Innovation & Business team currently has a portfolio of 240 patent families and conducts about 120 partnering agreements with innovative companies each year. VIB is also firmly rooted in a long-standing tradition of setting up start-up companies. Since its foundation in 1996, VIB has created 27 start-up companies, now employing over 1000 people.
Gold sponsors
VITO Remote Sensing
At VITO Remote Sensing we have been active for over 25 years in using satellite, aerial and drone imagery in an agricultural context. Our mission has been clear from the beginning: use remote sensing technology to accelerate towards a more sustainable world. We specialize in extracting plant trait and performance information from a wide variety of platforms & sensors, and delivering results with clear APIs towards customers and partners.
Check out this interesting news article about integrating digital phenotyping tools in your day to day operations: https://www.cropib.com/news/article/33/integrating-digital-phenotyping-tools-your-day-day-operations
Silver sponsors
BASF
As part of the Agricultural Solutions division of BASF, the Innovation Center Gent delivers innovative solutions for the Seeds business through modern biotechnology and advanced plant breeding. It’s one of the largest R&D sites within the Seeds group and employs about 400 employees from 20 different countries. The BASF Innovation Center Gent covers many aspects within the Seeds business from early discovery research to product commercialization, or as we call it: “from the lab to the field”.
Enza Zaden
Limagrain
Rijk Zwaan
Takii
The Takii story, that traces its roots nearly two centuries ago, is one of tradition, authenticity, professionalism and growth. Beginning in 1835 with a small family-owned seed store in Kyoto, Japan, Takii has continually defined a management style and philosophy that has led to becoming a world-leading breeding company of optimum quality vegetable and flower varieties.
Bronze sponsors
KWS
KWS is one of the world’s leading plant breeding companies. With the tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for more than 160 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugar beet, cereals, potato, rapeseed and sunflowers. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods. 5.100 employees represent KWS in more than 70 countries.
For more information: www.kws.com
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https://www.linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/
NLO
With 70 patent attorneys and 15 trademark and design attorneys, we are one of Europe's largest intellectual property consultancies. We strengthen and protect our clients' innovations, trademarks and designs. We ensure you have access to the necessary expertise in many different fields. Our client base includes multinationals, large and medium-sized Dutch, Belgian and international enterprises, research institutions and government agencies. We are happy to meet you and will be pleased to discuss the possibilities and our services.
Supporters
HollandBIO
HollandBIO: the Dutch Biotech Industry Association
HollandBIO is the Dutch biotech industry association connecting, supporting, and representing over 150 medical, agro-food, and industrial biotech companies. Our members are active in all phases of research and development and include all company sizes: start-ups, SMEs, listed companies and multinationals. Together, we strive for a society taking full advantage of the power of biotechnology in health, food and sustainability.
URL: www.hollandbio.nl
E-mail: info@hollandbio.nl
Twitter: @hollandbio
StartLife
StartLife is Europe’s top agrifoodtech startup accelerator, co-founded by Wageningen University & Research. Its mission is to empower founders to build and grow startups with breakthrough technologies that shape a sustainable food system. To this end, it provides a wide range of services, including business development support, top industry business mentors, non-equity funding and access to a global community of startups, investors, corporates and experts.
Since it foundation in 2010, StartLife has supported 400+ startups that have raised €270 million follow-on capital thus far.