Sponsors
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Iventus
Miranda de Regt
T +31 (0)252 75 5810
E miranda.de.regt@cropib.com
Partner
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.
Programme sponsors
EP&C
EP&C is your partner for Intellectual Property in Life Sciences and Food
For companies and institutes in the field of life sciences, proper protection of their Intellectual Property is vital for survival. In many cases, the ideas or the inventions are the reasons why the businesses were set up in the first place.
EP&C manages the portfolios for a great number of clients in the life sciences and food sectors. These portfolios encompass processes specific to the discovery of an invention, all the way through to the granting of IP rights. According to our clients, quality and reliability are two of the key reasons for choosing to work with our experts. Our clients in the life sciences and food sector present us with a mix of methodologies. Some work with structured processes, whilst others choose a more ad hoc approach to business, where speed and agility are of the essence. In either case, our specialists, each with scientific training and proven track records throughout their academic and IP careers, always deliver top-quality services.
Syngenta
Biotechnology Expert Group
Delair tech
UAVs allow to screen more trials and at a higher pace than manual ground truthing. As an expert in both data acquisition and data processing, Delair-Tech developed high-throughput phenotyping UAV solutions to get valuable insights on each plant and efficient processing algorithms to extract accurate crop biophysical data.
VIB
Co sponsors
Rijk Zwaan
Limagrain
Enza Zaden
Takii
A small mom-and-pop seed store established in Kyoto, Japan in 1835; this is the very beginning of Takii & Company, Limited.
Having been the capital city where the imperial palace was situated from 794 until 1868, Kyoto was the center of politics, economy and culture of Japan for a long period of time. It has been a cradle for many different industries including seed business. The seed industry there began as a side business of skilled and hardworking farmers who engaged on the side in domesticating vegetables and flowers brought to Kyoto from all over the country as gifts for the imperial family and for the temples and shrines. They selected such vegetables and flowers for the local climatic conditions and multiplied the seeds for sale to the other farmers. Later on, they became professional seedsmen. Mr. Jisaburo Takii, the founder of Takii, was one of such farmers. Takii has been in business for 182 years as of today, which means it is one of the oldest seed firms in Japan.
Just as the modern Kyoto is proud of its long tradition and history as well as of its concentration of internationally known, high-tech industries, Takii today represents the unique combination of East and West, Old and Modern. It is known to be one of the most innovative in the world seed industry.
In 1935, the company opened its breeding and research station for the scientific research and development of hybrid vegetable and flower seed varieties. The scientific exploration and struggle for the next 15 years finally bore fruit as the world first commercial F1 hybrid cabbage variety in 1950, followed by many world first F1 hybrids of Brassica vegetables. The strength of Takii is founded on the hundreds of thousands of varieties we have collected from all around the world over the past 180 years. Takii has released more than 2,000 varieties (approximately 1,500 for vegetables and 500 for flowers), utilizing this vast collection of seeds as plant genetic resources, the breeding technique of crossing we developed, as well as using up-to-date DNA marker technology.
Takii’s international business began in 1920, when it exported seeds of some Japanese vegetables to the United States. All the oversea business was lost with Japan’s defeat of World War II but the introduction of the first F1 hybrid brassica vegetable varieties enabled the company to be back on track of its international growth. Takii now sells seeds to more than 100 countries and areas and has subsidiary companies in the Netherlands, France, Spain, Denmark, Turkey, the U.S., Brazil, Chile, China, Korea, India, Indonesia and Thailand. Our main vegetable seed products include cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, Chinese cabbage, cucumber, eggplant, melon, onion, pepper, radish, rootstock, squash, tomato, and watermelon. Our main flower seed products include canna, dianthus, lisianthus, ornamental cabbage and kale, petunia, sunflower, viola and zinnia.
Takii’s mission statement is “Contribution to the society through creation of excellent varieties and stable supply of quality seeds”. We are proud of being a small but an integral part of the world agriculture and food production chains. We will continue to do our best to contribute to the world society in such a manner.
Supporters
Axon Lawyers
Axon is an IP law firm and licensing expert with a focus on food, pharma and biotech. Axon assists ag tech companies, amongst others, bringing innovative products to the market and concluding commercial and R&D driven transactions. Axon reports current food law developments at the blog FoodHealthLegal.
EuropaBio
EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, promotes an innovative and dynamic European biotechnology industry. EuropaBio represents 75 corporate and associate members and bio regions, and 17 national biotechnology associations in turn representing over 1800 biotech SMEs.
Bayer Crop Science
Bayer: Science For A Better Life
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture. Its products and services are designed to benefit people and improve their quality of life. At the same time, the Group aims to create value through innovation, growth and high earning power. Bayer is committed to the principles of sustainable development and to its social and ethical responsibilities as a corporate citizen.
Within Bayer, the business unit Vegetable Seeds is responsible for all vegetable seeds activities worldwide from research and breeding to after sales service. Bayer offers expert advice and 1.200 high-quality vegetable seed varieties in 24 crops under the brand NunhemsTM. Bayer is present in all major vegetable production areas around the globe with 26 breeding locations and 2 research laboratories. It is our mission to develop innovative solutions and concepts that meet local and global needs of our customers. Understanding these needs and working together towards a healthy, sustainable and profitable business makes us the global specialist in vegetable seeds.
Bird & Bird
Bird & Bird LLP is an international law firm. We combine exceptional legal expertise with deep industry knowledge and refreshingly creative thinking, to help clients achieve their commercial goals. We have a strong focus in high-tech and regulated industries, such as Technology & Communications, Life Sciences, Media and Energy & Utilities. We have over 1200 lawyers in 28 offices across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, as well as close ties with firms in other parts of the world. Our Bird & Bird team in The Hague consists of approximately 80 lawyers, tax advisers and notaries. If you want to find out more, visit twobirds.com or BirdBuzz, our Dutch knowledge portal (birdbuzz.nl).
Media Partners
Agro Pages
AgroPages is the leading online media exclusively devoted to global agricultural business, providing rich industry information, deep market analysis, powerful product & company searches, professional database and market report, as well as personalized online marketing solution for brand establishment.
European Seed
Established to meet the needs of the 7 billion euro seed industry in Europe, and endorsed by the European Seed Association, European Seed’s goal is to engage readers on both EU and global seed issues. The magazine explores topics such political or regulatory initiatives, seed trade issues, market access, product pipelines for both seed and seed treatments and other topics that represent the interests of those active in research, breeding, production and marketing of seeds of agricultural, horticultural and ornamental plant species.
With tailored, seed-focused content, European Seed brings specialized media that provides unparalleled value to the industry, our readers and our advertisers. Our content is comprised of far more than just articles: it’s a total package that fuses current issues with compelling analysis in addition to an array of digital offerings that take our audience to the heart of the stories that matter.