Gain insights into the latest advancements, trends, and best practices on the use of new technologies for breeding innovative crops.
Join industry leaders, cutting-edge startups and top researchers for an exciting journey. The program features high-level keynotes, interactive sessions, and countless opportunities to connect.
Day 1 Highlights
29 March 2026
Conference kick-off & opening reception
Visit to KeyGene
Keynote: Supporting Crop Innovation with fair access to patents for breeding- and AgTech companies
Panel: Cultivating Tomorrow: The New Crop Innovation Ecosystem
Networking dinner
Day 2 Highlights
30 March 2026
Keynote: Beyond the Genome: From Data to Decisions
Visit to NPEC greenhouse and growth rooms
Sessions on Speed Breeding, Phenotyping, Next-Gen Breeding Tools
Startup pitches
Conference dinner
Day 3 Highlights
31 March 2026
Keynote: From Corporate to Capital to Crops: Turning Fear into Fuel
Sessions on Protein and Allele Design, Disease Resistance, Unbundling Big Ag, AI
CropIB is a C-level conference for management, entrepreneurs, leading scientists, financial- and legal experts from the international AgBio and AgTech industry.
J.H. (Jan) van den Berg
Scouting & partnering
BASF|Nunhems
G.A. (Gerton) Lunter
Professor of statistics
UMCG / Haplotagging start-up
D. (Daniel) Guerrero
Scouting & Licensing Manager
KWS
M.A. (Marouschka) Blahetek
CEO and co-founder
Carapace Biopolymers
Speaker
H. (Hélène) Guillot
Managing Director
Agricultural Crop Licensing Platform (ACLP)
Speaker
M.K. (Mihir) Kekre
Head of Commercial Partnerships
Tropic Biosciences
Speaker
Dr. D. (Dror) Shalitin
Founder & CEO
PlantArcBio
Speaker
C. (Catherine) Sirven
Computational Life Science digital transformation lead
