Partners
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.
CEPLAS
The Cluster of Excellence on Plant Sciences (CEPLAS) is a joint initiative of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, University of Cologne, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research Cologne and Forschungszentrum Jülich. In CEPLAS scientists are developing in an interdisciplinary consortium innovative strategies for sustainable plant production and the promotion of early career researchers.
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
biotope
Silver sponsors
Enza Zaden
Limagrain
Limagrain is an agricultural cooperative and an international seed group owned by 1,300 farmers located in Limagne Val d’Allier (in the center of France). Present in 49 countries and with 9,335 employees, the Group breeds, produces and distributes field seeds, vegetable seeds and agri-food products.
Focused on the genetic progress of plants, Limagrain is the fourth largest seed group worldwide. Through well-known brands on their markets such as LG, Vilmorin, Hazera, Harris Moran, Jacquet and Brossard, the Group makes 2,107 million euros in sales, to which is added 720 million euros made jointly with its strategic partners.
www.limagrain.com - @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: https://www.kws.com/corp/en/careers/
Follow us on LinkedIn® at https://www.linkedin.com/company/kwsgroup/
Syngenta
Media Partners & Supporters
flanders.bio
flanders.bio is an independent life sciences cluster organization with over 300 industry members.
Cluster organization flanders.bio strengthens Flanders’ life sciences and biotechnology ecosystem by facilitating partnering among its members. Furthermore, the organization creates value for the entire life sciences cluster by bringing expertise and a clear strategy to enhance the growth of its members – both locally and internationally – while enabling innovation via a portfolio of activities and programs.
To stimulate the transfer of knowledge and partnerships within the sector, flanders.bio organizes conferences, seminars and workshops, including ‘Knowledge for Growth’, one of the largest regional business conferences in Europe. As an industry organization, flanders.bio provides information tailored to its member companies’ needs, and has a well-developed communication department that contributes to the national and international visibility of its members and the industry in general.
What’s more, flanders.bio provides a range of strategic business support services for companies to expand their business and access new markets. Facilitation of collaborations between different technology sectors is a key objective of flanders.bio, both for healthcare and precision medicine applications as well as in agri-food.
HollandBIO
Hollandbio: the Dutch Biotech Industry Association
Hollandbio is the Dutch biotech industry association connecting, supporting, and representing over 282 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.