Crop Innovation & Business Conference in Cologne
The annual “Crop Innovation & Business Conference (Crop IB)” brings together a total of close to 200 participants, on the one hand representing Agri-Food business and, on the other hand, representing academia in the fields of plant sciences, plant breeding, plant biotechnology, computational biology and agronomy. Latest innovative developments in these fields are presented and discussed. The conference is an excellent platform to mediate contacts between academia and Agri-Food business, and to stimulate and initiate cooperations between the two sides.
Date: March 30 to April 1, 2025
Location: Wolkenburg, Cologne
CEPLAS members receive a 10% discount on the entrance fee. If you are interested, please contact petra.bracht[at]hhu.de.
The Crop IB offers opportunities to:
Network: Connect with industry experts, entrepreneurs, and professionals from around the world during lunch sessions, social drinks and 2 fantastic dinners at unique venues.
Knowledge Sharing: Gain insights into the latest advancements, trends, and best practices on the use of new technologies for breeding innovative crops.
Collaboration Opportunities: Explore potential partnerships and collaborations that can drive innovation and growth in your business.
Market Developments: Stay updated on market dynamics, regulatory changes, emerging opportunities and the investment landscape in the plant breeding sector.
Some highlights of the CropIB 2025 program:
- Realizing the potential of plant genetic resources by leveraging cutting edge technologies
- New gene-editing (enabling) technologies for crop improvement
- Navigating the Nexus: Intellectual property and regulatory challenges in plant breeding
- How to accelerate crop breeding
- The changing plant breeding sector
- New crops, applications and commercialisation strategies for the agricultural bioeconomy
- Partnering & collaboration strategies in AgTech. How to succeed in the collaboration dynamics between corporates and startups?
- Applications of artificial intelligence, machine learning and deep learning in plant breeding
- Pitch program for young AgTech/AgBio companies