CROP Innovation & Business Conference

30/03/25 -
01/04/25

On March 30-April 1, 2025 the International CROP Innovation & Business (CropIB) conference will take place in Cologne, Germany. The international conference combines science, technology innovation, and business in the field of plant breeding and innovative crops.

Why Attend?

This conference brings together breeding, AgBio, and AgTech companies, academics, investors, startups and experts from the international agri-food industry. Innovations, technologies, and business strategies for developing future crops that provide solutions to the sustainability challenges in agriculture will be discussed.

This event offers a unique opportunity 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.

What to expect?

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

Whom to meet?

CropIB is a C-level conference for management, entrepreneurs, leading scientists, and financial- and legal experts from the international AgBio and AgTech industry.

Around 200 delegates (CEOs, CSOs, Business executives, heads of R&D/Biotech, legal firms, key scientists, policymakers and financial experts) from the international AgBio industry will be present representing over 100 different organisations.

Secure your spot at the CROP Innovation in Business conference by registering here.