Final Programme !
WE DID IT! A new record with more than 1200 participants! See all of you in Berlin!
Saturday, 22.10.2022
15.30 – 18.30 Secretaries General Meeting; on invitation only
20.00 Secretaries General Dinner; on invitation only
Sunday, 23.10.2022
10.00 – 13.00 Secretaries General Meeting; on invitation only
14.00 – 17.00 Secretaries General Meeting; on invitation only
14.00 – 20:30 Opening of Registration Desk (n.b.: Trade Floor remains closed and will only open on Monday, 24.10. at 08.00h!)
19.30 – 22.30 Welcome Party; open to all registered participants, accompanying persons and guests
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Monday, 24.10.2022
08.00 Opening of Trade & Exhibition Floor
Spotlight on Germany!
- “The German agri-business sector: trends and challenges”
Christian Janze; Assurance Market Lead and Managing Partner Ernst & Young Germany - “Germany’s seed sector: a history of diversity and collaboration“
Dieter Rücker; Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter
Communicating seed innovation
- “Let’s grow the future together!”
Erika Maugeri & Darya Chernokova, Communications team, Euroseeds
Monitoring of Illegal Seed Activities
Nils Elmegaard and Corné Beers
CAP implementing provisions
Cover crops
Rejection rates for variety listing and protection
Key markets and value chain partners
Meeting organisation 2023
Priorities 2023
Well meant is not well done – how the Sustainable Use Regulation actually may harm the sustainability of EU seed and crop production
- “An introduction to the Commission’s proposal for the new Sustainable Use Regulation”
Anja Klatt, Senior Manager Public & Government Affairs, Agricultural Solutions, BASF - “Small areas, big impact! How banning crop protection in sensitive areas backfires on sustainability”
Markus Gierth, Bundesverband Deutscher Pflanzenzüchter BDP
Sophie Lejealle, Union Francaise de Semenciers UFS - A view across sectors
Max Schulman, Chair of the Agri-Food Chain Roundtable for Plant Protection - Latest trends and challenges in seed processing: how we can benefit from Artificial Intelligence, deep learning, industry 4.0…
Aron Demeter and Alexander Schwemberger, Bühler UK
EU Seed Equivalence
Where do we go with maize and sorghum? An overview of market developments and trends
Pierre Guillaumin and Martin Gomez, FNPSMS and Sorghum ID
Key markets and value chain partners
Meeting organisation 2023
Priorities 2023
Get your act together!
The world embraces breeding innovation while Europe risks to be left behind.
- Introduction by Petra Jorasch; Manager Plant Breeding Innovation Advocacy, Euroseeds
- “PILTON – genome editing for more sustainable wheat production”
Stefan Streng, Saatzucht Streng-Engelen, Germany - “Low Acrylamide wheat for a healthier diet”
Nigel Halford, Professor, Rothamsted Research, UK - Panel discussion
with speakers and Nigel Moore, KWS Saat SE/BSPB, UK and Diego Risso, Secretary General of SAA Seed Association of the Americas, Uruguay
Farm Saved Seed and Royalty Collection & potential challenges in the new PRM legislation
Justus Boehm, Chair Euroseeds WG on Farm Saved Seed
Cereal variety mixtures in the seed certification system
Birger Eriksen, Chair Euroseeds SCP
Update on other SCP topics: hybrid wheat, protein plan
Key markets and value chain partners
Meeting organisation 2023
Priorities 2023
Making it happen – how to make the EU Protein Plan work
- Introduction by Virginie Bortolussi, Chair Euroseeds Protein TF, Corteva
- “Study on feeding strategies to diversify protein sources in the EU”
Laurent Mercier, European Commission, DG AGRI - “A way to accelerate innovation by joining efforts: plant breeding and the agri-food chain“
Raphaelle Senio-Girerd ; Responsable Fonds d’Innovation et Filières durables, SOFIPROTEOL - “A roadmap to protein”
Amrit Nanda, Executive Manager, ‘Plants for the Future’ European Technology Platform - Panel debate moderated by Cesar Gonzalez, Manager Public Affairs, Euroseeds
- Setting the agenda from research to policies through EU projects
Nick Vangheluwe, Manager Research Policy and Project Coordination, Euroseeds
Market development reports
- Oilseed Rape: Fabrice Roux, Limagrain
- Sunflower: Nicolas Colliot, Syngenta
- Soybean: Francois Paybou, Lidea
- Hemp: Christophe Fevrier, HempIt
RED Renewable Energy Directive III: perspectives of biofuels from biomass
Stephan Arens, UFOP
Key Markets and value chain partners
Meeting organisation 2023
Priorities 2023
20.00 Euroseeds Board and Honorary Guests Dinner; on invitation only
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Tuesday, 25.10.2022
08.00 Opening of Trade & Exhibition Floor
The DSI mess: how a useful innovation is turned against its users
- Information on genetic resources – what, how and why?
Sandra Goritschnig, Scientific Officer, ECPGR - What is this mess all about?
Szonja Csörgő, Director IP and Legal Affairs, Euroseeds - Reflection by
Alvaro Toledo, Deputy Secretary a.i. to the FAO International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture - The sustainable Use Regulation and the potato seed sector
Justus Böhm, General Manager, Böhm-Nordkartoffel Agrarproduktion
Another fine mess… Where we (still) are(n’t) with seed and Brexit
- A potato view
Douglas Harley, Harley Seeds, UK
Key markets and value chain partners
Meeting organisation 2023
Priorities 2023
It matters!
Towards more sustainable seed innovation and growth in the European Union – what’s IP got to do with it?
- “The impact of the community plant variety rights system on the EU economy and environment”
Francesco Mattina, President, CPVO and Nathan Wajsman, Chief Economist, EUIPO - EU-funded breeding for sustainability traits (BRESOV)
Teodoro Cardi, Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council (CNR) and Associate Researcher at CREA, and Amelie Detterbeck, Technical Expert Euroseeds
If you can’t beat it… Why ToBRFV needs management, not eradication
Marleen Maassen, Chair Euroseeds WG ToBRFV
Biological and chemical treatments: workshop concept
Overview SVO activities
Key markets and value chain partners
Priorities 2023
Reconciling food security and sustainability through innovations. The perfect storm: food (in)security in times of crisis
- “Setting the scene”
Ismahane Elouafi, Chief Scientist, Food and Agriculture Organisation, FAO - “A parliamentary contribution to the policy debate”
Juozas Olekas, MEP; S&D Group, Lithuania, Member of the Committee for Agriculture and Chair of the Land Use and Food Production Intergroup of the EP - “Europe’s response: The Green Deal”
Claire Bury, Deputy Director-General DG SANTE, European Commission - “A view from across the Atlantic”
Kirsten Luxbacher, Agricultural Attache, United States Embassy to Germany - Panel debate and open discussion
moderated by Marcel Bruins, Editorial Director SeedWorld Europe Magazine - Concluding remarks
Garlich von Essen, Secretary General Euroseeds
Best Student 2022 Award of the European Plant Breeding Academy
Jovan Djordjevic, Director Education, UC Davis; Shawn Brook, President, SeedWorld Group