New frontiers: Exploring breakthroughs in technologies, talent, startups and crops that will define the future of crop innovation
On March 29-31, 2026 the International CROP Innovation & Business (CropIB) conference will take place in Wageningen, the Netherlands, hosted at Omnia, Wageningen University & Research’s state-of-the-art venue at the heart of one of the world’s leading agri-food innovation ecosystems.
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 topics of the CropIB 2026 program:
- Emerging technologies and trends, the evolution of biological crop management, and the shifting regulatory and market dynamics influencing adoption
- Beyond the Genome: From Data to Decisions
- Engineering Plants of Tomorrow
- Domestication Reimagined: Speed Breeding and Novel Crops
- From Data to Decisions: Phenotyping as a Driver of Crop Innovation
- Disruptive Technologies: Next-Gen Breeding Tools and Protein and Allele Design
- Novel Disease Resistance Strategies
- Unbundling Big Ag: New Frontiers for Startup – Corporate Collaboration
- AI and Machine 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, 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, policy makers 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.
More information about the conference, visit cropib.com. CROP Innovation & Business is an initiative of KeyGene, organised by Iventus in collaboration with partners VIB and CEPLAS and Wageningen University & Research
