Crop Innovation in Business (CropIB) 2026 brings together leaders from breeding, AgBio and AgTech, alongside investors, researchers and innovators from across the global agri-food sector. The conference focuses on the technologies, data and business models shaping the future of sustainable crop development.
Participants benefit from:
High-level networking with international decision-makers
Insights into the latest scientific and technological advances
Opportunities for collaboration across industry, startups and academia
Market and regulatory updates relevant to plant breeding and AgBio
The programme covers the full innovation pipeline, including:
AI, data and next-generation breeding technologies
Speed breeding, phenotyping and novel crops
Disease resistance and biological crop management
Startup–corporate collaboration and investment trends
A pitch programme for emerging AgTech and AgBio companies
CropIB is a C-level conference with around 200 participants from more than 100 organisations, including CEOs, CSOs, R&D and biotech leaders, investors, policy makers, legal experts and leading scientists from the international AgBio and AgTech industry.
Join the CropIB 2026 conference to connect, learn, and collaborate with the brightest minds in the industry. Visit cropib.com for more information and register now to secure your place.
Crop Innovation & Business is an initiative of KeyGene, organised by Iventus in collaboration with VIB, CEPLAS and Wageningen University & Research.
The expert-panel discussion educated me in strategic and meritorious choice of inventions to approach investors and manage investment funds for establishing a spin off.
Ram Siddappa
Erasmus MC, Netherlands
The experts, the specific content and the informal setting will improve you as a professional.
Brechtje Vreenegoor
Radboud Universteit, Netherlands
From day one ASTP has been a tremendous help. Learning throughs seminars and workshops or meeting peers for discussions, there is always someone around to exchange ideas with.
Paul van Dun
KU Leuven, Belgium
The course exceeded my expectations. We exchanged experiences and learned different options of approaches to existing problems.
Patricia Lima
Instituto Superior Technico, Portugal
ASTP has attained a unique position that has turned it into a highly valued player on the global technology transfer scene.
Koenraad Debackere
KU Leuven, Belgium
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