XVII Plant Molecular Biology Meeting

July 3-5, 2024. Castellón de la Plana

The XVII Meeting of Plant Molecular Biology It is a biennial scientific conference that It will be held this year on July 3, 4 and 5 in Castellón de la Plana. The event brings together more than 350 high-level plant researchers with the aim of exchanging knowledge, presenting new developments at a conceptual and methodological level, expanding visibility and promoting collective scientific enrichment and the establishment of new collaborations.

The objective of the research in plant molecular biology is to meet the growing demands of agriculture and the challenges that climate change is posing to food production. Therefore, this meeting will focus on fundamental and applied research considering the needs of agriculture and presenting new advances in plant biotechnology. To achieve these objectives, The meeting has the support of the biotechnology platform BIOVEGEN.

BIOVEGEN continues working to enhance the development of R&D activities through Science-Business collaboration. For this reason, the congress will have a Science-Business Session, organized by BIOVEGEN on Thursday, July 4 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m..

Program

5:30 p.m. Welcome and introduction to the session
5:40 p.m. Block 1. Biotechnology driving/demanding companies
- AVASA: the varietal innovation and certification system in citrus fruits. Jose Cuenca. Director
- ANECOOP: Molecular biology and other biotechnological tools for production and marketing. Victoria Ibáñez, director of biotechnology ANC-Biotech
- GCM CITRUS BIOTEC: citrus improvement. Magda Cervera, Laboratory Director
- NAWTER DISCOVERY: from the work to the field and beyond. Solutions for sustainable agriculture. Juan Carlos del Pozo. Scientific advisor
6:25 p.m. Block 2. Financing of science-business R&D
- IVACE+I: regional aid for plant innovation. Victoria Gómez Galdón, head of the Innovation Unit
- SWAN LAAB: agrotechnology investment fund. Nora Alonso, partner and investment director of the Agri-Food Tech Fund
6:55 p.m. Questions and discussion
7:00 p.m. Conclusions and closing

At BIOVEGEN we consider participation in these conferences to be of great interest to the private sector, where the main researchers in the plant area meet and where companies can raise their technological demands, R&D concerns and collaboration possibilities.

XVII Plant Molecular Biology Meeting