BIOVEGEN 2025 Assembly “Promoting plant innovation”

April 3, 2025. Madrid

The General Assembly of BIOVEGEN partners will be held next Thursday, April 3, 2025 starting at 10:00 a.m. in hybrid format at the CEOE headquarters (c/ Diego de León 50 -28006- Madrid). The Assembly will be exclusive for BIOVEGEN members.

At 12:00 p.m. will be presented BIOVEGEN session “Promoting plant innovation”. This day, in face-to-face format, will showcase the potential of biotechnology to address the challenges of the agri-food sector. In addition, examples of disruptive projects and companies, opportunities for financing and tools of collaboration development science-business. The Session will be open to the entire sector. Assistance will be a priority for BIOVEGEN partners.

Bilateral meetings

The session will also allow participating professionals to maintain Bilateral meetings between suppliers and demanders of biotechnology, in previously scheduled meetings that will take place throughout the day in the enabled networking spaces. If you are interested, write to the address dlapuente@invegen.org indicating the entity(ies) with which you wish to meet.

List of registered entities

Program

10:00 a.m. BIOVEGEN General Assembly (HYBRID session. Exclusive for BIOVEGEN members)

11:30 a.m. Networking

12:00 h. BIOVEGEN session “Promoting plant innovation” (PRESENTIAL Session. Open to the entire sector. Priority assistance for BIOVEGEN partners)

CEOE. Raúl Natividad. Vice President of the CEOE R&D&I Commission and President of the CEIM R&D&I and Digitalization Commission
INIA-CSIC. Isabel Allona. Director of the CBGP (UPM-INIA-CSIC)
BIOVEGEN. José Pellicer. President BIOVEGEN

12:10 h. Regulating ripening and defense against pathogens in strawberry fruits

David Pose. Professor at the University of Malaga

12:30 p.m. Improving the productivity of fruit trees

Rachel Sanchez. Researcher at the Segura Centre for Soil Science and Applied Biology (CEBAS-CSIC)

12:50 h. Developing new proteins for genetic improvement of strategic crops

Federico Grau. CEO MADEINPLANT

13:10 h. Nanotechnology, small structures with a great impact on sustainable agriculture

Enrique Nice. Founder of NAPLATEC and NANOLIFE

13:30 h. Financing and accelerating agrobiotech companies

ARCANUM PARTNERS. Unai Castañon. Partner responsible for the Food & Beverage sector
CAJAMAR INNOVATES. Juan Carlos Gazquez. Deputy Director CAJAMAR INNOVA

14:10 h. FRUIT & BIOTECH ATTRACTION 2025: promoting technological development in the agricultural sector

FRUIT ATTRACTION 2025. María José Sánchez. Director FRUIT ATTRACTION
BIOTECH ATTRACTION 2025. Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. BIOVEGEN Manager

2:30 p.m. Conclusions and closing

CDTI. Carlos de la Cruz. Director of Technology and Internationalization

14:45 h. Cocktail networking