BIOVEGEN session at the XII NATIONAL CONGRESS ON PLANT GENETIC IMPROVEMENT

BIOVEGEN session at the XII NATIONAL CONGRESS ON PLANT GENETIC IMPROVEMENT

September 30, 2026. Malaga

El Congreso Nacional de Mejora Genética de Plantas fue el principal punto de encuentro para investigadores, docentes, técnicos y empresas vinculadas al field of plant improvement. El evento se celebró en Málaga del September 28 to October 1, 2026, organized by the Spanish Society of Horticultural Sciences (SECH) and the Spanish Society of Genetics (SEG), together with the Institute of Subtropical and Mediterranean Horticulture “La Mayora” (IHSM-UMA-CSIC).

He aim de este congreso fue abordar los avances más recientes en genética, biotecnología y mejora genética de plantas, fomentando el intercambio de conocimientos y la colaboración entre profesionales de distintas áreas.  En este contexto, BIOVEGEN organizó el día 30 de septiembre, a las 17:30 horas, A session to promote science-business collaboration, where success stories will be presented and new developments in crop genetics, NGTS, precision genetic improvement, etc. will be discussed.

Program y presentaciones

 5:30 p.m. Welcome and introduction. BIOVEGEN

• Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. BIOVEGEN Director

5:35 p.m. A legislative perspective in the European Union

•  Ana Judith Martin. Secretary of the Interministerial Council on GMOs. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 

5:50 p.m. Perspective from a global legislative point of view. 

• Leire Escajedo. Full Professor UPV-EHU

18:10h. Round table: business vision on genome editing and plant innovation

• NGT development company. Federico Grau. CEO. MADEINPLANT

• Company that develops IT tools for NGTs. Federico Jurado. Co-Founder y CTO. PLOID AYo

• Company using NGTs. Magdalena Cervera. Variety Development Technologist. GCM Citruyes

• Company promoting plant innovation. Edgar García. Scientific Manager of the Plant Biotechnology Area. BEYOND SEEDS BIOTECH GROUP