BIOVEGEN 2026 Assembly "Towards precise, efficient and sustainable plant production"«

April 16, 2026. Madrid

The General Assembly of BIOVEGEN partners will be held next Thursday, April 16, 2026 from 9:30 a.m. onwards hybrid format at the headquarters of the State Investigation Agency (c/Torrelaguna 58, 28027, Madrid). The Assembly will be exclusive for BIOVEGEN members.

At 12:00 p.m. will be presented BIOVEGEN Session“Towards precise, efficient and sustainable plant production”. This day, in face-to-face format, The event will analyze the strategic relevance of biotechnology in addressing the challenges of the agri-food sector. It will cover legislative developments in genome editing from both public and private perspectives and showcase key science-business collaboration initiatives in plant innovation. Attendance will be given priority to BIOVEGEN members.

Bilateral meetings

The session will allow participating professionals to maintain Bilateral meetings between suppliers and demanders of biotechnology, in pre-arranged meetings that will take place throughout the day in the spaces of networking enabled. If interested, write to the address dlapuente@invegen.org Please indicate the entity(ies) you wish to meet with. These meetings will be scheduled in the order they are received, prioritizing BIOVEGEN members.

List of registered entities

Program

9:30 a.m. BIOVEGEN General Assembly (HYBRID session. Exclusive for BIOVEGEN members)

11:30 a.m. Coffee Networking

12:00 h. BIOVEGEN Session "Towards precise, efficient and sustainable plant production"« (PRESENTIAL Session. Open to the entire sector. Priority assistance for BIOVEGEN partners)

State Investigation Agency (AEI). José Manuel Fernández de Labastida. Managing Director
BIOVEGEN. José Pellicer. President

12:15 h. Agri-food, biotechnology and geopolitics

Manuel Lainez. Director of Innovation and Agri-food Development. Cajamar Group Foundation

12:35 h. Genetically edited crops and microorganisms: new developments and perspectives

Ana Judith Martín de la Fuente. Secretary of the Interministerial Council on Genetically Modified Organisms (CIOMG). Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA)
Concepción Novillo. Director for Regulatory Policies for Seeds and Biotechnology in Europe. Bayer CropScience.

13:15 h. CONVERGE CSIC Program: Science at the service of society's challenges

Ana Castro. Vice President for Innovation and Transfer. CSIC

13:35 h. TRL BOOST Program: Innovative Biocides for Plant Health

Azucena González. Research Professor. Institute of Agricultural Sciences (ICA-CSIC)

13:45 h. Spanish Society of Horticultural Sciences and BIOVEGEN: alliance for science-business innovation

Francisco José Arenas. IFAPA and President of SECH
Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. BIOVEGEN Director

2:00 p.m. Conclusions and closing

José Moisés Martín. Director General. CDTI

Cocktail networking