BIOTECH ATTRACTION 2025 Congress: Sowing knowledge, harvesting innovation

October 1, 2025. Fruit Forum Auditorium. Connection Hub, Halls 1-3. IFEMA, Madrid

Registration for this conference includes free admission to the FRUIT ATTRACTION fair, courtesy of BIOVEGEN.

He BIOTECH ATTRACTION Congress “Sowing knowledge, harvesting innovation” will take place on Wednesday, October 1, 2025 in the FRUIT FORUM Auditorium (connecting core between pavilions 1-3 of IFEMA-Madrid), within the framework of FRUIT ATTRACTION 2025, a leading international plant production fair that this year will feature 2,500 exhibitors and 120,000 professional visitors.

The Congress, Organized by BIOVEGEN and FRUIT ATTRACTION, will show the potential of plant biotechnology as a fundamental tool for the competitiveness of the agri-food sector, with a special focus on precision genetic improvement, new genomic techniques (NGTs), and the importance of public-private consortia as drivers of agri-food innovation.

In addition, the congress will allow those registered request bilateral meetings with other participantsIf you are interested, please write to the address dlapuente@invegen.org indicating the entity(ies) you wish to meet with. The event currently has More than 380 registered professionals from more than 150 entities in the sector.

List of registered entities

Program

11:45 a.m. Registration and collection of accreditations

12:00 p.m. Welcome and introduction

María José Sánchez. Director FRUIT ATTRACTION
Ana Castro. Vice President of Innovation and Transfer, CSIC
José Pellicer. President BIOVEGEN

12:15 p.m. Roundtable: Potential and prospects for the Spanish agrotech sector

ICEX. Inés Lucía Orea. Investor services manager
CAJAMAR INNOVA. Juan Carlos Gázquez. Deputy Director
BIOVEGEN. Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. Manager
HUDSON RIVER BIOTECHNOLOGY. Gabino Sánchez. Business Director

1:00 PM. Advances in precision plant breeding

NGenia: Consulting in new genomic techniques for innovation in agriculture. Amparo Monfort. CRAG
Making the broccoli of the future now. José Miguel Mulet. IBMCP (UPV-CSIC)

1:30 p.m. Public-private consortia in agri-food innovation

Discovery of drugs against drought. Jorge Lozano. IBMCP (UPV-CSIC)
BEYOND SEEDS BIOTECH: beyond the seed. Francisco Bermúdez. CEO BEYOND SEEDS
SIMBIOLIVA: biotechnological revaluation of alperujo. Pablo Gutiérrez. El Ejidillo Comprehensive Nurseries

2:15 p.m. Conclusions and closing

Carlos de la Cruz. Director of Technology and Internationalizationn. CDTI INNOVATION

2:30 p.m. Cocktail and networking

BIOTECH ATTRACTION 2025 Congress: Sowing knowledge, harvesting innovation