SESSION IV of the BIOTECH ATTRACTION conference cycle held

Fruit Attraction LIVEConnect hosted the fourth session of the BIOTECH ATTRACTION conference cycle last Thursday: “New tools for plant health”.

The BIOTECH ATTRACTION cycle aims to show the technological trends that will mark the future of agriculture, as well as examples of innovative companies and projects that work on these topics. From BIOVEGEN, as a public-private association focused on supporting innovation in the sector and a collaborator of FRUIT ATTRACTION, we intend with this cycle to show the technological and financing opportunities that are opening up to the sector through technological innovation, which offers new products, varieties, new crop applications, new tools, greater efficiency in production, lower environmental impact... In short, show how technological innovation in the sector, enhanced by the tools that emerge from in-depth knowledge of plant biology, provides business opportunities and competitiveness to the entire value chain of the agri-food sector.”

In this last session, held on Thursday October 29th, was debated about the ““New tools for plant health”. In the business section he participated Walter Sanseverino, co-founder and CEO of Sequentia Biotech; María Albiach, ffounder and CEO of Valgenetics; Nuria Sierras, Head of R&D Plant Health of Bioiberian and Berenice Güerri, CEO of Glen Biotech. Within the project-science scope there will be present Luis Vicente López-Llorca, from University of Alicante (UA) who presented Synthetic biology and phytopathology, and Aurelio Ciancio, of the Institute for Sustainable Plant Protection of Italy, with the Muse Project.

Recording of SESSION IV

Program and presentations of the Conference

11:00 a.m. Welcome and introduction

• IFEMA. Raul Calleja. Director FRUIT ATTRACTION
• BIOVEGEN. Gonzaga Ruiz de Gauna. Manager

11:10 a.m. COMPANIES

• Omic applicationss for health seegetal. SEQUENTIA BIOTECH. Walter Sanseverino. Cofounder and CEO

• Phytopathological Platforms based on massive sequencing techniques. VALGENETICS. Maria Albiach. Founder and CEO

• Tearramin® Pro ylto soil health. BIOIBERICA. Nuria Sierras Serra. Head of R&D Plant Health

• Innovation in agriculture as a driver of change. GLEN BIOTECH. Berenice Güerri. CEO

11:50 a.m. SCIENCE-BUSINESS PROJECTS

• Biological Control: between Agroecology, omics and Synthetic Biology. Synthetic biology and phytopathology. Luis Vicente López-Llorca. University of Alicante (UA)

• Advanced technologies for the sustainable protection of bananas. MUSA project. Aurelio Ciancio. Institute of Sustainable Plant Protection. Italy

12:10 p.m. Colloquium and questions

12:30 p.m. Conclusions and closing