# At The Forefront Of Plant Research (PlantResearch17)

- Dates: 17 September 2026 to 18 September 2026
- Location: Handelsbeurs, Ghent, Belgium
- Organiser: VIB in Belgium and the CRAG in Barcelona, Spain
- Industry: Pharma & Life Sciences

## About

This conference explores future directions in plant life science. It covers topics like AI-powered discoveries, genome engineering, and omics technologies. The event is for leading experts and researchers in plant research.

## Official links

- [Official website](https://www.vibconferences.be/events/at-the-forefront-of-plant-research-4th-edition)

## Topics

- Biotechnology

## Speakers

- Salma Balazadeh, The University of Göttingen, DE
- Madelaine Bartlett, Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, UK
- Emmanuelle Bayer, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, FR
- Jan Demolder, VIB, BE
- Jan De Vries, University of Goettingen, DE
- Marcel Dickmanns
- Xiaofeng Fang, Tsinghua University, CN
- Matyáš Fendrych, Charles University, CZ
- Isabel Monte, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, DE
- Bjørn Panyella Pedersen, Aarhus University, DK
- Holger Puchta
- Jenny Russinova, VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, BE
- Rachel Shahan, University of California, Los Angeles, US
- Shin-Han Shiu, Michigan State University, US
- Sebastian Soyk, University of Lausanne, CH
- Keiko Sugimoto, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, JP
- Keiko Torii, The University of Texas at Austin, US
- Jia-Wei Wang
- Tongda Xu, Fujian Agriculture and Forest University, CN
- Jan Zrimec, National Institute of Biology, SI

## Sponsors and partners

- MedChemExpress
- VectorBuilder

## Where to stay

- **Hotel onderbergen**: 150 m from the venue, 69 Onderbergen
  - [Hotel website](https://www.hotelonderbergen.be/)
- **Monasterium Poortackere**: 280 m from the venue
- **Ibis Gent Centrum Opera**: 370 m from the venue, 24 Nederkouter
- **B&B Hotel Gent Centrum**: 460 m from the venue
- **Pillows Grand Hotel Reylof**: 530 m from the venue
  - [Hotel website](https://www.pillowshotels.com/ghent/)
- **Hotel de Flandre**: 550 m from the venue
  - [Hotel website](https://www.hoteldeflandre.be/)
- **1898 The Post**: 550 m from the venue, 16 Graslei, Gent, 9000
  - [Hotel website](https://1898thepost.com/)
  - Phone: +32 9 391 53 79
- **Hotel Erasmus**: 560 m from the venue
  - [Hotel website](https://www.erasmushotel.be/)

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Source: https://www.luminik.io/events/at-the-forefront-of-plant-research/