Pharma & Life Sciences

At The Forefront Of Plant Research (PlantResearch17)

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.

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The essentials

Event details

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

Agenda themes

Topics covered

  • Biotechnology

On stage

Speakers

  • Salma BalazadehThe University of Göttingen, DE
  • Madelaine BartlettSainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University, UK
  • Emmanuelle BayerUniversity of Bordeaux, CNRS, FR
  • Jan DemolderVIB, BE
  • Jan De VriesUniversity of Goettingen, DE
  • Marcel Dickmanns
  • Xiaofeng FangTsinghua University, CN
  • Matyáš FendrychCharles University, CZ
  • Isabel MonteEberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, DE
  • Bjørn Panyella PedersenAarhus University, DK
  • Holger Puchta
  • Jenny RussinovaVIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology, BE
  • Rachel ShahanUniversity of California, Los Angeles, US
  • Shin-Han ShiuMichigan State University, US
  • Sebastian SoykUniversity of Lausanne, CH
  • Keiko SugimotoRIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science, JP
  • Keiko ToriiThe University of Texas at Austin, US
  • Jia-Wei Wang
  • Tongda XuFujian Agriculture and Forest University, CN
  • Jan ZrimecNational Institute of Biology, SI

On the floor

Sponsors and partners

  • MedChemExpress
  • VectorBuilder

Logistics

Where to stay

Places to stay near the venue.

  • Hotel onderbergen

    300 m from the venue

    69 Onderbergen

  • Monasterium Poortackere

    550 m from the venue

  • Ibis Gent Centrum Opera

    200 m from the venue

    24 Nederkouter

  • B&B Hotel Gent Centrum

    270 m from the venue

  • Pillows Grand Hotel Reylof

    790 m from the venue

  • Hotel de Flandre

    670 m from the venue

  • 1898 The Post

    520 m from the venue

    16 Graslei, Gent, 9000

  • Hotel Erasmus

    690 m from the venue

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