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.
The essentials
Event details
- 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
Agenda themes
Topics covered
- Biotechnology
On stage
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
On the floor
Sponsors and partners
- MedChemExpress
- VectorBuilder
Logistics
Where to stay
Places to stay near the venue.
Hotel onderbergen
69 Onderbergen
Monasterium Poortackere
Ibis Gent Centrum Opera
24 Nederkouter
B&B Hotel Gent Centrum
Pillows Grand Hotel Reylof
Hotel de Flandre
1898 The Post
16 Graslei, Gent, 9000
Hotel Erasmus
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