Celebrating five years of pioneering an innovative future
3-4 March 2026
Brussels
Day I
3 March 2026
- 10:00
Introduction
Olivier de Matos
Director General, CropLife Europe
Olivier de Matos
Director General, CropLife Europe
- 10:05
Keynote - TBC
- 10:25
Science, Politics, Citizens: A Triangular Dialogue
Professor Sergio Della Sala
University of Edinburgh
- 10:45
Audience Q&A
- 11:15
Coffee and Networking
- 11:45
The Perfect Storm - Agronomic challenges for EU agriculture due to a diminishing toolbox of solutions, increased pest pressure and climate change
PANELISTS
Elli Tsiforou
COPA and COGECA
Iga Wasilewicz
BASF
Elisabet Nadeu
Lead - Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resources Management
MODERATOR
Jacki Davis
Meade Davis Communications
- 12:45
Lunch
- 14:15
Product Authorisation in the EU: Access to Crop Protection Solutions
SPEAKERS
Christian Prohaska
Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES)
Gemma Peidro Saperas
BASF
PANELISTS
Maarten Trybou
FPS Public Health Belgium
Rocio Vilches
Spanish Ministry of Agriculture
Patents, Plants & Protection: the future of IP in the EU
PANELISTS
Lena Pauschenwein
DG GROW
Philippe de Jong
Altius
Filip de Corte
Syngenta
Bettina Wanner
Bayer
MODERATOR
Jacki Davis
Meade Davis Communications
Presentation: AgriGuide and EU labelling Regulation
PANELISTS
Monica Garcia Aguilar
DG SANTE
Georgiana Hayes
CropLife Europe
Max Schulman
Copa Cogeca
MODERATOR
Anne Alix
Corteva
- 15:15
Coffee and Networking
- 15:45
5-year perspective – Active Substance evaluations and approvals
INTRODUCTION
Emma Jenkins
Corteva
PANELISTS
Jens Erik Jensen
SEGES Innovation
Giovanni Missanelli
AREFLEH
Manuela Tiramani
EFSA
MODERATOR
Maria-Grazia Camisa
BASF
Setting the Limit, Shaping the Market: MRLs and Global Trade Flows
- 17:00
Celebration in the Market Space
- 17:30
Walking Dinner
Day 2
4 March 2026
- 09:00
Developments & Challenges in NTTO Environment Risk Assessment Relating to Proposed New EFSA Guidance
PANELISTS
EFSA, TBC
Jurgen Tack
European Landowners Organization
Human Health: KeyAgronomic and Safety Characteristics
PANELISTS
Manuela Tiramani
EFSA
Presentation: AgriGuide and EU labelling Regulation
PANELISTS
Monica Garcia Aguilar
DG SANTE
Georgiana Hayes
CropLife Europe
Max Schulman
Copa Cogeca
MODERATOR
Anne Alix
Corteva
- 10:00
Coffee and Networking
- 10:25
Co-Formulants in Focus: Understanding the Evolving Framework
PANELISTS
Mathilde Colas
EFSA
Pasquale Falcigno
BASF
Zsuzsanna Koenig
DG SANTE
MODERATOR
Doerthe Grebel-Koehler
Bayer
Regulatory Simplification in Practice: Improving GMO Risk Assessment
PANELISTS
Irene Sacristan Sanchez
DG SANTE
Reinhilde Schoonjans
EFSA
Teresa Babuscio
Corteva
MODERATOR
Jacki Davis
Meade Davis Communications
- 11:25
Coffee and Networking
- 11:35
Biopesticide Innovation: FastTracking Access to the EU Market
Alexander Bernhuber
MEP
Eric Liégeois
DG SANTE
Closing the Loopholes: Tackling Non-Compliant Parallel Imports of PPPs
PANELISTS
Jose Antonio Gutierrez Llorente
Spanish Ministry of Agriculture
Nils Kurlemann
BVL
Zita Varanavičienė
CropLife Lithuania
Philippe Baudoin
BASF
MODERATOR
Jacki Davis
Meade Davis Communications
- 12:35
Lunch
- 13:55
How might Digital and Precision Agriculture evolve in the EU over the next 5 years?
PANELISTS
MODERATOR
Jacki Davis
Meade Davis Communications
- 14:55
Keynote - TBC
- 15:40
Closing remarks
- 16:00
End
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