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 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
69 Onderbergen
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
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