Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting - ABIM 2022, 24-26 October 2022

IBMA Semiochemicals Professional Group Meeting 

Welcome note by the ABIM Executive Board and the Canton Basel-Stadt

Lucius Tamm, CEO ABIM AG and Head of Department of Crop Sciences, FiBL
Jennifer Lewis, Member of the Executive Board ABIM AG and Executive Director, IBMA Global
Karin Sartorius-Brüschweiler, Manager Life Sciences at Economic Development, Office of Economy and Labour, Canton of Basel-Stadt

Bernard Blum Award

David Cary, Member of the Executive Board ABIM AG

Owen Jones, Chair of Judging Panel, Managing Director and Partner, Lisk&Jones Consultants Ltd
Assessing Biocontrol Innovations and what the judges are looking for

Antoine Martin, Global Technical Development Manager, Agrauxine
6 years after Bernard Blum Award - Return of experience

Enric Vila, Agrobío S.L. & Pablo Bielza, UPCT
Orius again in the limelight - A paradigm shift in the biological control of thrips

Heidi Widmer, Andermatt
Plutex ® Granulovirus for diamondback moth control

Felix Wàckers, Biobest
PRONEMITE: SMALL MITE, BIG IMPACT!

CBC Europe
SHINDO TRAP vibrational technology for BMSB trapping

Session 1 (Chair person: Alessandra Moccia) 
Innovation for IPM and biocontrol

Alberto Acedo, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer. Biome Makers
A microbiome-based system that recommends bio-stimulants, for improving the desired or identified deficiency

Fanny Rolet, CEO Antofénol
Antoferine®, a new natural fungicide for crop protection

Dmytro Yakovenko, Head of International Department, BTU-CENTER
Microbial polysaccharides to improve uptake of biocontrol and not only

Oluwatobi E. Oni, Managing Scientist - Regulatory Strategy (Plant Protection Products), Exponent International Limited
Exploiting RNA interference to achieve target specific pest control via plant protection products

Guido Ramirez Caceres, Marketing and Development Manager Europe, Middle East and Africa, Rizobacter
Disrupting the seed treatment market with a biological: the Rizoderma experience

Jordan Hazell, Research Manager, Semios
IPM implementation via full crop cycle crop management platform

Session 2 (Chair person: Roma Gwynn)
Best practices and opportunities in biocontrol from across the world

Mark Trimmer, Managing Partner, DunhamTrimmer LLC
Biocontrol market update/analysis

Manuele Tamò, Principal Scientist - Entomologist and Benin Country Representative, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture IITA, Cotonou, Benin
Science-driven, nature-based plant health management for African smallholder farmers

Lieselot van de Veken, Founder, Pro Terra Agro
Biocontrol in Bananas in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fabio Andrade Silva, Regional PDM Insecticides Manager, FMC Corporation
Biological control of sugarcane nematodes in Brazil

Ketan Mehta, Vice-President, Bio Protection Global, Ecosense Labs. Pvt. Ltd.
Case study of biocontrol in India
Deepak Singhal, President - International Business Development, IPL Biologicals
Case study of biocontrol in India

Session 3 (Chair person: Karine Grosbeau-Mouret)
The changing regulatory environment for biocontrol

Andrew Owen-Griffiths, Head of Unit Plants and Organics, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Update on SUD

Domenico Deserio, Policy Officer European Union - DG SANTE, European Commission
EU microbials data requirements

Rüdiger Hauschild, Managing Director Biocontrol, APIS Applied Insect Science GmbH 
Industry view on new microbials data requirements

Wolfgang Reinert, Policy Officer Plant Health, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
The Commission report on use and options for invertebrate biocontrol agents in the EU – an update

Sabine Navis, Senior project scientist, ARCHE Consulting 
Moving towards ‘One substance, one assessment’: Case study with plant extract registrations under various EU chemical regulatory frameworks.

Barbara Edler, MUCF Coordinator, European Minor Uses Coordination Facility
European Minor Uses Coordination Facility (MUCF) Activities & Developments

Keynote and panel discussion (Chair person and moderator Joanna Sullivan)
Feeding the growing global population while investing in the health of the planet

Patrick Caron, Vice President for International Affairs, University of Montpellier
Feeding the growing global population while investing in the health of the planet

Panel discussion wtih
Joanna Sullivan, Green Deal Strategist, Professor Climate Diplomacy, Founder and CEO Coscience Consulting
Charlene Collison, Associate Director, Sustainable Value Chains and Livelihoods, Forum for the Future
Buyung Hadi, Agricultural Officer (IPM), FAO
Herman Van Mellaert, Director Strategic Alliances, Biobest NV and President IBMA Global
Philippe Rothgerber, Owner Jus de fruits Rothgerber

Session 4 (Chair person David Cary)

Simon Elsworth, Head Syngenta Professional Solutions EAME
Creating the Platform to Transform

Ezio Costa, NPP BU Leader, UPL Natural Plant Protection (NPP) by UPL
​​​​​​​Company transformation from chemistry to biology

Session 5 (Chair person: Herman Van Mellaert)
Enabling and nudging policies for the transition from chemistry to biology

Robert Finger, Professor of Agricultural Economics and Policy, ETH Zürich
Economics and policy of moving from chemistry to biology in plant protection

Buyung Hadi, Agricultural Officer (IPM), FAO
FAO and biocontrol: enhancing capacities for sustainable plant protection

Marcelo Morandi, Senior Scientific, Research Embrapa Environment
The Brazilian Programme for Bio-inputs: enhancing biological inputs for a sustainable agriculture

Daniela Maia, Manager Regulatory Affairs
Biocontrol in Brazil: What is in force, and what is to come

Andrew Owen-Griffiths, Head of Unit Plants and Organics, Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
EU Green Deal

Susanne Sütterlin, Head of Unit, Directorate Plant Supply Chains and Food Quality, Dutch Ministery of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
Dutch Agriculture Vision for 2030

Session 5 (Chair person: Lucius Tamm)
Food industry work in agriculture and what biocontrol can contribute

Nikki Hulzebos, Program Manager Sustainability & Certification, Fresh Produce Centre
​​​​​Measuring environmental impacts of fruit and vegetables from a life cycle perspective

Charlene Collison, Associate Director, Sustainable Value Chains and Livelihoods, Forum for the Future
Exploring the potential for action on biocontrol throughout the arable supply chain, with an emphasis on the role of food companies in shaping demand

Gustavo Ranzani Herrmann, Commercial Director, Koppert Brazil
Positive impact of Biocontrol to food industry in Brazil

Salome Hofer, Head of Sustainability, Coop Group
Creating added value together along the entire value chain