Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting - ABIM 2020, 19-21 October 2020
Monday 19 October 2020
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Programme
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10:00 - 10:05 Montreal
Welcome to ABIM 2020
Welcome address State Councillor Christoph Brutschin, Head of Departement of Economic, Social and Environmental Affairs, Basel.
10:05 - 10:30 Montreal
Introduction to ABIM 2020
Lucius Tamm (CEO ABIM AG and FiBL Director): The importance of the biocontrol industry to solve major agricultural challenge.
Jennifer Lewis (Member of the Executive Board and IBMA ED): Positioning the biocontrol industry in its core role within sustainable food production.
10:30 - 11:45 Montreal
Bernard Blum Award Presentation
David Cary (Member of the Executive Board and Owen Jones (Chair of Bernard Blum Award judging panel) present the 2020 Bernard Blum Award short list success stories and the winning entry presentation.
Mark Trimmer (DunhamTrimmer) provides market information on the bioprotection industry.
12:00 - 13:45
A 30 minute Guided Walk through the exhibition leaving from the Sponsors ABIM Info desk at 12:00
Celebration of 15th ABIM, 25 years of IBMA and 47 years of FiBL at the IBMA Pavilion 3/booth 10 at 12:30 including an address by Michael Hamell, former Head of Unit DG Environment, EU Commission.
Wilke Heijs (Ceradis): CeraMax part of a new generation of biocontrol product against fusarium and other fungal diseases.
Simone Lavezzaro (Agricola 2000): Biocontrol Campo Demo an evaluation of different biocontrol products in grapevine and table grape against Plasmopara viticola and Uncinular necator in 2 different areas of Italy.
Ralf-Udo Ehlers (E-Nema): Diabrotica v. virgifera management using genetically improved strains of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora.
Tolis Pekas (Biobest): Pest control and pollination services provided by the hoverflies Eupeodes corollae and Sphaerophoria rueppellii.
Jean Broadhvest (Bayer): Reducing load of copper on the environment by employing biological products.
Sabino Lorusso (Oro Agri): Evaluation of strategies to reduce the intensity of powdery mildew infections in vineyards of wine and table grapes in Southern Italy.
Update on B. thuringiensis: A valuable biocontrol agent caught in the B. cereus debate
Chair: Rick Melnick (2Bmonthly)
Panelists:
Daniel Zommick (Valent Biosciences): Examining nuances in current Bt regulation.
Leo van Overbeek (Wageningen University): Distinction between Bacillus thuringiensis biocontrol and Bacillus cereus sensu lato strains in plant derived products.
Monika Ehling-Schulz (University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna): Friend or Foe – Bt in the spotlight of food microbiology.
Birte Fonnesbech Vogel (Ministry of Environment and Agriculture, Denmark): Risk assessment of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki in EU.
Florence Postollec (ADRIA): The Bt/Bc challenge in the food lab.
IBMA Semiochemicals Professional Group Meeting (IBMA members only)
Chair: Alessandra Moccia (IBMA ECM member)
16:00 - 17:45 Montreal
Annual General Meeting
IBMA members only and prospective members upon prior request to the IBMA Brussels office.
16:00 - 17:45 Gallery
Poster session with short presentations by authors
Host: Owen Jones
Tuesday 20 October 2020
From - to CEST
Programme
10:00 - 11:45 Gallery
Poster session with short presentations by authors Host: Owen Jones (Chair of Bernard Blum Award judging panel)
Parallel meetings
Montreal
Sydney
Singapore
Biocontrol in perspective
Regulatory Affairs
IBMA Member Sessions
10:00 - 11:45
Interactive training workshop on sustainability
Forum for the Future - Lesley Mitchell
Chair: Liselot van der Veken (Proterra)
Food for thought for the industry provided by NGO Forum for the Future: How do your biocontrol products contribute to sustainability and what actions need to be taken to receive recognition and to grow the business?
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