Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting - ABIM 2025, 20-22 October 2025
Monday, 20 October 2025
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| 08:30 | 10:00 | Professional Group Meeting: IBMA Microbials You can find the presentations made during the meeting here: Member Login - IBMA-GLOBAL |
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Professional Group Meeting: IBMA Semiochemicals You can find the presentations made during the meeting here: Member Login - IBMA-GLOBAL |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Professional Group Meeting: IBMA Macrobials - Invertebrate Biocontrol Agents You can find the presentations made during the meeting here: Member Login - IBMA-GLOBAL |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Professional Group Meeting: IBMA Natural Substances You can find the presentations made during the meeting here: Member Login - IBMA-GLOBAL |
| 14:00 | 16:00 | IBMA Global General Assembly You can find the presentations made during the meeting here: Member Login - IBMA-GLOBAL |
| 14:00 | 16:00 | Session 1: Showcasing Innovations Annabelle Gilgen, Technical Development Manager Biocontrol, Amoéba David Wright, Science Team Leader. AgResearch Dmytro Yakovenko, Head of international development, BTU. Biotech company Metawhite Beauveria for Biological Control of Soil-Dwelling Larvae: Melolontha, Gryllotalpa, Tenebri Dorian Aznar, PhD Student, ANTOFENOL Gloria Andrea Silva-Castro, Head of the Microbiology Department, Mafa Bioscience S.A. Innovation in Nematode Management: Development of a Biological Product with Aspergillus niger Natalie Breakfield, VP of Research and Discovery, NewLeaf Symbiotics TS201 uses multiple modes of action to mitigate corn rootworm as part of IPM strategy Tzvi Zvirin, Co-founder and CEO, BioArmix Turning Nature’s Predators Into Crop Protectors Mara Kraft, Expert Engineer, Evologic Technologies GmbH Laura Mahecha, Director, Agrochemicals, Kline & Company |
| 17:00 | 17:15 | Opening and Welcome note by the Executive Board ABIM AG Lucius Tamm, CEO ABIM AG Jennifer Lewis, Executive Director IBMA Global Kaspar Sutter, Regierungsrat | Government counsellor, Canton Basel-Stadt |
| 17:15 | 18:00 | Bernard Blum Award David Cary, Honorary Member, IBMA Global Best Innovative Product Assisting Uptake of Biocontrol: PlatyForm Gel by Platypus Gold: Axpera by amoéba Silver: Outreach SC by Valent BioSciences Bronze: Bellator by IPL Biological Ltd |
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
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| 08:30 | 10:00 | Session 2: Biocontrol in Action Max Schulman, Farmer, Senior Advisor, cereals oilseeds, Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners (MTK) Finland Anna Madden, The Crop Capsules Company |
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Workshop: Formulation and Application Asefeh Golreihan, Regulatory Manager, LKC Switzerland Ltd. Coralie Misson, R&D Manager,Minagro Isabella Takahashi Kitano, R&D Scientist - Crop Solutions, Indorama Ventures Poliana Cardoso-Gustavson, Global Marketing Manager - Insights and Innovation, Croda Renaud Perrin, Formulation Chemist, Stepan Yonatan Eran, Chief Scientific Officer (CSO), BioBee Sde Eliyahu Ltd. |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Keynote and Panel Discussion: Demonstrating and Scaling Biocontrol to Pave the Way for Resilient Agriculture Chair and moderator: Alessandra Moccia, Vice President, IBMA Global and Senior Director of Global Regulatory Affairs, Suterra Gabriele Schachermayr, Assistant Director, Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG Sustainable Crop Protection for Resilient Swiss Agriculture. How to Bridge the Gaps? Panel discussion with: Alessandra Moccia, Vice President IBMA Global Klaus Berend,Director for Food Safety, Sustainability and Innovation, European Commission Karel Bolckmans, President IBMA, BioFirst Group Livia Esterhazy,Programme Director, A Lighter Touch Juliana Jaramillo,Lead for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture, Rainforest Alliance |
| 12:00 | 14:30 | Poster session (see pdf posters below) |
| 14:30 | 16:00 | Session 3: The latest on policies to accelerate biocontrol Júlia Emanuela de Souza, Regulatory Affairs | Governmental Affairs & Advocacy, ANPII Bio Eric Liégeois, Senior Policy Officer, European Commission, DG SANTE Robert Malek, Pesticide Risk Reduction Expert, CABI Mikael Wraae Valsted, Head of DI Biosolutions, Danish Industry |
| 16:30 | 18:00 | Session 4: 30 Years of IBMA & 20 Years of ABIM - Reflecting on the Past and Shaping the Future Chair: Karel Bolckmans, President IBMA, BioFirst Group Camille Delpoux, COO, AGRIODOR Johannes Jehle, Director, Institute for Biological Control of the Federal Research Center for Cultivates Plants (JKI) Matthew Pickard, Head of Biologicals and Seedcare Europe, Syngenta Willem Ravensberg, Sr Bioprotectant Development Advisor, HeyFever Consulting Jean-Marc Vandoorne, CEO, BioFirst Group |
| 16:30 | 18:00 | Workshop Peptide Regulation Jane Richardson, Principal Administrator Food Safety, Biosafety, Pesticides,OECD |
| 18:00 | 22:00 | Anniversary celebration 20 years ABIM and 30 years IBMA |
Wednesday, 22 October 2025
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| 08:30 | 10:00 | Session 5: How AI is Shaping the Future of Biocontrol Alison Watson, Director, Agrifood Systems CoLab/ASEAN FAW Action Plan Secretariat Alberto Acedo, Cofounder & CSO at Biome Makers, Biome Makers Jean-Claude Haw-King-Chon, Chief Data Science and Information Officer, Micropep Milena Stephan, Group Leader - Regulatory Affairs , Crop Protection, knoell Germany GmbH Juan Moreno Cid, Project Development Director, Probelte Luca Volontè, Senior Research Analyst, S&P Global Commodity Insights |
| 08:30 | 10:00 | Workshop: Biocontrol Meets Finance Panel discussion with: |
| 10:30 | 12:00 | Session 6: Actions to Accelerate Biocontrol Peter Wren-Hilton, Founder & CEO, Wharf42 Sylvia Kuria, Organic Farmer, Sylvia's Basket (in lieu of Geoffrey Ongoya, Executive Director, IBMA Kenya) Helena Rey de Assis, Programme Manager, UNEP - GEF - FARM, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Juliana Jaramillo, Lead for Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture, Rainforest Alliance Rajendra Thapar, HIL (India) Limited, Additional General Manager |
| 12:00 | 12:05 | Closing |
Poster Session (see poster pdfs below)
Authors presented their Posters during the Poster Session on Tuesday, 22 October 2025, 13:00-14:30
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