Programme

Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting - ABIM 2019, 21 ─ 23 October 2019, Congress Center Basel, Switzerland

The Steering Committee are pleased to present the latest draft of this year’s speaker programme. Only a few places are still to be finalised. You can also access the programme on the ABIM App.

All talks are given in the Montreal Hall, at the far end of the second floor foyer of the Basel Congress Center, one floor up from the exhibition hall.

14th Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting ABIM Basel, Switzerland, 21 - 23 October 2019

Monday 21 October 2019

From - To	Programme
07:30	Doors open
	Parallel meetings
Room	Montreal	Singapore	Osaka
09:00 - 10:30	IBMA Regulatory Affairs Seminar (IBMA members only) Will be repeated at 11:00	IBMA Natural Substances Professional Group Meeting (IBMA members only)	IBMA Macrobials, Invertebrate Biocontrol Agents Professional Group Meeting (IBMA members only)
10:30 - 11:00 Exhibition hall 4.1	Coffee break supported by
	Parallel meetings
Room	Montreal	Singapore	Osaka
11:00 - 12:30	IBMA Regulatory Affairs Seminar (IBMA members only) Repeat of 9:00 session	IBMA Microbial Biocontrol Agents Professional Group Meeting (IBMA members only)	IBMA Semiochemicals Professional Group Meeting (IBMA members only)
12:30 - 14:00 Exhibition hall 4.1	Lunch break supported by UPL
13:30 - 14:00 Montreal	Registration for Annual General Meeting - IBMA Please register early.
14:00 - 16:00 Montreal	Annual General Meeting IBMA members only and prospective members upon prior request to the IBMA Brussels office.
16:00 - 17:00 Exhibition hall 4.1	Coffee break supported by BIOLINE Agrosciences
17:00 - 17:45 Montreal	Welcome to ABIM 2019 Lucius Tamm (ABIM Steering committee): Welcome on behalf of the organising committee. Sylvia Plak (President IBMA). IBMA Bernard Blum Award - presented by Owen Jones and David Cary. 2019 Bernard Blum Award Winning presentation.
17:45 - 18:30 Montreal	Pre-Aperitif Keynote Address Urs Niggli, Director FiBL: Can agriculture as practiced today deliver for the future? Timeslot supported by SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Valent BioSciences Joint sponsors
18:30 - 20:00 Exhibition hall 4.1	Aperitif supported by CBC (Europe) S.r.l.
13:00 - 19:00 Exhibition hall 4.1	Exhibition
13:00 - 19:00 Foyer	Poster Exhibition supported by Lallemand Plant Care
12:00 - 18:00 Foyer	1-to-1 meetings event 1-to-1 meetings supported by Syngenta Crop Protection AG
12:00 -19:00 Foyer	Ad-hoc meeting rooms

Tuesday 22 October 2019

From - to	Programme
07:30	Doors open
08:30 - 10:00 Montreal	Plenary session 1 Chair: Sylvia Plak, President IBMA EU Plant Protection Regulatory Issues Domenico Deserio, DG Sante Pesticides Unit: New initiatives in regulating biocontrol. Chris Lythgo, EFSA: Developments The General Food Law and implications for biocontrol. Ulf Heilig, IBMA: Uniform Principles and Data Requirements relevant to Biocontrol. Session 1 supported by knoell Germany GmbH
10:00 - 10:30 Exhibition hall 4.1	Coffee break supported by Andermatt Biocontrol
10:30 - 12:00 Montreal	Plenary session 2 Chair: Roma Gwynn, IBMA Vice-President Global Regulatory Issues Jeroen Meeussen, OECD EGBP: Activities of EGBP and the Bioinformatics Seminar. Fabio Domingues, Vigna Brasil: Reforms to the Brazilian regulatory system, the good and the areas. Bojana Zgonec, Artemisa: Progress and hurdles in biocontrol regulation in Eastern Europe. TBA Session 2 supported by Exponent International Limited
12:00 - 13:30 Exhibition hall 4.1	Lunch break supported by Oro Agri B.V.
13:30 - 14:10 Montreal	Plenary session 3 Chair: Lieselot van der Veken, Macrobials PG Invertebrate Biocontrol Agents Professional Group Talks John Sutton, Bee Vectoring Technologies International: Bee Vectoring of Biologicals is a highly effective and efficient Crop Protection Tool. Caroline Reid, Bioline: Tricholine vitis a new solution to managing grape pests. Felix Wäckers, Biobest: Tydeidae: small mites, big potential?
14:10 - 15:10 Montreal	Plenary session 4 Chair: Lara Ramaekers, Natural Substances PG Natural Substances Professional Group Talks Cedric Bertrand, Akinao: Botanicals for bioherbicide development and metabolomics tools for E-fate evaluation of complex mixtures. An Vanden Bosch, Arche Consulting: Data requirements for Natural substances – putting in place a tiered approach. Jean-Luc Souche, Amoeba: Willaertia magna C2c Maky lysate – a new large spectrum biocontrol agent against plant diseases. Patrice Selles, AgroSavfe: AGROBODY biofungicide Bio Fun-1 for effective, sustainable protection against fungal pests. Ben Cicora, Vestaron: The power of synthetics, the safety and sustainability of biologicals. Richard Milling, Agronaturalis: A new fungicide for use against Fusarium ear blight in cereals. Session 4 supported by Janssen PMP, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV
15:10 - 15:30 Montreal	Plenary Session 5 Chair: Alessandra Moccia, Semiochemicals PG Semiochemicals Professional Group Talks Andrea Iodice, CBC Europe Biogard Division: BIOOTWIN L new biodegradable dispensers for the control of Lobesia botrana in grapes. Alessandra Moccia, Suterra Europe: When biocontrol and biodiversity go hand in hand – the success in the Albufera natural park.
15:30 - 16:30 Exhibition hall 4.1	Coffee break supported by Koppert Biological Systems
16:30 - 18:00 Montreal	Plenary session 6 Chair: Daniel Zommick, Valent BioSciences A panel discussion on B. thuringiensis: a valuable biocontrol agent caught in the B. cereus discussion TBA, Industry: An industry view on the issue of Bt use in food production. TBA, Member State: An EU Member State view on the use of Bt in EU agriculture. TBA, WUR: Testing for Presumptive Bc in EU food chain. TBA, Test Laboratory: Use of the tests and results obtained. TBA, Communication of the issue. Session 6 supported by ACCERES
18:00 - 18:30 Montreal	Pre-Aperitif Keynote Address Michael Brownbridge, Vinelands: From R&D through to commercialisation – Developing an effective IPM system.
18:30 - 19:30 Exhibition hall 4.1	Aperitif supported by Biobest Group NV
08:00 - 19:00 Hall 4.1	Exhibition
07:30 - 19:00 Foyer	Poster Exhibition supported by Lallemand Plant Care
09:00 - 17:00 Foyer	1-to-1 meetings event 1-to-1 meetings supported by Syngenta Crop Protection AG
07:30 - 19:00 Foyer	Ad-hoc meeting rooms

Wednesday 23 October 2019

From - To	Programme
08:00	Doors open
09:00 - 11:30 Montreal	Plenary Session 7 Chair: Jennifer Lewis, Executive Director, IBMA Innovations relevant to bioprotection, their acceptance and use Haïssam Jijakli, University Liege: Bioherbicide development. Eckhard Koch, JKI: SaatMaisPlus – developing non-chemical seed treatments for maize. David Calvert, iFormulate: Advances in bioprotection formulations and use of sustainable co-formulants. Lucius Tamm, FiBL: The European inputs evaluation: a collaboration of the organic sector and the industry to ensure quality and to prevent scandals. Lars Mølbak, Chr. Hansen: Continuous improvement in microbial development for biotic and abiotic stresses. Q and A session with presenters as above. Session 7 supported by SCC Scientific Consulting Company GmbH
11:30 - 12:30 Exhibition hall 4.1	Lunch break supported by Bayer AG
12:30 - 14:00 Montreal	Plenary Session 8 Chair: Matthias von Erffa, Microbials PG Microbial Biocontrol Agents Professional Group Talks Jurgen Kohl, Wageningen University & Research: The microbial modes of action against plant pathogens. Marise Borja, GAB: The Precautionary Principle application in the microbial biopesticides risk assesment. Patrick Kabouw, BASF: Biologicals – everybody seems to like them just where are the regulatory actions ? Christina Donat, Bioferm: Microbial bioprotectant for post-harvest treatments. Erhard Halmschlager, BiohelpBOKU-University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences: Verticillium nonalfalfae for control of Ailanthus altissima. Tommaso del Giudice, Evonik: Sustainable surfactants for biological pesticides. Session 8 supported by Chr. Hansen
14:00 - 14:30 Montreal	Closing remarks and end of conference David Cary
14:30 - 17:00 Osaka	Meeting for Bioprotection Global (BPG): Open to Board Members, Executive Committee Members and Executives of Member Associations.
08:00 - 13:00 Hall 4.1	Exhibition
08:00 - 14:00 Foyer	Poster Exhibition supported by Lallemand Plant Care
09:00 - 13:00 Foyer	1-to-1 meetings event 1-to-1 meetings supported by Syngenta Crop Protection AG
08:00 - 14:00 Foyer	Ad-hoc meeting rooms

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