Lunch break

Coffee break supported by Lallemand Plant Care

Welcome to ABIM 2018

• Lucius Tamm (ABIM Steering committee): Welcome on behalf of the organising committee.
• Willem Ravensberg (President IBMA).
• IBMA Bernard Blum Award Winner - presented by Owen Jones and David Cary.
• 2018 Bernard Blum Award Winning presentation.

Pre-Aperitif Keynote Address

Hans Dreyer, FAO:
Role of Biocontrol in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the FAO .

Timeslot sponsored by Sumitomo Chemical Agro Europe Valent BioSciences (joint sponsors)

Aperitif supported by Biobest Group NV

12:00 - 18:00
Foyer

Plenary session 1
Chair: Willem Ravensberg, President IBMA

EU Plant Protection Regulatory Issues

• Eric Liegois, DG Sante Pesticides Unit: Issues concerning Biocontrol during 2018.
• Dara O’Shea, DG Sante Unit F: The Sustainable Uses Directive and Member States NAPs.
• Luuk van Duijn, Ctgb: A Member State Proposal to improve the regulatory approach for Biological PPPs.
• Ulf Heilig and David Cary, IBMA: An industry View of the REFIT of 1107/2009 and the future.

Plenary session 2
Chair: Roma Gwynn, IBMA Vice-President

Global Plant Protection Biocontrol Issues

• Tom Mason, BPG: BPG activities.
• Jeroen Meeussen, OECD: Conclusions of the Biopesticides Seminar and implications for biocontrol.
• Denis de Froidmont, DG Agri: Sustainable agriculture and opportunities in the EU for Biocontrol.
• Bill Dunham, Dunham and Trimmer: TBA

12:00 - 13:30
Exhibition hall 4.1

Plenary session 3
Chair: Lieselot van der Veken, Macrobials PG

Offered Invertebrate Biocontrol Agent Talks

• Johannette Klapwijk, Koppert and the Chair: Ring testing within the industry.
• Laurent Bernaerts, DCM: Translating professional biocontrol solutions into a comprehensive and convenient home and garden concept.
• Ketan Mehta, PMFAI: Macrobials in India.

14:10 - 15:10
Montreal

Plenary session 4
Chair: Lara Raemakers, Natural & Biochemicals PG

Offered Natural and Biochemicals Group Talks

• Caroline Bonneau, Végépolys: A field sampling kit to evaluate and confirm plant defense induction of ROMEO in field conditions.
• Dawn Williams, IES: Analytical challenges & issues of biological a.s. in E-fate and Ecotoxilogical testing regimes.
• Christophe Zambaux, Silvateam: Castanea & Schinopsis sp. Tannins – Crop protection natural extracts.
• Estelle Moreau, Arysta: Bringing R&D to the olive sector.
• Noemi Herrero, Agrotecnologia: Overcoming instability of natural extract based products with smart formulations.
• Géraldine van Aubel, Fytofend: FytoSol, a new COS-OGA derivative to fight potato late blight

15:10 - 15:30
Montreal

Plenary Session 5
Chair: Alessandra Moccia, Semiochemicals PG

Offered Semiochemicals Talks

• Jaume Roig, Probodelt: Use of mass trapping to control Bactrocera olea in Spain.
• Alessandra Moccia, Suterra: Towards a proportionat regulation for semiochemicals- how far did we get?

Plenary session 6
Chair: Ralf-Udo Ehlers, IBMA Treasurer

Partnerships between Industry and Research and the deliverables and hindrances - COST Action FA1405

• Travis Glare, Bio-Protection Research Centre: Metarhizium and Beauvaria as endophytes: what species are really colonisers and is there potential for deployment in commercial systems.
• Edith Ladurner, CBC Europe: Beauvaria bassiana – how does the understanding of its endophytic activity and other non-lethal effects on pest species affect its use as a biocontrol agent?
• Désirée Jakobs-Schönwandt, Bielefeld: How can these technologies be formulated for use by farmers?
• Roma Gwynn, Biorationale: Approaches for the commercialisation of plant colonising microorganisms – the importance of educating and aligning regulatory gate-keepers.

09:00 - 17:00
Foyer

07:30 - 19:00
Foyer

Plenary Session 7
Chair: David Cary, Executive Director, IBMA

New technologies for sustainable agriculture and knowledge transfer

• Ulrich Kuhlmann, CABI: The Biocontrol Portal.
• TBA: UV light pulsing systems to stimulate plant defences against pathogens.
• Chris Lawlor, IAHP: Use of a microbial Duddingtonia flagrans to control parasitic nematodes in animal health.
• Matej Štefančič, Trapview: A Showcase of how artificial intelligence is changing pest insect monitoring and forecasting.
• TBA: Digital weeding.
• TBA
• Panel discussion with presenters as above.

Plenary Session 8
Chair: Matthias von Erffa, Microbials PG

Microbial Biocontrol Agents Professional Group Talks
The increasing use of microbial pesticides, and developments in the food value chain.

• Mark Whittaker, APIS: Testing methods for microbials.
• Daniel Zommick, Valent BioSciences: Update on Diagnostic Methods for Differentiating Bacillus thuringiensis from B. cereus sensu lato in Food.
• Amelie Deredjian, Bayer Biologics: Antibiotic Resistance in Agricultural Applications: What’s the Struggle?
• Pilar Martínez-Hildago, University of Salamanca, Grupo Agrotecnologia: Boosting microbial biocontrol products with efficient formulations.
• John Groome, Batelle: Encapsulation of biologics for agricultural application.
• Patrique Le Vieux, BASF: Combining biologicals with chemistry, determining tangible benefits.
• Peter Lüth, P. Lueth Biocontrol Consulting: Control of Striga hermonthica by Fusarium oxysporum – The Toothpick Project.