Andrew Paterson
Regents Professor and Director, University of Georgia

When
24th-25th Oct 2022
Where
Raleigh, NC
The StateView Hotel
Co-located with the 6th Partnerships in Biocontrol, Biostimulants & Microbiome Congress:USA, the 9th edition of this congress will explore novel strategies and developments in plant genomics and gene editing through a series of case studies and an examination of the latest scientific research. Leaders from academia and industry will consider key developments in gene-editing technologies such as CRISPR/Cas9 and TALEN and discuss their application in improving disease resistance, stress tolerance and crop yield.
New For 2022
The development of AI and machine learning is explored at this meeting.
Featured Speakers
The 2022 congress has been designed to create a collaborative environment in which you can engage with the speakers, sponsors and other delegations in attendance.
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HHMI Investigator, Arts & Sciences Professor of Biology, Duke University
Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, USA
PhD Student, Forest Biotech Group, North Carolina State University, USA
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Professor & Director, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA
Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS, USA
Vice President Product Development and Regulatory, Plant Health Care Inc., USA
Associate Professor in Plant Genomics & Bioinformatics, Virginia Tech, USA
Postdoc / Research Associate, Michigan State University, USA
Associate Professor, NC State University, USA
Senior Plant Physiologist & Associate Professor- Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Associate Professor, UNC Charlotte, USA J
Head of External Innovation, Inari Agriculture, USA
VP External Regulatory Affairs, Inari Agriculture, USA
CSO, Living Carbon PBC
AgroBioscience Chief Scientist, UM6P Ventures
Global Regulatory Pipeline Strategy Manager, Bayer Crop Science, USA
Senior Scientist, Senior Scientist, Demeetra AgBio Inc.
Strain Engineering Scientist, Demeetra AgBio Inc.
Chief Scientific Officer, Avalo
Head of Business Development – Technologies, Tropic Biosciences
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of North Carolina, USA
Associate Professor, Purdue University, USA
Staff Scientist, Joint Genome Institute, USA
Deputy Manager, Manda Fermentation Co. Ltd.
Seeds Research Technology Lead and RTP Site Business Head, Syngenta, USA
Sr. Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, Agribody Technologies, Inc
Lloyd and Dottie Huck Chair for Functional Genomics, Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Associate Professor, University California-Berkeley
Attorney at Law, Wiley Rein LLP
COO, Pheronym, USA
Professor, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Senior Researcher, Spanish National Research Council
Cell Technology Accelerator Lead, KWS Group
Regents Professor and Director, University of Georgia
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Environmental Microbiology Scientist, Boost Biomes
Founder & Scientific Director, INBIOAR-Global, Argentina
Assistant Professor, Yale University, USA
Philip Morris Professor, North Carolina University, USA
Soil Microbiome Scientist, Soil Health Institute, USA
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, North Carolina University, USA
Chief Science Officer, Amfora Inc.
HHMI Investigator, Arts & Sciences Professor of Biology, Duke University
Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University, USA
PhD Student, Forest Biotech Group, North Carolina State University, USA
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Professor & Director, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, USA
Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-ARS, USA
Vice President Product Development and Regulatory, Plant Health Care Inc., USA
Associate Professor in Plant Genomics & Bioinformatics, Virginia Tech, USA
Postdoc / Research Associate, Michigan State University, USA
Associate Professor, NC State University, USA
Senior Plant Physiologist & Associate Professor- Research, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Associate Professor, UNC Charlotte, USA J
Head of External Innovation, Inari Agriculture, USA
VP External Regulatory Affairs, Inari Agriculture, USA
CSO, Living Carbon PBC
AgroBioscience Chief Scientist, UM6P Ventures
Global Regulatory Pipeline Strategy Manager, Bayer Crop Science, USA
Senior Scientist, Senior Scientist, Demeetra AgBio Inc.
Strain Engineering Scientist, Demeetra AgBio Inc.
Chief Scientific Officer, Avalo
Head of Business Development – Technologies, Tropic Biosciences
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of North Carolina, USA
Associate Professor, Purdue University, USA
Staff Scientist, Joint Genome Institute, USA
Deputy Manager, Manda Fermentation Co. Ltd.
Seeds Research Technology Lead and RTP Site Business Head, Syngenta, USA
Sr. Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer, Agribody Technologies, Inc
Lloyd and Dottie Huck Chair for Functional Genomics, Pennsylvania State University
Associate Professor, University of Maryland
Associate Professor, University California-Berkeley
Attorney at Law, Wiley Rein LLP
COO, Pheronym, USA
Professor, University of Wisconsin – Madison
Assistant Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Berkeley
Senior Researcher, Spanish National Research Council
Cell Technology Accelerator Lead, KWS Group
Regents Professor and Director, University of Georgia
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Environmental Microbiology Scientist, Boost Biomes
Founder & Scientific Director, INBIOAR-Global, Argentina
Assistant Professor, Yale University, USA
Philip Morris Professor, North Carolina University, USA
Soil Microbiome Scientist, Soil Health Institute, USA
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor, North Carolina University, USA
Chief Science Officer, Amfora Inc.
Attracting over 200 experts working in all areas of Plant Genomics, Gene Editing and AI, this event examines how the latest developments are driving forward plant research.
Do you want to contribute to the meeting? Please contact [email protected]
Download the 2022 Agenda2451 Alumni Drive | Raleigh, NC 27606
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Located on the Centennial Campus of North Carolina State University, the StateView Hotel offers a serene setting, modern design, and upscale service. Perfectly situated on the picturesque Lake Raleigh there are also plenty of things to do. The meeting rooms and accommodations have been thoughtfully curated with a modern design to liberate creativity and collaboration.

Access to Partnerships in Biocontrol, Biostimulants & Microbiome Congress
All conference sessions
Lunches and refreshments
Drinks reception
All networking forums
Conference app
e-documentation pack
Register for three, five or ten passes for a substantial discount
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Discount applied automatically when registering places at once. If you do not know all the attendees complete this form
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*Discount is not available to representatives of organisations offering services and/or business & technology solutions or business consultants. Please contact [email protected].
$599.00
$399.00
A limited number of places have been reserved for PhD students also wishing to make poster presentations.
$1,299.00
Standard registration for those not in the categories below
$1,499.00
Fee for representatives of organisations offering services and/or business & technology solutions and also to business consultants.





Poster presentation sessions will take place in breaks and alongside the other breakout sessions of the conference. Your presentation will be displayed in a dedicated area, with the other accepted posters from industry and academic presenters.
We also issue a poster eBook to all attendees containing your full abstract, and you can share your poster as a PDF after the meeting if you desire (optional).
Whether looking for funding, employment opportunities or simply wanting to share your work with a like-minded and focused group, these are an excellent way to join the heart of this congress.
In order to present a poster at the congress, you must be registered as a delegate. Please note that there is limited space available and poster space is assigned on a first come first served basis (subject to checks and successful registration).
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
We will require the form (downloadable below) to be submitted by 7th October 2022. This is the formal deadline however space is another limiting factor so early application is recommended. Therefore please contact us with any questions you have as soon as possible.
POSTER COMPETITION – CLOSING DATE 7th October 2022.
1. Submit your entry prior to the closing deadline (1 entry per person)
2. Three entries will be selected by the judges based on the abstract(s) submitted
3. The winner of the poster presentation will be given a 15-minute speaking position on the conference agenda and will be notified in advance of the meeting
4. The winner will also receive a certificate from the organisers
5. Representatives from solution provider organisations or experts already speaking on the program are not eligible to enter the competition but are welcome to present posters at the meeting as normal
Solis is a plant sciences company offering Agtech innovators premium, specialized research capabilities for crop & trait development. Solis has launched the world’s first Plant Pipeline as a ServiceTM (PPaaS), a centralized, end-to-end pipeline for the generation and characterization of transgenic & gene-edited plants. Additional services include molecular, biochemical and phenotypic assay development and execution. Using a simple fee-for-service model, Solis’ clients retain IP, save valuable time & resources and can move efficiently from idea to product.
https://solisagrosciences.com/
×Standard BioTools™ is the life science industry’s preferred partner offering innovations with exceptional performance, quality and support that deliver consistent, reliable and repeatable results.
We are committed to ensuring you are well-equipped with tools needed for successful agricultural genomics research, such as:
https://www.fluidigm.com/area-of-interest/agbio/agbio-with-microfluidics
×Avalo is a biology company that harnesses interpretable machine learning and evolutionary theory to rapidly design new crops for the future of agriculture. Avalo uses AI-assisted natural breeding, not genetic modification, to support and leverage the natural diversity of the world around us. The technological core of Avalo is a discovery engine that can identify the basis complex traits with minimal training. Avalo uses these findings to reduce crop development time by years and cost by an order of magnitude.
×Novogene is a leading provider of genomic services and solutions with cutting edge NGS and bioinformatics expertise. It is now the largest sequencing capacities in the world. Novogene utilizes scientific excellence and unsurpassed data quality to help our clients realize their research goals. With around 2,000 employees, multiple locations around the world, and over 250 publications in top tier journal, the company has recently become the world-leader in NGS services.
×Aptean GenomeQuest is the industry standard in intellectual property (IP) sequence search. Leveraging the world’s largest IP sequence database and state-of-the-art sequence comparison algorithms, GenomeQuest combines the most comprehensive view of the patent landscape with the most powerful search, analysis, and reporting tools available.
https://www.aptean.com/solutions/compliance-solutions/aptean-genomequest/
PacBio Systems are powered by Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) Sequencing and provide comprehensive views of genomes, transcriptomes, and epigenomes. As the only sequencing technology to offer highly accurate long reads, or HiFi reads, PacBio provides unparalleled access to the full spectrum of genetic variation in any organism. With the Sequel IIe System and end-to-end solutions across a range of applications, scientists can sequence with confidence as they drive discovery in human biomedical research, plant and animal sciences, and microbiology.
www.pacb.com/plant-animal-sciences/
×Tropic Biosciences uses the GEiGS® (Gene Editing induced Gene Silencing) platform for both our internal trait development pipeline in tropical crops such as coffee, banana and rice as well as for collaborative development of quality and disease resistance traits in plants and animals. We work with a variety of companies in the row crop, vegetable and horticultural space, as well as animal genetics companies to develop traits in pigs, cows, chickens and aquaculture species.
https://www.tropicbioscience.com/
×The family business started over 300 years ago, first as a sake distillery.
Generations later, the current chairman decided to use the knowledge of fermentation to create a product.
After 23 years of intensive research, Dr. Matsuura perfected the formula that combines 53 ingredients which are fermented for over 3 years and 3 months.
Manda started to sell its signature Wellness Superfood from 1984 in Japan.
Select which delegates you would like to meet in a series of prearranged twenty-minute one-to-one meetings, held during breakout sessions from the main conference agenda. Our conference team will be available at the sessions to ensure all your meetings take place on time.
Host your own half or full day pre or post event workshop to a dedicated audience around a subject of your choice. Global Engage will assist with the marketing of your workshop to provide a guaranteed audience
Market to our event database and / or increase brand awareness through taking a poster position or sponsoring one of the refreshment breaks, lunches, drinks receptions or poster sessions. This can be supplemented by branding options such as placing your logo on the attendee lanyards or conference bags.
Showcase your technologies and products throughout the conference in the dedicated exhibition areas where all refreshment breaks and lunches take place, as well as the networking drinks reception at the end of day one.
Options include:
30-minute speaker presentations
Chairing / panellist positions during a 60-minute panel discussion
Hosting a 1-hour workshop within the conference program
For further details please contact
Gavin Hambrook
Telephone +44 (0) 1865 849841 or
email [email protected]
Global Engage is a member of ISLA, a body established to accelerate the event industry transition to a sustainable future. As part of this, we are committed to selecting venues with more sustainable practices.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU?
The Marriott Sustainability Goals
You can read the Marriott Group environmental goals here.
The StateView is LEED Silver Certified and in compliance with energy-saving windows and doors.
Event App
We have reduced waste by replacing printed documentation with an app. Make sure you have it downloaded to your devices in time for the meeting. Get Agorify on Google Play and Apple App Store.
Catering
You will have some great food choices while you are with us but now we have worked with the caterer to increase the proportion of plant-based items. We have also built a plan with the venue to avoid waste through how they serve meals and how any leftovers are processed. Our aim is that you have some great meals, whilst with us, but with less environmental impact by the time you leave.
Travel
An international meeting does involve travel but where it is practical, please consider more sustainable alternatives to flying. The app will also have a discussion space to arrange ride shares.
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