Agformulation & Technology 2017
Agformulation & Technology
22-23 November, 2017
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Facilitating innovation in agrochemical formulation and application technology

Why Attend

The global agrochemical market is projected to reach $266.0 billion by 2021, by attending the Ag Formulation and Technology Congress you will gain the knowledge to develop your products and reach your share in this market. Learn from key agrochemical companies including Monsanto, Adama, Bayer, and Syngenta, as well as leading academics, about how they are working to produce more effective crop protection products, including challenges they have faced with their new formulations and application technologies and strategies they used to overcome these challenges.

With dedicated 1 to 1 business meetings available during the networking breaks to facilitate new collaborations, this congress will provide you with all that you need to develop innovative products and be at the forefront of the future of crop protection.

100+
Attendees
5+
Hours of Networking
18+
Speakers
8
dedicated 1-to-1 business meetings per attendee using the Meeting Mojo app

Who You Will Meet

The congress will bring together key stakeholders active in developing chemicals, biologicals, plant health & nutrition and plant microbiome products.

Attendees expected from the following key stakeholder groups and organizations

Benefits of Attending

  1. Gain formulation insight from 18+ industry experts including Bayer CropScience and Monstano to help you advance your agrochemical pipeline 
  2. Hear from Copa Cogeca, LTO Nederland, BelOrta, and The National Farmers Union, to discover what new formulations and application technology will be required over the next 5-10 years
  3. Discover what attributes will be required from new crop protection formulations in the future with guidance from Adama
  4. Learn about the latest advances in micro-encapsulation and controlled release crop protection products, including the development of the largest capsule application worldwide
  1. Discover how robotics, digitalization, drones, and AgTech is transforming formulation and application technology development and identify how you can enhance your product strategies using these
  2. Harness new data to help engineer formulations with a focus on application
  3. Form new collaborations with partners who are at the forefront of formulation and application technology innovation
  4. Learn about new technology platforms that are on the market that can help improve your formulation 

 

The Speakers

 

Dr. Roy Chen

Formulation Team Lead
Adama

Dr. Roy Chen

Formulation Team Lead
Adama

Dr. Roy Chen

Formulation Team Lead
Adama
 

Dr. William Abraham

Director, New Product and Process Technology
Monsanto

Dr. William Abraham

Director, New Product and Process Technology
Monsanto

Dr. William Abraham

Director, New Product and Process Technology
Monsanto
 

Pedro Gallardo Barrena

Vice President of the Cereals Working Group
Copa Cogeca

Pedro Gallardo Barrena

Vice President of the Cereals Working Group
Copa Cogeca

Pedro Gallardo Barrena

Vice President of the Cereals Working Group
Copa Cogeca
 

Dr. Melanie Kah

University of Vienna

Dr. Melanie Kah

University of Vienna

Dr. Melanie Kah

University of Vienna
 

Dr. Andrew Hewitt

Department of Agriculture and Food Sciences
University of Queensland

Dr. Andrew Hewitt

Department of Agriculture and Food Sciences
University of Queensland

Dr. Andrew Hewitt

Department of Agriculture and Food Sciences
University of Queensland
 

Dr. Jim Bullock

Co-founder and Director
iFormulate

Dr. Jim Bullock

Co-founder and Director
iFormulate

Dr. Jim Bullock

Co-founder and Director
iFormulate
 

Dr. Fideline Tchuenbou-Magaia

University of Wolverhampton

Dr Fideline Tchuenbou-Magaia is a senior lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She has more than 10 year experience in formulation engineering with focus on encapsulation and controlled release of molecules. Dr Tchuenbou-Magaia has developed controlled release formulations with application primarily in food and nutraceuticals, oral healthcare and cosmetics, agrochemical, energy storage and carbon capture.

Dr. Fideline Tchuenbou-Magaia

University of Wolverhampton

Dr. Fideline Tchuenbou-Magaia

University of Wolverhampton

Dr Fideline Tchuenbou-Magaia is a senior lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. She has more than 10 year experience in formulation engineering with focus on encapsulation and controlled release of molecules. Dr Tchuenbou-Magaia has developed controlled release formulations with application primarily in food and nutraceuticals, oral healthcare and cosmetics, agrochemical, energy storage and carbon capture. Further information about Dr Tchuenbou-Magaia can be found on the University of Wolverhampton website, https://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/all-faculty-staff/school-of-engineering-staff/dr-fideline-laure-tchuenbou-magaia/

 

Dr. Anant Patel

Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences Germany

Dr. Anant Patel

Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences Germany

Dr. Anant Patel

Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences Germany
 

Dr. Jaap van Wenum

Chairman of Arable Farming
LTO Nederland

Dr. Jaap van Wenum

Chairman of Arable Farming
LTO Nederland

Dr. Jaap van Wenum

Chairman of Arable Farming
LTO Nederland
 

Guy Smith

Vice President
National Farmers Union

Guy Smith

Vice President
National Farmers Union

Guy Smith

Vice President
National Farmers Union
 

Ketan Mehta

CEO
Ecosense, India

Ketan Mehta

CEO
Ecosense, India

Ketan Mehta

CEO
Ecosense, India
 

Luc Peeters

Relationship Manager
BelOrta

Luc Peeters

Relationship Manager
BelOrta

Luc Peeters

Relationship Manager
BelOrta
 

Malcom Faers

Bayer Cropscience

Malcom Faers

Bayer Cropscience

Malcom Faers

Bayer Cropscience
 

Dr. Huub Schepers

Wageningen University

Dr. Huub Schepers

Wageningen University

Dr. Huub Schepers

Wageningen University
 

Simon Blackmore

Professor
Harper Adams University

Simon Blackmore is a key figure in the development of Precision Farming and agricultural robotics, with a world-wide reputation. Simon is currently Professor and Head of Robotics and Automation, Agri-Epi Centre at Harper Adams University, Director of the National Centre for Precision Farming and managed the European FutureFarm project.

Simon has extensive experience of multidisciplinary collaboration across universities, commercial partnerships and research projects including autonomous tractors, laser weeding, robotic phenotyping and robotic harvesting.

Simon Blackmore

Professor
Harper Adams University

Simon Blackmore

Professor
Harper Adams University

Simon Blackmore is a key figure in the development of Precision Farming and agricultural robotics, with a world-wide reputation. Simon is currently Professor and Head of Robotics and Automation, Agri-Epi Centre at Harper Adams University, Director of the National Centre for Precision Farming and managed the European FutureFarm project.

Simon has extensive experience of multidisciplinary collaboration across universities, commercial partnerships and research projects including autonomous tractors, laser weeding, robotic phenotyping and robotic harvesting.

Simon holds seven Chairs around the world and gives many national and international keynote presentations. Simon leads the research in the UK on agricultural robotics.

Simon personal research focuses on improving Precision Farming by developing more intelligent machines and processes, and making crop production more efficient and sustainable.

 

Dr Martin Viertelhaus

Research Scientist
BASF SE

Dr Martin Viertelhaus

Research Scientist
BASF SE

Dr Martin Viertelhaus

Research Scientist
BASF SE
 

Professor Emilio Gil

Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Professor Emilio Gil

Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Professor Emilio Gil

Polytechnic University of Catalonia
 

Daniel Bonn

Director, Institute of Physics
University of Amsterdam

Daniel Bonn is director of the Institute of Physics of the University of Amsterdam, where over 200 researchers work. He is also group leader of the Complex Fluids Group, which studies the flow behavior of surfactant, polymer and colloid systems, and  totals about 30 people. Before coming to Amsterdam recently, he was a CNRS research director at the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he led the ‘complex fluids’ group.

Daniel Bonn

Director, Institute of Physics
University of Amsterdam

Daniel Bonn

Director, Institute of Physics
University of Amsterdam

Daniel Bonn is director of the Institute of Physics of the University of Amsterdam, where over 200 researchers work. He is also group leader of the Complex Fluids Group, which studies the flow behavior of surfactant, polymer and colloid systems, and  totals about 30 people. Before coming to Amsterdam recently, he was a CNRS research director at the prestigious Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, where he led the ‘complex fluids’ group. He published more than 200 papers on wetting, complex fluids and hydrodynamics and was invited more than 40 times as a speaker at international conferences In the past five years. Daniel Bonn has a large amount of industrial collaborations such as with Michelin, SKF and Unilever, Shell,  DSM, Akzo Nobel, ASML etc. Bonn is also co-founder of the startup company GreenA that just received a Round A investment from a venture capital firm and now employs several people.

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Tuesday, 25 Jul, 2017

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Hilton Amsterdam, Apollolaan 138, 1077 BG Amsterdam, Netherlands

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