Location: Maastricht University Campus Brussels
Avenue de Tervueren 153, 1150 Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, Brussels, Belgium

We are excited to announce the upcoming seminar on Innovation in the EU Plant Breeding Sector, taking place on June 19, 2023, at Maastricht University Campus in Brussels, Belgium. The seminar will explore various topics related to the challenges and opportunities facing the plant breeding sector in the EU, including climate change, consumer demands, global competition, and community plant variety rights.

The workshop will feature three sessions, each with expert speakers who will share their insights and perspectives on the issues at hand. The first session will focus on the Breeders Exemption and its impact on innovation at the plant breeding and patent interface. The second session will delve into the role of plant varieties in addressing climate change and adapting local farming to tomorrow's realities. The third and final session will examine the regulation of the breeding sector in the context of global competition and the EU's policy of food security and self-sufficiency.