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8:30 am Registration & Coffee
Understanding the Regulatory Landscape to Avoid Costly & Delayed Approvals
9:00 am Roundtable Discussion: Reconciling Cost-Efficiency with the Need for Regulatory Control Through Accelerated Testing
- Discovering methods to ensure accelerated tests mimic real-world conditions
- Balancing the need for accelerated testing with the need for realistic shelf-life predictions of stability, safety, and performance
- Developing existing methods to increase both speed and accuracy
9:45 am Clarifying the Legal Definitions of Product Categories to Enhance R&D Progress
- Delving into the confusion around defining biostimulants and biofertilizers
- Navigating the issues that this presents for bringing products to market
- Updating and creating new guidelines that establish cohesion and one aligned label among US states
10:15 am Moving the Needle into New Global Markets & Adapting Strategies Accordingly
- Working across islands of regulatory frameworks to bring a product to market
- Strategizing to overcome hurdles faced by companies looking to expand globally
- Balancing the desire to innovate with cost-efficiency in the face of differing global definitions
10:45 am Morning Break & Speed Networking
Maximizing Product Longevity & Efficacy When Formulating a Product for Market
11:45 am *New Data* Overcoming Formulation Stability Challenges to Maximize Product Longevity & Revenue-Potential
- Exploring formulation variables that can influence the long-term efficacy of biological products
- Brainstorming ideas to ensure product viability across different conditions
- Closing the gap between controlled research environments and unpredictable field conditions to guarantee product success
12:15 pm *New Data* Translating Innovation into Commercially Viability: A Pathway for Scalable Biologicals
- Enabling consistent product purity and performance using innovative advancements in manufacturing
- Examining strategies for reduced production costs to make biological solutions cost-competitive with chemical inputs
- Emphasizing the role of rigorous, data-driven validation in demonstrating efficacy across diverse crops and regions
12:45 pm Lunch
Optimizing Microbial Synergy for Enhanced Yield & Consistency
1:45 pm Is It a Single, a Double, or a Triple? Stacking Technologies for Increased Yield
- Smart Matrix Technologies for enhanced resource utilization and abiotic stress tolerance
- Synergistic effects of mixing biological products
- Omics technologies can guide mode of action research
2:15 pm Solving the Microbial Consistency Challenge by Choosing the Right Partner
- Considering the key role of microbial partners in determining inoculant success
- Leveraging microbial species interactions to enhance product effectiveness and consistency
- Innovating within product development to provide more consistent outcomes for growers
2:45 pm Roundtable Discussion: Balancing the Benefits of Microbial Diversity with the Risk of Contamination to Create More Effective Products
- Exploring the pros and cons of synthetic vs. naturally sourced biologicals and combination vs. single-strain products
- Managing risks of contamination when scaling up microbial diversity in formulation
- Evaluating whether less is more to achieve targeted success
3:30 pm Afternoon Break & Networking
Enhancing Crop Growth & Environmental Health Through Nitrogen Fixation
4:00 pm *New Data* Revolutionizing Fertilizer Efficiency & Environmental Impact Using Nitrogen Fixation
- Outlining problems related to the traditional way of producing synthetic N fertilizers
- Painting the big picture on how the biofertilizer space looks like now and what are current challenges
- Presenting sustainable and affordable ways of building an efficient N biofertilizer and introducing Switch technology
- Addressing the need for a mode of action evidence for products marketed within the nitrogen fixation categories
4:30 pm Looking Beyond the Rhizosphere to Maximize Nitrogen Fixation
- Utilizing photosynthetic nitrogen-fixing microbial consortia acting on the soil surface
- Prioritizing synergy and compatibility with other N-fixing biologicals
- Achieving greater synthetic nitrogen fertilizer replacement without added cost