Editorial Deep Dive // Can Biologicals Deliver Consistency, Credibility, and Scale?

17 Mar 2026
Breakout Room
Breakout Sessions

Go beyond the main-stage R&D conversations and focus on real-world commercialization and deployment. As the main stage pauses, these fast-paced panels and interactive roundtables in breakout rooms will explore what it takes to bring AI-powered robotics and autonomous machinery to market across both broadacre and specialty crop systems. Hear practical insights from corporates, startups, and investors, and join the conversation to surface new ideas, share challenges, and co-create solutions that can scale.

  • With oversupply, pricing pressure, and generics flooding the market, how can companies across the biologicals value chain deliver differentiated, trusted solutions to growers?
  • From bioprotection to biostimulants, which categories and new solutions show the most promise in the context of strained farm economics, and how can we improve consistency in biological efficacy to move beyond one-season successes towards long-term agronomic value?
  • How can the industry establish higher standards and seamless data flow, and what role should regulators play in enabling faster, science-based registration of biological products?

Campfire Hosts:

  • Jacqui Campbell, Global Head Technology & Partnerships Biologicals - SYNGENTA
  • Benoit Hartmann, Head of R&D, Biologics - BAYER CROP SCIENCE
  • Corey Huck, CEO - PROVIVI
  • Georg Goeres, CEO - MICROPEP TECHNOLOGIES

  • Philip Erlanger, Founder and Managing Partner - ALIMENT CAPITAL
  • Mikayla Mooney, Partner - AG STARTUP ENGINE
  • Yanniv Dorone, Managing Director - FALL LINE CAPITAL
Host
Vipula Shukla
Vipula Shukla, Senior Program Officer, Agriculture R&D - GATES FOUNDATION
Speakers
Jacqui Campbell
Jacqui Campbell, Global Head Technology & Partnerships Biologicals - SYNGENTA
Benoit Hartmann
Benoit Hartmann, Head of R&D, Biologics - BAYER CROP SCIENCE
Ashish Batra
Ashish Batra, VP, Crop Health R&D - CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE
Corey Huck
Corey Huck, CEO - PROVIVI
Georg Goeres
Georg Goeres, CEO - MICROPEP TECHNOLOGIES