Amsterdam to Host Biopesticides Europe 2026 as Industry Confronts Regulatory and Climate Pressures
15 January 2026, Europe: Active Communications International has announced the agenda for Biopesticides Europe 2026, taking place 10–11 June 2026 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, bringing together the decision-makers shaping the next chapter of biological crop protection in Europe. The two-day conference directly addresses the regulatory, technical and market barriers that continue to slow adoption—EU definition changes, approval delays, registration burden, formulation performance, logistics limitations and the field-level constraints that determine whether products succeed commercially.
With disease pressure rising across climate-affected seasons, the programme also explores how resilience strategies are changing and where biopesticides can deliver measurable value in priority crops and use cases. Delegates will include biopesticide and biologicals producers, crop protection companies, distributors and agronomy service providers, growers and producer groups, regulators and policy specialists, formulation and technology providers, field trial organisations and investment groups.
Day One (Wednesday 10 June) opens with chairman’s remarks from Nico Vergote (Global Agronomic Development Manager, Biotalys) before moving into regulatory frameworks and definition gaps, featuring Pavel Glukhov (Partner, EU Focus Group) and Ian Baxter (Global Senior Regulatory Affairs Scientist, Koppert). The agenda then tackles regulatory system capacity and approval delays, followed by a commercially focused session on registration burden, market access barriers and global comparisons with contributions including Jose Carvalho (EMEA Regulatory Lead, Certis Bio) and Matthew Audley (Commercial Lead – Northern, Eastern Europe and Turkey, PlAgSciences). The afternoon includes a focused presentation on climate-driven disease pressure by Victor Gonzalez-Menendez (Senior Scientist, Medina Foundation) and a panel discussion on preventing over-precaution and misclassification, with participation including Kevin Bosc (Global Crop Protection Advocacy Leader, Corteva Agriscience).
Day Two (Thursday 11 June) shifts to delivery: formulation and technical hurdles that must be solved for reliable storage, handling, distribution and consistent field performance. Session Four features Omar Santana (Biocontrol Director, Kimitec Biogroup), Amit Vasavada (Chief Scientific Officer, Invasive Species Corp.), Steve Trim (Chief Scientific Officer, Ventera Bio) and Garrett Olsen (Director of R&D, Nano-Yield), followed by sessions on market shifts, chemical withdrawals and the sustainability transition and panels focused on logistics/production planning constraints and accelerating practical innovation and end-user adoption.
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