Explore the Agenda
8:20 am Registration & Networking
8:55 am Chair’s Opening Remarks
Unveiling Consumer Preferred Quality Traits that Earn Premiums
9:00 am Exploring Consumer Acceptance to Drive Gene-Edited Crop Success
- Highlighting real-world consumer reactions to gene-edited produce to validate market readiness
- Comparing academic insights with in-market testing to refine messaging and product positioning
- Collaborating with partners to showcase trust-building strategies and sustainable innovation
9:30 am Spotlighting CPG Strategies for Consumer Trust & Market Success
- Reviewing how leading CPGs navigate labeling, transparency, and public perception to support gene-edited product launches
- Comparing internal decision-making frameworks for sourcing gene-edited ingredients and aligning with brand values
- Identifying communication tactics that build consumer confidence and accelerate adoption across diverse markets
10:00 am Panel Discussion: Turning Consumer Insights into Market Advantage
- Translating consumer acceptance data into actionable strategies for product development and positioning
- Identifying trust-building tactics that accelerate adoption without compromising innovation speed
- Leveraging partnerships between technology providers, CPGs, and retailers to maximize premium potential
10:30 am Morning Refreshments & Poster Session
Advancing Disease & Pest Control with Gene Editing & Biocontrol Integration
11:30 am Deploying Sterile Insect Technologies for Precision Crop Protection
- Demonstrating field trial outcomes showing distance-based protection effects in Michigan
- US EPA Section 3 registration and scaling regulatory engagement for commercial readiness
- Collaborating with commercial insectaries to expand trial capacity and accelerate 2027 launch plans
12:00 pm Panel Discussion: Integrating Genetics & IPM in Real-World Deployments
- Evaluating risk and benefit from the grower perspective to support adoption
- Designing stewardship to prevent resistance breakdown and protect longevity
12:30 pm Lunch
Generating Partnerships & Capital that Accelerate Field Impact
1:30 pm The World’s First Commercialized Precision-Bred Non-Browning Bananas & Tropic’s Technology Suite Powering Global Agrifood Innovation
- Highlighting Tropic’s developing and commercializing non-transgenic gene-editing bananas and rice to reinvigorate industry benchmarks, accelerate market readiness, and solve critical on-farm challenges
- Explore collaboration with Agribiotech and food/beverages startups/multinationals interested in leveraging Tropic’s trait development platforms to solve critical industry challenges, thereby scaling innovation and developing novel non-GM traits in their crops, livestock, and aquaculture species of interest
2:00 pm Stacking Quality Traits in Soybean to Accelerate Market Impact
- Engineering soybeans for higher oil, protein, and reduced anti-nutrients to meet feed and food demands
- Combining transformation technologies and trait stacking to improve product performance and stability
- Licensing validated traits across the agbio ecosystem to expand access and drive commercialization
3:00 pm Afternoon Refreshments
Beyond CRISPR: Advancing Trait Development Through Prime,
Chromosomal, & Epigenetic Editing
3:30 pm Development of a Universal Advanced Gene Editing Technology in Multi Crops
- This technology can be applied for ANY species, ANY crop varieties, and ANY geneediting (e.g., Cas) platforms