21 May 2026 | 13:30 - 19:00
As part of the European AgroServ project (Integrated services supporting a sustainable agroecological transition), we are organizing a symposium on the theme of “Agroecological transition: the role of microorganisms”.
We are pleased to welcome several speakers from academia, industry, regulatory bodies, and agriculture, who will share their vision and outlook for the future on this topic.
The seminar will be followed by a round table discussion between the speakers and the audience.
| 13:30 | Welcome |
| 14:00 | Stéphane Declerck - General introduction |
| 14:15 | Monica Höfte - Microorganisms: driving the transition to sustainable agriculture |
| 14:45 | Steven Vandenabeele - From Petri dish to plow: innovation meets commercial reality |
| 15:15 | Imke Hutter - Definitions and regulation for biostimulants and biocontrol microbial agents on national and EU-level |
| 15:45 | Break |
| 16:15 | Brieuc Hardy - The use of microorganisms in agriculture: challenges for a successful use by farmers |
| 16:45 | Michel Boer - The AgroServ Project |
| 17:05 | Iman Mirmazloum - Transnational access in AgroServ |
| 17:20 | Roundtable discussion |
| 18:00 | Closing drink |
The symposium will take place on May 21 from 13:30 to 18:00 and will be followed by a drink cocktail.
The venue for the afternoon is the SUD11 auditorium (Place Croix du Sud, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve), and the drink will then be hold in the de Serres building (Place Croix du Sud 2, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve).
Registration is free but mandatory for practical organizational reasons.
Please register here before April 30.