Upcoming Events
The 2Blades team will be present at the following events. If you're attending, we'd love to connect—feel free to reach out!
CGIAR Science Week
CGIAR Science Week: innovation and partnerships for a food, nutrition, and climate secure-future
When humanity faced its greatest challenges, science and innovation provided solutions. Today, major global challenges such as climate change, gender and social inequalities, poor-quality diets, rural poverty, environmental degradation, and other issues stemming from fragility, conflict, and violence, threaten the sustainability of food, land, and water systems, leaving the most vulnerable people and communities at greatest risk.
Recognizing the urgency of these challenges, CGIAR and the Kenyan Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) are bringing together the world’s leading scientists and decision-makers in agriculture, climate, and health for the very first CGIAR Science Week. This inaugural event will create a unique platform for experts to collaborate and share insights across these fields, a critical effort at a time when the new CGIAR research Portfolio is being shaped to address the biggest challenges and opportunities of our time. This gathering will be a key moment to advance research and innovation, inspire action, and establish critical partnerships that can secure investment in sustainable food systems to nourish both people and the planet.
Drawing on CGIAR science and partnerships from around the world, the inaugural CGIAR Science Week will engage the community of global leaders in research, policy, and development working for a food, nutrition, and climate secure future in active dialogue during plenary sessions focused on harnessing and scaling science and innovation. Participants will learn about GIAR's new 2025–2030 science research portfolio through dedicated Parallel Sessions on Science Programs & Accelerators, and discover cutting-edge science from CGIAR centers worldwide through Science Talks, Innovation Showcases, and Research Workshops. The event also offers the chance to see, first-hand, transformative innovations improving the lives of vulnerable communities in our Exhibition Area and to explore CGIAR and partner labs and research stations during Field Visits to see science in action.
African Conference on Agricultural Technologies (ACAT)
The Government of Rwanda and AATF will host the second edition of ACAT. ACAT is the foremost agriculture technology transfer platform that facilitates structured dialogue and consensus building on game-changing novel technologies, ideas and policies to foster agricultural transformation.
Theme: ‘NextGen Ag-tech Solutions for Africa’s Farmers’
IS-MPMI Congress
The 2025 IS-MPMI Congress is a leading global event that brings together over 1,000 scientists, researchers, and industry professionals from around the world. The Congress offers a unique platform for presenting groundbreaking research, exchanging ideas, and forging valuable collaborations in the field of molecular plant-microbe interactions.
Plant Health
This year’s theme, “Global Communities Collaborating to Address Global Risk” highlights the interconnectedness of plant health challenges worldwide. From pathogens that cross borders to environmental instability and global trade, the program underscores the need for international partnerships to safeguard crops and ecosystems.
Africa Biennial Biosciences Communication (ABBC2025) Symposium
Unlocking the Potential of Emerging Bio-innovations in Africa: How Can We Overcome the Burden of Misinformation & Disinformation?
The 6th edition of the Africa Biennial Biosciences Communication (ABBC2025) Symposium, addresses a critical challenge hindering Africa's adoption of innovative biosciences. While bio-innovations offer transformative potential in mitigating climate change effects and advancing health and socio-economic outcomes, misinformation remains a formidable barrier. Indeed, the World Economic Forum has declared misinformation as a global catastrophe. In an era where digital platforms enable rapid information dissemination, they also facilitate the spread of inaccuracies, undermining the acceptance and utilization of beneficial bio-innovations. Further, an emerging technology like Artificial Intelligence (AI) serves as a double-edged sword with tremendous benefits to society, as well as potential to generate manipulative disinformation.
Crop IB
This conference brings together breeding, AgBio and AgTech companies, academics, investors, startups and experts from the international agri-food industry. Innovations, technologies and business strategies for developing future crops that provide solutions to the sustainability challenges in agriculture will be discussed.
For the 14th time, more than 200 international participants will gather for a three-day conference that focuses on new technologies and business strategies for breeding innovative crops.
UNC Cleantech Summit
This two-day event on March 24 - 25, 2025 will feature multiple keynotes and 50+ breakout sessions over 9 tracks that will highlight a wide range of topics. These include grid integration, battery supply chains, energy storage, artificial intelligence and energy, biotech, global energy innovations, insurance, finance and investment, circularity, power generation and data centers, hydrogen, transportation, and more. This event includes the Mentor Match program and an in-person career fair.
World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit
The World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in San Francisco unites more than 2500 senior decision-makers across the agri-food industry to build a more sustainable and resilient supply chain.
Global leaders from agribusinesses, technology giants, food brands, farmers, farming co-operatives, policymakers, investors, and start-ups will meet to scale innovation and create value in the sector.
A high-level speaking faculty focuses on tangible developments, case studies, and commercialization pathways as they discuss supply chain decarbonization, seed-shelf AI, robotics and automation, next-gen breeding, green and biological inputs, new finance and insurance models, and income diversification strategies.
Centre for Microbial Interactions – Annual Conference
The Centre for Microbial Interactions is a showcase of the work from over 100 microbiology research groups at Norwich Research Park. Their work generates significant discoveries and breakthroughs year-on-year to tackle some of the major challenges facing our planet and the people that live on it.
ASTA Field Crop Seed Convention
The Field Crop Seed Convention (FCSC) convenes industry professionals involved in the production of seed used for food, feed, fiber and fuel. Bringing together over a thousand individuals annually, the FCSC continues to be the largest seed industry networking event in the United States, offering trade show exhibit opportunities and educational/policy content to attendees.
World Food Prize: Norman E. Borlaug International Dialogue
The 2024 Borlaug Dialogue convenes under the theme "Seeds of Opportunity: Bridging Generations and Cultivating Diplomacy," echoing Dr. Norman Borlaug's enduring vision of breaking barriers and transcending boundaries for global food security.
This thematic framework emphasizes the vital role of integrating past wisdom, current innovations and the pressing needs of tomorrow, by leveraging agricultural technology to address contemporary challenges. It underscores the importance of intergenerational collaboration and diplomatic engagement in achieving sustainable solutions.
By uniting diverse stakeholders — from the heart of farming communities to the heights of corporate boardrooms, from the impassioned voices of youth to the seasoned wisdom of established experts — we strive to nurture fertile ground for innovation, collaboration and opportunity. This effort is especially pivotal for preserving crop diversity and safeguarding other vital resources crucial for securing our global food supply against looming threats.
Through this concerted effort, we endeavor to plant a seed for equitable access to nutritious food for all, embodying Dr. Borlaug's legacy of humanitarianism and scientific determination.
11th Plant Genomics and Gene Editing Congress
This year’s Congress will focus on innovative strategies and advancements in plant genomics and gene editing. Academic and industry experts will share genome editing case studies in key crops including wheat, maize, rice and soybean, the latest applications of utilising genome editing to improve traits such as disease resistance and stress tolerance. Utilising computational approaches through plant phenotyping is a rapidly developing area of the field as well as the integration of bioinformatics, and the potential of artificial intelligence in this field. An expert panel discussion will explore the most recent updates in genome editing policy and regulation.