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Hours
Venue
Location
Level
06:30 - 15:30

Golf Tournament sponsored by INCOTEC

TBC

11:00 - 18:00

Registration Booth Opens

MTCC

Ground Floor

17:00 - 19:00

Charity boat cruise sponsored by GERMAINS SEED TECHNOLOGY

External venue

19:00 - 22:00

ISF President’s Dinner (by invitation only)

External venue

Sponsors of the week

Hours
Venue
Location
Level
07:00 - 18:00

Registration

MTCC

09:00 - 10:45

Opening Ceremony – Cultivating Ventures

MTCC

11:00 - 16:00

Accompanying Persons tour

11:00 - 18:00

ISF Seed Trade Info Desk – Exhibition – Trading floor – Private Meeting Rooms – NSA & Associate Members Area

MTCC

11:30 - 12:30

Press Conference

MTCC

12:00 - 14:00

Lunch

MTCC

Exhibition

Ground floor

13:00 - 13:50

ISF Value Chain Forum

MTCC

14:30 - 15:00

Fireside chat with a CEO

MTCC

Plenary Room

Ground floor

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

MTCC

Exhibition

Ground floor

16:00 - 17:00

ISF Panel Discussion

MTCC

Exhibition

Ground floor

17:00 - 18:00

Sponsored Happy Hour 

MTCC

Exhibition

Ground floor

19:00 - 23:00

Welcome Reception

Steam Whistle

Sponsors of the week

Hours
Venue
Location
Level
06:00 - 07:30

Congress Run for Seed Resilience

CCL

Along the waterfront

07:00 - 15:00

Registration

CCL

Foyer A

Ground floor

08:00 - 18:00

ISF Seed Trade Info Desk – Exhibition – Trading floor – Private Meeting Rooms – NSA & Associate Members Area

CCL

Foyer A

Ground & First floor

08:00 - 18:00

Cultivation Corner

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

09:00 - 10:00

ISF Panel – From Lab to Lunchbox: The Journey of Gene-Edited Foods

CCL

Plenary Room

Ground floor

09:00 - 18:00

Accompanying Persons: Sintra, Cascais & Surroundings – Full day tour

10:00 - 10:30

ISF Channel World Seed – Biologicals on Seeds: Building Clarity and Guidance Across Regulations

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break 

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

10:00 - 10:45

Panel – From Seed to Shelf: Building Transparent, Sustainable Value Cchains in Modern Food Systems – Organised by ELFIN CONSULTING

CCL

Mirror Restaurant

First floor

11:00 - 12:00

Panel – Leading Breeding: Policies That Power Innovation Sponsored by BAYER

CCL

Plenary Room

Ground floor

12:00 - 12:30

Channel World Seed – Sponsored by SEEDCARE SYNGENTA

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

12:00 - 14:00

Lunch

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

12:00 - 14:00

ISF Family Business Luncheon – The Future of Family Business in the Seed Sector: Key Success Factors

CCL

Mirror Restaurant

First floor

13:00 - 13:15

Channel World Seed – – Prime Time – INCOTEC

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

13:30 - 14:00

ISF Channel World Seed – Resolving Disputes Smarter: Mediation, Arbitration and Beyond

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

14:30 - 15:00

Channel World Seed with Gates Ag One

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

14:30 - 15:30

ISF Panel – Sowing the Future: What Now? The Biodiversity Framework for Global Plant Genetic Resources

CCL

Plenary Room

Ground floor

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

15:30 - 16:00

ISF Channel World Seed – Portugal Investments and Legacy

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

16:00 - 16:30

Fireside Chat with Jeff Rowe, CEO Syngenta Group

CCL

Plenary Room

Ground floor

16:30 - 17:00

Walk the Talk with Jeff Rowe

CCL

Future Generation Corner

Ground floor

17:00 - 17:30

NGIN Speed Networking (by invitation only) 

CCL

Future Generation Corner

Ground floor

17:00 - 18:00

CORTEVA Happy Hour 

CCL

Corteva Booth

Ground floor

Sponsors of the week

Hours
Venue
Location
Level
07:00 - 15:00

Registration

CCL

Foyer A

Ground floor

07:00 - 09:00

Women Breakfast

CCL

Mirror Restaurant

First floor

08:00 - 18:00

ISF Seed Trade Info Desk – Exhibition – Trading floor – Private Meeting Rooms – NSA & Associate Members Area

CCL

Ground & First floor

08:00 - 18:00

Cultivation Corner

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

09:00 - 10:15

ISF Panel – Beyond ESG: What Sustainability Really Looks Like for Agriculture

CCL

Plenary Room

Ground floor

09:00 - 14:00

Accompanying Persons: Lisbon Foodie Tour – Half day tour

10:00 - 10:30

Coffee Break

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

10:30 - 11:00

ISF Channel World Seed – Planting Resilient Forests Starts with Seeds

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

11:00 - 12:00

ISF Panel – From Belém to Lisbon: Plant Health, COP 30 and the Future of Seed Trade

CCL

Plenary Room

Ground floor

11:15 - 11:30

Channel World Seed – Prime Time – INTERTEK

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

11:30 - 12:00

Supporting Young Farmers NGIN

CCL

Future Generation Corner

Ground floor

12:00 - 12:30

Channel World Seed – sponsored by GERMAINS

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

12:00 - 14:00

Lunch

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

12:15 - 14:00

Associate Members Lunch – Beyond Negotiation: Building the Next Era of Cooperation on Genetic Resources (for Associate Members only)

CCL

Mirror Restaurant

First floor

13:00 - 13:30

ISF Channel World Seed – Farmers’ participation in value-creation mechanisms: Updates on royalty collection

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

14:00 - 14:15

Channel World Seed – Prime Time – AKYUREK 

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

14:00 - 15:00

ISF Panel – From Vision to Reality: Designing Truly Inclusive Seeds Systems

CCL

Plenary Room

Ground floor

15:30 - 16:00

Coffee Break

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

15:30 - 16:00

Channel World Seed – Attracting Youth: Moving from Conversation to Action, Organised by NGIN

CCL

Exhibition

Ground floor

16:00 - 17:30

ISF General Assembly (ISF members only)

CCL

Plenary Room

Ground floor

19:00 - 02:00

Farewell Get-Together

Convento do Beato

Sponsors of the week

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World Seed Congress.

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