As the BIOVEXO project approaches its conclusion at the end of 2025, we are proud to announce our Final Conference, taking place on 13th November 2025 in Apulia, Italy — a region at the very heart of the fight against Xylella fastidiosa.
This full-day event will bring together stakeholders from across Europe, including researchers, industry leaders, farmers, policymakers, and the general public, to reflect on the groundbreaking work that has taken place over the last five years and to explore what lies ahead.
On July 16th, 2025, from 10:00 to 11:40 am CET, BIOVEXO will host a landmark online cluster webinar titled “Innovative Microbial Solutions for Plant Health – Development, Field Application, Regulatory Integration.” This event brings together leading experts from four major European projects—BIOVEXO, LIFE Resilience, BeXyl, and NextGenBioPest—to share the latest scientific advances, field experiences, and regulatory insights in the field of microbial biopesticides.
Are you passionate about sustainable agriculture and eager to learn about the latest innovations in plant protection? Join us for an exciting online webinar titled “The Way Forward for Plant Protection – Agricultural Research in Horizon Europe”! This event is organized by NextGenBioPest, BIOVEXO, SAGROPIA, and VIRTIGATION, and will bring together experts from selected, innovative projects within the Horizon Europe programme by the European Commission.
20th April 2022
20th April 2022, Alicante, Spain
¿Se puede controlar la plaga de Xylella? ¿Qué soluciones de tratamiento y prevención existen? ¿Cuál es la situación en la Comunidad Valenciana?
El Xylella Forum de este año, organizado por el proyecto BIOVEXO, debatirá estas cuestiones desde una amplia perspectiva, que incluye tanto a agricultores y productores de almendra, como a la comunidad científica y empresarial implicada en investigar y desarrollar soluciones contra la plaga, sin olvidar a las comunidades locales afectadas.
l foro contará con las aportaciones de máximos expertos en la materia, conocedores de la situación a nivel español y europeo, así como de varios investigadores que trabajan activamente en la plaga, incluyendo expertos de proyectos financiados por la Comisión Europea, p.ej. BIOVEXO.
Tras las exposiciones, tendrá lugar una mesa redonda en la que se debatirá de forma abierta la situación real y las posibles soluciones futuras. El panel está compuesto por representantes de la industria de la almendra, expertos en desarrollo local y agricultores afectados.
Al finalizar la jornada se ofrecerá a los asistentes una copa de vino local y cena networking, tipo buffet, en las mismas instalaciones del evento, el Hotel Maya de Alicante.
Program in English. Programa en español.
To register, clic here. Para inscribirse, clic aquí.
El idioma será en español con alguna excepción en inglés.
15th of December 2021
Bio-based chemical products - a key to sustainable economy
15th December 2021, Vienna/online
The annual event, organised by Austrian Ministry for Climate (BMK) and Austrian Association of Chemical Industries (FCIO), takes a look at current R&D activities in the field of “bio-based industry” financed by the BMK or the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU). It offers actors from business, science, associations and politics in this field a platform for networking and exchanging experiences.
The rich program features a.o. Philippe Mengal, Executive Director of BBI JU, introducing the new Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU), or Stephen Webb, CEO of RTDS, presenting the project BIOVEXO.
Whereas the above contributions will be in English, most of the others will be in German. The event starting at 9.30 will be streamed; a registration at the program page is requested.
28th of October 2021
Status quo, expectations & research
28th October 2021, Locorotondo, Italy
Can Xylella disease in olives be controlled?
How far are we in developing treatment and preventive solutions?
What is the situation in Italy?
These were the issues discussed during this year’s Xylella Forum organised by the BIOVEXO project in Apulia in October 2021. A large number of participants, not least from the farmers’ community, clearly indicated how much expectation there is on research.
Some of the key messages from the discussion:
- There is an urgent need to raise farmers awareness and responsibility, particularly in the buffer and containment areas, to apply regional sanitary prescriptions for vector control and containment measures.
- Farmers and general public in the “North” of Apulia and beyond need to be made aware of the drasticity of the situation in the “South” of Apulia.
- There is an urgent need to develop biocontrol solutions to implement in an IPM strategy.
- Farmers need financial and technical support for removal of infected trees, grafting, and replacement of susceptible cultivars with resistant ones.
- Public administration needs to rely on science to propose reasonable and effective measures and to deliver proper communication campaign.
If you are interested in the presentations from the Forum, click here, for the list of speakers here.
Thanks to the organisers and all those who contributed to the success of the Forum!
29th of July 2021
1st Review Meeting
29th July 2021
Our very first review meeting took place online the last week of July 2021. Whereas we still have to wait for the verdict of the reviewers and the funders, we all appreciated very much the constructive atmosphere of the review as well as the input of the reviewers into the upcoming work and activities.
29-30th of April 2021
3rd European Conference on Xylella fastidiosa
29-30th of April 2021
During the online event, organised by EFSA and our sister project XF-Actors, BIOVEXO project was presented by the scientific coordinator from AIT Austrian Institute of Technology to the key Xylella fastidiosa stakeholders, i.e. to 900 people registered from more than 60 countries worldwide.
25th of November 2020
5th Agribusiness Conference
25th of November 2020
BIOVEXO project, presented by consortium partner ACIES Bio, wins at the 2nd Agribusiness High-tech competition and the Farm2Fork hackathon event. The Agribusiness high-tech competition and the Farm2Fork hackathon were a part of the 5th Agribusiness conference on new technologies in agriculture held in Slovenia.
The aim of the conference was to demonstrate the technological modernization of agriculture in Europe across the entire industrial chain. There were up to 100 participants, including key industrial experts, policy stakeholders, SME representatives, honoured guests and more.
22nd of September 2020
2nd Consortium Meeting
22nd of September 2020
The BIOVEXO partners met for the 2nd time in a virtual Consortium Meeting session. Progress was shared by all 11 partners. Milestone 2 ‘First decision on promising compounds’ has been reached. Deliverable 1.1 and Deliverable 2.1 have also been internally discussed and will be completed by the end of September. Upcoming plans for the remainder of the year were discussed. Internal mid-periodic reporting has been launched.
12th-13th of May 2020
1st Kick-off meeting telco
12th – 13th of May 2020
Our very first kick-off meeting took place on the 12th and 13th of May 2020, as the BIOVEXO project officially started on the 1st of May 2020.
A fantastic 2-day virtual session was held with our project partners, along with the presence of our PO from the BBI-JU – Ms. Ana Cuadrado Galan.
Project implementation was discussed for the coming year. All in all, an successful start to BIOVEXO!
We look very forward towards our next meeting, hopefully it will be a face-to-face consortium meeting.
Thank you to all participants and see you soon.
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