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Join Us in Budapest for CBB8 / A Premier Gathering for Cereal Biotechnology and Breeding Experts!
Jointly organised with the Cereals Section of EUCARPIA
Dear Colleagues,
Super early bird registration for the 8th Conference on Cereal Biotechnology and Breeding (CBB8) and the 19th European Cereals Genetics Co-operative Conference (EWAC) is about to close soon, and we thought you would find that interesting.
Register now on super early-bird rates until 31 March!
CBB
Academic: EUR 530
Industrial: EUR 630
Student: EUR 410
EWAC
Academic / Industrial: 100 EUR
Student: 80 EUR
CBB+EWAC
Academic: EUR 630
Industrial: EUR 730
Student: EUR 490
Payment deadline: 31 March 2025
EUCARPIA members can register with 50 EUR discount!
To benefit from this discount, please contact us at cbb@akcongress.com.
Supporting Young Scientists
We want to encourage young scientists to participate to CBB8 and to present their recent results. Therefore, we will offer 3 free student registrations which will be selected and awarded based on the abstract submissions. Application for current PhD students and those finishing PhD in 2025. Please indicate your interest in applying for free participation via email to cbb@akcongress.com.

Application deadline: 15 August 2025
Submit your abstract!
Oral submission until 31 July 2025
Poster submission until 5 September 2025
Authors are invited to submit their contributions from the following fields:
  • Genetic Resources for Crop Improvement
  • Environmental Adaptation
  • Biotic Stress Response
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions
  • Yield and Quality Improvement
  • Bioinformatics and Genomic Selection
  • Gene and and Genome Editing
  • Phenotyping Technologies
  • Future challenges and innovations
Confirmed Invited Speakers
An impressive line-up of invited speakers will present on CBB8 covering the most recent issues of cereal biotechnology and breeding:
Hakan Özkan Roberto Tuberosa David Gilbert
Hakan Özkan Roberto Tuberosa David Gilbert
Genetic Resources for Crop Improvement
Türkiye
Environmental Adaptation
Italy
Biotic Stress Response
Saudi Arabia
Friedrich Longin Luc Janss Paul Christou
Friedrich Longin Luc Janss Paul Christou
Yield and Quality Improvement
Germany
Bioinformatics and Genomic Selection Denmark Gene and Genome Editing
Spain
Kerstin Neumann Nándor Fodor
Kerstin Neumann Nándor Fodor
Phenotyping Technologies
Germany
Future Challenges and Innovations
Hungary
Partner of the Conference
Eucarpia
EUCARPIA aims to promote scientific and technical co-operation in the field of plant breeding in order to foster its further development. To achieve this purpose, the Association arranges and sponsors meetings of members, to discuss general or specific problems. EUCARPIA members can register with 50 EUR discount!
For further details about the conference please visit our website it is continuously updated with relevant information!
We are looking forward to meeting you in Budapest!
On behalf of the Organizing Committee,
Andreas BÖRNER Kinga FÁBIÁN
Andreas BÖRNER Kinga FÁBIÁN
Conference Chair
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Board Member of EUCARPIA
Germany
Conference Coordinator
AKCongress
Hungary
cbb@akcongress.com
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