The European Technology Platform ‘Plants for the Future’ (Plant ETP) is a membership-based platform bringing the relevant stakeholders together to develop a joint vision and action plan on education, research and innovation (R&I) for the plant sector. The Plant ETP represents the agri-value chain from fundamental research to crop production and distribution. The activities of the Plant ETP converge around: Advocacy -> Delivering sound information to public funding providers and policy makers and providing coherent business-focused input to R&I policy agenda Networking -> Coordinating stakeholders within the EU to work in partnership and facilitating direct engagement with European policy makers Increasing the visibility of plant science -> Enabling knowledge transfer to a wide range of stakeholders across the EU and speaking publicly on behalf of the plant sector, as well as organising and engaging in interactive events