Plant Biology Europe (PBE) is the biggest of its kind in Europe. With a multidisciplinary approach to plant science in a global context, the conference aims to collect speakers and presentations that cover wide ranging scientific and policy related themes within plant science, thereby showcasing state-of-the-art scientific developments and contributions to policy shaping towards plants science at the European and national levels. PBE is a biennial event, taking place this time in June of 2018 in Copenhagen, Denmark. PBE is jointly organised by FESBP and EPSO, as a result of a merger between the previous individual EPSO and FESPB conferences.