Programme
The symposium will focus on agrobiodiversity in all aspects.
The programme will include a general session with two invited speakers and several sessions with submitted abstracts related to the following subjects:
• Genetics: How they shape agrobiodiversity?
• The impact of cropping systems on agrobiodiversity
• Food and feed technology, drivers of change on agrobiodiversity
• Agrobiodiversity: the challenges and opportunities for socio-economic sciences
The full programme will be available as from the 1st of November 2023.
Schedule – subject to changes:
Monday (04-12-2023)
• 8h30 Registration and Welcome
• 9h30 Introduction – Chairman
• 9h45 Minister of Agriculture (Flanders)/Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
• 10h15 Keynote speaker: Prof.dr. Johan Six (ETH-Zürich): ‘Agrobiodiversity from a global perspective’
• 11h00 Q&A
• 11h15 Keynote speaker: Prof.dr. Andreas Börner (IPK-Gatersleben): ‘Genebanks, a reservoir for increasing agrobiodiversity’
• 12h00 Q&A
• 12h15 Lunch
• 13h30 Oral sessions
• 15h30 Coffee break
• 16h00 Oral sessions
Tuesday (05-12-2023)
• 8h30 Oral sessions
• 10h30 Coffee break
• 10h45 Oral sessions
• 12h45 Lunch
• 14h00 Poster session
• 15h30 Visit + Conference dinner in Bruges
Wednesday (06-12-2023)
• 8h30 Oral sessions
• 10h30 Coffee break + poster session
• 11h00 Oral sessions
• 12h30 Closing session
• 13h00 Lunch