Programme

Programme

The symposium will focus on agrobiodiversity in all aspects.

The programme will include a general session with 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 and for systemic approaches
• Valuing ecosystem services related to agrobiodiversity

The full programme will be available as from the 15th of March 2025

Schedule – subject to changes

Tuesday (20-05-2025)
• Welcome
• Introduction – Chairman
• Keynote: dr. Christian Schöb (University Rey Juan Carlos),
‘Ecological mechanisms underlying the benefits of diversity in annual crop systems’
• Keynote: Prof. dr. Roberto Papa (Università Politecnica delle Marche), ‘Agrobiodiversity and Genetics’
• Session 1
• Field visit – Food lab visit

Wednesday (21-05-2025)
• Session 3
• Session 4
• Poster session
• Visit + conference dinner in Lleida

Thursday (22-05-2025) – morning
• Session 5
• poster session
• Session 6
• Closing session