First Round of Abstract Submission Ends: Dec 31, 2026
Extended Early Bird Ends: Aug 28, 2026
Plenary Speakers
Prof. Karl-Josef Dietz
Bielefeld University, Germany
Title: The role of the redox regulatory network in plant acclimation to a complex environment
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Prof. Jianliang Huang
Huazhong Agricultural University, China
Title: Machine-harvested ratoon rice, a new high-yield and high-efficiency cultivation mode of rice in China
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Prof. Guohua XU
Nanjing Agricultural University, China
Title: To be confirmed
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Prof. Luisa M. Sandalio
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
Title: To be confirmed.
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Prof. Ramanjulu Sunkar
Oklahoma State University, USA
Title: m6A-Mediated Epitranscriptomic Control of Stress Responses in Arabidopsis
Dr. Ramanjulu Sunkar is currently a Regents Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA. He received his Ph.D from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, India and did postdoctoral research in Israel, Germany and USA. His laboratory focused on understanding gene regulation including microRNA-mediated gene regulation in response to abiotic stresses in plants. His recent work on RNA regulation expanded to study the role of RNA modifications (epitranscriptome) in plant stress responses. He has published about 125 peer-reviewed publications. He was included in the list of Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers for five consecutive years (2014 through 2018). He edited four books and presented invited talks at the National and International conferences. He served on the editorial boards of Journal of Experimental Botany, BMC Genomics, BMC Plant Biology, PLoS One, Frontiers in Genetics and Genomics etc.
Prof. Alberto Fereres
ICA-CSIC, Spain
Title: Recent outbreaks of insect-transmitted emerging diseases in Meiditerranean crops
Experience: More than 35 years of experience in the area of agricultural entomology and phytopathology, a MSc. degree (1987) in Entomology, Purdue University, and a postdoctoral stay at University of California, Riverside (1989). A 1-year sabbatical stay at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1997) in the area of applied entomology and insect vectors of plant pathogens. My fields of specialization include insect feeding behavior and ecology, virus-vector-plant interactions, epidemiology and integrated pest management. Four grants within H-2020 program (UE) and one Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Project. Chairman of the Plant Virus Epidemiology Committee of the ISPP since 2007 to 2019. Team leader of the "Insect Vectors of Plant Pathogens" group at ICA-CSIC, Madrid. My research group is one of the best known internationally in the field of feeding behavior of sap-sucking insects and the transmission of plant viruses, having hosted students and researchers from France, Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Italy, Cuba, United States, New Zealand, Australia and Spain.
Publications: more than 300 publications in scientific journals, 250 of them included in SCI, 24 book chapters and a full-length book.
Projects: Principal Investigator of 30 competitive projects (National Plan and UE) and 18 bilateral projects with foreign institutions.
Contracts: Principal Investigator in charge of 36 R&D contracts.
Theses: Director of 18 PhD theses.
Patents: Author of 5 Patents/utility models.
Sciences (ICA-CSIC; Madrid (2006-2011)) and Director of the Center for Environmental Sciences (CCMA-CSIC; Madrid (2009-2011)). Scientific Associate Coordinator and Member of the Scientific Committee for Agricultural Research, CSIC (October 2004- September 2008; 2017- to present). Coordinator of the Committee for Assessment and Evaluation of the Spanish Programme of Agricultural Resources and Technologies of the National Programme for Research, Development and Innovation (SISE) (period 2004-2008), ANEP evaluator and member of the Selection Committee of the National R&D&I Plan Programmes. Principal Investigator of the Associated Unit “INTERACCIONES INSECTO-PATÓGENO-PLANTA Y SUS AGENTES DE BIOCONTROL (IPAB)” with CIBIO and the University of Alicante from 2006 to date. Principal Investigator of the Associated Unit “CONTROL DE INSECTOS VECTORES BAJO SISTEMAS DE AGRICULTURA SOSTENIBLE (IVAS)” with ETSIA-UPM from May 2009 to date.
Five-year and six-year productivity recognitions: 6 six-year (last: 2014-2019) and 6 five-year productivity periods (last: 2015-2019).
Awards and Recognitions: John V. Osmun Alumni Professional Achievement Award in Entomology 2017, being the only foreigner awarded since the foundation of this prize in 1988. Purdue University. https://ag.purdue.edu/entm/Pages/osmun-fereres-2017.aspx
Currently, he is included in the rank of the 2% of the most influential scientists worldwide in 2023 according to Stanford University.Currently, is included among the 100 most relevant Spanish researchers in the field of Agricultural Sciences according to Research.com
Prof. Jim Lynch
University of Surrey, UK
Title: Rhizomicrobiomics for Sustainability
Jim Lynch graduated BTech in Industrial Chemistry from Loughborough University, then PhD and DSc in Microbiology from Kings College London. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, the Royal Society of Biology, the Royal Geographical Society, the Royal Society of Arts, and is a Chartered Chemist, Biologist, Scientist and Environmentalist. He has worked at BBSRC research institutes, universities as visiting professor (Oxford, Reading, Kings College London, Imperial College, Washington State, Oregon State and Helsinki), and companies as non-executive director or advisor. He was Dean of Biomedical and Life Sciences, University of Surrey, Chief Executive of the Forestry Commission Research Agency, Chairman of the Biology Division of the International Union of Soil Sciences, Coordinator of the OECD Research Programme on Biological Resource Management, Board Member of the European Forest Institute, Chair of Governors University of Chichester, and is Distinguished Professor of Life Sciences Emeritus at the Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey and Consultant Editor of Sustainable Microbiology. He has travelled extensively giving over 60 keynote international lectures and published or edited 15 books and 300 papers and patents, as well as serving on many international boards. He was awarded the UNESCO Prize in Microbiology and Einstein Medal, Distinguished Scientist of the US Department of Agriculture, the Japanese Government Research Award for Foreign Specialists, and Officer of the Order of the British Empire and Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.
Prof. Francoise Corbineau
Sorbonne University, France
Title: Key signalling role of Oxygen in the regulation of seed germination and dormancy
Françoise Corbineau was researcher in the « Plant Organ Post-harvest Physiology » laboratory of the CNRS (National Centre for Scientific Research) from 1979 to 1990, and then served as associated–professor and Professor in Plant Physiology (1990-2020) in Sorbonne University (Paris). She joined Prof. D. Côme’s research group on seed physiology in 1976 and obtained her PhD in Plant Physiology from the University Pierre et Marie Curie (now Sorbonne University) in 1979 and her Doctorat ès Sciences (Plant Physiology) from the same University in 1983. From her PhD on “Dormancy and photosensitivity of a tropical weed Oldenlandia corymbosa L.” her scientific work concerns (1) the physiological, biochemical and hormonal regulation of seed germination and dormancies, (2) ethylene biosynthesis and involvement in seed physiology, (3) ageing and storage of orthodox and recalcitrant seeds, (4) evaluation and improvement of seed quality. She is member from 1995 of the French Academy of Agriculture. She is author or co-author of over 260 research papers in scientific journals and congress reports, 11 chapters in books, 3 books, especially on seed physiology and biochemistry, and promotor of 49 Masters of Science and 16 PhD. Member of the International Society for Seed Sciences (ISSS) from 1999, she was President Elect (2011-2014) and President (2015-2019) of the Society. Vice-President delegate for Real Estate at Sorbonne University from 2012 to 2019, she is Emeritus Professor from 2020.
Dr. Sven-Erik Jacobsen
Quinoa Quality ApS, Regstrup, Denmark
Title: To be confirmed.
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Prof. Ashwani Pareek
National Agri-Food and Biomanufacturing Institute, India
