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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. Luisa M. Sandalio
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain
Title: To be confirmed.
Will update soon.
Prof. Ramanjulu Sunkar
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. Jim Lynch
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: Protein crops for the future plant based kitchen
Sven-Erik Jacobsen (SEJ) is founder of the company Quinoa Quality ApS for the promotion of quinoa and other high value, alternative crops for enhancing biodiversity, soil fertility and food security in Europe and outside. SEJ has a MSc in Agronomy in 1982 from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, and a Phd in Crop Science, 1993, at University of Copenhagen. SEJ has 25 years of employment at the University of Copenhagen, where he was leading the Research group on Tropical Crops, focusing on food security under stressed, water scarce conditions, affected by climate changes. SEJ has participated as Quinoa Quality in the following projects:

SweetQuinoa, coordinator KU, Jan 2024-Dec 2027. Plant2Food. Field trials and pest tolerance assays to get a new "sweet" quinoa variety to the market

Danish Protein, coordinator Quinoa Quality, Apr 2021-May 2022. EU-Innovation Zealand. Development of attractive plant-based food

Sort It, coordinator Økologisk Landsforening, now ICOEL, Jan 2021-Dec 2022. GUDP. Develop secure production and market of pulses

Nekstpro, coordinator University College Absalon, Sep 2020-Dec 2024. GUDP. New extruded plant protein for the future food

Quisacu, coordinator Aarhus University, Jan 2020-Dec 2022. GUDP. Increased growth security of quinoa

SEJ position 2002-2018 was as Ass Prof. at University of Copenhagen, running a range of projects, such as:

Coordinator of “Development of high-quality food protein through sustainable production and processing” (PROTEIN2FOOD). EU Horizon2020. (2015-2018), 19 partners. www.protein2food.eu

Coordinator of “An integrated strategy for the conservation and use of underutilized Latin American agrobiodiversity” (LATINCROP). EU FP7 project (2013-2017), 9 partners. www.latincrop.org

Coordinator of “Sustainable water use securing food production in dry areas of the Mediterranean region (SWUP-MED)”. EU FP7. 9 partners. 2009-2013. www.swup-med.dk.
Dr. Rosa M. Rivero
CEBAS-CSIC, Spain
Title:

Beyond Single Stress: Specific molecular coordination for plant adaptation to synergistic environmental challenges

Rosa M. Rivero is a research scientist at CEBAS-CSIC specializing in plant stress biology, with a particular focus on the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern plant responses to combined abiotic stresses. Her work uses tomato as a model organism and integrates plant physiology, biochemistry, molecular genetics, and multi-omics approaches — including transcriptomics, metabolomics, ionomics, and phenomics — to build network models of how plants coordinate their stress responses at the metabolic level.
Her most recognized contributions have established reactive oxygen species (ROS), nitric oxide (NO), abscisic acid (ABA), and melatonin (MEL) as key, interacting signaling molecules in combined stress responses — a finding that distinguishes combined-stress physiology from single-stress conditions and has positioned her as a world leader in this research line. In recognition of the impact of her work, she was named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate in 2025, She has more than 100 scientific publications in high impact journals (Plant J, J. Exp Bot, PNAS, Antiox and Redox Sign, among many others), and she holds an h-index of 47, with over 9,700 citations and approximately 368 citations per year over the last five years. Rivero maintains active international collaborations with leading researchers at UC Davis, the University of Missouri, the University of Brasilia, the University of Western Australia, the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, and Shenzhen University, among others, and participates in several ongoing COST Actions. She serves on the editorial boards of journals including Physiologia Plantarum, Plant Stress, Plant Science, and Frontiers in Plant Science, and continuously work as evaluator for agencies including the AEI, the European Commission, the NSF, and BARD, among others. Through this combination of scientific leadership, international collaboration, and interdisciplinary innovation, her research continues to advance the understanding of plant resilience under climate change–related stress conditions and contributes to the development of more sustainable agricultural systems
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. Senjie Lin
University of Connecticut, USA
Title: Microbial Architects: How Microbes Shape A Photosynthetic Eukaryote's Genomes
Phycologist and biological oceanographer with a distinguished career characterized by sustained and influential contributions to the field of phycology. For more than 25 years, my research has advanced fundamental and applied understanding of algal biology, with particular emphasis on dinoflagellates, Symbiodiniaceae, and other ecologically and societally significant algal lineages. My work integrates laboratory experimentation, field-based ecology, and genomic and molecular approaches to address core questions in algal evolution, nutrient acquisition, climate-stress responses, and harmful algal blooms. In parallel, I have demonstrated long-standing commitment to service to the phycological community through editorial leadership, professional society service, mentoring, and international collaboration.