Scientific Programme

DAY – DATEPROGRAMME
Monday – 8th June 20261. Registration of Participants | 8:00 – 17:00
2. Pre-symposium workshops πŸ”’ (prior registration is required)
10th International Legume Root Diseases (ILRD10) | 8:30 – 13:30
High-throughput phenotyping: a platform to accelerate legume crop improvement | 8:30-13:30
2nd Lathyrus Day | 9:00 – 16:30
Coffee break! β˜• | 10:30 – 11:00
Lunch 🍽️ | 13:30 – 14:30
EU projects to enhance diversity, resilience and competitiveness of legumes | 14:30 – 17:00
CoE lecture Carlos Iglesias | 14:30 – 15:30
3. Opening Ceremony | 17:30 – 18:00
4. A Life for Legumes | 18:00 – 18:30
5. S1: Legume-Based Value Chains – Panel Discussion & Poster ViewingΒ | 18:30 – 19:30
6. Welcome Reception – sponsored by Fernand Lambein Fund | 19:30 – 20:30
Tuesday – 9th June 20261. Registration of Participants | 8:30 – 15:00
2. ILS5 Sessions | 9:00 – 16:30
S2: Legume-based cropping systems: Performance, ecosystem services and profitability | 9:00 – 10:45
Coffee break! β˜• & Poster Viewing (S2, S3, S4) | 10:45 – 11:15
S3: Biodiversity and beneficial plant-microbe interactions | 11:15 – 13:00
Lunch 🍽️ | 13:00 – 14:00
S4: Legumes for human and animal nutrition and health | 14:00 – 15:45
Coffee Break β˜• & Poster Viewing (S2, S3, S4) | 15:45 – 16:30
3. Football Cup ⚽ | 20:00- 22:30
Wednesday – 10th June 20261. Registration of Participants | 8:30 – 15:00
2. ILS5 Sessions | 9:00 – 16:30
S5: Emerging technologies in omics-based crop improvement | 9:00 – 10:45
Coffee break β˜• & Poster Viewing (S5, S6) | 10:45 – 11:15
S6: Crop breeding: challenges, tools, strategies and achievements 1st part | 11:15 – 13:00
Lunch 🍽️ | 13:00 – 14:00
S6: Crop breeding: challenges, tools, strategies and achievements 2nd part | 14:00 – 15:45
Coffee Break β˜• & Poster Viewing (S5, S6) | 15:45 – 16:30
3. Gala Dinner 🍽️ | 20:00
Thursday – 11th June 20261. Registration of Participants | 8:30 – 12:00
2. ILS5 Sessions | 9:00 – 16:30
S7: Understanding and enhancing legume crop tolerance to abiotic stresses 1st part | 9:00 – 10:45
Coffee break! β˜•& Poster Viewing (S7, S8) | 10:45 – 11:15
S7: Understanding and enhancing legume crop tolerance to abiotic stresses 2nd part | 11:15 – 12:30
Sponsors and Partners | 12:30 – 13:00
Lunch 🍽️ | 13:00 – 14:00
S8: Understanding and enhancing legume crop tolerance to biotic stresses | 14:00 – 15:45
Coffee Break β˜• & Poster Viewing (S7, S8) | 15:45 – 16:30
3. General Assembly | 16:30
Friday – 12th June 20261. ILS5 Sessions 9:00 – 11:30
S9:High-throughput phenotypingn & S10:Crop modelling to predict yield, disease and other traits | 9:00 – 10:45
Coffee Break β˜• & Poster Viewing (S9, S10) | 10:45 – 11:15
2. Closing remarks and awards πŸ† | 11:15-11:45
3. Excursion to Ε ipan 12:30 – 19:00 (Walking tour 17:00 – 18:30)

*The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the programme.