Scientific Programme

MONDAY – 8TH JUNE 2026
08:00 – 17:001. Registration of Participants
2. Pre-symposium workshops 🔒 (prior registration is required)
08:30 – 13:3010th International Legume Root Diseases (ILRD10)
08:30 – 13:30High-throughput phenotyping: a platform to accelerate legume crop improvement
09:00 – 16:302nd Lathyrus Day
10:30 – 11:00Coffee break! ☕
13:30 – 14:30Lunch 🍽️
14:30 – 17:00EU projects to enhance diversity, resilience and competitiveness of legumes
14:30 – 15:30CoE lecture Carlos Iglesias
17:30 – 18:003. Opening Ceremony
18:00 – 18:304. A Life for Legumes
18:30 – 19:305. S1: Legume-Based Value Chains – Panel Discussion & Poster Viewing
19:30 – 20:306. Welcome Reception – sponsored by Fernand Lambein Fund
TUESDAY – 9TH JUNE 2026
08:30 – 15:001. Registration of Participants
09:00 – 16:302. ILS5 Sessions
09:00 – 10:45S2: Legume-based cropping systems: Performance, ecosystem services and profitability
10:45 – 11:15Coffee break! ☕ & Poster Viewing (S2, S3, S4)
11:15 – 13:00S3: Biodiversity and beneficial plant-microbe interactions
13:00 – 14:00Lunch 🍽️
14:00 – 15:45S4: Legumes for human and animal nutrition and health
15:45 – 16:30Coffee Break ☕ & Poster Viewing (S2, S3, S4)
20:00 – 22:303. Football Cup ⚽
WEDNESDAY – 10TH JUNE 2026
08:30 – 15:001. Registration of Participants
09:00 – 16:302. ILS5 Sessions
09:00 – 10:45S5: Emerging technologies in omics-based crop improvement
10:45 – 11:15Coffee break! ☕ & Poster Viewing (S5, S6)
11:15 – 13:00S6: Crop breeding: challenges, tools, strategies and achievements 1st part
13:00 – 14:00Lunch 🍽️
14:00 – 15:45S6: Crop breeding: challenges, tools, strategies and achievements 2nd part
15:45 – 16:30Coffee Break ☕ & Poster Viewing (S5, S6)
20:003. Gala Dinner 🍽️
THURSDAY – 11TH JUNE 2026
08:30 – 12:001. Registration of Participants
09:00 – 16:302. ILS5 Sessions
09:00 – 10:45S7: Understanding and enhancing legume crop tolerance to abiotic stresses 1st part
10:45 – 11:15Coffee break! ☕ & Poster Viewing (S7, S8)
11:15 – 12:30S7: Understanding and enhancing legume crop tolerance to abiotic stresses 2nd part
12:30 – 13:00Sponsors and Partners
13:00 – 14:00Lunch 🍽️
14:00 – 15:45S8: Understanding and enhancing legume crop tolerance to biotic stresses
15:45 – 16:30Coffee Break ☕ & Poster Viewing (S7, S8)
16:303. General Assembly
FRIDAY – 12TH JUNE 2026
09:00 – 11:301. ILS5 Sessions
09:00 – 10:45S9:High-throughput phenotypingn & S10:Crop modelling to predict yield, disease and other traits
10:45 – 11:15Coffee break! ☕ & Poster Viewing (S9, S10)
11:15 – 11:452. Closing remarks and awards 🏆
12:30 – 19:003. Excursion to Šipan (Walking tour 17:00 – 18:30)

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