A day entirely dedicated to interdisciplinary scientific exchange, where cutting-edge research addresses the major environmental, agricultural, geopolitical, and economic challenges of our time.
The event is structured into three thematic sessions introduced by internationally renowned keynote speakers, enriched by contributions from PhD candidates, and concluding with a high-level scientific and institutional round table.
Event Highlights
- International Keynotes & PhD Pitches: Each session opens with a global overview presented by an international keynote speaker, followed by oral presentations from PhD student and candidates showcasing concrete, innovative, and multidisciplinary research solutions.
Core Themes
Session 1 | Farming Systems & Resilience
The day starts with the farm, at a scale familiar to everyone in the room. Resilience is treated as a matter of design: which crops, trees and animals share the land, how water and residues are used, and how soil is looked after.
Session 2 | Crop Protection & Sustainability
The second session zooms in on the plant and the tools that protect it. It covers epigenetic memory and genetic diversity as sources of resilience, and low-impact alternatives to conventional chemistry, from the field to storage.
Session 3 | Food Systems & Interdisciplinarity
The third session zooms out to the food system: school canteens, consumers, sensory perceptions, value chains and local institutions. Here the challenge is less about producing more and more about how the parts of the system work together.
Concluding round table “Agri-Food Systems in a Changing Geopolitical Context”
The round table takes the discussion one step beyond food systems, to the trade, policy and geopolitical forces that shape agri-food chains, and asks how research can inform the decisions taken there.
A day entirely dedicated to interdisciplinary scientific exchange, where cutting-edge research addresses the major environmental, agricultural, geopolitical, and economic challenges of our time.
The event is structured into three thematic sessions introduced by internationally renowned keynote speakers, enriched by contributions from PhD candidates, and concluding with a high-level scientific and institutional round table.
Event Highlights
- International Keynotes & PhD Pitches: Each session opens with a global overview presented by an international keynote speaker, followed by oral presentations from PhD student and candidates showcasing concrete, innovative, and multidisciplinary research solutions.
Core Themes
Session 1 | Farming Systems & Resilience
The day starts with the farm, at a scale familiar to everyone in the room. Resilience is treated as a matter of design: which crops, trees and animals share the land, how water and residues are used, and how soil is looked after.
Session 2 | Crop Protection & Sustainability
The second session zooms in on the plant and the tools that protect it. It covers epigenetic memory and genetic diversity as sources of resilience, and low-impact alternatives to conventional chemistry, from the field to storage.
Session 3 | Food Systems & Interdisciplinarity
The third session zooms out to the food system: school canteens, consumers, sensory perceptions, value chains and local institutions. Here the challenge is less about producing more and more about how the parts of the system work together.
Concluding round table “Agri-Food Systems in a Changing Geopolitical Context”
The round table takes the discussion one step beyond food systems, to the trade, policy and geopolitical forces that shape agri-food chains, and asks how research can inform the decisions taken there.