September 19
- Opening 14.45-15.15
- ILS: where do we stand? (Paolo Annicchiarico) 15.15-15.25
- Legume Science journal presentation 15.25-15.30
- Session 1 – 15.30-17.15 Legume-based value chains: innovation and optimization (invited speaker: Bálint Balázs)
- Coffee break 17.15-17.45
- A life for legumes #1 (Aleksandar Mikić, told by Petr Smykal) 17.45-18.00
- A life for legumes #2 (E.C. Brummer) 18.00-18.30
- WELCOME RECEPTION
September 20
- Session 2 – 9.00-10.45 Legume-based cropping systems: performance, ecosystem services and profitability (invited speaker: Christine Watson)
- Coffee break 10.45-11.15
- Session 3 – 11.15-13.00 Legumes for human and animal nutrition and health (invited speaker: Karen A. Cichy*)
- Lunch 13.00-14.45
- Session 4 – 14.45-16.30 Biodiversity and genetic resource exploitation (invited speaker: Roberto Papa)
- Coffee break 16.30-17.00
- A life for legumes #3 (Noel Ellis) 17.00-17.30
- Poster view 17.30-18.30
- ILS FOOTBALL CUP
September 21
- Session 5 – 9.00-10.45 Genetics and omics-based crop improvement (invited speaker: Sukhjiwan Kaur*)
- Coffee break 10.45-11.15
- Session 6 – 11.15-13.00 Crop breeding: challenges, tools, strategies and achievements (invited speaker: Isabel Roldán-Ruiz)
- Lunch 13.00-14.45
- Session 7 – 14.45-16.30 Physiology, biochemistry and systems biology (invited speaker: Jérôme Verdier)
- Coffee break 16.30-17.00
- ILS General Assembly 17.00-18.15
- GALA DINNER
September 22
- Session 8 – 9.00-10.45 Beneficial legume plant-microbe interactions (invited speaker: Cesar Arrese-Igor)
- Coffee break 10.45-11.15
- Session 9 – 11.15-13.00 Understanding and enhancing legume crop tolerance to abiotic stresses (invited speaker: Kadambot Siddique)
- Lunch 13.00-14.45
- Session 10 14.45-16.30 Understanding and enhancing legume crop tolerance to biotic stresses (invited speaker: Sabine Banniza)
- Awards/Closing 16.30-17.00
- Coffee break 17.00-17.30
* Pending institutional permission
Note: every scientific session is 105’, inclusive of 1 keynote speaker [30’], 3 oral communications [15’ × 3 = 45’], 7 flash presentations [4’ × 7 = 28’]