ILS Conference 4 – Granada (Spain), September 19-22, 2023

https://ilsgranada2023.com/

Early bird registration ends on May 31. Hurry up!

Key dates

  • Abstract submission start: 1st March 2023
  • Abstract submission end: 30th June 2023
  • Author notification of assigned contribution class: 20th July 2023

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’]