Programme

Category

18:00-20:00

19:00-21:00

Welcome/introductory speeches:

1. Dr. Ibrahim Khalil, ISCRAES Convenor (Introduction of ISCRAES as a Global Forum)

Opening speeches:

1. Dr. Pippa Hackett, Senator and Minister of State for Land Use and Biodiversity, Ireland.

2. Mr. Tom Arnold, Chair, EU Commission’s High Level Expert Group, Belgium.

3. Prof. Rattan Lal,  Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, Ohio State University, United States of America.

4. Scientific Advisory Board Member, OECD (Introduction of  the OECD Co-operative Research Programme:
Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems).

Plenary speech (25 min talk+5 min questions)

Parallel sessions

Keynote (20 min talk+ 5 min questions), Oral (12 min talk + 3 min questions) and Flash talks (3 min talk + 1 min questions)

Arable Cropping Systems

Chair:

Co-Chair:

Grassland Systems

Chair:

Co-Chair:

TBA

TBA

30-08

9:00-18:30

Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Systems

Chair: 

Co-Chair:

Decision Support Tools

Chair:

Co-Chair:

Prof.  Maria R. Mosquera-Losada, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Agroforestry – European extent, policy and climate change.

Dr. ir. Sander Janssen, Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands

Decision Support in the Digital Agriculture Era.

Novel Farming Systems

Chair:

Co-Chair:

Carbon Farming and Nature-based Solutions

Chair:

Co-Chair:

Dr. Franco Miglietta

National Research Council, IBE-CNR, Italy

Pale green crops at the crossroads of climate change mitigation and food security.

Prof. Shengli Guo

Northwest A & F University, China

The Potential of Soil C sequestration through conversion of cropland into grassland and woodland.

19:30-22:00

Novel Farming Systems (Continued)

Carbon Farming and Nature-based Solutions (Continued)

9:00-13:00

Panel discussion

(Sponsored by the OECD Co-operative Research Programme: Sustainable Agricultural and Food Systems)

Moderator: Prof. Bruce Osborne, UCD, Ireland

Rapporteurs:

1. Dr. Catherine Farrell, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

2. Dr. Stephen Mureithi, University of Nairobi, Kenya.

3. Dr. Ágnes Szepesi, University of Szeged, Hungary.

Towards net zero emissions without compromising agricultural sustainability: what is achievable?

Panel members:

1. Prof. Rattan Lal, The Ohio State University, USA.

2. Prof. Roslyn Gleadow, Monash University, Australia.

3.  TBC.

4. Dr. Anne Mottet, Food & Agriculture Organizations of the UN, Italy.

5. Prof. Daniel Rasse, Norwegian Inst. of Bioeconomy Research, Norway.

6. Mr. Richard Lindsay, University of East London, UK (TBC).

7. Mr. Tim Cullinan, President, Irish Farmers Association, Ireland.

Participants: Open to all symposium delegates

Workshop

(sponsored by ReLive Project funded by FACCE-ERANET)

Facilitators: Selected Memebers of ISCRAES Organizing Committee and ReLive project partners

Adaptability and Resiliency of Global Agricultural Systems to Climate Change 

Participants: Open to all symposium delegates