ISCRAES 2022 PROGRAMME (PRELIMINARY)

Date Time

Category
07-06

18:00-20:00

 Registration opening at the venue.
 

19:00-21:00

 Reception and networking at the venue.
08-06 8:00-17:00 Registration continues.
  9:00-10:00

 

 Welcome speech: 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. Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal, European Commission, Belgium.

3. Prof. Rattan Lal,  Distinguished Professor of Soil Science, Ohio State University, United States of America.
  10:00-10:30 Coffee break & Networking
  10:30-12:30 Plenary speech (25 min talk+5 min questions)
    1. Prof. Roslyn Gleadow,  President, Global Plant Council; Head of Plant Science, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia.
    2. Dr. Anne Mottet, Livestock Development Officer, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Italy.
    3.  Prof. Frank O’Mara, Director, Irish Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc), Ireland.
    4.  Dr. Sara McGuckin, Head of Natural Science, Natural Environment Division, Northern Ireland Environment Agency, Belfast, UK.
    Lunch break & Networking
  13:30-18:00

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

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Grassland Systems

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Co-Chair:
    Speaker Title of presentation Speaker Title of presentation
    Keynote address

Prof. Ulrich Schurr, University of Dusseldorf, Germany

 BreedFACE: dynamic phenotypes of structure and carbon relations in crop varieties at elevated CO2 in the field. Keynote address

Prof. Nina Buchmann, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

  

Multifunctionality of permanent grasslands.
    Oral: To be included Oral: To be included
    Coffee break (Poster and networking)
    Flash: To be included Flash: To be included
           

09-06

      
 

9:00-18:30

Agro-Silvo-Pastoral Systems

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Decision Support Tools

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Co-Chair:
    Speaker Title of presentation Speaker Title of presentation
    Keynote address:

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

  

Agroforestry – European extent, policy and climate change.

 Keynote address:

Dr. Iris Vogeler

Aarhus University, Denmark

  

Coupling Remote Sensing and Crop Modelling for Decision Support Systems: Prospects and Applications.

 
    Oral: To be included Oral:  To be included
    Coffee break (Poster and networking)
    Oral: To be included Oral: To be included
    Lunch break
    Flash talks: To be included Flash talks: To be included
   

Novel Farming Systems

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Carbon Farming and Nature-based Solutions

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Co-Chair:
    Keynote address:

Dr. Franco Miglietta

National Research Council, IBE-CNR, Italy

  

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

 Keynote address:

Prof. Shengli Guo

Northwest A & F University, China

  

 

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

 
    Oral: To be included Oral: To be included
    Coffee break (Poster and networking)
    Oral: To be included Oral: To be included
           
 

19:30-22:00

 Gala dinner at the venue.
10-06      
   

Novel Farming Systems (Continued)

Carbon Farming and Nature-based Solutions (Continued)
    Speaker Title of presentation Speaker Title of presentation
  08:30-10:30 Oral: To be included Oral: To be included
    Coffee break (Poster and networking)
    Flash talks: To be included Flash talks: To be included
 

9:00-13:00

Panel discussion

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. Prof. Nina Buchmann, ETH, Switzerland (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.
  13:00-14:00 Lunch break
  14:00-16:00

Workshop

Facilitators: TBC

 Adaptability and Resiliency of Global Agricultural Systems to Climate Change (Tentative)

 
  16:00-16:10 Closing speech  
  16:10 Wrap-up

 

Click the following link for preliminary programme

Preliminary Programme 2022