PLant sciences in the ANThropocene
The two weeks are thematically organized in three segments, focused respectively on « Fundamental research", "Socio-economic challenges around plant science", and "Plants as factories: from chemical compounds to mitigating climate change". Note that all these challenges are of high complexity and depend on several disciplines. Thus, beyond plant biologists and geneticists, some participants will come from agronomy, ecology, social and environmental sciences, economics, and also from chemical, physical and computational sciences.
The attendance will mix high stature senior scientists together with numerous younger ones. Each morning, presentations will be given by leading scientists, while the afternoon sessions will be mainly for brainstorming to engage all participants in strategies and roadmaps to tackle difficult challenges, be they at the level of training the next generation, guiding deciders of public policies, or connecting with the wider public on the importance of plant sciences in the anthropocene.
Organizing Committee:
Olivier Martin
Loïc Lepiniec
Benoit Alunni
Marianne Delarue
Alia Dellagi
Marie-Jeanne Sellier