On the 17th and 18th of October 2024, the first CropXR Conference will take place. This two-day scientific event is meant to take stock of our progress and exchange insights. The conference is exclusively for companies and organizations involved in our CropXR programs. Please find the program below.
Day 1 | October 17
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Opening & introduction
10:00 – 10:45 Keynote lecture ‘A map of integrated cis-regulatory elements enhances gene regulatory analysis in maize’ by Klaas Vandepoele (Full Professor at Ghent University and group leader in the VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology)
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 11:45 Demonstrator (work package C1) by Kirsten ten Tusscher
11:45 – 12:15 Translator (work package T) by Dick de Ridder
12:15 – 12:30 Young CropXR by Aisha So
12:30 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 15:45 Parallel workshops (two sessions of one hour)
● EduXR minor and educational modules
● Plant resilience for non-biologists
● Modelling & AI for biologists
15:45 – 16:15 Break
16:15 – 16:45 Wrap-up workshops
16:45 – 17:15 Innovation dynamics & societal impact (work package C7) by Koen Beumer
17:15 – 18:30 Poster session & drinks
18:30 – 20:00 Dinner
20:00 – 00:00 Party
Day 2 | October 18
08:30 – 09:00 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Introduction
09:15 – 10:45 Draw your message
10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:00 Keynote ‘A non-profit dual-market model for advancing plant science to combat crop threats’ by Diana Horvath (President at 2Blades)
12:00 – 12:30 Role of liaison officers, interview by Bernard de Geus, Hedwich Teunissen, Henk Huits and Jeroen Rouppe van der Voort
12:30 – 12:45 Potato field trials (work package S1) by Niels Anten
12:45 – 13:00 Resilience hub & data infrastructure
(work package D & DataXR) by Christoph Lofi
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Parallel workshops
● Societal implications
● In the soil
● Growth under stress
● Process-based crop models: practical application and further
development
15:30 – 16:00 Break
16:00 – 16:15 Wrap-up workshops
16:15 – 16:30 Managing plant disease in a changing climate
(work package C2) by Petra Bleeker
16:30 – 16:45 Breeding for resilient cropping systems (AgroXR)
by Peter Bourke
16:45 – 17:00 Communication: connecting & informing
by Rachel Visscher
17:00 – 17:30 Closing session