ELLS Conference 2026
from
Thursday, 5 November 2026 (06:45)
to
Saturday, 7 November 2026 (17:00)
Monday, 2 November 2026
Tuesday, 3 November 2026
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
Thursday, 5 November 2026
08:00
Registration
Registration
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Building 9, Espace Philippe Lamour
09:00
GAF Opening & Reporting
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Building 9, Amphi Lamour
10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:40
Room: B 9, Esp Ph Lamour
10:45
Board Meeting
10:45 - 12:15
Room: Building 11, Room- Salle des Conseils
DOC-BEST
10:45 - 12:15
Room: Building 11, Room 101
ST EDI
10:45 - 12:15
Room: Building 11, Room 103
Steering Committee Education Meeting
10:45 - 12:15
Room: Building 11, Room 104
Steering Committee Research Meeting
10:45 - 12:15
Room: Building 9, Room 108
Subject Areas Meetings
10:45 - 12:15
Support Teams Meetings
10:45 - 12:15
12:15
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:15 - 13:15
Room: Building 9, Esp Ph Lamour
13:15
Agroecology: concepts and performance of a food systems approach
13:15 - 14:30
Room: Building 9, Amphi Lamour
Which future societal challenges can be addressed by our PhD students ? Feedback from the DOC BEST foresight workshop hold on 4/11/2026
13:15 - 14:30
Room: Building 11, Room 204
Intercultural workshop
13:15 - 14:30
Room: Building 11, Room 101
Strengthening sustainable food systems Approaches in ELLS. Towards a new SA?
13:15 - 14:30
Room: Building 11, Salle des Conseils
The role of Support Teams and Liaison Hub in the new ELLS governance
13:15 - 14:30
Room: Building 11, Room 104
14:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
14:30 - 14:45
Room: Building 9, Esp Ph Lamour
14:45
Design of agroecological systems (systems experiments and Living labs) Virtual visit
14:45 - 16:00
Room: Building 11, Room 215
Equity, Diversity Inclusion Workshop
14:45 - 16:00
Room: Building 11, Room 101
From teacher to tutor : Adopting the facilitator role in Challenge-Based Learning (CBL) – Interactive activities
14:45 - 16:00
Room: Building 11, salle des Conseils
GOVERNING SESSION Current and future roles of the Subject Areas – a core element of ELLS
14:45 - 16:00
Room: Building 11, Room 104
SustainMind Workshop: Enhancing Sustainability Awareness in Agri‑Food Systems
14:45 - 16:00
Room: Building 1, Room A
Systems science for sustainability transitions in agri-food systems
14:45 - 16:00
Room: Building 11, Room 204
16:15
Plenary session: Africa-Europe partnership on Agri-Food Systems : which role for ELLS ?
Africa-Europe partnership on Agri-Food Systems : which role for ELLS ?
16:15 - 17:45
Room: Building 9, Amphi Lamour
17:45
Wrap-up of the day
17:45 - 18:00
19:00
Dinner at Le MO.CO Panacée
Dinner at Le MO.CO Panacée
19:00 - 23:00
Friday, 6 November 2026
08:00
Registration for SSC Abstract Presenters (Students)
08:00 - 09:00
Room: Buildong 9, Esp Ph Lamour
09:00
SSC 2026 Opening & Keynote speaker
09:00 - 10:30
Room: Building 9, Amphie Lamour
10:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 - 10:45
Room: Buildong 9, Esp Ph Lamour
11:00
CMC-based Thematic Pathways (WP5.2) – workshop for ST IROs, Subject Areas and TF-Education representatives
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Building 11, Room 101
Capacity Sharing in doctoral education in South South and Triangular Cooperation with ELLS University Alliance.
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Building 11, Room 215
Closed Meeting Governance meeting. Chairs/Vice Chairs informal meeting
11:00 - 12:30
Earth’s health - powering the future with nature: Oral session 1.4
Oral session 1.4
11:00 - 12:00
Eat something ELLS - Innovations from crops to plates: Poster session 1.2
Poster session 1.2
11:00 - 12:00
From Vision to Action: Building the Roadmap of the ELLS Food Subject Area
11:00 - 12:30
From barns to ecosystems - what animELLS in between?: Oral session 1.3
Oral session 1.3
11:00 - 12:00
How does the socio-spatial dimension of a landscape project help answer ecological questions? How is this handled in the ELLS network of landscape schools?
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Building 9, Room 10
Meet the ELLS Research Support Officers - Funding and partnership opportunities within the ELLS network
11:00 - 12:30
Room: Building 11, Room- Salle des Conseils
Sustainable Agriculture - The Art and Science of Growing Food: Oral session 1.1
Oral session 1.1
11:00 - 12:00
What ELLS is living here? - Exploring the Mysteries of Biology: Poster session 1.1
Poster session 1.1
11:00 - 12:00
Wood ELLS is there? - From Seed to Canopy: Oral session 1.2
Oral session 1.2
11:00 - 12:00
11:50
Campus Tour
11:50 - 12:50
12:15
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:15 - 13:30
13:45
Earth’s health - powering the future with nature: Oral session 2.3
Oral session 2.3
13:45 - 14:45
From barns to ecosystems - what animELLS in between?: Oral session 2.4
Oral session 2.4
13:45 - 14:45
Living cELLS of soil and water - worlds to explore: Poster session 2
Poster session 2
13:45 - 14:45
Sustainable Agriculture - The Art and Science of Growing Food: Oral session 2.2
Oral session 2.2
13:45 - 14:45
Wood ELLS is there? - From Seed to Canopy: Oral session 2.1
Oral session 2.1
13:45 - 14:45
Contributions
13:45
Evaluating Carbon Stabilization Mechanisms in Cacao Production Systems: A Global Synthesis and Isotopic Framework for Ecuador
-
Marola Saa Yanez
(
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (CZU)
)
14:55
From barns to ecosystems - what animELLS in between?: Oral session 3.4
Oral session 3.4
14:55 - 15:55
Green mod’ELLS - re-designing landscapes for future generations: Oral session 3.2
Oral session 3.2
14:55 - 15:55
Living cELLS of soil and water - worlds to explore: Oral session 3.3
Oral session 3.3
14:55 - 15:55
Sustainable Agriculture - The Art and Science of Growing Food: Poster session 3
Poster session 3
14:55 - 15:55
What ELLS is living here? - Exploring the Mysteries of Biology: Oral session 3.1
Oral session 3.1
14:55 - 15:55
16:30
Earth’s health - powering the future with nature: Poster session 4.2
Poster session 4.2
16:30 - 17:30
Eat something ELLS - Innovations from crops to plate: Oral session 4.2
Oral session 4.2
16:30 - 17:30
Living cELLS of soil and water - worlds to explore: Oral session 4.1
Oral session 4.1
16:30 - 17:30
Wood ELLS is there? - From Seed to Canopy: Poster session 4.1
Poster session 4.1
16:30 - 17:30
let's discuss 1
16:30 - 17:30
19:00
SCC Student party
19:00 - 23:00
Room: Halle Tropisme
Saturday, 7 November 2026
09:00
Eat something ELLS - Innovations from crops to plate: Oral session 5.4
Oral session 5.4
09:00 - 10:00
From barns to ecosystems - what animELLS in between?: Poster session 5.1
Poster session 5.1
09:00 - 10:00
Green mod’ELLS - re-designing landscapes for future generations: Oral session 5.3
Oral session 5.3
09:00 - 10:00
Green mod’ELLS - re-designing landscapes for future generations: Poster session 5.2
Poster session 5.2
09:00 - 10:00
Living cELLS of soil and water - worlds to explore: oral session 5.2
oral session 5.2
09:00 - 10:00
What ELLS is living here? - Exploring the Mysteries of Biology: oral session 5.1
oral session 5.1
09:00 - 10:00
10:00
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:00 - 10:30
10:30
Eat something ELLS - Innovations from crops to plate: Oral session 6.1
Oral session 6.1
10:30 - 11:30
From barns to ecosystems - what animELLS in between?: Oral session 6.2
Oral session 6.2
10:30 - 11:30
Sustainable Agriculture - The Art and Science of Growing Food: Oral session 6.4
Oral session 6.4
10:30 - 11:30
Sustainable Agriculture - The Art and Science of Growing Food: Poster session 6
Poster session 6
10:30 - 11:30
What ELLS is living here? - Exploring the Mysteries of Biology: Oral session 6.3
Oral session 6.3
10:30 - 11:30
11:35
let's discuss 2
11:35 - 12:35
12:40
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:40 - 13:40
14:00
SSC 2026 Closing Ceremony & Awards Presentation
14:00 - 15:00