Name: ELLS Conference 2026
Start: 2026-11-05T06:45:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-07T17:00:00+01:00
Location: L'Institut Agro Montpellier

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

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