The Scientific Program Committee is in charge of the program development: structuring the program, naming and delimitating the topics, managing and operating the abstract review process, validating initiatives regarding annex workshops.

Chair: Nathalie Nési (Inrae, France) & Vincent Jauvion (Terres Inovia, France)

Topic 1. Genetics, Genomics and Breeding (parallel sessions)

  • Martine Leflon (Terres Inovia, France ; theme leader)
  • Mathieu Rousseau-Gueutin (Inrae, France ; theme leader)
  • Surrinder Banga (Punjab Agricultural University, India)
  • Dave Edwards (University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia)
  • Sébastien Faure (Innoléa, France)
  • Marcin Matuszczak (Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute – National Research Institute IHAR-PIB)
  • Matthew Nelson ( CSIRO, Perth / Australia )
  • Isobel Parkin (AAFC, Saskatoon, Canada)
  • Rod Snowdon (Justus Liebig University, Giessen / Germany )
  • Jun Zou (Huazhong Agricultural University, China)

Topic 2. Diseases (parallel sessions)

  • Lydia Bousset-Vaslin (Inrae, France; theme leader)
  • Isabelle Fudal (Inrae, France; theme leader)
  • Christophe Jestin (Terres Inovia, France; theme leader)
  • Jacqueline Batley (University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia)
  • Shengyi Liu (Oil Crops Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, China)
  • Gwenola Riquet (Terres Inovia, France)
  • Nazanin Zamani-Noor (Julius Kühn-Institute, Germany)

Topic 3. Insect pests (parallel sessions)

  • Nicolas Cerrutti (Terres Inovia, France; theme leader)
  • Samantha Cook (Rothamsted Research, UK ; theme leader)
  • Anne-Marie Cortesero (University of Rennes, France; theme leader)
  • Céline Robert (Terres Inovia, France; theme leader)
  • Hector Carcamo (AAFC, Canada)
  • Nicole van Dam (Leibniz-Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, IGZ, Germany )
  • Ivan Hitpold (Agroscope, Switzerland)
  • Michael Nash (La Trobe University, Australia)
  • Gunda Thöming (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research, NIBIO, Norway)
  • Rachel Wells (John Innes Centre, UK)

Topic 4. Agronomy (parallel sessions)

  • Muriel Valantin-Morison (Inrae, France; theme leader)
  • Stéphane Cadoux (Terres Inovia, France; theme leader)
  • John Kirkegaard (CSIRO, Australia; theme leader)
  • Alice Baux (Agroscope, Switzerland)
  • Albin Gunnarson (SFPO, Sweden)
  • Jay-Ram Lamichhane (Inrae, France)
  • Michael J. Stamm (Kansas State University, USA)
  • Pieter Andreas Swanepoel (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)
  • Petro Vishnevskiy (National university of life and environmental sciences of Ukraine)

Topic 5. Abiotic stresses (climate, water, nutrients)

  • Jean-Christophe Avice (University of Caen, France; theme leader)
  • Céline Richard-Molard (Inrae, France; theme leader)
  • Hélène Tribouillois (Terres Inovia, France; theme leader)
  • Iker Aranjuelo (IdAB, CSIC, Aranguren, Spain)
  • Henninge Kage (Kiel University, Germany)
  • Julianne M. Lilley (CSIRO, Australia)
  • Steven Penfield (JIC, UK)

Topic 6. End uses, Economy and Market (parallel sessions)

  • Etienne Pilorgé (Terres Inovia, France; theme leader)
  • Françoise Labalette (Terres Univia, France; theme leader)
  • Pierre-Marie Aubert (IDDRI, France)
  • Albin Gunnarson (SFPO, Sweden)
  • Curtis Rempel (University of Manitoba and Canola Council of Canada, Canada)
  • Rosemary Richards (Australian Oilseeds Federation)
  • Adam Stepién (Polish Association of Oil Producers/PSPO, Poland)
  • Petro Vishnevskiy (National university of life and environmental sciences of Ukraine)

Topic 7. Products and quality (parallel sessions)

  • Sylvie Dauguet (Terres Inovia, France; theme leader)
  • Loïc Leitner (ITERG, France; theme leader)
  • Véronique Barthet (Canadian Grain Commission, Winnipeg, Canada; theme leader)
  • Patrick Carré (Terres Inovia, France)
  • Vincent Jauvion (Terres Inovia, France)
  • Søren Krogh Jensen (Aarhus University, Denmark)
  • Peiwu Li (Oil Crops Research Institute/CAAS, China)
  • Matthew Nelson (CSIRO, Australia) – also in topic 1
  • Curtis Rempel (University of Manitoba and Canola Council of Canada, Canada)