Program

PROGRAM

October 17
08:15-09:30	Reception of participants
09:30-10:00	Opening ceremony
10:00-11:00	Opening Conference: - Antonio Lagares
11:00-11:30	Coffee break
11:45-13:00	Session 1 Diversity and Ecology
13:00-15:00	Lunch
15:00-16:40	Session 2 Microbial Inoculants
16:40-17:00	Coffee break
17:00-18:30	Poster session 1, 2
19:00-21:00	WELCOME COCKTAIL

October 18
09:00-10:30	Session 4 Nitrogen Fixation
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:30	Session 5 PGPR, Mycorrhizae
12:30-13:30	Poster session 4, 5
13:30-15:00	Lunch
15:00-16:00	Antonio Palomares Award Conference: - Marta Robledo
	Free Time

October 19
09:00-10:00	Session 3 BM for Soil & Environ
10:00-10:30	Session 6 Genetics and omics
10:30-11:00	Coffee break
11:00-12:30	Session 6 (cont.) Genetics and omics
12:30-13:30	Poster session 3, 6
13:30-15:00	Lunch
15:00-16:00	Closing conference - Natalia Requena
16:00-16:30	Coffee break
16:30-17:00	Closing ceremony Awards
17:00-19:00	SEFIN Assembly
20:30-24:00	CLOSING DINNER

Note:
We have buses every day that make the connection between Praia Mar Carcavelos Beach Hotel and INIAV (round trip).
Day 17 - Departure from Praia Mar Hotel at 8 am.

MAIN TOPICS

The final program will be available soon. There will be several scientific plenary sessions covering the main topics of the congress:

Diversity and ecology of plant beneficial microbes
Microbial inoculants and applications in agriculture and forestry
Beneficial microbes for soil and environment protection
Nitrogen-fixing systems
PGPR and bacterial endophytes
Mycorrhizae and other beneficial plant-fungi associations
Genetics and “omics” of plants and associated microbes

GUEST SPEAKERS

Opening conference

Dr. Antonio Lagares

is the Director of the Institute of Biotechnology and Molecular Biology (IBBM/ National University of La Plata, Argentina) working on the Laboratory of Genomics and Molecular Ecology of Soil Microorganisms Associated with Plants.

Closing conference

Dr. Natalia Requena

is Associate Professor at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT/ Germany) working on the Myc-Lab. Her research is focused, in particular, on the molecular dialogue between plants and arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi.