08:30  Welcome Coffee/Tea

09:00 -10:45 Plenary Session 2

Chair: Jian Xu, Radboud University Nijmegen

09:00 –  09:30 Michael Nodine, Wageningen University & Research,
“Small RNA Functions During Arabidopsis Embryogenesis”

09:30 – 10:00 Roeland Berendsen (UU), “Downy-mildew-associated microbiomes and their effects on plant health”

10:00 – 10:45 Keynote Bert De Rybel, VIB Ghent, Belgium
“Studying vascular development at single cell resolution”

10:45 – 11:15 Break

11:15-12:30 Parallel Session 3

12:30 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 -15:20 Parallel Session 4

15:20 – 15:50 Break 

16:00 – 16:45 Plenary Session 3
Chair: Guido van den Ackerveken, Utrecht University

16:00 – 16:45 Keynote Sophien Kamoun , The Sainsbury Laboratory, UK, “Reflections of a restless plant pathologist”

16:45 – 17:00 Flash Talk Award & Closing remarks