Keynote speakers

Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam

Ethnobotany, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

Plant Microbe Interactions, University of Toulouse

Invited speakers

Sebastian Pfeilmeier, Molecular Plant Pathology, University of Amsterdam

Dorota Kawa, Plant Stress Resilience & Experimental and Computational Plant Development, Utrecht University

Wim VriezenBrightlands Future Farming Institute, Maastricht University

Kin Pan Chung, Plant Physiology, Wageningen University & Research

Andre Kuhn, Plant Cell Biology, University of Amsterdam

Alexander Haverkamp, Entomology, Wageningen University & Research

Programme 2026

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Monday March 30th

09:00 – 09:45        Registration

09:45 – 09:50        Luisa Trindade, EPS director

09:50 – 10:00 Welcome Chair Annual Meeting organizing committee

10:00 – 10:45      Keynote speaker:  Mazi Jalaal, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam

10:45 – 11:10      Invited speaker: Dorota Kawa, Utrecht University

11:10 – 11:40        Break

11:40 – 12:05        Invited speaker: Andre Kuhn, University of Amsterdam

12:05 – 12:30        Invited speaker: Kin Pan Chung, Wageningen University and Research

12:30 – 12:55        Invited speaker: Sebastian Pfeilmeier, University of Amsterdam

13:00 – 14:00        Lunch

14:00 – 15:00        Parallel Session 1

15:00 – 15:30        Break

15:30 – 16:45        Parallel Session 2

17:00 – 18:00      PI hour

17:00 – 18:00        PhD/Postdoc hour

18:15 – 19:30        Dinner

19:30 – 21:15        Poster session

21:30 – 22:30        Pub quiz and Bowling

22:30 – 00:30        Drinks and party

Tuesday March 31st

09:00 – 10:15        Parallel session 3

10:15 – 10:45        Break

10:45 – 11:45        Parallel Session 4

11:45 – 13:15        Lunch

10:45 – 11:45        Parallel Session 4 (A-D)

11:45 – 13:15        Lunch

13:15 – 13:30        EPS Awards

13:30 – 14:15        Keynote speaker: Pierre-Marc Delaux, Plant Microbe Interactions, University of Toulouse

14:15 – 14:40        Invited speaker: Wim Vriezen, Brightlands Future Farming Institute, Maastricht University

14:40 – 15:10        Break

15:10 – 15:35        Invited speaker: Alexander Haverkamp, Entomology, Wageningen University and Research

15:35 – 16:20      Keynote speaker: Tinde van Andel, Ethnobotany, Naturalis Biodiversity Center

16:20 – 16:35      Poster awards and final remarks

16:50 – 17:30     Departure