Name: AnaEE Science Conference 2026
Start: 2026-09-29T08:15:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-01T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Palais de l'Europe

AnaEE Science Conference 2026

from Tuesday, 29 September 2026 (08:15) to Thursday, 1 October 2026 (17:00)

Monday, 28 September 2026
Tuesday, 29 September 2026

08:15 Welcome & Registration
Welcome & Registration
08:15 - 09:00
09:00 Opening session - Michel Boer (AnaEE-ERIC)
Opening session
- Michel Boer (AnaEE-ERIC)
09:00 - 09:15
Presentation of the conference with AnaEE DG Michel Boër and welcoming words by local authority.
09:15 Session 1: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World
Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World
09:15 - 11:00
Contributions

09:15 Keynote 1: Ecosystem Resilience in a Changing World - Michael Bahn (University of Innsbruck)

09:45 Resistance from below: decomposer functional diversity mitigates drought induced declines in carbon fluxes in an ecotron model forest system - Alexandru MILCU (CNRS)

10:00 Dust in the Arctic: interactions between dust, ecosystems and climate - Outi Meinander (Finnish Meteorological Institute)

10:15 Do drier sites and more sensitive species show higher drought resilience under more constraining conditions? Evidence from Atlas cedar and deciduous oak forests in northern Algeria - Said SLIMANI (Mouloud Mammeri University of Tizi Ouzou, Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Department of Ecology and Environment, Laboratory of Ecology, Biotechnology and Health, Algeria)

10:30 Beyond Rainfall Totals: Long-Term Rainfall Manipulation Reveals Hidden Compound-Drought Thresholds in a Mediterranean Ecosystem - Marcelo Sternberg (School of Plant Sciences and Food Security, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University,)

10:45 Interoperability and collaboration opportunities in holistic ecosystem research - Jaana Bäck (University of Helsinki)
11:00 Coffee break and poster viewing
Coffee break and poster viewing
11:00 - 11:30
11:30 Session 2: Sustainable Agroecology and Soil-Plant Systems: A
A
11:30 - 12:30
Contributions

11:30 Keynote: Sustainable Agroecology and Soil-Plant Systems - Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy (INRAE)

12:00 Biochar-loaded Bacillus for Fusarium Wilt of Cucumber and Soil Health Improvement - Xian Wang (China Agricultural University)

12:15 Long-term soil management legacies alter grassland responses to fertilisation and drought through plant–soil interactions - Laura Puura (University of Tartu)
12:30 Group Photo
Group Photo
12:30 - 12:40

12:40 Lunch break & Poster viewing
Lunch break & Poster viewing
12:40 - 13:30
13:30 Session 2: Sustainable Agroecology and Soil-Plant Systems: B
B
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 Unexpected consequences of breeding: new barley varieties have more positive interactions with soil organisms and yield more - Anna Marija Firere (University of Tartu, Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences)

13:45 Agroecological Mosaics as Nature-Based Solutions for Biodiversity and Production in Portugal’s Côa Valley - Mónica Pinto (CITAB - University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro)

14:00 From Plant Phenotyping to Agroecological Phenotyping: Enabling the Agroecological Transition Across Scales - Roland Pieruschka

14:15 Agroecological feed production and water quality: boreal open-air lysimeter platform - Kirsi Järvenranta (Natural Resources Institute Finland)

14:30 Breeding reduced barley plasticity in nutrient acquisition pathways - Kaisa Torppa (University of Tartu)

14:40 Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Biscogniauxia mediterranea Isolates Associated with Almond Canker in Portugal - Toufic El Beaino (CIHEAM BARI)
15:00 Coffee break and poster viewing
Coffee break and poster viewing
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 Session 3: Forest Ecosystems under Pressure: Forest Ecosystems under Pressure
Forest Ecosystems under Pressure
15:30 - 17:30
Contributions

15:30 Forest Ecosystems under Pressure - Bart Muys (KU Leuven)

16:00 Scots pine drought adaptation: δ13C evidence from tree-ring laser ablation - Katja Rinne-Garmston (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke))

16:15 Ozone pollution and plant ecosystem health - Elena Paoletti (IRET CNR)

16:30 Analysis of harvest effect on boreal forest resilience in Finland - Shihan Tang (Nanjing-Helsinki Institute in Atmospheric and Earth System Sciences, Nanjing University; Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research, University of Helsinki)

16:45 Nitrogen Deposition and Altered Plant Resource Inputs Restructure Soil Dissolved Organic Matter Composition in Old-Growth Forests: New Insights from Two Field Experiments - Guoxiang Niu (Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz)

17:00 Soil nutrient regulation of forests under climate change - Baig Abdullah Al Shoumik (Department of System Earth Scienec, Maastricht University)

17:15 Natural Disturbances and Climate Change Impacts on Forest Ecosystems in Southeastern Europe - Domagoj Trlin (University of Zagreb Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology)
17:30 Aperitif + Poster Viewing
Aperitif + Poster Viewing
17:30 - 18:30
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
08:30 Session 4: Experimental Approaches to Global Change Ecology
08:30 - 10:45
Contributions

08:30 Keynote: Experimental Approaches to Global Change Ecology - Nadia Soudzilovskaia (Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium)

09:00 High rainfall followed by high continentality induces conversion from heathland to grassland and alters ecosystem functioning - Pauline Sophie Rummel (Environmental Biology, Centre for Environmental Sciences, Hasselt University, Diepenbeek, Belgium)

09:15 Impacts of warming and seawater intrusion on microbial loop components and carbon dynamics in coastal ecosystems: a mesocosm study - Archana Manjunath (Middle East Technical University- Institute of Marine Sciences)

09:30 Experiments and science with the ANAEE terrestrial and aquatic metatrons in Moulis - François Rincon (SETE, CNRS)

09:45 Constrains and solutions for the design of a long-term Ecotron experiment to study long term effects of climate change on agro-ecosystems - Vincent Leemans (Terra - Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech - Université de Liège)

10:00 Warming and precipitation manipulation in the open air: results from the Antwerp FATI - Hans De Boeck (University of Antwerp)

10:15 Effects of light gradients and ozone on plant development in a newly established Ecotron - TN Mikkelsen (DTU Sustain, Technical University of Denmark)

10:30 Long-term experimental insights into ecosystem resilience and carbon cycling under global change in a temperate Danish grassland/heathland - Qiaoyan Li (Department of plant and environmental sciences, University of Copenhagen, Taastrup, Denmark)
09:45 Workshop 2: From Local Datasets to Interoperable Resources: Metadata, Vocabularies and Domain-Specific Standards
Workshop 2: From Local Datasets to Interoperable Resources: Metadata, Vocabularies and Domain-Specific Standards
09:45 - 10:45
From Local Datasets to Interoperable Resources: Metadata, Vocabularies and Domain-Specific Standards ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Purpose**: This workshop will introduce the technical principles for organising metadata standards and controlled vocabularies in environmental research. It will present how data families can be described through appropriate metadata profiles, semantic resources and existing community standards, supporting data harmonisation, interoperability and reuse across facilities, platforms and domains. **Format:** The session will consist of a technical presentation followed by Q&A. It will illustrate how different types of data — including geospatial, environmental, soil, flux, genomic, experimental management, phenotyping and modelling data — can be linked to suitable standards and vocabularies, and how these choices can support infrastructure-level data harmonisation. **Expected outcomes:** Participants will gain a clearer understanding of how metadata standards and vocabularies make data scientifically understandable, interoperable and reusable. The session will provide a technical basis for mapping data families to relevant standards and identifying domain-specific metadata needs.
10:45 Announcement: AnaEE Environmental Rising Star Competition Winner
AnaEE Environmental Rising Star Competition Winner
10:45 - 11:05
Contributions

10:45 Understanding soil carbon sequestration through perennialization: insights from long-term experiment and methodological evaluation - YIWEI SHANG (Aarhus University)
11:05 Coffee break and poster viewing
Coffee break and poster viewing
11:05 - 11:45
11:15 Workshop 3: Transnational Access in Action: Supporting Agroecology and Climate Change Adaptation Research - Roland Pieruschka (PHENET/Microbes4Climate) Heba Sofia Ibrahim (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)
Workshop 3: Transnational Access in Action: Supporting Agroecology and Climate Change Adaptation Research
- Roland Pieruschka (PHENET/Microbes4Climate)
- Heba Sofia Ibrahim (Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH)
11:15 - 12:45
**Objectives:** Showcase the real impact of Transnational Access on research in agroecology and climate change adaptation. Give voice to researchers who have directly benefited from TNA in both projects. Attract new applicants to AgroServ and Microbes4Climate. Foster connections between the plant science, agroecology and soil microbiome research communities. Demonstrate the complementarity of AgroServ and M4C in addressing climate challenges. **Target audience:** - Researchers in plant science, agroecology, soil science and microbiology - Potential future TNA applicants across and Beyond Europe - Research infrastructure managers and stakeholders - Science policy makers and funders Chaired by: **Heba Sophia Ibrahim** and **Roland Pieruschka** - [AgroServ][1] - [Microbes4Climate][2] [1]: https://agroserv.eu/ [2]: https://microbes4climate.eu/?doing_wp_cron=1778153694.2506740093231201171875
11:45 Session 5: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation: A
A
11:45 - 12:45
Contributions

11:45 Keynote: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation - Nathalie Hilmi (Monaco Scientific Centre)

12:15 JoNeF: Bringing Fungi into Biodiversity Monitoring and Environmental Decision-Making - Francesca Floccia (ISPRA)

12:30 Translating Science into Policy: Plan Bleu's Approach to Nature-based Solutions in the Mediterranean - Eloise Eguerinel (Plan Bleu) Pilar Montaner Pastor (Plan BLeu)
12:45 Lunch break
Lunch break
12:45 - 13:30
13:30 Session 5: Nature-based Solutions for Climate Adaptation and Mitigation: B
B
13:30 - 14:15
Contributions

13:30 Old-growth and Primary Forests as Nature-based Solutions for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation - Stjepan Mikac (Univeristy of Zagreb, Faculty of forestry and wood technology, Institute of forest ecology and silviculture)

13:45 Introducing BIOFORMA: Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Mountain Norway Spruce Forests of the Dinaric Alps - Marko Orešković (University of Zagreb Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology)

14:00 Strengthening agroecological research infrastructures through social and behavioural sciences: Understanding decision-making for sustainable transitions - Livia Madureira (CETRAD (Centre for Transdisciplinary Development Studies); UTAD (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro))
14:15 Session 6: Aquatic-terrestrial and coastal ecosystem interactions: A
A
14:15 - 15:00
Contributions

14:15 Keynote: Aquatic-terrestrial and coastal ecosystem interactions - Amélie Saunier (StellaMare)

14:45 Beyond snapshots: integrating spatial and temporal scales to understand Mediterranean coastal wetlands functioning - Laurane Hennequin (Institut Agro Montpellier)
Workshop 4: Translating Ecosystem Research into Policy - Pilar Montaner (PlanBleu) Janko Arsić (AnaEE-ERIC)
Workshop 4: Translating Ecosystem Research into Policy
- Pilar Montaner (PlanBleu)
- Janko Arsić (AnaEE-ERIC)
14:15 - 15:45
Enhancing Resilience in Mediterranean Forests through Nature-based Solutions (NbS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Purpose:** This workshop aims to strengthen the interface between ecosystem research and policy development by bringing together researchers, policymakers, forest managers, and regional stakeholders working on Mediterranean forest resilience. Discussions will focus on identifying 2–3 concrete policy-relevant priorities related to Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and climate adaptation that AnaEE-ERIC could support through coordinated research, infrastructure services, or stakeholder collaboration in the coming years. **Format:** The workshop will be organised as an interactive multi-stakeholder exchange involving participants from across the Mediterranean region, including representatives from research institutions, national and regional forest authorities, environmental agencies, NGOs, local communities, and forest managers. Through moderated discussions and knowledge exchange, participants will identify shared regional challenges, research gaps, and opportunities to translate scientific knowledge into practical and policy-oriented actions for Mediterranean forest resilience. **Goal:** - Identify 2-3 concrete policy topics - Produce one concise policy brief (2-3 pages) - Prepare and distribute a targeted questionnaire to participants in advance to facilitate focused discussion and gather relevant input **Chaired by:** Janko Arsić, AnaEE-ERIC & Pilar Montaner, Plan Bleu
15:00 Coffee break and poster viewing
Coffee break and poster viewing
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 Session 6: Aquatic-terrestrial and coastal ecosystem interactions: B
B
15:30 - 16:15
Contributions

15:30 Using the Aquatic Metatron to improve eDNA methods and eDNA degradation models - Chiara Mercier (CRBE)

15:45 Are parasites capable of reducing the effects of pollutants in fish? - Léa Lorrain-Soligon (Sorbonne univeristé; CEREEP-ECOTRON IDF)

16:00 Global Warming and Genomic Diversity Loss Alter the Biomass and the Size Distribution of Experimental Fish Populations - Maxime STANISLAWEK (SETE - CNRS)
16:15 Short Break
Short Break
16:15 - 16:30

16:30 AnaEE Annual Network summit: Strategy and developments
Strategy and developments
16:30 - 18:30

19:30 Conference dinner
Conference dinner
19:30 - 21:30
Thursday, 1 October 2026
08:30 Session 7: Digital Ecosystems – Data Integration and Modeling
08:30 - 10:45
Contributions

08:30 Keynote: Digital Ecosystems – Data Integration and Modeling - Alessandro Oggioni (National Research Council of Italy (CNR))

09:00 Impact of grain size and spatial extent in Deep Species Distribution Models - Augustin de la Brosse (CNRS)

09:15 Towards Semantically FAIR Earth Observation Products for Ecological Research Infrastructures - Marco Bascietto (CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics)

09:30 From Fragmentation to Integration: A Strategic Framework for Advancing African Palynology through Continental Collaboration and Data Integration - Glory Oden (North West University Potchefstroom)

09:45 Transferring Intelligent Assistant Concepts to Ecosystem Research Infrastructures - Federica Mandreoli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)

10:00 From Digital Phenotyping to Digital Ecosystems: Bridging Research Infrastructures and Operational Agricultural Applications - Alexis Comar (Hiphen)

10:15 From Tree Signals to Forest Intelligence: Digital Biomonitoring in the Dinaric Alps - Laura Miketin (Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology)

10:30 Integrating in-field Positron Emission Tomography imaging data in agrocecological modelling - Nicola D'Ascenzo (RE IMAGING)
10:45 Coffee break and poster viewing
Coffee break and poster viewing
10:45 - 11:15

11:15 Session 8 - TechUp!: Demonstration of innovations in experimental ecology research
Demonstration of innovations in experimental ecology research
11:15 - 12:45

12:45 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:45 - 13:45

13:45 Announcement: Best Poster and Oral presentation
Best Poster and Oral presentation
13:45 - 14:00
14:00 FAREWELL: Goodbye message - Michel Boer (AnaEE-ERIC) Dorra Gharbi (AnaEE-ERIC)
FAREWELL: Goodbye message
- Michel Boer (AnaEE-ERIC)
- Dorra Gharbi (AnaEE-ERIC)
14:00 - 14:15
14:15 Refreshments
Refreshments
14:15 - 14:45

14:45 Extended Management Board Meeting: (EMB members)
(EMB members)
14:45 - 16:45

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