Thursday 28. March
| 12:00 | Registration |
| 13:00 | Opening |
Session 1: Yield and stress adaptation
Chair: Tobias Würschum
| 13:15 | Genetic architecture of root systems in maize Lixing Yuan China Agricultural University Beijing |
| 13:45 | Mapping QTL for grain yield and yield components in the multi-parental wheat population WM-800 Antonia Lisker Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg |
| 14:05 | Multiple drought-related traits are controlled by a common genomic segment in maize Viktoriya Avramova Technical University of Munich |
| 14:25 | Genetic rearrangements in the resistance locus Ren3 lead to disruption of a CC-NBS-LRR gene in susceptible grapevines Daniel Zendler Julius Kühn-Institut Geilweilerhof |
| 14:45 | Marker-assisted selection for microbiome-mediated disease resistance in barley Gwendolin Wehner Julius Kühn-Institut Quedlinburg |
| 15:05 | Coffee Break and Poster Session |
Session 2: New technologies
Chair: Albrecht Melchinger
| 16:05 | Soy on Speed: Using LEDs and genomics for rapid adaptation of soybean to Europe Felix Jähne State Plant Breeding Institute Hohenheim |
| 16:25 | Extracting benefits from genebank germplasm for Central European soybean breeding Max Haupt University of Hohenheim |
| 16:45 | Breeding towards low phytic acid content in Brassica napus Niharika Sashidar Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel |
| 17:05 | Leaving the ivory tower: Novel approaches to advance plant research and breeding Willmar Leiser State Plant Breeding Institute Hohenheim |
| 17:35 | Genetics and utilization of spontaneous haploid genome doubling in maize Thomas Lübberstedt Iowa State University, Ames |
| 18:15 | Conference Dinner at Mensa |
Friday 29. March
Session 3: Genome analyses
Chair: Sandra Schmöckel
| 8:45 | Quantitative-genetic studies on the genetic architecture of grain yield heterosis in wheat Yong Jiang IPK Gatersleben |
| 9:15 | Analysing small scale genome structural variations using long reads in Brassica napus Harmeet Singh Chawla Justus-Liebig-University Giessen |
| 9:35 | Prospects of pan-genomics in barley Martin Mascher IPK Gatersleben |
| 9:55 | Coffee Break |
Session 4: Predictive Breeding
Chair: Willmar Leiser
| 10:25 | Genomic prediction within and among doubled-haploid libraries from maize landraces Pedro Brauner University of Hohenheim |
| 10:45 | A new plant breeding paradigm: moving beyond genomic prediction Joshua Sleper Syngenta Seeds |
| 11:05 | Fine mapping and cloning of wheat genes and genomic selection in wheat breeding Xianchun Xia Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences Beijing |
| 11:35 | Concluding Remarks
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| 11:45 | End of Conference |