Entitled "Above and Below – Towards the Future", the conference will address the key challenges in viticulture, both in the present and in the future. In particular the program focuses on physiological responses to abiotic and biotic stresses, sustainable and organic viticulture, and soil and water management.
Explore our comprehensive program below!
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Sunday 27.07.25
Registration and welcome reception
Monday 28.07.25
| 8:30 am – 12:30 pm | Opening Session: Kees van Leeuwen |
| Session 1 – Mathieu Javaux: Soil and water management | |
| 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| POSTER SESSION | |
| 2:00 pm | Session 2 – Nathalie Ollat: Varieties and rootstocks in response to future challenges |
| Research facility tour: Breeding, FACE, Engineering, Diversity | |
| Evening | Visit |
Tuesday 29.07.25
| 8:30 am –12:30 pm | Session 3 – Sigfredo Fuentes: Digitization, mechanization and robotics |
| Session 4 – Zhanwu Dai: Data management/modeling | |
| 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| POSTER SESSION | |
| 2:00 pm onward | Industry tour |
Wednesday 30.07.25
| 8:30 am – 12:30 pm | Session 5 – Christel Renaud-Gentié: Organic and sustainable viticulture |
| Session 6 – Ilona Leyer: Maintaining and improving biodiversity | |
| 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| POSTER SESSION | |
| 2:00 pm | Session 7 – Benoît Pallas: Physiological responses to abiotic and biotic stress |
| Evening | Gala dinner |
Thursday 31.07.25
| 8:30 am – 12:30 pm | Professional day |
| Session 8 – Markus Keller: Adaptation to and mitigation of global warming (hybrid/digital) | |
| 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch |
| 2:00 pm | Session 9 – Fernando Zamora: Challenges of sparkling production in response to climate change |
| Awards | |
| General assembly (GiESCO business meeting) | |
| Evening | Farewell sundowner |
