Keynote Speakers

Keynote speaker announcement

We are proud to announce our keynote speaker for the GiESCO meeting 2025 at Geisenheim University

  • Physiological responses to abiotic and biotic stress - coming soon
  • Organic and sustainable viticulture - Christel Renaud-Gentié - Univ. Bretagne Loire, Ecole Supérieure d’Agricultures (ESA)-INRA
  • Varieties and rootstocks in response to future challenges - Nathalie Ollat - INRAE - EGFV Bordeaux, France
  • Soil and water management - Mathieu Javaux - Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  • Digitization, mechanization and robotics - Sigfredo Fuentes - The University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Maintaining and improving biodiversity - Ilona Leyer - Geisenheim university
  • Data management/modelling - Zhanwu Dai- Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences, China

Professional day:

  • Adaptation to and mitigation of global warming - Markus Keller - Washington State University, USA
  • Challenges of sparkling production in response to climate change - Fernando Zamora - Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain

Special guest:

  • Cornelis (Kees) Van Leeuwen - Bordeaux Sciences Agro et à l’Institut des sciences de la Vigne et du Vin (ISVV