Scientific conference program

  • Event type : Food · People · Planet
  • Dates : 24 June 2026
  • Hours : de 8h30 à 18h
  • Location : Institut de Botanique, Amphitheater Charles Flahault

8:00 – Welcome coffee and registration

8.30 Opening & Welcome

  • Philippe Augé – President of the University Montpellier
  • François Pierrot – University of Montpellier, Vice President Global Affairs
  • Karen Lambert-Cordillac – University of Montpellier, scientist in charge of UM-UP FOODS global collaborative platform
  • Representatives of the National Institute of Origin and Quality, INAO

9.00 Vine and Wine Sciences

Introduction by Hervé Hannin – Institut Agro Montpellier – Laboratory MoISA – Head of the Wine and Vine Business Chair, Montpellier, France

Round table
Contributions of research to quality of wine and labels: International Insights

Moderators : Fabienne REMIZE – Wine sciences & Patrice THIS – Grape vine genomics and breeding

Participants

  • Luis Antonio DIAZ-GARCIA – U.C. Davis, USA
  • Benoît DIVOL – Univ. Stellenbosch, South African Grape and Wine Research Institute (SAGWRI), South Africa
  • Gerard MARTIN – South Africa Wine (SAWINE), South Africa
  • Madeline ORAVEC – Cornell Univ., USA
  • Fabienne REMIZE – INRAE, JRU SPO, Montpellier, France
  • Patrice THIS – INRAE, JRU AGAP Institut, Montpellier, France

10.30 Coffee-Tea Break & Poster session

Hall Charles Flahault amphitheater and patio, University of Montpellier posters by doctoral students of FOODS PhD collaborative platform

11.00 Shellfish farming & bivalve sciences

Introduction by Fabrice GRILLON-GABORIT / Patrice LAFONT – Directeur/Président, Comité Régional de Conchyliculture de Méditerranée (CRCM), Sète (TBC)

Round table

1. What will be the role of shellfish farming in a future shaped by climate change?

2. What risks does the shellfish production sector face, and what adaptation strategies are being considered to enhance its resilience and sustainability?

3. What role do product quality labels and geographical indications play in the resilience of these sectors?

Moderator : Franck LAGARDE

Speakers

  • Réjean TREMBLAY – Univ. of Québec at Rimouski, Canada
  • Fiz DA COSTA GONZALEZ – Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO), Spain
  • Masakazu HORI – Fishery and Research Agency (FRA), Japan
  • Franck LAGARDE – IFREMER, JRU Marbec, Sète, France

12.30 Lunch

Jardin des Plantes, University of Montpellier

14.00 Coffee & Rice

General introduction by Delphine MARIE-VIVIEN – CIRAD, JRU Innovation, Montpellier, France

Introduction to Coffee : The historical influence of origin on quality

by Coline LENSEIGNE, CIRAD, JRU Innovation, Montpellier, France et Jacques AVELINO, CIRAD, JRU PHIM, Montpellier, France

Moderators : Guillaume DAVID, CIRAD, Montpellier, France et Claire ORBELL, CIRAD, Montpellier, France

Speakers

  • Carlos R. ROJAS CHAVES – Instituto del Café de Costa Rica (ICAFE), Costa Rica
  • Debele NEGASH DAGNE – University of Jimma, Ethiopia
  • Noor FEBRIANTO – Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute (ICCRI), Indonesia

15.40 Coffee-Tea Break & Poster session

Hall Charles Flahault amphitheater and patio, University of Montpellier posters by doctoral students of FOODS PhD collaborative platform

16.10 Rice

Presentation: The case of Basmati rice, the search of a link between the product and its geographical origin

by Jean-Christophe GLASZMANN, Delphine MARIE-VIVIEN, CIRAD, JRU Innovation, Montpellier, France and Deepa SINGH (TBC)

Presentation: The importance of geographical indications on rice for Thailand

by Orachos NAPASINTUWONG, Kasetsart University, Thailand

Presentation: The importance of sensorial quality evaluation in the elaboration of the geographical indication Madame Rose rice in Madagascar

by Vonimihaingo RAMAROSON, National Center for Applied Research in Rural Development, FOFIFA, Madagascar

Expert intervention : The issue of plant varieties in the PGI Riz de Camargue (France)

by François CLEMENT, Director, French Rice Center

Expert intervention: The French and European market of GI rices from all over the world

by Jean-Pierre BRUN, Marius Brun & Fils

17.30 Wrap up and Closing

Conclusion by François PIERROT, V.P. Global Affairs, University of Montpellier

18.00 Closing reception & Poster session

Terrace, Institut Botanique, UM