Symposium for plant protection researchers in agriculture, horticulture and forestry

Thursday 8 October

08:00-08:30
Registration, set up posters

08:30-09:00
Welcome

09:00-10:00
Inspirational talks

• Artificial intelligence in plant protection, Abozar Nasirahmadi, SLU
• Artificial intelligence in forestry, Maria Nordström, Skogforsk

10:00-11:00
Mingle, coffee & Poster session

11:00-14:00
Excursions and field lunch (different excursion groups, max 20 per group)

• Lantmännen, close to Ultuna campus
• National reference laboratory for the diagnostics of plant pests, Ultuna
• Forest damage excursion close to Ultuna campus
• SLU Lövsta field research station, the BLANDSKAP project
• RISE (Research Institutes of Sweden), Ultuna

14:00-14:30
Mingle & coffee

14:30-15:15 
Speed talks (presenters TBA)

15:15-16:00
Stakeholder map creation

16:00-17:00
Stakeholder presentations I – organisations and their connection to plant protection in agriculture, horticulture and forestry

• The Swedish Board of Agriculture, Ida Nordström
• The Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), horticulture, Frida Olson
• The Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), crop production, Anna Redner
• The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, Anders Broby & TBA

17:00-18:30
Mingle & Poster session

18:30-20:30
Dinner at Logen, campus Ultuna

Friday 9 October

08:15-08:30
Welcome

08:30-09:30
Stakeholder presentations II – organisations and their connection to plant protection in agriculture, horticulture and forestry

• The Swedish Forest Agency, Tommy Mörling
• The Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), forest owners, Sofia Backéus
• Hushållningssällskapet, TBA

09:30-11:00
Mingle, coffee & Poster session

11:00-11:45
Inspirational talks

• Food security starts with plant protection, Anders Kvarnheden, SLU
• Protecting agriculture from biological threats, Anna Berlin, SLU

11:45-11:55
Best-poster prizes & closing the event

11:55-12:00
Take down posters & go to lunch

12:00-13:00
Lunch, Ulls restaurang