Symposium for plant protection researchers in agriculture, horticulture and forestry

Welcome to a network symposium for SLU researchers in agriculture, horticulture and forestry at Campus Ultuna in Uppsala.

Start date: 8 October 2026 00:00

End date: 9 October 2026 00:00

Venue: Ulls hus, Campus Ultuna

Language: English

Organiser: SLU Plant Protection Network and SLU Forest Damage Centre

Location: Uppsala

Register here

Program

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, TBA
  • The Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), horticulture, Frida Olson
  • The Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF), crop production, Anna Redner
  • The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, 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
Swedens food security and its connection to plant protection in agriculture, horticulture and forestry, title and presenter TBA
The Food Defence Research Centre, title and presenter TBA
(Food Defence Research Centre - Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut - FOI)

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