Programme
Agri4D conference 23-25 September 2025

Programme Agri4D 2025
Here you find preliminary programme for the Agri4D conference
23-25 September 2025.
Day 1
Day 1 - Tuesday 23 Sep 2025 (onsite only)
Venue: Loftets hörsal, Duhrevägen 8B, SLU Campus Ultuna, Uppsala, Sweden.
Time |
Activity |
Location |
15:45 |
Registration, coffee |
Onsite |
16:00 |
Speed networking and partner’s pitch |
Onsite |
18:00 |
Conference Dinner |
Ulls restaurant |
Side event 1:
Climate Change and Pathways for Resilience and Sustainability in Africa
Venue: The Nordic Africa Institute Library, Villavägen 6, Uppsala
Date & Time: 23 September, 13:30-15:30
Join us for a panel discussion on climate change and pathways for resilience and sustainability, featuring experts in the field. The discussion will be followed by coffee and informal networking.
Side event 2:
Symposium: A Decade of Swedish–African Collaboration in Agricultural Science for Development in Africa
Venue: Campus Ultuna (exact location TBD)
Date & Time: 23 September, 9:00-12:00
Join us for a short symposium where SLU and the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) will present work from more than a decade of joint agricultural science for development in Africa. Results and future outlooks of projects aimed at improving durum wheat for the Senegal River Basin and barley for Ethiopia will be presented. The symposium will conclude with a panel discussion featuring representatives from the Novo Nordisk Foundation, SLU, ICARDA, NordGen and the Nordic breeding industry, who will discuss the future of agricultural development research and collaboration.
Sign up for the side event when register for the conference
Day 2
Day 2 - Wednesday 24 Sep 2025 (onsite and online)
Time |
Activity |
Location |
8:00 |
Registration open |
Onsite |
9:00 |
Welcome address - |
Onsite + online streaming |
|
Keynote TBD |
Onsite + online streaming |
10:00 |
Coffee and mingle |
|
10:30 |
Parallel sessions |
Onsite |
12:00 |
Lunch break |
Ulls restaurant |
13:30 |
Keynote presentation with Professor Nitya Rao (University of East Anglia) |
Onsite + online streaming |
|
Coffee, mingle and poster walk |
Onsite + online |
15:00 |
Parallel sessions |
Onsite + online |
16:45 |
Panel discussion with key take-aways |
Onsite + online streaming |
17:30 |
Afternoon activities |
Onsite |
19:00 |
Dinner in town |
Västgöta Nation (Slottsgränd 12, Uppsala) |
Day 3
Day 3 - Thursday 25 Sep 2025 (onsite and online)
Time |
Activity |
Location |
8:45 |
Welcome to day 3 |
Onsite + online streaming |
|
Keynote presentation with Erik Alexandersson (Novo Nordisk Foundation) |
Onsite + online streaming |
10:00 |
Coffee and mingle |
|
10:30 |
Parallel sessions |
Onsite |
12:00 |
Lunch |
Ulls restaurant |
13:30 |
Keynote presentation with Dr. Patrick Okori (RUFORUM) |
Onsite + online streaming |
14:15 |
Coffee and mingle |
|
14:45 |
Parallel sessions |
Onsite only + online only |
16:30 |
Panel discussion with key take-aways |
Onsite + online streaming |
17:00 |
Closing |
Onsite + online streaming |