Preliminary Conference Program

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Day I: September 21, 2026

Session 1: Genetics and Breeding for Abiotic Stress Tolerance
14:00 – 20:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)​​

 🎤Keynote Lectures

14:00 – 14:40: Recent advances in developing salt-tolerant crop varieties: Linking genetic identity                                                   to nutritional traits, Prof. Dr. Jutta Papenbrock: Leibniz University Hannover, Germany

14:40 – 15:20: Peduncle Trait Variation and Its Genetic and Phenotypic Association with Spike Productivity

                         in Wheat under Contrasting Water Regimes, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Sallam, Assiut University, Egypt

15:20 – 16:00: Dr. Reyazul Rouf Mir, SKUAST, India

16:00 – 16:10: ☕ Break​​

🧬 Oral Presentations

 - To be determined​

🧾 Poster Session

 - To be determined

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Day II : September 22, 2026

Session 2: Advances in Molecular Plant Breeding and Genetics
10:00 – 16:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)

 🎤Keynote Lectures

10:00 – 10:40 : Prof. Dr. Andreas Boerner, IPK, Germany

10:40 – 11:20:  Dr. Awais Rasheed, CAAS, China 

11:20 – 12:00 : Dr. Yasser Moursi, University of Fayoum, Egypt

12:00 – 12:10 : ☕ Break​

🧬 Oral Presentations

 - To be determined​​

🧾 Poster Session

 - To be determined

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Session 3: Legume Breeding and Genetics Session
16:00 – 20:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)​

 🎤Keynote Lectures

16:00 – 16:40: Prof. Dr. Juan M. Osorno, North Dakota State University (NDSU), USA

16:40 – 17:20: Prof. Dr. Stig Andersen, Aarhus University, Denmark

17:20 – 18:00: Dr. Anu Chitikineni, Murdoch University, Australia

18:00 – 18:10: ☕ Break​

🧬 Oral Presentations

 - To be determined​

🧾 Poster Session

 - To be determined

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Day III : September 23, 2026

Session 4: Genetics and Breeding for Biotic Stress Resistance
10:00 – 16:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)

 🎤Keynote Lectures

10:00 – 10:40 : Prof. Dr. Yuanfeng Hao, CAAS, China

10:40 – 11:20:  Dr. Amira Mourad, Assiut University, Egypt

11:20 – 12:00 : TBD

12:00 – 12:10 : ☕ Break​

🧬 Oral Presentations

 - To be determined​​

🧾 Poster Session

 - To be determined​

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Day IV : September 24, 2026

Session 5: AI-Accelerated Precision Plant Breeding 
14:00 – 20:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)​

 🎤Keynote Lectures

14:00 – 14:40 : Dr. Ana Garcia-Oliveira, Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária 

                          (INIAV), Portugal

14:40 – 15:20:  TBD

15:20 – 16:00 : Dr. Diego Jarquin, University of Florida, USA

16:00 – 16:10 : ☕ Break​

🧬 Oral Presentations

 - To be determined​​

🧾 Poster Session

 - To be determined

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Day V : September 25, 2026

Session 6: Gene Editing for Crop Improvement 
10:00 – 16:00 (Cairo, Egypt time | GMT+3)

 🎤Keynote Lectures

10:00 – 10:40 : Dr. rer. nat. Diaaeldin Daghma, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Germany

10:40 – 11:20:  Dr. Domenica Nigro,  University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy.

11:20 – 12:00 : TBD

12:00 – 12:10 : ☕ Break​

🧬 Oral Presentations

 - To be determined​​

🧾 Poster Session

 - To be determined

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