Schedule
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DAY 1 - 05. FEBRUARY 2026
| TIME | TOPIC | |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Registration | |
| 13:00 | Welcome - Patrick Thorwarth | |
| Session 1 - Chair: Thomas Miedaner | ||
| 13:10 | Hubert Kempf (Keynote) - 35 years of practical wheat breeding - from pedigree to genomic selection | |
| 13:50 | Lars Solterbeck - Yield Component Dynamics under Nitrogen Stress: A Lens into Breeding-Relevant Biodiversity in Triticale | |
| 14:10 | Tigist Tadesse - Enhancing Predictive Accuracy of Agronomy and Quality Traits in Barley (Hordeum vulagre L.) Using Spectral Variable Selection | |
| 14:30 | Marvin Rose - Enhancing Selection Gain of Population Breeding in Winter Rye by Using Genomic Selection | |
| 14:50 | Friedrich Longin - Breeding is the backbone of diversification – success story establishment of spelt, emmer & einkorn | |
| 15:10 | Coffee Break & Poster Session | |
| Session 2 - Chair: Tobias Würschum | ||
| 15:50 | Emilia Koch - A comparison of statistical models for predicting genotype performance in untested environments using environmental covariates | |
| 16:10 | Anurag Daware - Leveraging genomic prediction and GWAS to modernize distinctness,uniformity, and stability (DUS) testing in maize | |
| 16:30 | Desmond Darko Asiedu - Genetic and molecular analyses of European maize landrace for resistance to stalk rot | |
| 16:50 | Wanda Haller - Evaluation of maize testcross hybrid performance under low and high phosphorus fertilization. | |
| 17:10 | Vanessa Prigge (Keynote) - Tackling potato breeding challenges through research | |
| 17:50 | Closing Words Day 1 - Tobias Würschum | |
| 18:00 | End Day 1 | |
| 19:00 | Symposium Dinner |
DAY 2 - 06. FEBRUARY 2026
| TIME | TOPIC | |
|---|---|---|
| 08:30 | Welcome - Karl Schmid | |
| Session 1 Chair: Karl Schmid | ||
| 08:35 | Franziska Wespel (Keynote) - TBD | |
| 09:15 | Anne-Katrin Gorn - Quality over quantity? The optimized allocation of quality samples of perennial ryegrass in Bavarian cultivar trials | |
| 09:35 | Clemens Hacke - Breeding for drought tolerance in German soybean varieties | |
| 09:55 | Axel Schechert (Keynote) - Breeding of Dandelion for Natural Rubber Production | |
| 10:35 | Coffee Break & Poster Session | |
| Session 2 Chair: Tobias Schrag | ||
| 11:15 | Volker Hahn - From Field to Plate: Enhancing Biodiversity Through Buckwheat Breeding | |
| 11:35 | Hans Peter Maurer - Breaking Out of Its Niche: Safflower Cultivation | |
| 11:55 | Monika Messmer (Keynote) - TBD | |
| 12:35 | Closing Words Day 2 - Patrick Thorwarth | |
| 12:40 | Fingerfood & Get Together |