09:00-09:45 Coffee & snack, registration/check in (and poster hanging)
09:45-10:00 Opening words
10:00-12:00 Theme 1: Biodiversity and climate change
10:00-10:30 Elina Oksanen, University of Eastern Finland
Bending the curve for biodiversity loss - approaches from plant biology
10:30-10:50 Risto Virtanen, University of Oulu
Plant biodiversity and climate change: observations, processes, and predictions
10:50-11:10 Selected speaker from abstracts
11:10-11:30 Selected speaker from abstracts
11:30-11:50 Selected speaker from abstracts
12:00-13:00 Lunch break
13:00-15:00 Theme 2: Plant stress acclimation and biotic interactions
13:00-13:30 Paula Mulo, University of Turku
Plant, light and photosynthesis: How to acclimate?
13:30-13:50 Janne Ihalainen, University of Jyväskylä
Plant associated photoheterotrophs and their multifaceted photoreceptor compositions
13:50-14:10 Selected speaker from abstracts
14:10-14:30 Selected speaker from abstracts
14:30-14:50 Selected speaker from abstracts
15:00-17:00 Poster session 1 (with refreshments)
18:00-18:40 Welcome reception at the University of Helsinki Kaisaniemi Botanic Gardens
19.30 Conference dinner (location to be announced later)
08:30-09:00 Coffee
09:00-11:00 Theme 3: Primary production in the genomic era
09:00-09:30 Teemu Teeri, University of Helsinki
Gerbera bitter polyketides
09:30-09:50 Pauli Kallio, University of Turku
Photosynthesis as a driver for next-generation biotechnology applications
09:50-10:10 Selected speaker from abstracts
10:10-10:30 Selected speaker from abstracts
10:30-10:50 Selected speaker from abstracts
11:00-13:00 Poster session 2 (with refreshments)
13:00-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-16:00 Theme 4: Green transition in plant breeding and production
14:00-14:30 Alan Schulman, University of Helsinki & Natural Resources Institute Finland
Many by Big: How multiple large genomes of a minor crop generate major improvements for future agriculture
14:30-14:50 Saila Karhu, Natural Resources Institute Finland
Greening up horticultural production
14:50-15:10 Selected speaker from abstracts
15:10-15:30 Selected speaker from abstracts
15:30-15:50 Selected speaker from abstracts
16:00 -16:10 Closing remarks