CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

AULA 101, AGRO II 
UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES IN LUBLIN
(15 Akademicka Street, 20-950 Lublin, Poland)

I DAY – 12.10.2023

Block 1: Importance of Biodiversity in agriculture

9.30 – 10.00 – Registration

10.00 – 10.15 – Opening of the Conference

10.15 – 11.00 – dr Eva Knop, Drivers and conservation of farmland biodiversity and its ecosystem services, Research Division Agroecology and Environment, Agroscope, Zürich, Switzerland, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland 

11.00 – 11.45 – dr Ben Woodcock, The importance of biodiversity in agriculture, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Great Britain

11.45 – 12.00 – Discussion

12.00 – 12.25 – Coffee break

(Displaying posters during a coffee break)

12.25 – 13.00 – prof. Klaus Birkhofer, The future of biodiversity and associated ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes in Europe, Department of Ecology, Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus – Senftenberg, Germany

13.00 – 13.45 – prof. Paweł Sienkiewicz, Ground beetles (Carabidae, Coleoptera) in the agricultural landscape – a fading hope, Department of Entomology and Landscape Protection, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland

13.45 – 14.00 – Discussion

14.00 – 15.00 – Lunch

(Displaying posters during Lunch)

15.00 – 15.10 – dr hab. Maja Boczkowska, prof. IHAR-PIB, Gene Bank – Science beyond jars, National Centre for Plant Genetic Resources Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute – National Research Institute, Poland

15.10 – 15.20 – Karol Zarębski, Estimating the nutritional requirements of a honey bee colony, Department of bees breeding, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Breeding, The Faculty of Biology and Animal Science, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland

15.20 – 15.30 – mgr Maciej Bryś, Beneficial effect of a diet based on rapeseed and phacelia pollen on selected morphological elements of the fat body in Apis mellifera L., Department of Invertebrate Ecophysiology and Experimental Biology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

15.30 – 15.40 – dr Stanisław Świtek, The Potential of Relay Intercropping for Enhancing Field Biodiversity, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, Horticulture and Bioengineering, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland

15.40 – 16.00 – Discussion regarding the needs of current research directions in the biodiversity

16.00 – 18.00 – Lublin tour

18.30 – Dinner 

II DAY – 13.10.2023

Blok 2: Pollinators and pollination: impacts and drivers

10.00 – 10.15 – Opening of the second day of the Conference

10.15 – 11.00 – dr Anders Nielsen, Pollinators and Pollination; Effects of Climate Change, Pesticides and Other Drivers, Department of Landscape and Biodiversity, Norwegian Institute for Bioeconomy Research, Norway

11.00 – 11.20 – Coffee break

(Displaying posters during a coffee break)

11.20 – 12.05 – prof. Bożena Denisow, What do we need to know about pollination effectiveness – an ecological and economic perspective, Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Poland

12.05 – 12.40 – prof. Nicolas Vereecken, Johannes Visser, The conservation of wild bees in modern agricultural landscapes, Agroecology Lab, Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium

12.40 – 13.00 – Discussion

13.00 – 14.00 – Lunch

(Displaying posters during Lunch)

14.00 – 14.15 – Conclusion of the Conference / End of the Conference