Emerging Researchers Day
Emerging Researchers Day - Day for the next generation in agroforestry research
Participate in a day of interactive discussions and workshops designed for young researchers who will make up the next generation of agroforestry researchers.
Date: Sunday, July 17, 2022
Location: Laval University
Language: All presentations will be given in English
Price: Free (lunch included)
* Registration is mandatory and places are limited
Presentation of the day
Organized at Laval University, this day will be an opportunity for the new generation active in agroforestry research to come together and get to know each other before the congress. We invite you to take this opportunity to start networking among yourselves, while this is often one of the most beautiful achievements of scientific congresses.
The organizing committee of this day has developed a rich program of conferences, panels and workshops to encourage discussion on ways and tools to make research more inclusive, open and collaborative. The people participating in this day will be accompanied by senior experts and members of the next generation in this reflection on the importance of knowledge and exchanges, the recognition of each other's expertise, data sharing and transdisciplinarity, which are currently essential topics for the next generation of scientists in agroforestry.
The presentations and workshops of this day will promote the connection and transmission of knowledge between people identifying with the next generation and those with long-standing experience in research and agroforestry. They will also make it possible to reflect on what has been accomplished in agroforestry and on the evolution of this practice, to question the role of the person carrying out the research, to deepen the issues and challenges of participatory approaches and to become familiar with popular science techniques. It will ultimately be an opportunity to reflect on what awaits us as professionals in our field.
Program: Sunday, July 17, 2022
Facilitator of the day: Vivian Valencia, Ph.D., professor, Wageningen University.
She is an Assistant Professor of Agricultural Systems Ecology at Wageningen University. She was also a postdoctoral researcher in agroecology and food system sustainability at the University of Michigan and completed a PhD in ecology and evolutionary biology at Columbia University. She is interested in themes surrounding agroecology, agroforestry and sustainable food systems.
8:30 : Welcoming remarks and icebreaker (Organizing committee and Vivian Valencia)
9:00 : Historical perspective of agroforestry research and way forward
Meine van Noordwijk: Dr. van Noordwijk led ICRAF's global research program on environmental services for several years and is now a Distinguished Researcher and Professor of Agroforestry at Wageningen University, the Netherlands. He has published extensively on topics ranging from the interaction between roots and soil to global environmental policies. He has also been a researcher on soil fertility at the DLO Institute in the Netherlands and a lecturer in botany and ecology at the University of Juba in Sudan.
10h00 : Break
10:30 : Plenary discussion - Co-construction of knowledge, participation and role of scientists in participatory research
Beatriz Oliver, Director International Programs, Seed Change
Terrylynn Brant, owner, Mohawk Seedkeeper Gardens
Meine van Noordwijk, Principal scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF
Kurniatun Hairiah, Soil Scientist and Lecturer, Brawijaya University
Rafael Pompa, farmer from the UK
Beatriz Oliver: She is a cultural anthropologist specializing in participatory research and sustainable agriculture. She has been working since 2015 for Seed Change, where she also worked from 2005 to 2009. She manages programs in Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Cuba. She has completed various projects related to environmental education and food sovereignty in Canada and Latin America. She also holds a PhD in anthropology from McGill University, where she conducted research with women-run agroecological cooperatives in Uruguay.
Terrylynn "Será:sera" Brant: She lives in Six Nations in the Grand River Territory, Ontario, Canada, and owns and operates Mohawk Seedkeeper Gardens. She is also a retired teacher and a long-time traditional seed keeper in her community. She spends her time growing, beekeeping and repatriating Haudenosaunee seeds to her community. She is a frequent international speaker on climate-smart indigenous agriculture and food security.
12:30 : Lunch break
13:30 : Technologies and Agroforestry: challenges and opportunities
Marie Gosme, INRAE
14:15 : The only young face in the room: moving youth agrifood systems representation forward in science and policy
Genna Tesdall, YPARD
15:00 : Break
15:30 : Networking and brainstorming for the Lunch and Learn
16:15 : Summary, comments and closing remarks
16:30 : End (just in time for the Welcome Cocktail at the Convention Centre!)