Timetable | International Conference on Plant Nanotechnology

Timetable:

Sunday, 6 July 2025

16:30 - 19:00

Registration and Welcome Reception

Monday, 7 July 2025

8:00 - 9:00

Registration

9:00 - 9:30

Opening Ceremony

Session 1
Theme: Emerging Nanomaterials and Green Nanotechnologies
Session Chairs: Prof. Markita Landry and Prof. Tomasz Pniewski

9:30 - 10:15

Plenary Talk: Prof. Ajayan Vinu
Title: Nanostructured Materials for Biosensing and Drug Delivery

10:15 - 10:45

Invited Talk: Prof. S. K. Nataraj
Title: Green Nanotechnologies: Upscaling of Agri-Waste into Technologies for Energy Storage and Environmental Remediation

10:45 - 11:15

Invited Talk: Prof. Alberto Dias (Online)
Title: Natural products, nanotechnology & neuroprotection: a trilogy that matterse

11:15 - 11:40

Tea Break and Group Photo

11:40 - 12:10

Invited Talk: Prof. Gurwinder Singh
Title: Sustainable Solutions with Activated Biocarbons: CO₂ capture and slow-release fertilization

12:10 - 12:40

Invited Talk: Dr. Samuel Prem
Title: Bioengineering of volatile essential oil based controlled release nano pesticides: industrial production and challenges

12:40 - 13:40

Lunch Break

Session 2
Theme: Nanotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture
Session Chairs: Prof. Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque and Prof. Arkadiusz Kosmala

13:40 - 14:25

Plenary Talk: Prof. Vasileios Fotopoulos
Title: Use of advanced nanomaterials towards climate-smart crops

14:25 - 14:55

Invited Talk: Prof. Renata Szymańska
Title Nanotechnology Meets Sustainability: Enhancing Grapevine Growth Through Eco-Safe Silica Applications

14:55 - 15:25

Invited Talk: Dr. Tarunendu Singh
Title: The Future of Sustainable Agriculture: Integrating Nano-Based Nutrients into Holistic Crop Nutrition

15:25 - 15:55

Invited Talk: Dr. Michał Słota
Title: Precision at the nanoscale: Harnessing AgNPs-based formulas for plant growth stimulation and biotic stress protection

15:55 - 16:15

Tea Break

16:15 - 16:45

Invited Talk: Prof. Vinod Saharan
Title: Optimized Parameters and Mechanistic Insights in the Fine-Tuning of Chitosan Nanomaterials

16:45 - 17:00

Oral Talk: To be announced
Title: To be announced

17:00 - 20:00

Guided city tour

Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Session 3
Theme: Nanosensors and Nanodevices in Agriculture
Session Chairs: Prof. Vasileios Fotopoulos and Prof. Ajayan Vinu

9:15 - 10:00

Plenary Talk: Prof. Michael S. Strano
Title: Applications of Nanoparticles in Plant Biology: Nanocarriers and Nanosensors

10:00 - 10:30

Invited Talk: Prof. Sebastian Kruss
Title: Near infrared imaging and sensing for precision agriculture

10:30 - 11:00

Invited Talk: Prof. Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque
Title: What does the field need from Nanotechnology? Agronomic demands and the development of effective nanodevices

11:00 - 11:20

Tea Break

11:20 - 11:50

Invited Talk: Prof. Alfredo Ambrosone
Title: Plant-Targeted and plant-derived nanotools: Toward Sustainable Agriculture in a One Health Framework

11:50 - 12:20

Oral Talk: Prof. Jenaina Ribeiro Soares
Title: Methodological Challenges in the Development and Evaluation of Nanomaterials for Plant Studies

12:20- 12:35

Oral Talk: To be announced
Title: To be announced

12:35 - 12:50

Oral Talk: To be announced
Title: To be announced

12:50 - 13:50

Lunch Break

Session 4
Theme: Session 4: Plant Biology-nanotechnology Interface
Session Chairs: Prof. Sebastian Kruss and Prof. S. K. Nataraj

13:50 - 14:35

Plenary Talk: Prof. Markita Landry
Title: Advances plant bioengineering with cell penetrating peptides

14:35 - 15:05

Invited Talk: Prof. Dariusz Kulus
Title: Applications of nanoparticles in horticultural plant biotechnology: Enhancing propagation, breeding, and cryoconservation

15:05 - 15:35

Invited Talk: Prof. Zsuzsanna Kolbert (Online)
Title: Plant naNObiology: nitric oxide signal in plant-nanoparticle interactions

15:35 - 16:05

Invited Talk: Prof. Izabela Josko (Online)
Title: The ENP-Plant Nexus: How Nanoparticle Transformations Shape Their Interactions

16:05 - 16:20

Tea Break

16:20 - 16:35

Oral Talk: To be announced
Title: To be announced

16:35 - 16:50

Oral Talk: To be announced
Title: To be announced

16:50- 18:00

Poster Presentation

18:00 - 22:00

Programme and Networking Dinner

Wednesday, 9 July 2025

Session 5
Theme: Nanotoxicity and Nanomaterial-Microbial Interactions
Session Chairs: Prof. Alfredo Ambrosone and Prof. Małgorzata Jędryczka

9:15 - 10:00

Plenary Talk: Prof. Jalel Labidi
Title: Use of bio-based nanoparticles in biofungicide

10:00 - 10:30

IInvited Talk: Prof. Savarimuthu Ignacimuthuo
Title: Ethics of Nanotechnology

10:30 - 11:00

Invited Talk: Prof. Sudhakar Muniyasamy
Title: Bionanocomposite materials for agricultural mulching applications, as an alternative to non-biodegradable conventional plastics

11:00 - 11:30

Invited Talk: Dr. Kavitha Ramadass
Title: To be announced

11:30 - 11:50

Tea Break

11:50 - 12:20

Prof. Susana Loureiro (Online)
Title: Nanomaterials in agriculture: the effects on plants, soil invertebrates and microbiome

12:20 - 12:50

Invited Talk: Prof. Halley Caixeta Oliveira (Online)
Title: Nanotechnology applied to agriculture and forest restoration: studies in the frame of the INCT NanoAgro and NAPI Biodiversity

12:50 - 14:00

Lunch Break

14:00 - 16:00

Panel discussion

16:00 - 16:30

Feed back session and closing ceremony