Practical information

Date: Friday, 6 February 2026, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes

Programme

8:00 a.m. - Welcome coffee

8:30 a.m. Introduction by PEPR coordinators

8:45 a.m. Keynote speech on the challenges of multimodal artificial intelligence

9:25 a.m. Forward-looking vision by doctoral students who participated in the ‘Design Futuring’ exercise during Trans Numériques

9:45 a.m. Presentation of thesis and postdoctoral projects by the winners of the 2025 call for projects

• Multi-agent modelling of the combined effects of farming practices and earthworms on soil structure and proposal for soil health indicators - Amandine Ouédraogo (PhD)
• Recognition and interpretation of the environment for safe autonomous navigation and discriminated action in agricultural environments - Alexis Frizot (PhD)
• Mechanical crops and agroecological transition - Laurianne Trably (postdoctoral)
• Towards explainable multimodal modelling to predict the resistance of legumes to insect pests - Océane Gourdin (PhD)
• Development and implementation of learning approaches for the study of RNA modifications related to adaptation to climate change - Emma Rodriguez (PhD),

10:15 a.m. Coffee break

10:45 a.m. Presentation of the new research projects selected in the latest PEPR call for projects

• Past2Eco: From crops of the past to crops of the future for agroecology: Using digital solutions to mobilise adaptive genetic diversity - Caroline Pont et al.
• IPIDEO: Study of plant-insect interactions and factors influencing behaviour using digital tools and video tracking - Silene Lartigue et al.
• TreeD-Resist: AI-based 3D phenotyping and modelling to predict the immunity and resilience of agroecological orchards - Estefania Carrillo-Perdomo et al.
• AI4Diet: Contribution of AI to ration optimisation models to support the agroecological transition of livestock systems in different contexts - Pierre Nozière et al.
• AIHerbage: Artificial intelligence for the holistic efficiency of grassland areas in terms of animal husbandry and grassland management - Bertrand Cloez et al.

12:00 Lunch and poster session

14:00 Focus on resources and knowledge platforms for agroecology

14:30 Participatory workshops

• Workshop 1: Mapping case studies and experimental fields
• Workshop 2: Available resources for phenotyping and associated data
• Workshop 3: Knowledge platforms: Mapping needs and initiatives
• Workshop 4: Programming scientific activities and training initiatives

3:45 p.m. Workshop feedback

4:15 p.m. End of the day and networking

Registration

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