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Schedule

Wednsday 19th September
9.00 - 12.45 First Symposium “THE NEW FRONTIERS OF VEGETABLE BIOLOGY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY”
Chairs: Nelson Marmiroli University of Parma, Italy - Henk Schat Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
GUEST SPEAKERS
BERNARD R. GLICK Using soil bacteria to facilitate phytoremediation
LEE NEWMAN Soil Contamination Phytoremediation of Organic Contaminants
NELSON MARMIROLI Growth, physiological and molecular traits in Salicaceae trees investigated for phytoremediation of heavy metals and organics.
LUCA MARCHIOL Gentle remediation options at formerly “Pertusola sud” zinc smelter. Potential of native species and biomass crops.
HENK SCHAT Independently evolved copper hypertolerance in Silene paradoxa and Silene vulgaris depends on combined over-expression, through copy number expansion or altered cis-regulation, of the copper transporting ATPase, HMA5, and the metallothionein, MT2b.
GRAZIELLA BERTA Proteomic analysis as a tool for investigating arsenic stress in Pteris vittata roots colonized or not by arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

Wednsday 19th September
14.00 - 1700 Second Symposium “PLANTS AS BIOFACTORIES: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY”
Chairs: Massimo Maffei, University of Torino, Italy - Henry Daniell University of Central Florida
GUEST SPEAKERS
ILYA RASKIN Plants and human health in the twenty-first century
MASSIMO MAFFEI Higher plants as biosensor biotic and abiotic environment.
HENRY DANIELL Medical molecular farming: production of antibodies, biopharmaceuticals and edible vaccines in plants.
JORGE GARDEA-TORRESDEY Mechanism of interaction and translocation on Nanoparticles in Plants.
MAURO SERAFINI I botanicals in the assessment of food quality and safety in Europe.
18.00-19.30 POSTERS SESSIONS

Thursday 20th September
9.00 - 12.45 Third Symposium “PLANTS AND BIOTIC INTERACTION”
Chairs: Salvatore Cozzolino University of Napoli, Italy - Paola Bonfante University of Torino, Italy
GUEST SPEAKERS
MARC-ANDRÉ SELOSSE The use and abuse of mycorrhizal fungi as carbon source in orchids.
FRANCESCO LORETO Plant interaction with the surrounding environment.
PAOLA BONFANTE Plants, mycorrhizal fungi, and bacteria: a network of interactions.

Thursday 20th September
14.00 - 1700 Fourth Symposium “BIODIVERSITY AND LANDSCAPE”
Chairs:Francesco M. Raimondo University of Palermo, Italy - Carlo Blasi University of Roma, Italy
GUEST SPEAKERS
GIOVANNI GIUSEPPE VENDRAMIN Adaptability of Mediterranean forests to global change: a forest genetic perspective.
SANTIAGO GONZALEZ MARTINEZ Strong population genetic structure, recent demographic decline and natural selection shape genetic diversity in European yew (Taxus baccata L.).

Friday 21st September
9.00-12.45 Fifth Symposium “THE SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIODIVERSITY”
CHAIRS: William J. Manning University of Iowa,USA
Corrado Clini Ministro dell’ambiente e Tutela del Territorio, Italia
GUEST SPEAKERS
WILLIAM J. MANNING Urban forests and their role in urban metabolism and sustainability
WILLIAMS J. MITSCH Wetland Creation, Restoration, and Conservation: The State of the Science

11.30-12.45 PANNEL DISCUSSION with :
Mario Ciaccia, Viceministro Ministero delle Infrastrutture
Roberto Cecchi, Sottosegretario Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Maria Fernanda Stagno D'Alcontres, Presidente Commissione VIA
Michele Adiletta, Direttore Generale Esercizio ANAS
Renata Cesolini, Direttore Generale Ricerca e Innovazione, ANAS
Renato Casale, Amministratore Delegato ITALFERR
Livio Vido, Direttore generale ricerca e sviluppo ENEL
Moderator: CORRADO CLINI, Ministro dell’ambiente e Tutela del Territorio

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