2026 Annual Day of the AgroEcoNum programme

06 February 2026

Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes

The 2026 AgroEcoNum Annual Day is aimed at the PEPR scientific community and any stakeholders interested in the topic. Come and enjoy a day rich in exchanges, with the discovery of new winning projects and winners of the doc/postdoc calls for projects, the presentation of scientific advances, as well as sessions on artificial intelligence and infrastructure, and collaborative workshops.

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 - Dino Ienco (INRAE / Inria)

9:25 a.m. Prospective vision by doctoral students who participated in the ‘Design Futuring’ exercise during Trans Numériques - Clément Zind (INRAE), Sébastien Grappe (Inria), Alexandre Meneceur (Institut polytechnique de Paris), Thomas Wacquet (Institut Agro Rennes-Angers)

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 (CIRAD, PhD)
  • Recognition and interpretation of the environment for safe autonomous navigation and differentiated action in agricultural environments - Alexis Frizot (INRAE, PhD)
  • Towards explainable multimodal modelling to predict the resistance of legumes to insect pests - Océane Gourdin (INRAE, PhD)
  • Development and implementation of learning approaches for the study of RNA modifications related to adaptation to climate change - Emma Rodriguez (INRAE, 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 (INRAE)
  • IPIDEO: Study of plant-insect interactions and factors influencing behaviour using digital tools and video tracking - Silene Lartigue (INRAE)
  • TreeD-Resist: AI-based 3D phenotyping and modelling to predict the immunity and resilience of agroecological orchards - Estefania Carrillo-Perdomo (INRAE)
  • AI4Diet: Contribution of AI to ration optimisation models to support the agroecological transition of livestock systems in different contexts - Pierre Nozière (INRAE)

12:00 Lunch around the posters

2:00 p.m. Focus on resources and knowledge platforms for agroecology - Moderated by Karine Gauche (Institut Agro Montpellier / #DigitAg)

  • What specifications for agroecology knowledge platforms (agronomist's perspective) - Frédérique Angevin (INRAE)
  • An example of a knowledge platform for Southern countries - Krishna Naudin (Cirad)

2:30 p.m. Participatory workshops

  • Workshop 1: Mapping case studies and experimental fields - Facilitated by Bertrand Gauffre (INRAE), Ouiddad Labbani-Igbida (University of Limoges)
  • Workshop 2: Resources available for phenotyping and associated data - Facilitated by Jean Pierre Bidanel (INRAE), Cyril Pommier (INRAE)
  • Workshop 3: Knowledge platforms: Mapping needs and initiatives - Facilitated by Karine Gauche (Institut Agro Montpellier / #DigitAg)
  • Workshop 4: Programming scientific activities and training initiatives - Led by Jérôme Salse (INRAE), Sophie Martin (INRAE)

3:45 p.m. Workshop feedback

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

Registration

To access the registration form: click here.
Registration is free but mandatory.