• 07:29 12-07-2024

International Conference on Plant Nanotechnology 2024

The International Conference on Plant Nanotechnology 2024 will take place from 14 to 16 October in Poznań, Poland. Dedicated to the latest advances at the interface of nanotechnology and plant science, this conference will serve as a platform for scientists, young researchers, policymakers, and industry professionals to meet, exchange ideas, and establish cooperation. World-renowned scientists who are leaders in the field are invited to give keynote lectures and invited talks on selected topics. The event will be held entirely in English. Event details, profiles of invited speakers, and registration are available on the website: https://icpn2024.pl/

Key topics

Key topics to be covered include:

• Nanomaterials for sustainable agriculture,
  
• Green nanotechnologies,
• Nanosensors in agriculture,
• Plant nanotechnology-biotechnology interfaces,
• Nanomaterial-microbial interactions,
• Nanotoxicity and food safety.

Invited speakers

• Prof. Markita Landry, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA;
• Prof. Zsuzsanna Kolbert, Head of the Department of Plant Biology, University of Szeged, Hungary;
• Prof. R Geetha Balakrishna, Director at the Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, Jain University, India;
• Prof. Ewa Kurczyńska, Institute of Biology, Biotechnology and Environmental Protection, University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland;
• Prof. Renata Szymańska, Group of Molecular Biophysics and Bioenergetics at the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland;
• Prof. Søren Husted, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark;
• Prof. Alejandro Pérez-de-Luque, Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries Research and Training of Andalusia, Spain;
• Prof. João A. P. Coutinho, Director of Centre for Research in Ceramics and Composite Materials (CICECO), University of Aveiro, Portugal;
• Prof. Ajayan Vinu, Director of the Global Innovative Center for Advanced Nanomaterials at the University of Newcastle, Australia;
• Prof. Luiz Roberto Guimarães Guilherme, Department of Soil Sciences, School of Agriculture, Federal University of Lavras (UFLA), Brazil;
• Prof. Sanna K. Nataraj, Centre for Nano and Material Sciences (CNMS), India.
• Prof. Sebastian Kruss, Head ‘In situ Biosensors’ group Fraunhofer IMS; Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany;

Venue

The International Conference on Plant Nanotechnology will be held at the Novotel Hotel in the center of Poznań, one of the largest Polish cities halfway between Warsaw and Berlin.

Organiser

The conference is organized by the Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences (IPG PAS) on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. This event is a part of the EU-funded NANOPLANT project that aims to strengthen the research and innovation potential of the Institute in the field of plant nanotechnology. This project has received funding from the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Program, grant agreement No. 856961. The conference will be preceded by IPG PAS Anniversary Session, which will take place on October 14, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.