WEDNESDAY, 09 September 2026 ___________________________________

09:30 – 11:00

SESSION 1A

Legumes: Natural Pathways to Health and Sustainable Agri-Food Systems

Room: Epicurus                  Chair: Sinabell Franz

Improving literacy in (agro)ecology using legumes as a common thread: a necessary first step towards promoting their consumption and production

Pizarro Carbonell Elisa - Schöb Christian

Organizational Capacity, Service Quality and Digital Transformation in Regional Agricultural Public Services: Evidence from the Directorate of Agricultural Economy and Veterinary Services (DAOK) in Greece

Sotirios Papadopoulos, Persefoni Polychronidou

Beyond Product Specifications: Stakeholder Perspectives on Sustainability in the Mila Zagoras Piliou PDO

Panagiotidou Theodora Nafsika - Mattas Konstadinos - Tsakiridou Efthimia - Lazaridou Dimitra - Koullias Konstantinos

Diversified Legume-Based Systems Enhance Productivity and Adaptation under Mediterranean Conditions

Koutroubas Spyridon - Dewitte Kevin - Mattas Konstantinos

The Strategic Role of Legumes in the European Union Through the Lens of Competitiveness and Policy: The Greek Case

Syndoukas Nikolaos - Mattas Konstadinos - Tsakiridou Efthimia - Nastis Stefanos - Staboulis Christos

Towards disruptive changes in the food value chain in order to make it more sustainable

Sinabell Franz

09:30 – 11:00

SESSION 1B

Matching Natural Solutions and Practices

Room: Socrates               Chair: Schöb Christian

Assessing the Agrobiodiversity of Greek Crop Wild Relatives in Sustainable Leafy Vegetable Production

Koukounaras Athanasios - Gkotzamani Anna - Mirmigkou Paschalia - Papoui Eleni- Staboulis Christos - Mattas Konstadinos

A Comparative Analysis between Kasseri PDO cheese and Mila Zagoras Piliou PDO apples

Koullias Konstantinos - Mattas Konstadinos - Tsakiridou Efthimia - Lazaridou Dimitra - Panagiotidou Theodora-Nafsika

Bridging Crop Wild Relatives Research and Policy: Evidence, Gaps and Pathways for Conservation and Sustainable Use

Staboulis Christos - Mattas Konstadinos - Tsakiridou Efthimia - Schöb Christian

Unravelling the impacts from a European food data ecosystem – A comparative case study

Bourlakis Michael - Vu Nam - Manikas Ioannis

Engineering AI-Ready Knowledge Ecosystems for Agricultural Innovation: A Digital Framework for Research-to-Practice Transfer

Konstadinos Mattas - Asterios Theofilou - Aikaterini Paltaki

Conservation and use of crop wild relatives for sustainable agriculture in the BiodivRural Living Lab in Spain

Schöb Christian - Pizarro Carbonell Elisa

11:30 – 13:00

European Policy Exchange 

Policy and Governance needs for small-scale farming   

Room: Aristotle

Coordinators: Mattas Konstadinos – Baourakis George

Facilitator: Stamataki Eleni