09:00 Registration Desk Opens
10:00-11:00 Opening Remarks by a representative of the embassy of Italy to Israel
Welcoming note by the rector of Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Prof. Zvi Hacohen
by the Dean of BIDR, Prof. Zaltzman
by the director of FAAB, Prof. Boussiba
11:00-11:30 Keynote lecture: Chief scientist of the Israel Ministry of Agriculture, Avichai Perl
'Breeding project in Israel for the improvement of table grapes'
13:25-14:25 LUNCH BREAK and POSTER
16:20-17:45 Session B, Grapevine Evolution and Breeding
Key note speaker: Osvaldo Failla 'SERRES: an Italian project for grapevines rootstock breeding and selection'
Elyashiv (Shivi) Drori 'The collection and initial characterization of Israel's native grapevine population'
Maria Stella Grando 'Exploring a large grape germplasm collection for genetic association studies'
18:00 Wine tasting with live Jazz music
12:30 Avdat ancient archeological Nabbatean and Byzantine town (Ancient wine press and store house)
Friday October 31, 2014
Schedule for First Israel-Italy Symposium, October 29-31, 2014
14:25-15:50 Session A, Grape Physiology
Keynote speaker: Ben-Ami Bravdo 'Physiological mechanisms involved in production and quality of fruit and wine'
Laurent Deluc ‘Influence of Seed on the ripening process of Grape Berry’
Alon Ben Gal 'To die for: The price of long-term exposure of grapevines to salinity'
15:50-16:20 Coffee break
17:15-17:45 Closing remarks & winning poster announcement
18:00 Ethnic dinner at bedouin tent with drum workshop, Sfinat Hamidbar
15:25-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:15 Session B, Grapevine Defence to Environment
Nurit Agam 'Spatial and diurnal below canopy evaporation in a desert vineyard'
Einat Zchori Fein 'Bacteria play go-between in insect-grapevine interactions'
Fait A 'Grapevine response to arid environment: A systems approach'
14:00-15:25 Session A, Viticulture Practice
Key note speaker:Diego Tomasi 'Fertilization strategies to maximize the physiological grapevine performances'
Amnon Lichter 'To store or not to store – what are the major postharvest challenges of table grapes'
Tirza Zahavi ‘Comparison of spur and cane pruning in Shiraz and Cabernet sauvignon in northern Israel’
12:55-14:00 LUNCH BREAK and POSTER
11:30-12:55 Session B, Grape Metabolomics, Genetics and Genomics
Key note speaker: Mario Pezzotti 'Genotype by environment in Vitis vinifera: The genomic approach'
Fulvio Mattivi 'Improving the annotation of unknown metabolites via integration of GCMS and LCMS metabolomics: A close look into the complexity of grapevine glycosides'
Massimo Delledonne 'The high polyphenol content of Vitis vinifera cv. Tannat berries is conferred mostly by genes that are not shared with the reference genome'
09:30-10:55 Session A, Grape Physiology
Key note speaker: Etti Or 'Towards control of bud dormancy release in arid zones'
Enrico Peterlunger Water shortage and grape quality: Is it a fruitful relationship?
Yishai Netzer ' LAI-Kc relations as the base for skilled RDI irrigation for quality red wine production'
10:55-11:30 Coffee break
15:00 Guided tour to local winery, Derech Eretz Winery
12:00 LUNCH BREAK at 'Aroma'
10:00 Ein Avdat nature reserve (short - moderate hiking)
Dinner and farewell
17:00 A look out at 'MACHTESH RAMON'
11:35-13:25 Session A, Grape Metabolomics, Genomics and Genetics
Keynote lecture: Fabio Marroni 'From one to the many genomes of grapevine: The evolution of the grapevine pan-genome'
Michal Oren-Shamir 'Effective manipulation to increase health promoting metabolites in a red grape cell suspension culture'
Luigi Bavaresco ' Role of genetic, environmental and cultural factors on stilbene synthesis in the grapevine'
Luigi Cattivelli 'Rootstock-scion interaction in grapevine: An omics perspective'
Wednesday October 29, 2014
Location: George Evens Family Auditorium, Sede Boqer, Israel
French Associates Institute for Agriculture & Biotechnology of Drylands
Jacob Blaustein Inststitute for Desert Research
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Sede Boqer Campus,
84990, ISRAEL
Guided tour to local wineries - ancient and modern
slight changes might occur on the schedule
Thursday October 30, 2014
09:50-10:00 Brief introduction Aaron Fait
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