DAY 1 – Thursday January 18th, 2024

Morning Coffee Reception

Opening of the Vineyards & Biodiversity conference

Winegrowing landscapes – from before to after oil

with Régis AMBROISE – Agronomist and Urban Planner

Medieval viticulture – a history of social and ecological sustainability

with Verena WELLER – Mannheim University

Coffee Break

Vitilience project, a network of innovative demonstrators to improve the climate resilience of French vineyards

with Valérie LEMPEREUR – Oenologist, Director of Development at the IFV

The benefits of complementarity between animals and plants on one or more farms

with Eglantine THIERY – Agronomist

Q&A

with Régis Ambroise, Verena Weller, Valérie Lempereur, Eglantine Thiery, led by Laetitia Allemand

Lunch Break

With carterer Helen Traiteur & the wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and of our sponsors

Regenerative Hydrology – Cultivating the hydric resilience of wine-growing ecosystems and landscapes

with Simon RICARD – Master in Science and Executive Engineering, PermaLab

Trees and Civilisation, the companions of humification

with Alain CANET – Agronomist and Agroforester

Coffee Break

Bio-indicator plants: wild flora revealing the health of the soil, the vine and biodiversity

with Delphine SUZOR – Botan ist, Promonature

Insect conservation for the winegrowing system

with Serge GADOUM – Entomologist, Ecological engineer, OPIE

Q&A

with Simon Ricard, Alain Canet, Delphine Suzor, Serge Gadoum, led by Laetitia Allemand

Closing Day 1

DAY 2 – Friday January 19th, 2024

Morning Coffee Reception

Opening of Day 2

Restoring functional biodiversity in wine-growing agro-ecosystems

with Prof. Dr. Armin BISCHOFF – Avignon University, Mediterranean Institute of Biodiversity and Ecology IMBE

The effects of different viticultural practices (conventional, organic, biody) on soil quality, plant morphology and wine quality

with Dr. Johanna DÖRING – Geisenheim University, Institute of General and Ecological Viticulture

Coffee Break

The miracle of grafting

with Marc BIREBENT – Worldwide Vineyards

Vines and fungi – from allies to pathogens

with Prof. Marc-André SELOSSE – MNHN, Institute of Systematics, Evolution and Biodiversity

Q&A

with Prof. Dr. Armin Bischoff, Marc Birebent, Dr. Johanna Döring, Prof. Marc-André Selosse, led by Laetitia Allemand

Lunch Break

With carterer Helen Traiteur & the wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape and of our sponsors

Afternoon case study – How to move your estate towards biodiversity-based viticulture

with Jean-François AGUT – Ferme de Jean-François Agut

Q&A

with Jean-François Agut, led by Laetitia Allemand

Closing of the Vineyards & Biodiversity conference