Sessions

GERMPLASM & BREEDING

Area Coordinator: Mariano Bulos (Advanta, Argentina)

 

SESSION 1: SOYBEAN GERMPLASM: CHARACTERIZATION, UTILIZATION, DISSEMINATION AND DOMESTICATION

Moderator: Li Juan Qiu (Institute of Crop Sciences, China)

Co-Moderator: Francisco Aragao (Embrapa, Brazil)

• Global strategies to evaluate germplasm for new plant breeding needs.
• International legislation on genetic resources and its impacts in the flow of soybean germplasm and its uses with modern biotechnology.
  
• Impact and contribution of national breeding programs to the wide world.
• No-GMO germplasm development.

SESSION 2: SOYBEAN BREEDING TECHNOLOGIES

Moderator: Ricardo Abdelnnoor (Embrapa Soja, Brazil)

Co-Moderator: Julio Ferrarotti (Argentina)

• AI related application in soybean breeding.
• Gene editing as a tool to generate genetic variability.
• Breeding for high yield.
• Epigenetic variation: a new frontier for soybean improvement.
  

 

SESSION 3: BREEDING FOR ABIOTIC STRESS

Moderator: Alexandre Nepomuceno (Embrapa Soja, Braziil

Co-Moderator: Mariano Pardo (EEAOC-ITANOA, Argentina)

• Advances in breeding for climate-resilient soybeans.
• Progress in the selection of favorable traits against global climate change.
• Targeting improvement of physiological traits for drought, flood and salt tolerance.
• Flood tolerance, genetic discovery and genomic prediction with high-throughput phenotyping and cultivar and germplasm development.
  

 

SESSION 4: BREEDING FOR BIOTIC STRESS

Moderator: Henry Nguyen (University of Missouri, USA)

Co-Moderator: Istvan Rajcan (University of Guelph, Canada)

• Genetic improvement for Asian soybean rust after 20 years in the Mercosur.​
• Natural and Edited Resistance to Phytophthora Root and Stem Rot in Soybean.
  
• Genetic improvement of Soybean Cyst Nematode resistance.
• Molecular genetic approaches to breeding for resistance to white mould in soybeans.
  

SESSION 5: BREEDING FOR SEED COMPOSITION

Moderator: Luciana Rosso (Virginia Tech, USA)

Co-Moderator: José Gerde (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina) 

• Breeding soybean for high-oleic and low-linolenic oils.
  
• Designing soybeans for high-value food and feed applications.
  
• Improvement of protein quantity and quality in soybean.
• Advancing soybean seed quality through elimination of specific anti nutritional proteins.
  

 

SESSION 6: DATA DRIVEN GENOMICS AND PHENOMICS IN SOYBEAN BREEDING

Moderator: Zenglu Li (University of Georgia, USA)

Co-Moderator: Gaspar Malone (GDM, Brasil) 

• Strategies for genomic and phenomics selection in soybean breeding.
• Improved genetic prediction incorporating G×E interactions and high-throughput phenotyping data.
• High-throughput phenotyping (HTP) platforms (UAVs, sensors, robotics) for soybean breeding.
• The role of bioinformatics and data science in soybean functional genomics and phenomics.
• Gene editing technology updates and integration with genomics-phenomics pipelines.

 

AGRONOMY & PHYSIOLOGY

 Area Coordinator: Ignacio Ciampitti (Purdue University, USA)

 

SESSION 1: SOYBEAN NUTRITION STRATEGIES, FERTILIZERS, INOCULANTS AND THEIR INTERACTION WITH CROP MANAGEMENT

Moderator: Fernando Salvagiotti (INTA, Argentina)

Co-Moderator: Adrián Correndo (University of Guelph, Canadá) 

• Biological nitrogen fixation in soybean and its relationships with grain quality and Eco physiological processes.
• Use of soil amendments for correcting pH and cations in Brazil.
• Fertilizer recommendation support tool for soybean.
• Use of micronutrients in soybean.

SESSION 2: SOYBEAN PLANT AND CROP PHYSIOLOGY (I)

Moderator: Felix Fritschi (University of Missouri, USA)

Co-Moderator: Álvaro Quijano (Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina) 

• Stress factors on soybean crop physiology.
• Physiological and molecular mechanisms regulating nitrogen and carbon transport and partitioning in plants.
• Physiological and genetic bases of yield components in soybean, with special emphasis on traits associated with pod and seed numbers.
• Soybean productivity and seed quality under future CO2 conditions: physiological and genotype-specific responses.
  

 

SESSION 3: SOYBEAN PLANT AND CROP PHYSIOLOGY (II)

Moderator: Montserrat Salmerón (University of Kentucky, USA)

Co-Moderator: Constanza Carrera (UDEA-CONICET, Argentina)

• Introdution to soybean plant and crop physiology.
• Evolution of US Soybean Composition: Long-Term Quality Trends and the Impact of Stress on Constituent Accrual.
• Physiological traits related to drought, salt tolerance, waterlogging.

 

SESION 4: MECHANIZATION AND PRECISION AGRICULTURE

Moderator: Ajay Sharda (Kasas State University, USA)

Co-Moderator: John Fulton (Ohio State University, USA) 

• Mechanization and precision agriculture in soybeans.
• Autonomy and future of machinery for soybeans.
• Development and application of drone- and satellite-based sensing technologies for precision agriculture for soybeans.

SESSION 5: MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, MATURITY GROUPS AND PLANTING DATES

Moderator: Andre de Borja Reis (University of Missouri, USA)

Co-Moderator: Rai Schwalbert (GDM, Brasil)

• Crop sequences: to what extent previous crop effects on soybean are modulated by climate and management?
• Soybean crop management.
• Genotype x management in soybeans.

 

WEED, DISEASES & PESTS

Area Coordinator Adeney Bueno (Embrapa Soja, Brasil)

 

SESSION 1: ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SOYBEAN PESTS

Moderator: Daniel Sosa Gómez (Embrapa, Brazil)

Co-Moderator: Evangelina Perotti (INTA, Argentina)

• Effect of climate change on endemic and emerging plant pests.
• New strategies to reduce the economic impact of soybean pests.
• A proposal on Glycine max seed interaction with insects.
• Biological control of pests.
• The insecticide resistance problem in a warmer world.

SESSION 2: ADVANCES AND CHALLENGES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF SOYBEAN DISEASES AND NEMATODES

Moderator: Claudia Godoy (Embrapa Soja, Brazil)

Co-Moderator: Mercedes Scandiani (Universidad Nacional de  Rosario, Argentina) 

• Seedling disease caused by Pythium and Phytophthora.
• Soybean seed treatments.
• Management of major nematodes in soybean production systems.
• Fusarium tucumaniae.
• Cercospora leaf blight.

SESSION 3: HERBICIDE RESISTANT WEEDS, CROPS AND GENES ROTATION

Moderator: Silverio de Oliveira Jr. (Univ- Estadual de Maringá, Brazil)

Co-Moderator: Mariano Soliman (Basf, Argentina)

• Update on the growing problem of herbicide resistance in weed control in soybean.
• Characteristics of the situation in different countries, analyzing both technical aspects and the integration of various players, researchers, industry and producers, to coordinate concrete actions to guarantee a sustainable production.
• Are there Investments in the development of new modes of action in herbicides?
• New biotechnological events and their impact on sustainable weed control.

 

SESSION 4: DEVELOPMENT OF RESISTANCE IN PATHOGENS AND INSECTS

Moderator: Mauricio Meyer (Embrapa Soja, Brazil)

Co-Moderator:  Martín Gries (BASF, Argentina) 

• Fungicide resistance in soybean pathogens: An escalating concern for effective disease control.
• The global debate on fungicide use: Defining criteria and shaping the future.
• Insecticide resistance: Growing challenges for pest management in soybean.
• Limits of Bt technology and the upcoming challenges for soybean production.

FOOD, FEED, NUTRITION & INDUSTRIALIZATION

Area Coordinator:  Angela Orlando (Greenlab, Argentina)

 

SESSION 1: TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIALIZATION OF SOYBEAN AND ITS QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

Moderator: Cintia Maltoni (Molinos Agro, Argentina)          

Co-Moderator: Héctor Autino (Consultor, Argentina) 

• Traditional and alternative technologies of desolventization on industrial production of soybean meals and oils.
• Effects of drying phenomena and quality amino acid profile.
• Traditional and alternative production of soybean meals and another oil co-products; concentrates, isolates, texturized products, lecithin.
• Quality in the storage of soybeans and their by-products.

 

SESSION 2: USES OF SOYBEAN AS FEED

Co-Moderator: Martin Gierus (BOKU University, Austria)

Co-Moderator: Bernardo Iglesias​ (INTA Pergamino, Argentina) 

• Soybean and alternative protein sources in animal nutrition: from feed quality and processing to sustainable diet formulation.
  
• Full-fat deactivated soybean in pig nutrition: processing quality, energy value, digestibility and implications for meat lipid composition.
• Current and future use of soybean meal in Chinese swine diets: precision nutrition, digestible amino acids and protein-source strategies.
  
• Update on our cutting-edge research work on factors that influence the nutritive value of soy products to aquaculture species.
  

SESSION 3: NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND DEVELOPMENT OF SOYBEAN FOOD PRODUCTS

Moderator: Cecilia Accoroni (INTA, Argentina)

Co-Moderator: Leopold Rittler (The New Originals Company, Austria)

• Multidisciplinary development of soybeans with drastic (75%) reduction in protease inhibitor activities for sustainable, functional and nutritious soy protein products.
• Soybean oleosomes: soybean’s inherent creaminess and their importance for soymilk and tofu.
• Innovation in soy food processing technology and structural transformation of the processing industry in China.
• Innovation in soy-based products, functional properties of fermented and non-fermented foods, and effects of different manufacturing processes.
  

 

SESSION 4: SOYBEAN PRODUCTS QUALITY

Moderator: Bo Zhang (Virginia Tech, USA)

Co-Moderator: Johann Vollmann (BOKU University, Austria) 

• Measurement of grain quality in Glycine max through neural networks.
• Food-grade soybean quality traits for soyfood applications.
• Transcriptomic insights into environmental regulation of soybean seed protein content across western Canada and northern growing regions.
• The future of genetic modification of soybeans to add value to its production.

 

SESSION 5: INDUSTRIAL USES OF SOYBEAN: BIODIESEL FUEL, BIO-BASED LUBRICANT, ADHESIVES, PANELS, PLASTIC AND COATING

Moderator: Jeon Dong Lee (Kyungpook National University, South Korea)

Co-Moderator: Caio Canella Vieira (Arkansas University, USA)

• Using soybean oil as a feedstock for long chain dicarboxylic acid biomanufacturing.
• Soybean oil as a replacement for petroleum-based oils in tire applications.
• Increasing demand for soy in coatings through the use of commercially-available materials.
• The growth of the energy sector and the usage of soybean oil in different fluids.

 

SESSION 6: LEGISLATION, REGULATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS, IN THE GRAIN, PRODUCT AND BY-PRODUCT TRADE

Moderator: Erica Siegrist (Greenlab, Argentina)

Co-Moderator: Sonia Tomassone (CAPECO, Paraguay)

• Feed safety. International requirements. Feed Certification. Scheme. Undesirable substances.
  
• Interchange of information to generate transparent rules under international agreements.
  
• Regulation that affect trade: LMR´s.
• Implications of regulations on soybean trade.
  

 

BUSSINESS & LEGAL

Area Coordinator: Julio Calzada (Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario, Argentina)

 

SESSION 1: COUNTRY REPORTS

(Argentina; África; India; Paraguay and USA)

Moderator: Guido D´Angelo (BCR, Argentina) 

SESSION 1b: COUNTY REPORTS

(Brazil; Canada; China and rest of Asia; Europe and Uruguay)

Moderator: Ramiro Costa (BCBA, Argentina) 

SESSION 2: SOYBEAN VALUE CHAIN: A VISION TO 2050

Moderator: Gustavo Idígoras (CIARA, Argentina)

• Worldwide review on crushing industry and byproducts. Biofuels.
• International markets, regional and bilateral agreements: Their impact on soybean bioeconomy.
• Investments in the soy industry by region until 2050.
• Consumption and protein. Animal to plant protein ratio.

SESSION 3: COMPETITIVENESS OF THE SOYBEAN CHAIN: CHALLENGES

Moderator: Sebastián Senesi (Argentina) 

• Introduction to competitiveness of soybean chain.
• Strategies for keeping on with a sustainable production, achieving our objectives against the carbon footprint and climate change.
• Connectivity and logistics improvement in the southern cone to meet the global demand.
• Soybean oil for aviation and maritime uses.

 

SESSION 4: GRAIN MARKETING, CHALLENGES AND PROPOSALS

Moderator: Marcelo Regúnaga (GPS, Argentina)

• Importance of institutional markets and geopolitics in price determination.
• New polices and regulatory aspects adaptation.
• Soybean Mercosur market, facing new socio-environmental demands.
• Balance factor in negotiations between supply and demand.