Monday, 16 November 2009
8h-9h Opening introduction
9h-10h Session 1: Physics of growth; Opening keynote address:
“Self organization during growth : the dynamics of phyllotaxis” Yves Couder, Département de Physique de l'Ecole Normale Supérieure, France.
10h-10h30 Coffee break
10h30- 12h30 Talks
12h30- 13h30 Lunch
13h30- 14h30 Poster session
14h30- 16h30 Session 2: Modelisation
16h30-17h Coffee break
17h-18h Talks
Tuesday, 17 November 2009
8h-9h Session 3: Plant and Fluid; Keynote address:
“Plant mechanical interactions with air and water” Emmanuel de LANGRE, Associate professor Department of Mechanics, Ecole polytechnique LADHYX, France.
9h-10h Talks
10h-10h30 Coffee break
10h30- 12h30 Talks
12h30- 13h30 Lunch
13h30- 14h30 Poster session
14h30- 16h30 Session 4 Biomechanics aspects of plant developpement
16h30-17h Coffee break
17h-18h Talks
Wednesday, 18 November
Field Trip (Paracou, ..)
Thursday, 19 November
8h-9h Session 5: Micromechanics; Keynote address:
“The mechanics of shape change during plant cell morphogenesis” Anja Geitmann, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, Université de Montréal, Canada.
9h-10h Talks
10h-10h30 Coffee break
10h30- 12h30 Talks
12h30- 13h30 Lunch
13h30- 14h30 Poster session
14h30- 16h30 Session 6 Biomechanics of trees
16h30-17h Coffee break
17h-18h Talks
Friday, 20 November
8h-9h Session 7: Biomimetics; Keynote address:
“From stems to sticks - what can we learn for biomimetics from natural fibre-reinforced structures?” Tom Masselter, Plant Biomechanics Group, Botanic Garden, University of Freiburg, Germany.
9h-10h Talks
10h-10h30 Coffee break
10h30- 12h30 Talks
12h30- 13h30 Lunch
13h30- 14h30 Poster session
14h30- 16h30 Session 8 Ecology and evolution
16h30-17h Coffee break
17h-18h Talks
Saturday, 21 November
8h-9h Session 9:Mechanics of biomaterials
9h-10h Talks
10h-10h30 Coffee break
10h30- 12h30 Talks
12h30- 13h30 Lunch/Cloture
Departure
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