Conference Agenda

Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).

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Session Overview
Location: Lecture Hall
Date: Wednesday, 18/June/2025
9:00am
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9:15am
Conference Opening
Location: Lecture Hall
9:15am
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10:15am
Plenary Session 1
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Antje Jantsch, IAMO
11:00am
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12:30pm
A1: Quality of Life in Rural Contexts
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Kathleen Hermans, IAMO
2:00pm
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4:00pm
A2 Organized Session: China’s Rural Renaissance: The Multifacet Case of Rural Revitalization Strategy
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Zhanli Sun, IAMO
Session Chair: Lena Kuhn, IAMO

Discussants:

Prof. Dr. Jan-Henning Feil, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Prof. Dr. Fantao Kong, Institute of Agricultural Economics and Development, CAAS, China

Presentations:
4:30pm
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5:30pm
Plenary Session 2
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Thomas Herzfeld, IAMO
Date: Thursday, 19/June/2025
9:00am
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10:00am
Plenary Session 3
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Kathleen Hermans, IAMO
10:30am
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12:30pm
A3 Organized Session: Empowering Youth and Women in Agriculture - Strategies for Rural Revitalization in South East Europe
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Stanimira Penkova, IAK Agrar Consulting GmbH

Panel Discussion on the Topic: "Empowering Youth and Women in Agriculture: Strategies for Rural Revitalization in South East Europe" (TBD)
2:00pm
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3:30pm
A4 Organized Session: Innovation in the Countryside: Advancing Rural Economies in Western Balkans
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Irena Djimrevska, GIZ
5:00pm
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6:30pm
A5: A Living Between Rural and Urban
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Johnson Kansiime, IAMO
Date: Friday, 20/June/2025
11:00am
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12:30pm
Moderated Panel Discussion: What Makes Rural Areas Livable? Sustainability vs. Quality of Life and Rural Development
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Jennifer Hauck, CoKnow Consulting

Discussants:

Saamah Abdallah, Hot or Cool Institute, Germany
Mechthild Anna Becker, DGAP’s Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, Germany
Caroline Hornstein Tomić, Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Croatia
Drini Imami, Faculty of Economics and Agribusiness, Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania
12:30pm
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12:40pm
IAMO Forum Closure
Location: Lecture Hall
Session Chair: Thomas Herzfeld, IAMO
12:40pm
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12:45pm
IAMO Forum 2025 Best Poster Award
Location: Lecture Hall