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8:00am Registration Location: Foyer
9:00am Conference Opening Location: Lecture Hall
9:15am Plenary Session 1 Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Antje Jantsch , IAMO
10:15am Coffee Break and Group Participant Photoshoot Location: Foyer
11:00am A1: Quality of Life in Rural Contexts Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Kathleen Hermans , IAMOB1: Gender and Rural Well-Being Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: J Möllers , IAMOC1: Return Migration and Social Integration Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Janine Isabelle Pinkow-Läpple , IAMO
12:30pm Lunch Location: Foyer
2:00pm A2 Organized Session: China’s Rural Renaissance: The Multifacet Case of Rural Revitalization Strategy Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Zhanli Sun , IAMOSession Chair: Lena Kuhn , IAMODiscussants: Presentations:
B2: Data, Models and Indicators for Well-Being and Mobility Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Johnson Kansiime , IAMOC2: Place Attachment and Staying Decisions Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Arjola Arapi-Gjini , Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies
4:00pm Coffee Break Location: Foyer
4:30pm Plenary Session 2 Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Thomas Herzfeld , IAMO
5:30pm End of Conference Day 1 Location: Foyer
6:00pm Welcome Dinner Location: Peißnitzhaus We will meet at 5:45 pm in the foyer near the main entrance of IAMO to go together to Peißnitzhaus. The walk will take about 15 minutes. Please note that the ground on the terrace of the restaurant is partly sandy, so we recommend wearing comfortable shoes.
8:00am Registration Location: Foyer
9:00am Plenary Session 3 Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Kathleen Hermans , IAMO
10:00am Coffee Break Location: Foyer
10:30am 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
B3: Shocks and Migration Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Arbnora Shala , Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO)C3: Governance and Policy Dimensions of Migration Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Nodir Djanibekov , IAMO
12:30pm Lunch Location: Foyer
2:00pm A4 Organized Session: Innovation in the Countryside: Advancing Rural Economies in Western Balkans Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Irena Djimrevska , GIZB4: Climate Risks and Migration Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Tom Dufhues , IAMOC4: Food Security and Rural Health Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Arjola Arapi-Gjini , Leibniz Institute for Agriculture Development in Transition Economies
3:30pm Poster Session with Coffee Location: Corridor on the first floor
5:00pm A5: A Living Between Rural and Urban Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Johnson Kansiime , IAMOB5: Institutions, Preferences, and Economic Choices Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Zafar Kurbanov , IAMO (Halle, Germany)C5 Organized Session: The Great Rural Shift: Migration and Livelihood Challenges in the Western Balkans Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: J Möllers , IAMOSession Chair: Drini Imami , Agriculture University of Tirana
6:30pm End of Conference Day 2
7:00pm BBQ at IAMO
8:30am Registration Location: Foyer
9:00am B6 Organized Session: How Decentralization Helps Foster Economic Resilience of Rural Areas in Ukraine During the War? Location: Conference Room I Session Chair: Vasyl Kvartiuk , IAMOC6 Organized Session: Land as a Social Institution - Governance, Property Rights, and Market Interactions Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Samuel Brea , IAMO
10:30am Coffee Break Location: Foyer
11:00am Moderated Panel Discussion: What Makes Rural Areas Livable? Sustainability vs. Quality of Life and Rural Development Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Jennifer Hauck , CoKnow ConsultingDiscussants: Hot or Cool Institute, Germany DGAP’s Center for Climate and Foreign Policy, Germany Ivo Pilar Institute of Social Sciences, Croatia Faculty of Economics and Agribusiness, Agricultural University of Tirana, Albania
12:30pm IAMO Forum Closure Location: Lecture Hall Session Chair: Thomas Herzfeld , IAMO
12:40pm IAMO Forum 2025 Best Poster Award Location: Lecture Hall
12:45pm Lunch Location: Foyer
1:30pm Post-Conference Session: Socio-Economic Farm and Household Data Sets on Central Asia: Which Data Is Available and How Could It Be Used? Location: Conference Room II Session Chair: Martin Petrick , Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
