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Monday, June 22, 2026
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 08:00 - 09:00 | Registration - Building 2 | |
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Opening | |
| 09:15 - 09:45 | The histone H2A variants code regulates transcription - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Frédéric Berger | |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Molecular Mechanisms of a PRC2 Cofactor Orchestrating Developmental Transitions and Cell Fate - Cristel Carles | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Chromatin dynamics | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Many to rule one: how epigenomic surveillance between TEs limits transgenerational epigenetic inheritance - Pierre Baduel | |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 15:30 | Nuclear organization | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Title to come - Nicolas Bouché | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 - 18:30 | Importance of Chromatin Dynamics during Plant Development | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Epigenome dynamics in plant developmental transitions - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Julia Qüesta | |
| 17:00 - 17:30 | Chromatin reprogramming during the seed-to-seedling transition - Aline Probst | |
| 17:30 - 17:45 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 17:45 - 18:00 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 18:00 - 18:15 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 18:15 - 18:30 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 18:30 - 20:00 | Posters and Cocktail Dinner - Posters in rooms and Cocktail Dinner |
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 10:30 | Advances in algal epigenetics | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Chromatin evolution and function in complex red seaweeds - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Michael Borg | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | DNA methylation in diatoms, a role for the sex determination mechanism - Mariella Ferrante | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 12:30 | Advances in algal epigenetics | |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | An evolutionary tale of PWO and PRC2 proteins - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Sara Farrona | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Diatoms repurpose mitosis for DNA damage–induced nuclear selection - Petra Bulankova | |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 12:30 - 14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00 - 16:00 | Transcription in a chromatin context | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Identifying the contribution of transposable elements to cis-regulatory elements in plants - Clémentine Vitte | |
| 14:30 - 14:45 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 14:45 - 15:00 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Coffee break | |
| 16:30 - 17:30 | RNA-mediated epigenetic processes | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Extracellular small RNAs in plant-bacteria interactions - Lionel Navarro | |
| 17:00 - 17:15 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 17:15 - 17:30 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 18:00 - 19:00 | Walk - Walk along the Erdre River to reach the cruise departure | |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | Dinner cruise on the Erdre river - Sightseeing with commentary |
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
| Time | Event | (+) |
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Epigenetic responses to environmental changes | |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | How do plants remember a stressful day? – Interplay of transcription factors and chromatin to regulate heat stress memory - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Isabel Baürle | |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 09:45 - 10:00 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 10:00 - 10:15 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | Selected from abstracts | |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | Coffee break | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | Learning about the evolutionary past from somatic TE transposition - KEYNOTE SPEAKER - Detlef Weigel | |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Conclusion and poster prize announcement | |
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Lunch or take-away |
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