2nd Mediterranean Forum for PhD Students and Young Researchers - Research and Innovation as Tools for Sustainable Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security - CIHEAM Bari, September, 18-20, 2018

Following Montpellier successful 1^st edition in 2016, CIHEAM launches this Mediterranean initiative for PhD students and young researchers to lay the foundation for a permanent forum for dialogue and communication in the field of research and rural development in the Mediterranean area.

FORUM OBJECTIVES

• Fostering entrepreneurship, women and youth employment,
• Identifying and sharing potential innovation tools geared towards integrated solutions,
• Enhancing research and innovation impact at national and regional level.

FORUM SESSIONS

Topics and initiatives related to the challenges of sustainable development and agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin and to the goals of CAPMED 2025:

• Protecting the Planet: Combating Waste
• Food and Nutrition Security
•  Inclusive development
•  Crisis and resilience

A training session on Innovation and Entrepreneurship is also foreseen

WORKING LANGUAGES: English and French

YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IF YOU ARE:

• Enrolled in PhD studies;
• A Young researcher of CIHEAM or another Higher Education and Research Institute of the Euro-Mediterranean region;
• Conducting research on the challenges of Mediterranean agriculture.

YOU CAN PRESENT:

• Paper with oral presentation;
• Abstract with a poster;
• Abstract with the presentation of PhD thesis in 180”

REGISTRATION AND ACCOMMODATION FREE OF CHARGE

IMPORTANT DATES

A call for papers in the form of short abstracts will be launched on February 26, 2018. The closure date for abstracts submissions is set for May 18, 2018.

USEFUL INFORMATION

For registration, abstracts submission and for the forum detailed programme:

https://forumciheam2018.sciencesconf.org

Email: medforum2018@iamb.it

#MedForum2018

French version