program
september 18th
Hall B of the Psychology 3 building
09:00 – 9:30 REGISTRATION
09:30 – 10:00 WELCOME ADDRESS
Rector of the University of Padova
Prof. Daniela Mapelli
Head of the Department of General Psychology
Prof. Francesca Pazzaglia
Organizer
Prof. Umberto Castiello
10:00 – 12:00 SESSION I
Chair: Prof. Marco Dadda
10:00 – 10:45
Plants Are Plants
Prof. Elizabeth Van Volkenburgh
University of Washington, USA
10:45 – 11:15 COFFEE BREAK
11:15 – 12:00
Self and Society – Plants Communicate to Organize
and Coordinate Behavior
Dr. Günther Witzany
Telos – Philosophische Praxis, Austria
12:00 – 13:15 SESSION II
Chair: Dr. Bianca Bonato
12:00 – 12:45
Plant Communication: Diversity of “Alarm Calls” and Their Effectiveness
Prof. Richard Karban
University of California, Davis, US
12:45 – 13:15 Discussion
13:15 – 14:30 LUNCH BREAK
14:30 – 16:00 SESSION III
Chair: Dr. Laura Ravazzolo/Valentina Simonetti
14:30 – 15:15
Plant-Fungal Communication in Symbiotic Interactions
Proff. Paola Bonfante & Andrea Genre
University of Turin, Italy
15:15 – 16:00
Underground Whispers: Understanding How and Why Plants Communicate in the Rhizosphere
Prof. Tom Bennett
University of Leeds, UK
16:00 – 16:45 COFFEE BREAK
16:45 – 18:00 SESSION IV
Chair: Dr. Margherita Bianchi
16:45 – 17:30
Learning Plant Learning
Prof. Ariel Novoplansky
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
17:30 – 18:00 Discussion
september 19th
Hall T3 of the CLA building
09:15 – 09:30 WELCOME
09:30 – 11:00 SESSION V
Chair: Dr. Qiuran Wang
09:30 – 10:15
What Would Plant Cognition Look Like?
Prof. James Cahill
University of Alberta, Canada
10:15 – 11:00
Plant Cognition is Based on Cellular Sentience
Prof. František Baluška
University of Bonn, Germany
11:00 – 11:30 COFFEE BREAK
11:30 – 13:15 SESSION VI
Chair: Prof. Carlo Umiltà/Dr. Silvia Guerra
11:30 –12:15
Should a Modular System Like Plants Pay Attention? Glimpses from Plant Electrome Analyses
Prof. Gustavo Maia Souza
Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
12:15 – 12:30
Discussion
Prof. Umberto Castiello
12:30 – 13:15
Round Table –– Conclusion
13:15 – 14:30 LUNCH BREAK
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