Dear colleagues,
The FORESTT programme team is pleased to invite you to the 2026 PEPR scientific meeting, to be held from September 28 to October 2.
After two previous editions in Bordeaux and Montpellier, the FORESTT community will gather this year in Avignon for four days of discussions and reflection around the programme’s research projects, and more broadly on cross-cutting issues related to the transition of forest socio-ecosystems in the context of global change.
Programme
The programme will include:
- Workshops on topics shared by the various projects (open to all, Tuesday 29 September afternoon),
- Two plenary days (open to all, Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1), including in particular :
- Updates on the programme,
- First key results from the targeted projects,
- Selected presentations aimed at sharing recent syntheses of relevance to FORESTT’s work,
- Several round tables on integrative themes, in connection with the programme’s challenges and stakeholder expectations,
- A poster session (Wednesday, September 30, late afternoon), during which projects initiated within the FORESTT programme and their first results will be presented in greater detail,
- A photographic exhibition:
“Fascinating Old-Growth Forests: An Initiatory Journey through Occitania” (a deliverable of the OCCIGEN project). - Annual meetings of the targeted projects (internal meetings, Monday 28 September afternoon, Tuesday 29 September morning and Friday 2 October).
Register for the event here: https://framaforms.org/inscriptions-aux-journees-annuelles-du-pepr-forestt-2026-1773149592
Find below the programme for the week, as well as the detailed programme for the two PEPR FORESTT Scientific Days.
Day-by-day programme
Monday 28 September
Afternoon (1:30–5:30 p.m.)
- Annual meeting of the targeted projects X-RISKS and FORESTT-HUB (dedicated to participants in these projects) at Avignon University – Room numbers to be confirmed. On-site and remote access available.
- Annual meeting of the DoForChange and TOOLS-FOR-ADAP projects (dedicated to participants in these projects) at the INRAE Avignon site – Room numbers to be confirmed. On-site and remote access available.
Evening (6:00–7:30 p.m.)
X-RISKS poster session (dedicated to participants in this project) at Avignon University.
Tuesday 29 September
Morning (8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.)
Afternoon (2:00–5:30 p.m.)
- Inter-project discussion workshops (open to all) at Avignon University – Room numbers to be confirmed:
- IMPACT workshop: Assessing and discussing the societal impacts of FORESTT research.
- INTERDISCIPLINARITY workshop: Concepts, approaches and methods for interdisciplinary research on forest resilience.
- PROSPECTIVE workshop: Combining modelling and storytelling to support an anticipatory and forward-looking approach to forest resilience.
Evening (6:00–7:30 p.m.)
- Talk by MP Hendrik Davi and presentation of his work (open to all) at Avignon University – Room numbers to be confirmed.
Wednesday 30 September
First PEPR FORESTT Scientific Day, open to all.
Venue: Avignon University, 74 Rue Louis Pasteur, 84029 Avignon – AT06 Lecture Theatre
Access: On-site attendance only; video recording and subsequent broadcast on the PEPR FORESTT YouTube channel.
8:30 a.m. – Coffee reception
9:00 a.m.: Welcome address – Christophe Plomion (INRAE), Arnaud Sergent (INRAE)
9:05 a.m.: Programme updates – Christophe Plomion (INRAE), Arnaud Sergent (INRAE)
9:20 a.m.: Old-Growth Forests Exhibition – Caroline Scotti Saintagne (INRAE), Frédéric Jean (INRAE)
9:25 a.m.: FORESTT European Partnership – Catherine Julliot (INRAE)
9:45 a.m.: REGE-ADAPT targeted project: Key highlights – Georges Kunstler (INRAE), Bruno Locatelli (CIRAD)
10:45 a.m. – Coffee break
11:15 a.m.: Talk – IPBES report “Transformative Change” – Denis Couvet (MNHN)
11:45 a.m.: X-RISKS targeted project: Key highlights – Marielle Brunette (INRAE), Joannès Guillemot (CIRAD)
12:45 p.m. – Lunch
2:15 p.m.: Talk – Adaptive management – Thomas Cordonnier (ONF)
2:35 p.m.: Round table: “Fostering effective interfaces for knowledge sharing and co-creation” – Moderated by Frédéric Gosselin (INRAE), Thomas Pauti (CNPF), Lucie Lombard (Association Forêts Alpines), Médéric Aubry (ONF) and Ariane Mirabel (CIRAD).
3:40 p.m. – Coffee break
4:10 p.m.: Introduction to the round table “Biodiversity monitoring and indicators in forests” – Hervé Jactel (INRAE), Marion Vinot-Gosselin (INRAE)
4:40 p.m.: Round table: “Biodiversity monitoring and indicators in forests” – Moderated by Frédéric Gosselin (INRAE), Kévin Darras (INRAE), Mathieu Santonja (Aix-Marseille University), Magali Rossi (FSC) and Pauline Marty (CNPF).
5:45 p.m. – Poster session & cocktail reception
7:00 p.m. – End of the day
Thursday 1 October
Second PEPR FORESTT Scientific Day, open to all.
Venue: Avignon University, 74 Rue Louis Pasteur, 84029 Avignon – AT06 Lecture Theatre
Access: On-site attendance only; video recording and subsequent broadcast on the PEPR FORESTT YouTube channel.
8:30 a.m. – Coffee reception
9:00 a.m.: Innovation support
▪ Support for maturation and pre-maturation within the France 2030 programme: the ASTRAGAL and BIOSCALE consortia – Maxence Galdin (INRAE Transfert)
▪ Testimonials from the winning projects of the first PEPR FORESTT pre-maturation call for projects:
▫ STROMAE – Titouan Tyack (ISAE Supaero / CESBIO)
▫ PriMeSa – Hervé Jactel (INRAE)
▫ Guard-Tree – Jana Dlouha (INRAE)
▪ Feedback from the For-Eval and DEPASSE projects – Noémie Pousse (ONF) and Marc Buée (INRAE)
10:00 a.m.: Feedback on international and overseas mobility programmes – TBD
10:50 a.m.: Presentation of the Revue Forestière Française and open science challenges – Jean-Baptiste Bing (AgroParisTech), Myriam Legay (AgroParisTech)
11:00 a.m. – Coffee break
11:30 a.m.: MONITOR targeted project: Key highlights – Jérôme Chave (CNRS), Sylvain Schmitt (CIRAD)
12:30 p.m. – Lunch
2:00 p.m.: NUM-DATA targeted project: Cross-cutting tools developed – Sophie Fortuno (CIRAD), Christian Pichot (INRAE), Fabrice Bénédet (CIRAD), Chloé Barthalon (CIRAD)
2:30 p.m.: FORESTT-HUB targeted project: Key highlights – Maya Leroy (AgroParisTech) and Nicolas Picard (GIP ECOFOR)
3:30 p.m. – Coffee break
4:00 p.m.: FORESTT-HUB targeted project: The PEPR FORESTT Living Lab network: Feedback and outlook – Maxence Arnould, speakers TBD
5:20 p.m.: Closing remarks and presentation of the METZ 2027 conference
5:30 p.m. – End of the day
Friday 2 October
- 8:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.: Annual meeting of the MADE IN France project (dedicated to participants in this project) at Avignon University – Room numbers to be confirmed. On-site and remote access available.
- 8:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.: Annual meeting of the RÉGÉ-ADAPT targeted project (dedicated to participants in this project) at Avignon University – Room numbers to be confirmed. On-site and remote access available.
We hope to see many of you at this upcoming annual event!
The PEPR FORESTT team
