1. MicroMech: Cell Wall, Cell and Tissue Micromechanics. Chairing: Dr B Clair / Pr A Geitmann 2. Tree: Trees and Wood Biomechanics. Chairing: Dr C Coutand / Pr H. Yamamoto 3. Sense: Mechano- and Gravi- Sensing and Transduction. Chairing: Dr N Leblanc-Fournier / Dr M T Morita 4. Growth: Biophysics of Growth. Chairing: Dr O Hamant / Pr W K Silk 5. Morpho: Biomechanics of Morphogenesis (and pattern formation). Chairing: Dr A Barbacci / Pr D Kwiatkowska 6. Ext-Flow: Plant - Fluids Mechanical Interactions I- external flows. Chairing: Pr E De Langre / Dr M Rudnicki 7. Int-Flow: Plant-Fluids Mechanical Interactions II internal fluids. Chairing: Dr E Badel / Pr F Ewers 8. Root-Soil: Plant- Soil Mechanical Interactions. Chairing: Dr N Everitt / Pr R Ennos 9. Motion: Plant Motions and Plant Tribology. Chairing: Dr R Bastien / Pr JL Julien 10. Eco-Evo: Ecological and Evolutionary Biomechanics. Chairing: Pr P Roeckel-Drevet / Pr F Telewski 11. Model: Integrative Biomechanical Modelling. Chairing: Dr T Almeras / Pr G Jeronimidis 12. Tools: Metrology and Softwares for Plant Biomechanics and Mechanobiology. Chairing: MSc J Franchel / Dr T Constant / Dr M Rudnicki 13. BioMim: Plant Biomechanics for Biomimetics. Chairing: Dr T Masselter / Pr T Speck 14. BioMat: Applied Biomechanics for Material Sciences and Engineering. chairing: Dr D Julien-Pierre / Dr B Thibaut 15. Popular Science Evening Events. Chairing: Dr C Lenne / partner : Museum H Lecoq, Clermont-Ferrand Mechanical engineers take classes from plants / Des ingénieurs à l’école des plantes ! How do trees keep standing upright ? / Comment les arbres tiennent-ils debout ? Pr Hiroyuki Yamamoto Pr Janet Braam Dr Joseph Gril Dr Barry Gardiner Pr Christoph Neinhuis Pr Anja Geitmann Dr Roland Ennos Pr Wendy Silk Pr Emmanuel de Langre Pr Przemyslaw Wojtaszek Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan Rice University Houston, Houston, USA CNRS, Montpellier, France Forestry Commission, Edinburg, UK University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany Montreal University, Montreal, Canada Manchester University, Manchester, UK University of California, Davis, USA ParisTech-Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France Adam Manckiewicz University, Pozna, Poland Dr Miyo Terao Morita Pr John Sperry Dr Nicola Everitt Pr Jean-Louis Julien Dr Tom Masselter Dr Glynn Bengough Pr Eran Sharon Pr Stephen Mitchell Pr Alain Goriely Pr Jacques Dumais Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan University of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Fd, France Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg, Germany James Hutton Institute, Dundee, UK The Hebrew-University, Jerusalem, Israel University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada OCCAM Mathematical Institute, Oxford, UK Harvard University, Cambridge, USA International Scientific Committee General Chairs International Advisory Board Dr Bruno MOULIA Dr Meriem FOURNIER INRA, Clermont-Ferrand, France AgroParisTech, Nancy, France Pr George JERONIMIDIS Dr Lennart SALMEN Pr Thomas SPECK Dr Bernard THIBAUD Pr Frank TELEWSKI Reading University, Reading, UK Innventia, Stockholm, Sweden Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany CNRS, Montpellier, France Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA Sessions Keynote Speakers Pr T Baskin Pr A Boudaoud Pr I Burget Dr H Cochard Dr Y Forterre Dr T Fourcaud University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA ENS Lyon, Lyon, France ETH Zürich & Empa, Switzerland INRA-UBP, Clermont-Ferrand, France Polytech, Marseille, France CIRAD, Montpellier, France Pr P Fratzl Pr LJ Gibson Pr E Haswell Pr K Niklas Dr S Puijalon Dr R Whalley Max Planck Institute, Postdam, Germany MIT, Boston, USA Washington University, St-Louis, USA Cornell University, New-York, USA CNRS, Lyon, France Rothamsted Research, UK