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
