Program at a Glance
The International Organizing Committee is happy to announce the 1st International Wheat Congress program!
The program reflects six themes of interest:
- Wheat Diversity, Evolution, and Genetic Resources
- Structural and Functional Genomics of Wheat and Wheat Relatives
- Wheat Improvement: Breeding, Physiology, and Enabling technologies
- Wheat Production Systems: Environment, Sustainability, and Management
- Protecting Yield: Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
- Wheat Uses: Functionality, Nutrition, Safety and Human Health.
Click on each day below to see what is on the program!
* Please note that breakfasts are not included during the Congress

Welcome Reception
Location: TCU Place
Time: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
08:50-09:30 Chair: Curtis Pozniak (Canada) |
09:30-10:20 Chair: Hermann Buerstmayr (Austria) |
10:20-10:50 Chair: Hermann Buerstmayr (Austria) |
10:50-11:20 COFFEE BREAK |
Session 1: Protecting Yield: Resistance to Abiotic Stresses Chairs: D. Brian Fowler (Canada) and Fernanda Dreccer (Australia) |
11:20-11:50 |
11:50-12:10 |
12:10-12:30 |
12:30-12:50 |
12:50-13:50 LUNCH |
13:50-14:10 |
14:10-14:30 |
14:30-14:50 |
14:50-15:10 |
15:10-15:40 COFFEE BREAK |
Session 2: Wheat Safety, Nutrition and Human Health Chair: Valerie Lullien-Pellerin (France) |
15:40-16:10 |
16:10-16:30 |
16:30-16:50 |
16:50-17:10 |
18:00-20:00 Remai Modern Museum |
08:30-09:10 Chair: Cristobal Uauy (UK) | |
Concurrent Session 3A: Wheat Diversity and Evolution Chairs: Hisashi Tsujimoto (Japan) and Julie King (UK) | Concurrent Session 3B: Wheat End-Use Functionality Chairs: Carlos Guzman (Mexico) and Craig Morris (USA) |
09:10-9:40 | 09:10-9:40 |
9:40-10:00 | 9:40-10:00 |
10:00-10:20 | 10:00-10:20 |
10:20-10:40 | 10:20-10:40 |
10:40-11:10 COFFEE BREAK | |
11:10-11:30 | 11:10-11:30 |
11:30-11:50 | 11:30-11:50 |
11:50-12:10 | 11:50-12:10 |
12:10-12:30 | 12:10-12:30 |
12:30-13:30 LUNCH | |
13:30-13:50 | 13:30-13:50 |
13:50-14:10 | 13:50-14:10 PRESENTATION CANCELLED |
14:10-16:00 Themes presented: • Wheat Diversity, Evolution, and Genetic Resources | |
Session 4: Wheat Genetic Resources Chairs: Sylvie Cloutier (Canada) and Alison Bentley (UK) | |
16:00-16:30 | |
16:30-16:50 | |
16:50-17:10 | |
17:10-17:30 | |
17:30-17:50 | |
17:50-18:50 Chairs: Peter Langridge and Frank Ordon (Wheat Initiative, Germany) |
Session 5: Wheat Breeding and Enabling Technologies Chairs: Richard Cuthbert (Canada) and Gina Brown-Guedira (USA) |
08:40-09:10 |
09:10-09:30 |
09:30-09:50 |
09:50-10:10 P. Thorwarth (Germany) |
10:10-10:30 M. Gutierri (USA) |
10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK |
11:00-11:20 D. Villegas (Spain) |
11:20-11:40 EA. Chapman (UK) (S) |
11:40-12:00 K. Yermekbayev (Kazakhstan) (S) |
12:00-12:20 S. Lűttringhaus (Germany) (S) |
12:20-12:40 O. Shorinola (Africa) |
12:40-13:40 LUNCH |
Session 5: Wheat Breeding and Enabling Technologies Chairs: Silvia Rosa (Canada) and Alex Morgounov (Turkey) |
13:40-14:00 F. Pinto (Mexico) |
14:00-14:20 PS. Sarup (Denmark) |
14:20-14:40 E. Akhunov (USA) |
14:40-15:00 S. Berraies (Canada) |
15:00-22:00 KERNEN FARM TOUR AND DINNER Kernen Farm |
08:30-09:00 Chairs: Zhonghu He (China) and Hana Simkova (Czech Republic) | |
09:00-09:30 Chairs: Brian Beres (Canada) and Bettina Berger (Australia) | |
Concurrent Session 6A: Wheat Structural and Functional Genomics Chairs: Zhonghu He (China) and Hana Simkova (Czech Republic) | Concurrent Session 6B: Wheat Production Systems: Physiology, Environment and Management Yield Agronomy Chairs: Brian Beres (Canada) and Bettina Berger (Australia) |
09:30-09:50 | 09:30-09:50 |
09:50-10:10 | 09:50-10:10 |
10:10-10:30 | 10:10-10:30 |
10:30-11:00 COFFEE BREAK | |
11:00-11:20 | 11:00-11:20 |
11:20-11:40 | 11:20-11:40 |
11:40-12:00 | 11:40-12:00 |
Session 7: Protecting Yield: Resistance to Biotic Stresses Chairs: Beat Keller (Switzerland) and Silvia German (Uruguay) | |
12:00-12:30 | |
12:30-12:50 | |
12:50-13:50 LUNCH | |
13:50-15:40 Themes presented: | |
15:40-16:00 | |
16:00-16:20 | |
16:20-16:40 | |
16:40-17:00 | |
17:00-17:20 | |
17:20-18:00 Chairs: Curtis Pozniak (Canada, Chair LOC) and Hermann Buerstmayr (Austria, Chair IOC) | |
19:00-22:00 GALA DINNER AND AWARD CEREMONY TCU Place |
Session 8: Bridging the Yield Gap Chairs: Hans Braun (Mexico) and Jacques Le Gouis (France) |
09:10-09:40 |
09:40-10:00 |
10:00-10:20 |
10:20-10:40 |
10:40-11:10 COFFEE BREAK |
11:10-11:30 |
11:30-11:50 |
11:50-12:10 |
12:10-13:10 LUNCH |
13:10-13:30 |
13:30-13:50 |
13:50-14:20 CONGRESS CLOSING CEREMONY Salon ABCD |

Registration Desk Opening Hours
July 21 (Sunday) | 2:00 pm – 8:00 pm |
July 22 (Monday) | 8:00 am – 6:00 pm |
July 23 (Tuesday) | 8:00 am – 6:00 pm |
July 24 (Wednesday) | 8:00 am – 3:00 pm |
July 25 (Thursday) | 8:00 am – 7:00 pm |
July 26 (Friday) | 8:00 am – 3:00 pm |