Present and Future of Cork Oak in Portugal. 21st Oct

Program Morning session 9:00 – 9:15 Opening (Honor Committee) 9:15 - 10:55 "Different Perspectives on cork oak” (Chairs: José A. Graça & C. Pinto Ricardo) António Gonçalves Ferreira (UNAC) (Production perspective) João Santos Pereira (ISA) (Silviculture perspective) José Pedro Fernandes (Corticeira Amorim) (Industry perspective) Helena Pereira (ISA) (Biological-chemistry perspective) M. Margarida Oliveira (ITQB and iBET)(Genomic perspective) 10:55 -11:30 Discussion Coffee Break at Posters (list will be soon available online) 12:00 – 13:00 Presentations selected from submitted abstracts [10 min + 5 min discussion each] Luis Gil (LNEG) – REDECOR – Rede temática do sobreiro e da cortiça Helena Almeida (ISA) Cork afforestation success: the influence of geographic origin Clara Pinto (INRB) – Phenology and growth dynamics in Q.suber: effects of environmental conditions and water relations Helga Garcia (ITQB)-Suberin, a value added biopolyester from cork oak LUNCH Afternoon Session 14:30 - 15:45 Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT perspective) 14:45 -15:45 "Use and application of genomic resources in oak genetics”  Invited Conference: Antoine Kremer (INRA; France) 15:45 – 16:55 " The Portuguese cork oak genomics initiative” (Chairs: Célia Miguel &  Filomena Nóbrega) C.Pinto Ricardo & M.Margarida Oliveira (ITQB and iBET) The cork oak ESTs Consortium Octávio Paulo & Dora Batista (FCUL and IICT) Cork oak genetic differentiation and diversity Andreas Bohn & José Leal (ITQB and IGC) Bio-informatics in the cork oak EST´s Consortium Sónia Gonçalves (CEBAL) The cork oak genome sequencing project 16:55 – 17:15 Discussion 17:45 – 18:30 Presentations selected from submitted abstracts Marília Horta (Univ. Alg.) – Involvement of Phytophthora species on the decline disease of corak oak Jorge Paiva (IICT) – Construction and characterization of the first Q.suber BAC library Glória Pinto (Uni. Aveiro) – Physiological and epigenetic responses of cork oak plants to climate changes: an integrative toolbox Leonor Morais (ISA) – DNA methyltransferase and co-repressor gene expression in the active phellogen of Quercus suber 18:45 Workshop conclusions (Sara Pereira) and Closure 5:45> 0:55>