We are pleased to announce that the 8th International Farming System Design Conference

will take place from 25th to 29th of August, 2025, in Palaiseau (Campus Agro Paris-Saclay), France, near Paris.

This conference welcomes scientists from all over the world working on and for the transformation of agricultural systems, with the aim of accelerating the development of healthy and sustainable agrifood systems.

The objectives of this conference are to:

·       Bring together and consolidate a renewed scientific community, gathering scientists in agronomy, livestock science, sociology, ergonomics, economics, and food sciences, working on the design and management of innovation for the transition of agrifood systems;

·       Enhance scientific exchanges on design in a variety of socio-economic and organizational contexts, and consider diverse approaches to sustainable and systemic transformation. Special attention will be paid to approaches and tools that support these design dynamics, as well as their expected impact to support local stakeholder dynamics. These scientific interactions will also aim at identifying new research avenues on and for the agrifood system transition;

·       Offer a training course for PhD students, post-docs, and permanent researchers in design approaches, theories and methods for the transition of agrifood systems towards greater sustainability;

·       Discuss synergies between research, training and support for socio-economic stakeholders to encourage the spread of design dynamics aimed at transforming agrifood systems

Please note that the submission of abstracts will be open from the 6th of January until the 8th of March 2025

For more information , please visit the conference website, available at : https://fsd8-2025.symposium.inrae.fr/

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If you are interested in organising a side event or special session at the conference, please let us know by completing the dedicated section in the newsletter registration form 

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For any questions or information, please write to fsd8@inrae.fr

Marie-Hélène Jeuffroy (INRAE), Marion Casagrande (INRAE), Sophie Formisano (INRAE) Gentiane Maillet (INRAE), on behalf of IDEAS and the local organisation committee