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Université de la terre Entrepreneurs d'avenir

In partnership with

UNSECO

Life at a time
of great transitions

Imagine / Debate / Commit

November 25 & 26, 2022
at UNESCO • Paris

Speakers & moderators

Marc-André SELOSSE

Marc-André SELOSSE

Professor at the Paris Museum national d’Histoire naturelle

Marc-André SELOSSE is professor at Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris), and at Universities of Kunming (China) and Gdansk (Poland). His researches focus on the ecology and evolution of mycorrhizas, a major symbiosis between soil fungi and roots of most land plants.

He also has a general interest for symbiosis and its evolution. He was head of the French Botanical Society for ten years and is now president of the Fédération BioGée, member of the French Academy of Agriculture and editor of four international scientific journals : New Phytologist, Ecology Letters, Symbiosis and Botany Letter.

He published outreach books in French on microbiota (Jamais seul, 2017), tannins (Les goûts et les couleurs du monde, 2019) and soil (L’origine du Monde, 2021) as well as papers available on his website.

Speaks on the theme

Friday, November 25

11h30 > 13h00

14. Winegrowers for Life (movie & debate)

Moderation: Caroline BOIDRON

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Friday, November 25

11h30 > 13h00

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Friday, November 25

14h30 > 16h00

19. For a healthy earth: what soil resilience?

  • Mathilde BOISSEAU: Vine and wine manager of Maison Hennessy
  • Boris CYRULNIK: Neuropsychiatrist, Director of teaching at Toulon University, Professor at Mons University
  • Marc-André SELOSSE: Professor at the Paris Museum national d’Histoire naturelle

Moderation: Françoise VERNET

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Friday, November 25

14h30 > 16h00

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