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Learning From Drylands

A global effort towards ecosystem restoration

The 8th International Conference
November 27 - December 1, 2022

DDD2022 is coming!

We are now accepting abstracts 
Abstract submission deadline: 15 June 2022
Decisions will be available by 1 July 2022

Registration for DDD2022 is now open!

Early Bird Registration rates available through 27 August 2022

4 days of scientific and policy sessions, workshops, and tours focusing on topics such as: Earth Observation, Ecology, Economics, Ecosystem Services, Education, Energy, Food, Health, Society and Water

 
45+ Sessions
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200+ Speakers
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15+ Countries
 
Abstract Submissions
Registration

Sunday

27 November 2022

17:00-18:30

Greetings

19:00

Welcome Cocktail & Open Plenary Talk

Monday

28 November 2022

9:00-10:15

Greetings

Plenary Session  –

10:30-12:30

Parallel Sessions

Remote sensing for environmental sustainability and climate change

The Future of Agriculture
Revolutionize agricultural practice: A technological revolution in farming led by advances in CEA
technologies

Health Systems Preparedness to Climate Change

Restoration and rehabilitation of desert ecosystems – Session 1

Viticulture in a changing Climate Session 1: Vineyard environment interaction. Towards an ameliorated vineyard ecosystem

Agrivoltaics – how can it be implemented in a desert environment- Session 1

Open Campus Lunch & Poster Session

14:30-16:30

Parallel Sessions

Desert Plant Ecology: Lessons for a warming planet

KKL Session

Asylum seekers from Darfur & Eritrea – experiences in Israel and in Uganda-

Dryland afforestation and landscape restoration – research-based forestry actions

Plant hydraulics in response to environmental stress – Session 1

Water, energy, and CO2 budgets in desert environments  

Session 1

17:00-18:45

Parallel Sessions

Women’s Leadership: Accelerating Impact in Rural Areas

KKL Session

Cyanobacterial soil amendment and restoration

Resource oriented sanitation in drylands

Remote sensing for dryland agriculture

Energy and Sustainability

Session 1:  The Built Environment

Tuesday

29 November 2022

9:00-10:30

Greetings

Plenary Session  –

11:00- 13:00

Parallel Sessions

Remote sensing applications for drylands ecology

Next generation aquaculture

Desertification, Climate Change and Health Inequities

Restoration and rehabilitation of desert ecosystems

Viticulture in a changing Climate Session 2: Physiology of stress in grapevine: challenges and solutions

Energy and Sustainability 

Session 2:  Materials

Open Campus Lunch

14:30-16:30

Parallel Sessions

Agrivoltaics – how can it be implemented in a desert environment

Session 2

Space based
technological applications
for water management

Soil-plant-atmosphere continuum: effect of rewetting and drought on soil gases emissions

60 years of practical methods for dryland afforestation and
Savanization processes, KKL-JNF’s experience in the Israeli Desert.

Plant adjustment to biotic and abiotic stresses in changing environments

Session 1

17:00-18:45

Parallel Sessions

Economics & Desertification

Cross border desert research- science and collaboration

Water, energy, and CO2 budgets in desert environments  

Session 2

Plant adjustment to biotic and abiotic stresses in changing environments

Session 2

Wednesday

30 November 2022

9:00 – 18:30

Full Day Professional Field Trips and Workshops

19:00

Social Event

Thursday

1 December 2022

9:00-10:00

Plenary Session

10:30- 12:30

Parallel Sessions

The effect of environmental contaminants on animal health.

Water scarcity

DeserTech Pavillion

Plant hydraulics in response to environmental stress – Session 2

Viticulture in a changing Climate Session 3: High-throughput/Omics perspectives of grapevine response to stress

Belowground interactions in a changing environment

Session 1

Open Campus Lunch

14:30-16:30

Parallel Sessions

Functionalized Antifouling Surfaces in Membrane Based Water Treatment

Thermal stress regulation in animals

Challenges and opportunities as stimulus for transformation for the Bedouin-Arab society in the Negev, Israel

Belowground interactions in a changing environment

Session 2

Algae-based solutions for food crisis challenges

17:00-18:30

Closing Session

 

Conference Venue

The Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research are located at the Sede Boqer campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Situated at the edge of a scenic cliff overlooking the Biblical “Zin Valley” and adjacent to several spectacular national parks and nature reserves, the campus makes a breathtaking venue for an academic gathering.