The YSM conference provides an opportunity to present your current research in the form of posters or talks, although participation is also possible without a contribution. A jury of experienced JKI scientists will evaluate all talks and posters and the best ones will receive an award at the end of the conference.
If you decide to present a poster or give a talk, please follow the Guidelines for talks and posters.
In addition to your contributions, there will be many other interesting events at YSM 2024. Two exciting keynotes await you: Prof. Dr. Andreas von Tiedemann from the Georg August University of Göttingen will talk about "Perspectives of Future Crop Protection – Limitations and Opportunities" and Dr. Florian Bittner, Research Coordinator at the JKI, will give you an up-to-date insight into what is important when preparing a successful grant application.
On a JKI tour, the JKI Dresden staff will take you to the field and show you important work on variety preservation and breeding of a wide range of fruit varieties.
And of course there will also be plenty of opportunities for you to exchange ideas and network this year. In addition to fun and good food in the evening, the two excursions after the YSM to the beautiful baroque city of Dresden or the short hike also offer many opportunities to get to know each other.
Please register to attend the YSM Conference
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If you would like to present a talk or poster, please submit an abstract by 20 September 2024. Please register first and then log in to submit your abstract.
Guidelines for your talk
- During the YSM conference there will be 6 sessions with 4–5 10-minute talks each. Please note that your presentation will be strictly timed and you will be stopped at 10 minutes.
- Your talk should have a clear structure, not overloaded slides, and a presentation style that is audience oriented. Please keep in mind that there will be experts from various fields in the audience who will be happy if you present your topic in a way that is understandable to non-specialists (see evaluation criteria below).
- Please use one of the pptx templates below to prepare your slides.
- If you want to publish your slides on OpenAgrar, please send the slides as pptx file to ysm@julius-kuehn.de after the meeting. Please read the notes about publishing your slides below.
Guidelines for your poster
- Posters will be displayed in two poster sessions and you will have the opportunity to explain your research and answer questions in a relaxed atmosphere (see evaluation criteria below).
- Please use one of the pptx templates below to prepare your poster.
If you would like to have your poster printed and sent to Dresden, please log in and upload your poster file by 9 October 2024. In case you want to publish your poster in OpenAgrar, please use the template “YSM_template_poster_2024-publication”. We will then add a QR code and a DOI before printing. Please read the notes on publishing your Poster below.
Evaluation criteria and awards
As in previous years, all talks and posters of the conference will be evaluated by a jury consisting of experienced researchers from the JKI.
The jury evaluates the talks concerning the presentation itself (e.g. simplicity appropriate for audience, research problem clearly stated or conclusions to point), visual aids, performance and the adherence to the time limit of 10 minutes.
Posters will be judged on design and layout, clarity of content and message as well as quality of graphs, figures and data presented.
In addition to the jury's evaluation, YSM participants will vote for their favourite contribution, which will receive an audience award.
On the last day of the conference, the award certificates will be presented by Prof. Dr. Frank Ordon.
Notes about publishing your slides or poster
A publication of your slides or poster in the OpenAgrar repository is accompanied by licensing the work with a creative commons attribution 4.0 international license. With this license, your work can be shared and adapted if appropriate credit is given by providing your (author) name. Furthermore, your poster or slides will obtain a digital object identifier (DOI) making your work permanently findable and citable.
If you decide to publish your slides or poster, please be aware of using only images for which you have the usage rights or that are licensed accordingly. Databases with licensed or public domain images are Search Creative Commons, Pixabay or Freeimages.
Excursions
On Friday afternoon (14:00), we offer two separate excursions for our YSM Conference participants, starting directly from the YSM/JKI campus and accompanied by the organisers.
1. City Tour: By public transport or car we will go to the city centre and have a walk across famous sights of Dresden. Your luggage can be stored either in the cars or in lockers e.g. at the train station. The tour will take around 2h and we plan to finish around 16:00 in the city centre.
2. Hike: The tour will start from the JKI institute, where you can also store your luggage. The hike will take around 2,5h where you can explore the nice scenery of Pillnitz and the Elbe by visiting panorama viewing spots. The excursions ends around 16:30 at the JKI institute.
Booth
Unlock Your Research Potential: Master Data Management at the JKI
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Visit our Research Data Management booth to discover how we support PhD students at JKI with essential tools and services
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practices in agricultural sciences. Join us to explore resources, get expert advice, and improve your research data workflow!