3rd IJL IDEAL Plenary Meeting
17-18-19 September 2026
UFPB Campus I, João Pessoa, Brazil & Online
Day 1 – 17/09/2026
9:00 – 10:30 (BR) | 14:00 – 15:30 (FR) : Opening Session
- Welcome by the LMI IDEAL governance committee. (5 min.)
- Opening speech by Potiguara indigenous leader Marcus Paranã Potiguara: Art, Territory, Science and Transformation (20 min.)
- LMI IDEAL: governance, members, projects (10 min.)
- Annual meeting program, objectives, and 2026-2027 planning (10 min.)
- LMI IDEAL opportunities: IRD opportunities in Brazil, funding and interdisciplinary collaborations, INCTs/IRD cooperations. Project calls, mobility, and training. (15 min.)
- Round of introductions and discussion among participants, projects, and interactions. (3 min/person). How do you participate? What are your perspectives?
10:30 – 11:00 (BR) | 15:30 – 16:00 (FR) : Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 (BR) | 16:00 – 17:00 (FR) : Institutionalization
- UFPB rectory: LMI Ideal Internationalization – co-supervision (cotutelle) and agreements (15 min.)
- Carolina Soccio – French Consulate in Recife and support modalities (10 min.)
- Scientific outputs, governance and perspectives, administrative and financial overview (Laure Berti-Equille, Valério Romano, Joris Guérin, Renan Rocha, Pedro Estrela, Rafael Raimundo, 15 min)
12:00 – 13:30 (BR) | 17:00 – 18:30 (FR) : Lunch
13:30 – 14:30 (BR) | 18:30 – 19:00 (FR) : Scientific presentations: Open science
- DATAPB 360°: Da Sustentabilidade do Repositório às Oportunidades de Expansão | Guilherme Ataíde (UFPB)
- Observe, Understand, Model: Data Terra, THEIA & DINAMIS in the Service of Environmental Sciences | Stéphane Debard (Espace-Dev, IRD)
14:00 – 17:00 (BR) | 19:00 – 22:00 (FR) : 2 parallel interdisciplinary and participatory workshops
- To be confirmed soon among the following list:
- Forest and biocultural restoration
- Artificial intelligence and data science
- Training within IDEAL
- Field work in IDEAL
- Water security / Hydrology and biodiversity
- Bioeconomy and Sociobiodiversity products
- Intercultural sciences
Day 2 – 18/09/2026
9:00 – 10:30 (BR) | 14:00 – 15:30 (FR) : Scientific presentations
- FUNCEME talk (to be confirmed)
- Pedro Estrela (UFPB)
- Lucilene Bandeira (UFPB)
10:30 – 11:00 (BR) | 15:30 – 16:00 (FR) : Coffee break
11:00 – 12:00 (BR) | 16:00 – 17:00 (FR) : Scientific presentations
- To be confirmed
- To be confirmed
12:00 – 13:30 (BR) | 17:00 – 18:30 (FR) : Lunch
13:30 – 14:00 (BR) | 18:30 – 19:00 (FR) : 2 parallel interdisciplinary and participatory workshops
- To be confirmed soon among the following list:
- Forest and biocultural restoration
- Artificial intelligence and data science
- Training within IDEAL
- Field work in IDEAL
- Water security / Hydrology and biodiversity
- Bioeconomy and Sociobiodiversity products
- Intercultural sciences
15:30 – 16:30 (BR) | 20:30 – 21:30 (FR) : Synthesis and Closing
- Collective discussion: how can LMI researchers relate respectfully and non-extractively with the knowledge systems of partner communities?
- Next steps: coordination with the 5th Indigenous Culture Festival and with the meetings of the Potiguara Chiefs’ Association
- Finalization and next steps for the 2026-2027 work plan
Day 3 – 19/09/2026
06:00 – 7:30 (BR) | : Departure from João Pessoa
08:00 – 15:30 (BR) | : Seed collection and visit to the Curica project