XIV Séminaire STICS 2026

XIV Séminaire STICS 2026

Du 17 mars 2026 au 19 mars 2026

Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgique)

Le XIV Séminaire STICS a eu lieu du 17 au 19 Mars 2026 en périphérie de la ville de Louvain-La-Neuve

Programme du séminaire STICS

Mardi 17 mars 2026

8h45 Introduction by Authorities
ULiege-GxABT : Dean Prof. Fauconnier M.L. - Vice-Dean Research Prof. Bindelle J.
INRAE-AgroEcoSystem : Head of Dpt. Prof. Nesme T.
UMRt BioEcoAgro : Prof. Jacques P. - FairCarboN : Prof. Clivot H 0_General_2_Slides_Evènements soutenus par FairCarboN

9h45 Introduction by EP-STICS (Chairs : Buis S & Dumont B.)
Opening by "Le Bureau" EP-STICS "Review of activites relating to the STICS model"  0_General_1_Intro_EPS_Colloque_Stics2026_final

10h45 Coffee break

11h15 Keynote speaker I (Chairs : Dumont B.)
Prof. Philippe Baret
Agroecology : from plant to systems 0_Keynotes_I_Baret_P_STICS

12h30 Lunch break

14h00 Session 1 : Agroecology [Chairs : Clivot H. & Ferchaud F.] 
De Freitas et al. - Modelling cereal–cowpea intercropping to close the yield gap while reducing N demand under climate variability and climate change in West Africa I_Agroecology_1_DeFreitas
Damien et al. - Building on a process-based modelling framework to assess CO₂ exchanges in a grazed grassland–maize rotation I_Agroecology_2_Damien_Maxime_seminaire_STICS_2026
Strullu et al. - Assessing Low-Input Crop Rotations to Reduce Nitrate Leaching in Water Catchment Area with the STICS model I_Agroecology_3_Assessing Low-Input Crops and Crop Rotations to Reduce Nitrate Leaching in Water Catchment Area with the STICS model
Desmarez et al. - Territorial food self-sufficiency under climate change through optimised crop rotations and STICS simulations I_Agroecology_4_Tom Desmarez - stics
Delandmeter et al. - Large-scale Multi-criteria Evaluation of Agroecological Strategies with the STICS Model I_Agroecology_5_Delandmeter - STICS conf - LLN - 2026

15h45 Flash talk Poster [Chair : Le Bas C. & Combes D.]

1. Favaro et al. VI_Posters_1_poster-STICS_2026_favaro_et_al
2. Gawinowski et al. VI_Posters_2_slide_poster_Meije
3. Philippart et al. VI_Posters_3_STICS_2026
4. Jego et al. VI_Posters_4_Poster_Jégo-STICS-2026
5. Dejonckheere et al. VI_Posters_5_STICS_JVM
6. Mesbah et al. VI_Posters_6_Poster_Morteza-STICS-2026

16h15 Coffee break

16h45 - 18h00 Session 2 : System Approach [Chairs : Clivot H. & Ferchaud F.]
Speeckaert et al. - Simulation of the nitrogen effect of legumes as a tool to unravel their non-nitrogen benefits II_System_approach_1_20260317 STICS symposium - temp
Lenoir et al. - Upscaling STICS to management zones: a way to enhance N use efficiency? II_System_approach_2_Conf_STICS_AL
Nyaga et al. - Use of the STICS model to evaluate nitrogen leaching in perennial forage and annual crop based rotations

General discussion

Mercredi 18 mars 2026

8h45 Keynote speakers II [Chairs : Garcia de Cortazar Atauri I. ]
Prof. Xavier Draye & Prof. Guillaume Lobet
Les racines des plantes dans les modèles de cultures : pourquoi s'y intéresser et comment les gérer ? 0_Keynotes_II_LobetG_DrayeX_stics_root_multiscale

10h00 Coffee break

10h30 Session 3 : STICS & Friends [Chairs : Vidal T. & Jego G.]
Braud et al. - ArchiCrop, adding the 3D dimension to STICS III_STICS_Friends_1_ppt_STICS_2026_Oriane
Colbach et al. - The contribution of STICS to modelling the impacts of weeds and climate change on crop production and biodiversity in FLORSYS III_STICS_Friends_2_Nathalie COLBACH - FLORSYS STICS 2026
Deheinzelin et al. - Disease regulation in intercropping systems depends on spatial arrangement – a modelling study III_STICS_Friends_3_SticsSeminar_202603_MILA_Audrey
Houballah et al. - Development of ORCHIDEE-CROP v1.0: a nitrogen-explicit agro-land surface model and its evaluation across European wheat sites III_STICS_Friends_4_sticsPRES_HOUBALLAH
Lesquoy et al. - Coupling MAELIA and STICS: Toward New Opportunities for Agricultural Modelling Approaches III_STICS_Friends_5_STICS-MAELIA Couplage Présentation

General discussion

12h30 Lunch break

14h00 Session 4 : New Formalisms & Tools [Chairs : Strullu L. & Mollier A.]
Pardon et al. - Evaluating the STICS model for simulating grapevine development and new formalisms across contrasting soil types at a local scale in Saint-Émilion IV_NewToolsNewFormalisms_1_MP_STICSXIV
Clivot et al. - Evaluation of STICS performance for predicting C and N mineralization kinetics and N₂O emissions from contrasted litter types on urban lawn soils IV_NewToolsNewFormalisms_2_Clivot_Présentation_STICS_SAGES
Gawinowski et al. - Evaluating calibration strategies for a new winter wheat cultivar in the STICS crop model IV_NewToolsNewFormalisms_3_Buis_AgMIP_final
Kebalo et al. - Tropicalization of the STICS model: insights from sugarcane calibration and nitrogen dynamics in tropical volcanic soils IV_NewToolsNewFormalisms_4_STICS_calibration
Buis et al. - AgMIP Calibration Protocol: results, implementation and new directions IV_NewToolsNewFormalisms_5_STICS2026

General discussion

15h45 lash talk Poster [Chair : Le Bas C. & Combes D.]
1. Strullu VI_Posters_7_Poster_STICS_Gembloux
2. Bruhwyler et al. VI_Posters_8_Bruhwyler_flash_talk VI_Posters_8_poster_RB_14e_STICS_seminar
3. Flutre et al. VI_Posters_9_2026-03_TFlutre-ADeheinzelin_flash-talk-STICS
4.Clivot et al. VI_Posters_10_Clivot_Poster_SLAM-B
5. Gaudnik et al.
6. Ruillé et al. VI_Posters_12_Ruillé

16h15 Coffee break

16h45 - 18h00 Poster session

Jeudi 19 mars 2026

8h45 - Session 5 : Climate Change [Chairs : Graux A.I. & Léonard J.]

Giraudo et al. - Global Sensitivity Analysis of STICS Soil Input on CO2 Net Ecosystem Exchange in Burgundy Vineyards V_ClimateChange_1_Seminaire_STICS
Lacroix et al. - Impact of climate changes on the main belgium cash crop V_ClimateChange_2_STICS_conference
Nambinina et al. - CLIMODIF: Simulating Crop Rotations with STICS under Climate Change in the Barrois area in France V_ClimateChange_3_2025-03-19_seminaire-STICS-2026_CLIMODIF
Gawinowski et al. - Assessing crop model adequacy for future climates V_ClimateChange_4_STICS_CC_Meije

General discussion

10h45 Coffee break

11h15 - General assembly and Conclusion [Chairs : Buis S. & Launay M.]

Wrap-up of sessions by chairmen and chairwomen
Open-discussion with assembly

12h30 Closure of seminar by "Le Bureau" EP-STICS

Contact: stics2026@uliege.be