Institutional opening

• Departmental Council Chamber - State Garden, Saint-Denis
• Scientists and stakeholders in the PAPAM sector
• Open from 8:00 am - closes in the evening

The day that sets the framework. In the morning, the strategic vision of the territory's biodiversity, overseas, One Health approach, then two round tables: the valorization of PAPAMs by science and health, and the transmission of traditional knowledge.

The afternoon is devoted to the economy: the challenges of valorization, support mechanisms, and the regulations applicable to medicinal plants.

At 6:00 PM, the exhibition will be inaugurated at Natural History Museum, guided tour, then closing cocktail dinner.

Morning - territory, science & society

• 8:00 Reception for participants (Hemicycle)
• 8:30 Official opening - strategic vision for the territory: biodiversity, overseas territories, One Health
• 9:30 / 10:30 Round table 1 - Valorization of PAPAM: science, technology, health
• 10:35 Pitch for the Inno'zerbaj competition
• 11:00 / 12:00 Round table 2 - Science and society: transmission of traditional knowledge
• 12:30 / 13:30 Luncheon cocktail reception (partners, speakers and guests)

Afternoon - Innovation, Business & Regulation

• 1:45 PM Issues and challenges of the economic valorization of PAPAM
• 2:15 PM – 3:15 PM Round table 3 - Support mechanisms
• 3:20 PM – 5:00 PM Roundtable 4 - Regulations

Evening - Natural History Museum

• 6:00 PM Opening of the exhibition and visit to the Museum, followed by the closing cocktail reception

Public open day

• Conference: Departmental Hemicycle
• Local market: State Garden - Saint-Denis
• Open to all
• From 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM

The day of shared knowledge. From 9:00 to 11:00, a public conference on traditional knowledge and herbalists, in the Department's hemicycle.

Then, until 1:30 p.m., the local market It sets up in the Jardin de l'État: local producers, stands, demonstration workshops. There you can discover the extract library of Reunion Island and its extraction processes, observe biological screening under a microscope, and meet the Reunion Island companies that transform the plant into a finished product.

• 9:00 / 11:00 Public conference on traditional knowledge and herbalists (humanities and social sciences component) - Departmental Council Chamber
• Until 1:30 PM Local market and stalls: local producers, traditional knowledge, entertainment for the general public

Demonstration workshops

• Educational activities and interactions to discover medicinal plants
• Reunion Extract Library plant extracts and extraction processes
• Biological screening : microscopic observation, search for plants and valuable molecules
• Finished products from companies in Réunion

Field discoveries

Visits to medicinal plant crops, Creole gardens, conservatories and producers. Process demonstrations and discussions with herbalists on site.

• Location to be confirmed
• Open to all
• Registration required - limited places

International scientific day (part 1)

Session 1 - Pharmacopoeias, ethnopharmacology and traditional knowledge

Traditional knowledge about aromatic and medicinal plants, their transmission, documentation and integration into contemporary research.

• Traditional pharmacopoeias and local medicines
• Ethnobotany and ethnopharmacology
• Transmission and preservation of traditional knowledge
• Anthropology of health and the uses of medicinal plants
• Floristic inventories and ethnopharmacological surveys
• Scientific validation of traditional uses
• Ethical, cultural and legal issues

Session 2 - Plant biodiversity, natural resources and the One Health approach

Plant biodiversity as a source of scientific innovation and sustainable development, within an integrated "One Health" approach.

• Tropical and island plant biodiversity
• Conservation of natural resources
• Genetic resources and biobanks
• Plant adaptation to environmental changes
• Chemical ecology
• One Health approach applied to medicinal plants
• Sustainable management of biodiversity and ecosystems

International scientific day (part 2)

Session 3 - Natural Molecules and Therapeutic Innovations

Discovery, characterization and biological evaluation of natural substances from medicinal plants, and development of new therapeutic approaches.

• Isolation and characterization of natural compounds
• Chemistry of natural substances, pharmacology and pharmacognosy
• Antiviral, antibacterial, antiparasitic and antifungal activities
• Emerging infectious diseases, metabolic diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancers
• Natural products and immunomodulation
• Artificial intelligence applied to molecule discovery
• Metabolomics, chemometrics and systems biology
• Plant biotechnology and biomolecule production

Session 4 - Valuation and Regulation

Transforming research results into innovations that serve health, the economy and the development of territories.

• Valorization of results and development of products based on medicinal plants
• Cosmetics, nutraceuticals and phytotherapy
• Patents and intellectual property
• Access to Genetic Resources and the Nagoya Protocol
• National and international regulations
• Economic sectors and entrepreneurship
• Public-private partnerships and technology transfer
• Territorial development and the biodiversity economy

Evening

• In the evening Gala evening and poster awards ceremony (one award per session)