--- title: '3rd Annual Progress Meeting, February 2024' url: 'https://breedingvalue.eu/news/3rd-annual-progress-meeting-february-2024' markdown: 'https://breedingvalue.eu/news/3rd-annual-progress-meeting-february-2024.md' date: '2024-02-16' description: 'The BreedingValue consortium gathered for its 3rd Annual Progress Meeting from the 15th-16th February 2024. This years meeting was hosted by the BreedingValue partner institution „National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment“ (INRAe) at their campus in Villenave d’Ornon, c…' --- 16 Feb 2024 # 3rd Annual Progress Meeting, February 2024 ## BreedingValue consortium gathered for its annual progress meeting in Bordeaux, France The BreedingValue consortium gathered for its 3rd Annual Progress Meeting from the 15th-16th February 2024. This years meeting was hosted by the [BreedingValue partner institution „National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment“ (INRAe)](https://breedingvalue.eu/partners/inrae) at their campus in Villenave d’Ornon, close to Bordeaux, France. In the frame of the meeting, all project partners presented their contributions to the different work packages. This was followed by a deeper discussion of the status of the [project Work Packages](https://breedingvalue.eu/about/work-packages). The members of the Scientific Advisory Board Nahla Bassil of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - National Clonal Germplasm Repository (NCGR) in Corvallis, Oregon (USA) as well as Steven J. Knapp of the University of California, Davis (USA) attended the Progress meeting providing valuable input and feedback to the project activities. This year‘s Annual Progress Meeting was accompanied by a **field demonstration visit to the research facilities of the BreedingValue partner institution INVENIO** taking place on the 13th February 2024. A group of 26 American and European participants visited the research and experimentation center on fruits and vegetables in Douville in Southwestern France. Further information about this field demonstration visit is available here: On the 14th February 2024 the BreedingValue consortium successfully organised a **Workshop on genomic tools in berry pre-breeding material** and attracted more than 120 researchers and breeders from across Europe and beyond, online and in presence at the INRAe campus in Bordeaux. The BreedingValue project invited to the workshop with the objective to establish a common basis of understanding regarding the application of the different genomic tools available and their importance in increasing the competitiveness of standard and advanced breeding programs. Representatives from the BreedingValue project shared their knowledge and their views on the genomic tools currently available and applicable to the berries breeding and biotechnology programs. Further information about the Workshop is available: Presentations given during the workshop are available for download: [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/5/3/5/a/2/535a252459b759fddcdc25fc2edf35ffb0ce31bf-breedingvalue3rd-progress-meetinggroup-picture.jpg "BreedingValue consortium at 3rd Annual Progress Meeting in Bordeaux")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/f/8/c/a/2/f8ca2c6d5966fb2f84562749a7e828699d36c75c-breedingvalue3rd-progress-meetinggroup-picture.jpg)BreedingValue consortium at 3rd Annual Progress Meeting in Bordeaux [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/9/2/5/8/b/9258b720b5b15a22816556eef56cc9e8ca255a97-20240216114851.jpg "Presentation at 3rd Annual Progress Meeting")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/0/0/2/4/8/002487d794e69933d50ec3ec88c80edd9f9ae048-20240216114851.jpg)Presentation at 3rd Annual Progress Meeting [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/d/0/c/d/0/d0cd02931c4d22b3b2ba36d9d7d97cfd0c0aaafe-20240216093100.jpg "BrredingValue group at 3rd Annual Progress Meeting")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/d/f/3/e/3/df3e3314b43cf094bf8eabb489393540885027f9-20240216093100.jpg)BrredingValue group at 3rd Annual Progress Meeting [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/f/9/5/b/8/f95b846c933143869f5459c21f568b1870d4c31e-20240216130639.jpg "BreedingValue Dissemination Prize 2024")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/a/0/a/0/8/a0a080f4698047eda7ffad57478069782c4137c2-20240216130639.jpg)BreedingValue Dissemination Prize 2024 [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/9/4/7/5/0/94750ed857a733996244c4db0f4ec4347c02a704-20240216114820.jpg "BreedingValue 3rd Progress Meeting")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/f/1/9/0/3/f19034654a445172cd9c4c05e9904bb1e8261259-20240216114820.jpg)BreedingValue 3rd Progress Meeting [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/0/7/6/2/a/0762a779ec93b1c7592663234327c322c56d0d6a-20240215105452.jpg "Informal exchange as part of the meeting")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/1/5/e/b/c/15ebccd8ba4b26a46da0c98993dde3f60198b03c-20240215105452.jpg)Informal exchange as part of the meeting [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/2/6/7/2/c/2672c5327251fcbc3892a32b1aeee7d94720f45f-20240213151131.jpg "Visit to BreedingVaue partner INVENIO on the 13th February 2024")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/1/3/8/2/1/13821699b72e48251854758590812a2a462d4b75-20240213151131.jpg)Visit to BreedingVaue partner INVENIO on the 13th February 2024 [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/f/4/f/e/6/f4fe6ef11f9fbcf0ef8b6f3b69e506762da23804-20240213151323.jpg "Field demonstration visit to INVENIO")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/3/9/6/b/e/396be8fe1b649da4eba63d8831e1c591505f16c5-20240213151323.jpg)Field demonstration visit to INVENIO [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/0/a/f/7/b/0af7bf9a8f745a1f3c4c21152d47b66dba89cbf3-20240213154707.jpg "Field demonstration visit to INVENIO")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/c/a/7/d/a/ca7da72b4834a176a39a254ffb1ef8e55c2c7ba7-20240213154707.jpg)Field demonstration visit to INVENIO [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/f/6/7/d/5/f67d5fa07abab8d6032d3c01fecf9d3b64c62d80-20240214125731.jpg "Workshop on genomic tools in berry pre-breeding material on the 14th February 2024")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/2/1/a/f/5/21af581de714fe781c74571d08a602e3af65cb93-20240214125731.jpg)Workshop on genomic tools in berry pre-breeding material on the 14th February 2024 [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/b/b/5/1/2/bb512ad4e5e968c1756ce5fbde3ca8ce246e7331-20240214160952.jpg "Presentation at the Workshop on genomic tools")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/e/c/2/5/f/ec25f3192f64922e7c9c9f89afcdf27d993fad9d-20240214160952.jpg)Presentation at the Workshop on genomic tools [![](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/3/8/0/2/2/380227df154812c1503de3ffc10838a104be16d1-20240214workshop.jpg "Workshop participants")](https://breedingvalue.eu/images/3/5/3/f/a/353fa33e97aabf8c5f1b545358b0ba9a774bee46-20240214workshop.jpg)Workshop participants --- ## Navigation - Parent: [News](https://breedingvalue.eu/news.md) - Previous: [Superfood Berries](https://breedingvalue.eu/news/superfood-berries.md) - Next: [Successful Workshop on Genomic tools for berry pre-breeding material](https://breedingvalue.eu/news/successful-workshop-on-genomic-tools-in-berry-pre-breeding-material.md)