Ernst Langthaler, Institut für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
9:00–9:30 OPENING
Verena Winiwarter - Chair, Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies (KIOES), Austria: Welcome Address
Ernst Langthaler - KIOES and Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria: Soy in the Anthropocence – a Roadmap
9:30–11:30 PANEL 1: SOY'S GLOBAL EMERGENCE
Chair: Verena Winiwarter
Volker Hahn - University of Hohenheim, Gemany: From a Wild Plant to Global Importance: Soybeans from a Plant-Breeding Perspective
Ines Prodöhl - University of Bergen, Norway: Commodifying Asian Soy in Europe: Technological Change, Imperialism, and Transnational Networks in the Early Twentieth Century (online lecture)
Maximilian Martsch - Institute of Rural History, Austria: The Miraculous Stranger. Early Research, Utilization, and Marketization of Soy in Austria, 1870s–1920s
11:30–13:00 SCIENCE AND ARTS – EAT - SOY - ART
Sonja Stummerer & Martin Hablesreiter - Honey & Bunny
13:00–15:00 PANEL 2: SOY'S EXPANDING WEB
Chair: Christian Sturmbauer
Matthew Roth - Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy, USA: Meat, Meal, and the USA’s Place in the Global Soy Web
Richa Kumar - Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India: From Self-Reliance to Deepening Distress: The Ambivalence of the Yellow Revolution in India (online lecture)
Ernst Langthaler - KIOES and Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria: Great Accelerations: Soy and its Global Trade Network since the 1950s
15:00–15:30 BREAK
15:30–17:30 PANEL 3: TOWARDS THE ‘SOYACENE
Chair: Ernst Langthaler
Claiton Marcio da Silva - Universidade Federal da Fronteira Sul, Brazil: The Brazilian Tropical Bonanza of Soybean Farming During the Great Acceleration (online lecture)
Matilda Baraibar Norberg -Stockholm University, Sweden: Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in the Global Soy Web: Transnational Forces, National Regulatory Frameworks, and Historical Legacies of the Contemporary ‘Soy Boom’
Brian Lander - Brown University, USA: A History of Soy in China: From Weedy Bean to Global Commodity (online lecture)
17:30–18:00 BREAK
18:00–19:30 CONCLUSIONS: SOY'S (UN-)SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Moderation: Ilse Huber - ORF
Franziskus Forster - UniNEtZ, Austria: Sustainable Soy – an Option for Austria?
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Ursula Bittner - Greenpeace, Austria
Matthias Krön - Donau Soja, Austria
Magdalena Puchberger - The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, Austria
Monika Stangl - Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Regions and Tourism, Austria
Johann Vollmann - University of Natrual Resources and Life Sciences, Austria