Welcoming the participants, presenting the agenda and the stakes of this meeting.

Why Eco-augmentation and why the focus on this three topics?

How should we consider eco-augmentation in the anthropocene?

What is at stake for the future of humanity and the planet?

What are the duty of the scientists and which are the opportunities enabled by science?

Reading and writing ecosystems - Bridget Baumgartner Transition ecosystems - Jacqueline Goordial Hacking co-evolution - Peter Søgaard Jørgensen

Introduction round by the participants - expectations

Wrapping up and closing day 1 - Michael Hengartner

Advances in earth systems modelling, genomics, synthetic biology and artificial intelligence allow us to read and understand the components of ecosystems and their interactions at multiple scales. While researchers now routinely harness and decode entire genomes of organisms, little is known about eco-system level evolutionary dynamics, or what constitutes a minimal functional genome in an evolving ecosystem. Scientifically we lack the theoretical frameworks needed to move the field past its current experimental-based approach into directed intervention design, combining knowledge at the molecular level with research into the geological and climate-related aspects of ecosystem evolution. In this session we will discuss the future development of the tools needed to read and write ecosystems, when these breakthroughs could happen, and their scientific implications.

Chair: Bridget Baumgartner