The meeting kicked off with a presentation by each supervisory authority:

• Presentation of INRAE's latest news and strategic directions by Cécile Détang-Dessendre, President of INRAE-BFC.

• Presentation of the structure of the centers University of Burgundy Europe (UBE)  by Nadine MILLOT, Vice President for Research at UBE 

• Presentation of the Agro Institute's research centers by Nicolas CHEMIDLIN, Director of Research and Development at the Institut Agro Dijon

A review of the UMR PAM's activities in 2025 and an update on current initiatives were then presented, followed by a discussion session. 

This general meeting also provided an opportunity to highlight the importance of bibliometric tools:

• ORCID, provided by Nadia CORNEAU and Virginie RAMEAU from the documentation centre, research support department at UBE, 

• Persistent Identifiers (PID), provided by Nicolas DEPRÊTRE, Research Infrastructure Project Manager, TRANSFORM 

Flash presentations of projects currently in progress within the PAM Lab: The ANR PERSIST project (AFIM team), the ANR France 2030 NEXT FOOD PACK project (PCAV team), and the BFC MIREXSPO regional project (PMB team) concluded this general meeting.

The general meeting continued in a convivial atmosphere around a buffet, encouraging discussions between colleagues from different research sites.