HelioSPIR is an association that is almost 20 years old, made up of over 120 members, 1/3 of whom join every year. It's a network of over six hundred people from the private and public sectors, 40% of them from the Occitanie region.

HelioSPIR aims to bring together scientists and users from the entire French-speaking community within a network, and to promote the use of near infrared spectroscopy. It is an international center of expertise in the field of near-infrared spectroscopy. It relies heavily on the Agropolis scientific community, and its network now extends beyond the borders of the Occitanie region and France.

Since 2017, the HelioSPIR Board of Directors has been chaired by Gilles Chaix, a CIRAD researcher from the Agap Institut at PHIV. The Rencontres Scientifiques are organized annually and prepared by a team of 10 people.

Numbers 2023

• 3 days of meetings from June 13 to 15, 2023
• Over 130 participants, including 8 from Agap Institut and 18 from CIRAD
• 14 sponsors and stands
• 32 oral presentations, including 3 keynotes (Italy, France, Norway), 7 from CIRAD, and 4 from UMR AGAP Institute (available at https://www.heliospir.net/)
• 1 moderator: Céline Cardi and Bénédicte Favreau from Agap Institut
• 3rd day organized with the GFC (Groupe Français de Chimiométrie) of the SFdS (Société Française de Statistique)