Meetings and Activities related to IOBC: Time-Table

23 August, 2010:
28th International Horticultural Congress, 22-27 August, 2010. Lisbon, Portugal.
One-day Seminar, Sm02:
2010 - THE CHALLENGE OF EMERGING FRUIT TREE PESTS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN FREE-TRADE AREA.

Convenor: Anna Maria D’Onghia, CIHEAM/Mediterranean Agronomic Institute, Bari, Italy, e-mail: donghia@iamb.it
Secretariat: IHC Lisboa 2010 - Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Tapada da Ajuda, 1349-017 Lisboa, Portugal. Tel. +351 961 068 237 +351 961 068 237 Email: info@ihc2010.org

12-17 September 2010:
IOBC/WRS Working Group "Integrated Protection of Fruit Crops",
Joint meeting of the Study Groups "Pome fruit arthropods" and "Stone fruits", Workshop on "Sustainable protection of fruit crops in the Mediterranean area", Vico del Gargano, Italy.

14-15 September 2010:
3rd Symposium on Potato Cyst Nematodes, Harper Adams University College, Newport, UK.

19-24 September 2010:
IOBC-Global Working Group "Ecology of Aphidophaga", 11th International Symposium, Perugia, Italy.

J.P. Michaud, Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Agricultural Research Center – Hays. Tel: 785 625 3425, Fax: 785 625 4369, E-mail: jpmi@ksu.edu
Carlo Ricci, Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Perugia. Tel: +39 075 5856031, Fax: +39 075 5856039, E-mail: cricci@unipg.it

20-23 September 2010:
IOBC Working Group "Integrated Protection of Fruit Crops", Sub Group "Soft Fruits", Workshop on "Integrated Soft Fruit Production", 7th Meeting, Budapest, Hungary.

26 September - 01 October 2010:
8th Symposium on Fruit Flies of Economic Importance (ISFFEI), Valencia, Spain.

04-10 October 2010:
IOBC Working Group "Integrated Protection in Oak Forest", 6th Meeting, Tempio Pausania, Italy.

Antonio Franceschini, Università di Sassari, Dipartimento di Protezione delle Piante. Via E. De Nicola 9, 07100 Sassari (Italy). Tel. +39 079 229296, Fax +39 079 229316, Email: afran@uniss.it
Pino Angelo Ruiu, Agris Sardegna - Dipartimento della Ricerca per il Sughero e la Silvicoltura, Via Limbara 9, 07029 Tempio Pausania (Italy). Tel. +39 079 672218, Fax +39 079 671113, Email: paruiu@agrisricerca.it

19-22 October 2010:
Blueprint for the future of arthropod rearing and quality assurance. Vienna, Austria.
Joint meeting of:
- IOBC Global WG on Arthropod Mass Rearing and Quality Control (AMRQC)
- Association of Natural Bio-control Producers (ANBP)
- ASTM subcommittee E35.30 on Natural Multi-Cellular Biological Control Organisms
- International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA), Invertebrate Biocontrols Group
In cooperation with the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture.

01-03 November 2010:
1st International Conference on "Bio-Processing and Application of Microbial Biotechnology in Agriculture", National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt.

01-05 November 2010:
IOBC Global WG meetings, combined workshops, Nairobi, Kenya:
8th IOBC International Workshop on Biological Control and Management of Chromolaena odorata and Other Eupatorieae
1st IOBC International Workshop on Biological Control and Management of Parthenium hysterophorus

Dr Costas Zachariades ARC-PPRI, Private Bag X6006, Hilton, 3245 South Africa, Tel +27333559418, cell +27833152100, fax +27333559423, E-mail: ZachariadesC@arc.agric.za or costaszach@yahoo.co.uk

15-20 May 2011:
5th meeting of the IOBC Working Group "Integrated Protection of Olive Crops", Jerusalem, Israel.

WG liaison officer and contact person: Dr. Phyllis G. Weintraub, Gilat Research Station, Entomology Unit, D.G. Negev 85280, ISRAEL, Tel.: +972 8 9928678, Fax: +972 8 9926485 E-mail: phyllisw@agri.gov.il
WG convenor: Dr Dionyssios Perdikis, Agricultural University of Athens, Laboratory of Agricultural Zoology and Entomology, Iera Odos 75, 11855, Athens, GREECE, e-mail: dperdikis@aua.gr

19-23 June 2011:
13th European Meeting of the IOBC / WPRS Working Group "Insect Pathogens and Entomoparasitic Nematodes", Innsbruck, Austria.
Three days Meeting: The subject of this meeting is "Biological Control in IPM Systems".

Local organiser: BIPESCO Team Innsbruck, Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstrasse 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria, e-mail: Hermann.Strasser@uibk.ac.at

20-23 June 2011:
Second Entomophagous Insect Conference, Antibes, France.
North American-organized International Entomophagous Insects Workshop & European Workshop on Insect Parasitoids.

Dr. Eric Wajnberg, INRA, 400 Route des Chappes, BP167, 06903 Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE. Tel.: +33-4 92 38 64 47 (direct), Fax: +33-4 92 38 65 57, e-mail: wajnberg@sophia.inra.fr

29 August - 2 September 2011:
IOBC/WPRS Working Group "Integrated Protection of Fruit Crops", Sub Group "Pome Fruit Diseases"
9th International IOBC/WPRS Workshop on Pome Fruit Diseases, Hasselt, Belgium.

Local convenor: Piet Creemers, Proefcentrum Fruitteelt vzw, Fruittuinweg 1, B-3800 Sint-Truiden, Belgium. Tel.: +3211697080, e-mail: piet.creemers@pcfruit.be
SG convenor: Arne Stensvand, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Research, Høgskoleveien 7, 1432 Ås, Norway. Tel.: +4791183430, e-mail: arne.stensvand@bioforsk.no

07-12 October 2012:
IOBC/WRS Working Group "Integrated Protection of Fruit Crops",
8th International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production, Kusadasi District of Aydin Province, Turkey.

Local organiser: Dr. F. Ozlem Altindisli (Bornova Plant Protection Research Institute) Genclik Caddesi No.6, 35040 Bornova Izmir-Turkey, Tel. +90 232 3880030, 129, Fax. + 90 232 374165,3 email: altindisli@yahoo.com, altindisli@bzmae.gov.tr