Meetings and Activities related to IOBC: Time-Table
(last update: 21.05.2013)
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| Date, Event, Place |
21 May 2013: 65th International Symposium on Crop Protection, Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent, Belgium. |
| Contact | Dr. ir. Bjorn Vandekerkhove, Secretary ISCP, Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Coupure links 653, B-9000 Gent, Tel: (+32)9 264 6145, Fax: (+32)9 264 6223, E-mail: iscp@ugent.be |
| Information | Website: http://www.iscp.ugent.be |
| Date, Event, Place |
02-06 June 2013: 3rd International Entomophagous Insects Conference (IEIC3), Chéribourg Hotel, Orford, Québec, Canada. |
| Contact | Organizing Committee: Entomophagous2013@gmail.com |
| Information | Website: www.seq.qc.ca/IEIC3 |
| Date, Event, Place |
03-05 June 2013: 6th meeting on "Ecological Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms" (EIGMO) of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "GMOs in Integrated Plant Production", Julius Kühn-Institut, Berlin, Germany. A new working group convenor will be elected during this meeting. People interested in this position should contact Jörg Romeis (deadline 30 April 2013). |
| Contact | Local organizer: Ralf Wilhelm (ralf.wilhelm@jki.bund.de), Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI) |
| Information | WG Convenor: Jörg Romeis Website: www.eigmo.info |
| Date, Event, Place |
10-13 June 2013: 6th meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Induced resistance in plants against insects and diseases", "Induced resistance in plants against insects and diseases: leaping from success in the lab to success in the field", Avignon, France. |
| Contact | Local organizer: Philippe Nicot WG Convenor: Annegret Schmitt |
| Information | Download: First Announcement (pdf), Second Announcement (pdf) Website: https://colloque.inra.fr/iobc_inducedresistance_avignon |
| Date, Event, Place |
16-20 June 2013: IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Insect Pathogens and Insect Parasitic Nematodes", Biological control – its unique role in organic and integrated production, Four Points by Sheraton Panorama Hotel, Zagreb, Croatia. |
| Contact | Local organizer: Renata Bažok, University of Zagreb, Zagreb (Croatia). tel. +385 12393969, e-mail: rbazok@agr.hr WG Convenor: Johannes A. Jehle |
| Information | Download: First Announcement (pdf), Second Announcement (pdf) Website: http://iobc-ipen.agr.hr |
| Date, Event, Place |
01-04 July 2013: 9th meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Integrated Protection of Stored Products", Integrated Protection of Stored Products (IPSP) 2013 Conference, university campus of Bordeaux, Talence, France. |
| Contact | Correspondance E-mail: IOBC-IPSP2013@bordeaux.inra.fr Local organizer: Francis Fleurat-Lessard, INRA UR 1264 Mycology and Food Safety, INRA Research Centre of Bordeaux-Aquitaine, BP 81 – 33883 Villenave d'Ornon Cedex, France, e-mail: francis.fleurat-lessard@bordeaux.inra.fr WG Convenor: Christos Athanassiou |
| Information | Download: First Announcement (pdf), Second Announcement (pdf) Website: https://colloque.inra.fr/iobc-ipsp-2013conference |
| Date, Event, Place |
09-12 September 2013: 4th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Integrated Control of Plant Feeding Mites", Paphos, Cyprus. |
| Contact | Local organizer: Menelaos Stavrinides, m.stavrinides@cut.ac.cy, Tel.: +35725002186 |
| Information | Website: http://www.iobccy.eu |
| Date, Event, Place |
23-25 September 2013: IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Integrated Protection of Field Vegetables", Bergerac, France. |
| Contact | Local organizer:
François Villeneuve, Villeneuve@ctifl.fr WG Convenor: Richard Meadow |
| Information | Website: http://www.ctifl.fr/journeectifl/IOBC |
| Date, Event, Place |
08-10 October 2013: IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Integrated Control in Oilseed Crops (ICOC)", Centre de Recherche Publique, Gabriel Lippmann, Esch/Belvaux, Luxembourg. |
| Contact | Local organizer: Dr. Michael Eickermann WG Convenor: Birger Koopmann |
| Information | Website: http://wwwuser.gwdg.de/~iobc/c_meetings.html |
| Date, Event, Place |
08-11 October 2013: 7th meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Integrated Protection in Oak Forests", Avignon, France. |
| Contact | Local organizer: Jean-Claude MARTIN, Unité Expérimentale Entomologie et Forêt Méditerranéenne, INRA, Avignon, France, e-mail: quercus.meeting.oilb2013@avignon.inra.fr WG Convenor: Pino Angelo RUIU |
| Information | Download: First Announcement, EN (pdf), Première Annonce, FR (pdf), Second Announcement EN/FR (pdf) Website: http://www4.paca.inra.fr/entomologie_foret_med/Generalites/Actualites/7eme-MEETING-OILB |
| Date, Event, Place |
13-17 October 2013: Biannual workshop of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Integrated Protection and Production in Viticulture", Ascona, Switzerland |
| Contact | Local organizer: Mauro Jermini, Patrick Kehrli, Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil ACW, centro Cadenazzo, and Cesare Gessler, ETH-Zürich WG Convenor: Agnès Calonnec, INRA Centre de Bordeaux |
| Information | Download: First Announcement (pdf), Second Circular (pdf) Website: http://www.agroscope.admin.ch/iobc-2013 |
| Date, Event, Place |
21-23 October 2013: 8th Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting ABIM 2013, Congress Center Basel, Switzerland. The meeting is organised in cooperation by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL). ABIM provides an annual meeting place specifically adapted to the needs of the biocontrol industry. |
| Contact | Conference secretary: Anne Merz, Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiB,L Ackerstrasse, Box 219, 5070 Frick, Switzerland, Phone +41 (0)62 865 72 04, Fax +41 (0)62 865 72 73, e-mail: anne.merz@fibl.org |
| Information | Website: http://www.abim.ch |
| Date, Event, Place |
23-25 October 2013: IOBC-WPRS General Assembly, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| Contact | IOBC-WPRS General Secretary: Philippe Nicot |
| Information | The next General Assembly of IOBC-WPRS will take place in Zürich, 23-25 October 2013 (opening at 13:00 on Wednesday October 23, closing at 12:30 on Friday October 25). The venue will be in Agroscope - Reckenholz and the host will be IOBC-WPRS President, Dr. Franz Bigler (franz.bigler@art.admin.ch). These dates position the General Assembly just after the ABIM meeting, allowing those of us who may be interested, to attend. Please note that ABIM has changed their meeting site from Lucerne to Basel, as of this year. |
| Date, Event, Place |
25-27 February 2014: Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Pesticides and Beneficial Organisms", Namur, Belgium. |
| Contact | WG Convenor: Dr. Jean Pierre Jansen, Department of Life Science, Crop Protection and Ecotoxicology unit Chemin de Liroux, 2 5030 Gembloux, Belgium |
| Information | Download: First Announcement (pdf) Details concerning the program, the venue, the accommodations and travel information, as well as the registration forms will be available by the end of June 2013. |
| Date, Event, Place |
21-23 May 2014: IOBC/WPRS Working Group "Landscape management for functional biodiversity", Poznan, Poland. |
| Contact | Local organizers: Prof. dr Danuta Sosnowska, Director, Plant Protection Institute – National Reseach Institute, Poznan. Prof. dr Piotr Kowalczyk, Director. Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Environment – Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan Prof. dr Zbigniew T. Dabrowski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences – SGGW WG Convenors: John Holland (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, UK) Bärbel Gerowitt (University of Rostock, Germany) |
| Information | Download: First Announcement (pdf), Registration Form (doc) |
| Date, Event, Place |
25-28 May 2014: 8th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Integrated Plant Protection in Fruit Crops", Sub Group "Soft Fruits": "Workshop on Integrated Soft Fruit Production", Vigalzano, Pergine Valsugana, Italy. |
| Contact | Local organizers: Alberto Grassi, alberto.grassi@fmach.it and Daniele Prodorutti, daniele.prodorutti@fmach.it WG Convenor: Dr. Claudio Ioriatti SG Convenor: Christian Linder |
| Information | Download: First Announcement with Pre-registration Form (docx) |
| Date, Event, Place |
14-18 September 2014: Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS Working Group "Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Temperate Climate", Ghent, Belgium. |
| Contact | Local organizer: Bruno Gobin, IOBCGHENT2014@pcsierteelt.be, Tel.: +3293539494 WG Convenor: Irene Vänninen |
| Information | Download: First Announcement (pdf) Please send an email to IOBCGHENT2014@pcsierteelt.be to subscribe to further announcements. The website will go online early 2014. |