General Assembly, 15-16 October 2017, Riva del Garda, Italy
Video: General Assembly 2017
IOBC-WPRS has a new council!
The elections by members took place in summer 2017 and the new elected council was officially confirmed at the General Assembly in October 2017. Five of the executive council members continue their job for the upcoming 4 years in the council and 4 keep the same position. New for the executive council is Giselher Grabenweger, who will be the new treasurer (People & Contacts). Furthermore, nine "common" council members have been elected, which have an important role as liaison officer for the 20 Working Groups.
The new executive council of the IOBC-WPRS (from left to right): Gerben Messelink (general secretary, the Netherlands), Sylvia Blümel (vice-president, Austria), Giselher Grabenweger (treasurer, Switzerland), Ilaria Pertot (vice-president, Italy), Andrea Lucchi (vice-president and deputy treasurer, Italy), Philippe Nicot (president, France)
IOBC-WPRS General Assembly 2017
General Assembly 2017 (click on picture to enlarge)
Download: Programme (pdf), IOBC-WPRS Bulletin, Vol. 140, 2018 (pdf)
Presentations
Presidential welcome address: P. Nicot
Council Activity Reports for 2013-2017:
- Report of the President: P. Nicot (pdf)
- Report of the Secretary General: G. Messelink (pdf)
- Presentation of the web site improvements: M. Bühler (pdf)
- Financial report of the Treasurer: S. Blümel (pdf)
- Report of the Audit Committee
- Votes of the Assembly: approval of the financial and activity reports
- Results of the election of the new Audit committee for 2017-2021
- Results of the election of new Council
- Presentation of the new Council to the Assembly
- Address by new President: P. Nicot (pdf)
Reports of the Commissions:
- Commission - IP & Biocontrol in North-African countries, S. Blümel for A. Mazih
- Commission - Guidelines for integrated production, F. Wijnands
- Commission - Harmonized regulation of biological control agents, J. Jaques Miret (pdf)
Reports of the Working Groups:
- Pheromones & other semio-chemicals in integrated production, J. Gross (pdf)
- Multitrophic interactions in soil, Y. Elad for C. Steinberg
- Integrated protection in viticulture, C. Duso
- Integrated protection of oilseed crops, M. Jedryczka
- Integrated protection of field vegetables, R. Meadow (pdf)
- Integrated control in protected crops, Temperate climate, B. Gobin (pdf)
- Integrated control in protected crops, Mediterranean climate, C. Rapisarda
- Integrated protection in oak forest, M. Jermini for P.A. Ruiu (pdf)
- Integrated protection of stored products, P. Trematerra (pdf)
- Integrated protection of olive crops, D. Perdikis (pdf)
- Study group Integrated protection of date palms, A. Mohamed (pdf)
- Integrated protection of citrus crops, M. T. Martínez Ferrer (pdf)
- Integrated protection of fruit crops, C. Ioriatti (pdf)
- Pesticides and beneficial organisms, G. Smagghe
- Induced resistance, I. Pertot for B. Mauch-Mani
- Biological and integrated control of plant pathogens, J. Köhl (pdf)
- GMO's in integrated plant production, M. Bardin for M. Meissle
- Microbial and nematode control of invertebrate pests, E. Tasrasco (pdf)
- Integrated control of mite pests, G. Broufas
- Benefits and risks of exotic biocontrol agents, O. Nedvěd for H. Roy (pdf)
- Landscape management for functional biodiversity, B. Gerowitt (pdf)
New IOBC-WPRS Executive Committee and Council
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