Dear Colleagues, I’d like to welcome you to attend the IUFRO Tree Biotech 2024 conference, August 4-8, in Annapolis, MD, USA. The registration and abstraction submission deadline (June 30, 2024) is approaching. We have developed a preliminary conference program, with many oral presentation slots (including a few keynote slots) selected from abstracts. https://treebiotech.org/program You may directly register and submit your abstract at this registration site: https://app.certain.com/profile/form/index.cfm?PKformID=0x3390665abcd In addition, we also launched a focus issue at the Tree Physiology journal, titled “Biotechnology innovations for woody perennials research and application”. Please check out the details: https://academic.oup.com/treephys/pages/call-for-papers-for-upcoming-specia… We look forward to seeing you in Annapolis, a beautiful town at the heart of the ‎Chesapeake Bay. The conference venue is very close to Washington DC and three major airports (IAD, BWI, and DCA). Best, Yiping Qi On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee -- Yiping Qi Professor Plant Science and Landscape Architecture University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 1-301-405-7682 qilab.weebly.com https://agnr.umd.edu/about/directory/yiping-qi