Dear Colleagues,

 

We would like to remind you about the incoming Joint IUFRO 7.02.02 “Foliage, shoot and stem diseases of forest trees” and 7.03.04 “Diseases and insects in forest nurseries” Working Party Meetings that will be held in Uppsala, Sweden on the 7 – 12th June 2015.

 

Please remember that:

 

Deadline for abstract submission is the 1st of March 2015

 

Thanks for all of you that have already send in the abstract!

 

Also we have now confirmed the keynote speakers and titles of the talks:

 

Marco Pautasso (EFSA, Italy & ETH, Zurich): “Forest health in a changing world”

Richard Hamelin (UBC, Canada): “The making of a tree canker pathogen”

Jason Smith (UF, US): “Laurel wilt disease, one of the most damaging invasive exotic tree diseases”

 

Registration is open on-line: http://www.slu.se/iufro2015

 

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions:

 

IUFRO “Foliage, shoot and stem diseases of forest trees”

 

Jonàs Oliva: jonas.oliva@slu.se

Jan Stenlid: jan.stenlid@slu.se

 

IUFRO “Diseases and insects in forest nurseries”

 

Audrius Menkis: audrius.menkis@slu.se

 

Hope to see you soon in Uppsala!

 

Jonàs, Jan and Audrius

 

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Jonàs Oliva, Ph. D.

Assistant Professor – Forskarassistent

Dept. Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, SLU

Box 7026

75007 Uppsala, Sweden

telefon:  018-671602

fax       +46 18 673599

jonas.oliva@slu.se