Dear Colleague, It is a great pleasure for us to invite you to the International conference on Ozone and Plants (www.bj-ozone.com) to be held on 18 May – 21 May 2014, in Beijing, China. The purposes of this conference are to summarize the state of the art of ozone research and to develop possible international collaborations. The conference is organized by IUFRO RG 7.01.00, by ICP vegetation and by State Key Laboratory of Urban and Regional Ecology. The topics will be : Session 1: Atmospheric chemistry and exchanges with the biosphere Session 2: Plant and ecosystem responses to ozone exposure Session 3: Monitoring, modelling and assessing ozone risk to terrestrial ecosystems Session 4: Interactions and feedbacks of ozone effects with the climate Some oral and poster presentations will be invited to submit the manuscript to Environmental Pollution (IF. 3.746), Journal of Environmental Sciences (IF. 1.668) or iForest (IF. 0.547) after the conference. After the conference, a two-day touristic trip to Beijing will be organized. Looking forward to seeing you in Beijing next May Sincerely yours, Zhaozhong Feng & Elena Paoletti