[IUFRO RG 7.02 FORPATH] Global Plant Health Assessment (GPHA) Conference, October 8, 2021

Dear All, On behalf of Susan Frankel and the GPHA team, please see below. Further information can be provided by Susan, whose contact details are at the bottom of this message. Regards, Tod The Global Plant Health Assessment (GPHA), conducted under the aegis of the International Society for Plant Pathology (ISPP) aims to provide a first-time ever overall assessment of plant health in the natural and human-made ecosystems of the world. Plant health is assessed through the functions that plants ensure in ecosystems: "ecosystem services". The GPHA will assess plant health on the basis of published, science‐ and fact‐based, expert evaluations. For the past several months, an International Workshop+Conference on the Global Plant Assessment has been planned. The event will include three days of closed-session workshop on the 26 reports that are being assembled on the various Plant-Systems across the world. It will be followed by a Conference where plant health will be discussed using a series of cross-cutting, over-arching questions. The Conference will be open to the public (the entire ISPP community and beyond) and will include formal lectures and expert-driven panel discussions with the audience. Both components will be conducted in a hybrid way for physically attending and remotely connected participants. The public conference will be held on 8 October 2021 at the Toulouse School of Economics (TSE). The registration link is provided below for virtual participation. Please complete this in advance of the conference to receive confirmation and virtual access. https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0kcO-hqzwiGdV1zil6T2zKHoOWss2Rkh… The venue of the Conference is at TSE, 1, Esplanade de l'Université, Toulouse; Auditorium 4, first floor. Find out more (background, programme, registration): TSE events: https://www.tse-fr.eu/conferences/2021-global-plant-health-assessment<ht… GPHA website: https://sites.google.com/view/global-plant-health-assessment/home<https:… [Forest Service Shield] Susan Frankel Plant Pathologist Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station p: 510-883-8825 susan.frankel@usda.gov<mailto:susan.frankel@usda.gov> 800 Buchanan Street Albany, CA 94710 www.fs.fed.us<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%… [USDA Logo]<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2F… Service Twitter]<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F… Facebook]<https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2… Caring for the land and serving people