Dear colleagues, Registration and abstract submission are now open for International Conference on Sentinel Plantings that will take place on 9-12 October 2018 in Sursee, Switzerland. Sentinel plantings are a tool for the detection, identification and risk assessment of pests and diseases before arrival in a new country, potentially allowing better prevention and management of alien pest and disease introductions. The most recent methodological and regulatory developments and results from sentinel planting studies will be presented during the conference. More details are available on a dedicated website: https://www.ibles.pl/en/web/cost/final-action-meeting Please note the following important dates: Deadline for abstract submission: 15 May 2018. Deadline for registration: 15 June 2018. The programme will include : * Keynote lectures by international experts: ü Dr Mark McNeill (AgResearch, New Zealand) ü Prof Yuri Baranchikov (V.N. Sukachev Institute of Forest, Siberian Branch of the RASc, Krasnoyarsk, Russia) ü Dr Therese Pluess (Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, Bern) ü Dr Andrei Orlinski (EPPO, Paris) ü Dr Chris Malumphy (Fera, United Kingdom) * Presentations of the outputs of COST Action Global Warning * Scientific sessions - posters and oral presentations The meeting is co-organised by COST Action Global Warning (www.ibles.pl/cost<http://www.ibles.pl/cost>) Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organisation (EPPO), CABI Switzerland and the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL. We look forward to your submissions for presentations and to your participation. For the organising committee, René Eschen. Dr René Eschen Senior Scientist - Risk Analysis and Invasion Ecology CABI Rue des Grillons 1 CH-2800 Delémont Switzerland Telephone: +41 (0)32 421 4887 Fax: +41 (0)32 421 4871 Email: r.eschen@cabi.org<mailto:r.eschen@cabi.org> Visit us at www.cabi.org<http://www.cabi.org/> or http://www.cabi.org/about-cabi/cabi-centres/switzerland/ Have a look at the Woody Weeds website: www.woodyweeds.org<http://www.woodyweeds.org/> CABI improves people's lives worldwide by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment P Think Green - don't print this email unless you really need to ************************************************************************ The information contained in this e-mail and any files transmitted with it is confidential and is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient please note that any distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is prohibited. Whilst CAB International trading as CABI takes steps to prevent the transmission of viruses via e-mail, we cannot guarantee that any e-mail or attachment is free from computer viruses and you are strongly advised to undertake your own anti-virus precautions. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by e-mail at cabi(a)cabi.org or by telephone on +44 (0)1491 832111 and then delete the e-mail and any copies of it. CABI is an International Organization recognised by the UK Government under Statutory Instrument 1982 No. 1071... **************************************************************************