This is the first announcement of the upcoming IUFRO –Workshop Division 7, Unit 7.02.04 on viruses and phytoplasma of forest and urban trees on 25th of August 2015 The workshop will be held within the XVIII. International Plant Protection Congress (IPPC) 2015, 24.08. - 27.08.2015 in the Henry Ford Building, Garystraße 35, 14195 Berlin, Please note: Proposals for the workshop and abstract submission are invited by 1st April 2015. Dear Colleagues and friends, we invite you to take part in the 3rd meeting and workshop of Unit 7.02.04 on viruses and phytoplasma of forest and urban trees held in the evening of 25th of August, 19.00-22.00, Henry Ford Building, Garystraße 35, 14195 Berlin ( <http://www.fu-berlin.de/> www.fu-berlin.de) The focus will be on all issues of virus and phytoplasma diseases of forest and urban trees. The topic of the meeting will bring innovative developments, methods and ideas, new viruses and risk assessment and management together. Any presentation or comments on the following keywords are welcome: · monitoring, visual survey, · detection tools, detection steps, · known pathogens, unknown agents, · risk assessment and control · epidemiological and ecological evidence, pathogen transmission, · economic importance, seed quality, seedling quality, wood quality · certification of seeds and plants Participants will have the option to take part in the XVIII. International Plant Protection Congress (IPPC) 2015, from 24.08. - 27.08.2015 in the Henry Ford Building, Berlin, Garystraße 35. For further information and accommodation, please, see the website <http://dpg.phytomedizin.org/de/xviii-international-plant-protection-congress-2015/the-congress/the-committee/> http://dpg.phytomedizin.org/de/xviii-international-plant-protection-congres… We look forward to hearing from all researchers/workers in the field of viruses and phytoplasma. Please feel free to forward this email to any of your colleagues and/or associates who might also be interested in attending. <http://dpg.phytomedizin.org/de/xviii-international-plant-protection-congress-2015/dpg-workshops/> http://dpg.phytomedizin.org/de/xviii-international-plant-protection-congres… Please, feel free to contact us with any questions and comments. Prof. Dr. Carmen Buettner husiegel_bw_klein Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Devision Phytomedicine Lentzeallee 55/57 14195 Berlin, Germany Email: <mailto:carmen.buettner@agrar.hu-berlin.de> carmen.buettner(a)agrar.hu-berlin.de Phone: +49-30-209346444/45 Telefax: 030 2093 46450 Dr. Dr. Risto Jalkanen Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) Rovaniemi Unit Luonnonvarakeskus (Luke), Rovaniemen toimintayksikkö PO Box 16, 96301 Rovaniemi, Finland Email: <mailto:risto.jalkanen@luke.fi> risto.jalkanen(a)luke.fi Phone: +358-29-5324430 Dr. Falko Feldmann Logo der DPG (2011) IPPC Congress managing director and managing director, German Phytopathological Society Messeweg 11-12, 33104 Braunschweig Email: <mailto:Feldmann@phytomedizin.org> Feldmann(a)phytomedizin.org Phone: +49-531-2993213