Dear Members of the 7.02.00 Forpath list: Attached please find a note by IUFRO President Mike Wingfield on the International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) organized by the International Society of Plant Pathology (ISPP). In addition, Mike reports on the ISPP Forest Pathology Subject Matter Committees (SMC) and the fact that this committee is currently withough leadership. The second report - compiled by Tod Ramsfield, Deputy Coordinator of IUFRO Divison 7 - Forest Health and Coordinator of IUFRO Research Group 7.02.00 - Pathology - details the Forest Pathology activities of IUFRO Research Group 7.02.00 for the ISPP Executive to facilitate the search for a new SMC leadership. ************************** posted on behalf of Mike Wingfield by Brigitte Burger, IUFRO Headquarters