________________________________ De: Rebecca McDougal <Rebecca.McDougal@scionresearch.com<mailto:Rebecca.McDougal@scionresearch.com>> Enviado: martes, 7 de julio de 2026 23:12 Asunto: Invitation to Participate in Workshop on Lecanosticta acicola (brown spot needle blight / pine needle blight) Hello / Hola / Kia ora, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to invite you to participate in a workshop on Lecanosticta acicola (brown spot needle blight), which will be held in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, 7-9 October 2026. Stuart Fraser, Eugenia Iturritxa, Caterina Villari, and I have been awarded a grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand to organise a series of workshops focused on biosecurity preparedness and biotechnologies for Lecanosticta acicola. I have attached a flyer with additional information. The workshop programme will include a field day to observe the disease in affected forests, followed by a day of presentations and a half-day workshop session to discuss opportunities for collaboration and the development of future research initiatives. Given your outstanding research and expertise in forests / forest pathology and related topics, we would be delighted if you could join us and present your work on Lecanosticta. We would be pleased to welcome you either in person or online. We aim for presentations to be made available to a wider audience via an online platform, and recordings prepared for later viewing. If you are considering attending in person, please let us know whether you would also like to participate in the field trip. We are able to cover the costs associated with the workshop and field trip; however, travel and accommodation expenses will need to be met by participants. You are welcome to participate and present online, if that is the best option for you. If this opportunity is of interest, we would appreciate hearing from you by 31 July 2026, so that we can prepare our program. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us by email. Also, if you think we have missed someone who could also be a valuable speaker please let us know. Once our speakers have been confirmed, we will update the workshop flyer with the programme and speaker list and distribute it more widely to encourage online participation. We hope you will be able to join us and look forward to hearing from you soon. Kind regards | Ngā mihi, Rebecca McDougal, Stuart Fraser, Eugenia Iturritxa, and Caterina Villari Rebecca McDougal, PhD. Scientist - Forest Pathology Team Lead - Pathogen Ecology and Control [Bioeconomy Science Institute - Scion Group]<https://www.bioeconomyscience.co.nz/> The Bioeconomy Science Institute brings together AgResearch, Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research, Plant & Food Research and Scion into a single organisation. Click here for more information<https://www.bioeconomyscience.co.nz/> T: +64 7 343 5886<tel:+6473435886> E: Rebecca.McDougal@scionresearch.com<mailto:Rebecca.McDougal@scionresearch.com> W: www.bioeconomyscience.co.nz<https://www.bioeconomyscience.co.nz/> New Zealand Institute for Bioeconomy Science Limited https://www.scionresearch.com/about-us/about-scion/our-people/people/forest… Postal Address: Scion, Private Bag 3020, Rotorua 3046, New Zealand Physical Address: Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, Titokorangi Drive (formerly Long Mile Road), Rotorua 3010, New Zealand [LinkedIn]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-new-zealand-institute-for… [Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61576224181070> [Youtube] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLVmrd07ml6lok0KCWIJ1Aw> [Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/bioeconomyscience/> [Bluesky] <https://bsky.app/profile/bioeconomyscience.bsky.social> This email and any attachments are intended solely for the addressees named above. It may contain information which is legally privileged, confidential or subject to copyright. Any unauthorised review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it. As part of the Bioeconomy Science Institute's cyber security policy, IT systems are subject to ongoing monitoring, activity logging and auditing, and may include 3rd party monitoring on our behalf.