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), 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

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