[IUFRO RG 7.03 FORENT] Call for abstracts - Division 7 (Forest Health) sessions at the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania, 24-27 October 2016

Dear friends and colleagues, In a recent email to our Division 7 mailing lists I mentioned our planned contribution to the IUFRO Regional Congress for Asia and Oceania in Beijing which will take place from 24-27 October 2016. For details about the congress see http://www.iufro-ao2016.org There will be several sessions that are organised by Div. 7, and we hope to have a good level of participation. We are still looking for speakers (and poster presenters) especially for the session on 'Preventing invasions of forest insects and pathogens'. For this session we are primarily interested in contributions on invasive insects and pathogens; however, we would also consider other entomology or pathology presentations. We have tentatively reserved a double session, and we may be able to split this into two sessions on different topics. There may still be room also in the sessions that Elena Paoletti and Jolanda Roux are organising. Please note, the deadline for abstract submission is coming up soon (on 15 May) so there is not terribly much time left. If you have any questions or comments, for example, if you would like to know whether we would consider a presentation on a particular topic suitable, feel free to get in touch with us (see our email addresses below). Also, while the congress focuses on the Asia and Oceania region, participants from other parts of the world are most welcome. We look forward to seeing at least some of you at the regional congress in October. Best regards, Eckehard ("Ecki") Brockerhoff Coordinator, IUFRO Division 7, Forest Health With the Division 7 deputies, Elena Paoletti, Jolanda Roux and Sandy Liebhold Eckehard Brockerhoff Scion (New Zealand Forest Research Institute) and University of Canterbury, School of Biological Sciences - New Zealand Coordinator IUFRO Division 7, Forest Health Member of the Conference Scientific Committee eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com<mailto:eckehard.brockerhoff@scionresearch.com> Elena Paoletti National Research Council Sustainable Plant Protection Institute - Italy Coordinator IUFRO RG 7.1, Impacts of Air Pollution and Climate Change on Forest Ecosystems Member of the Conference Scientific Committee elena.paoletti@cnr.it<mailto:elena.paoletti@cnr.it> Jolanda Roux Tree Pathology Co-operative Programme (TPCP) Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute - South Africa Coordinator IUFRO RG 7.2, Pathology Member of the Conference Scientific Committee Jolanda.Roux@up.ac.za<mailto:Jolanda.Roux@up.ac.za> Andrew ("Sandy") Liebhold US Forest Service Northern Research Station - USA Coordinator IUFRO RG 7.3, Entomology Member of the Conference Scientific Committee aliebhold@fs.fed.us<mailto:aliebhold@fs.fed.us> This e-mail and any attachments may contain information which is confidential or subject to copyright. If you receive this e-mail in error, please delete it. Scion does not accept responsibility for anything in this e-mail which is not provided in the course of Scion's usual business or for any computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from this e-mail.