Dear Colleagues, Plans are being made for a forest entomology IUFRO working party meeting in Eberswalde, Germany 16-21 September, 2010. The conference is jointly sponsored by IUFRO units 7.03.06 "Integrated management of forest defoliating insects", 7.03.07 "Population dynamics of forest insects" and 7.03.13 "Biological control of forest insects and pathogens". The latter is a new IUFRO unit being led by Drs. Marc Kenis and Vince D'Amico and this conference will be the unit's inaugural event. Prof. Dr. Andreas Linde, University of Applied Sciences in Eberswalde is hosting the conference and we expect this to be an excellent meeting. Eberswalde is a quaint town near to Berlin. There is a long and distinguished history of forest entomology in Germany so in many ways, our field will be 'coming home' to Germany! If you are interested in keeping informed about the conference, please visit http://www.forestinsects.org/iufro/eberswalde and be sure to fill-out an "Info Card" using the link in the upper left hand corner of that web page. -Sandy ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Liebhold 304-285-1512 Northern Research Station 304-285-1505 FAX USDA Forest Service 724-317-8668 mobile 180 Canfield St. aliebhold(a)fs.fed.us Morgantown, WV26505 USA http://sandyliebhold.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------