Hello my Forest Ent and Path colleagues, I want to share with you some information about an upcoming meeting that may be of interest to some of you: "The elms after 100 years of Dutch elm disease", Third International Elm Conference, October 9-11 2013, Florence, Italy web site: http://elm2013.ipp.cnr.it Organizer Alberto Santini tells me that the conference will begin in the highly charismatic "Palazzo Vecchio" which is a pretty impressive venue for any of us mere forest entomologists or pathologists! -Sandy -- Andrew Liebhold http://sandyliebhold.com Northern Research Station 304-285-1512 USDA Forest Service 304-285-1505 FAX 180 Canfield St. 724-317-8668 mobile Morgantown, WV 26505 USA