Meetings and Conferences
The BSPP holds an annual Presidential Conference which BSPP members can attend for a reduced fee. The conference always incorporates the PH Gregory Prize which is awarded for the best presentation made by a young scientist. BSPP also supports a number of other meetings throughout the year. Suggestions of themes for these generally come from BSPP members.
This list of meetings here is by no means comprehensive. If you wish to publicise a plant pathology-related meeting, please contact the webmanager. Meetings are also announced in BSPP News and Plant Pathology: please contact the Programme Secretary Dr Steve Whisson, for further information. Abstracts of some previous meetings including BSPP Presidential meetings and the International Congress of Plant Pathology held in Edinburgh in 1998 are in the BSPP archives.
BSPP Sponsored Meetings
8th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae pathovars and related pathogens
Oxford, UK, 31 Aug to 03 Sep 2010
The 8th International Conference on The 8th International Conference on The 8th International Conference on Pseudomonas syringae pathovars and related pathogens is traditionally an intimate and exciting meeting of scientists from around the world - we aim to continue this tradition. The pathogenic varieties affect a wide variety of plants and new diseases are frequently emerging. To cope with and treat P. syringae diseases requires research to understand the biology and epidemiology of the organism and its host as well as interaction with the environment. The conference will cover a wide range of topics including:
- Pathogenicity and virulence mechanisms
- Genomics and bioinformatics
- Evolution
- Taxonomy and systematics
- Ecology and epidemiology
- Plant responses
- Diagnostics and Disease control
- Insights from related pathogens
Talks will be held over a period of three days with ample time provided for poster sessions and networking.
We very much hope that you will be able to come to Oxford in 2010!
Link to website
Other meetings
2010
EAPR Pathology Section Meeting 2010: Potato Pests and Diseases: Old Enemies, New Threats
Teagasc Crops Research Centre, Oak Park, Carlow, Ireland, 13 to 16 Sep 2010
A three-day meeting of the European Association for Potato Research’s Pathology Section, jointly hosted by Teagasc and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (Belfast), will be held at the Seven Oaks Hotel, Carlow. The meeting will deal with all aspects of potato pathology with a special emphasis on new threats to potato posed by changes in the behaviour of existing pests and pathogens and by new species. Invited speakers will include:
- Colin Fleming, AFBI Belfast on “Emerging nematode threats”,
- Jan van der Wolf, PRI on “New variants of Dickeya and Pectobacterium causing increasing problems with blackleg”
- Lars Christoffersen, Head of Sector (Plant Health), Food and Veterinary Office, European Commission on “The importance of phytosanitary controls for sustainable potato production”
Update: On-line registration is available from 9 April – 30 July at www.teagasc.ie/events/EAPRpathology2010/
Abstract submissions are now invited (revised deadline 16 July) and can be uploaded with the on-line registration form.
Contact: potatoes@teagasc.ie
Link to websiteAAB meeting: 3rd Symposium on Potato Cyst Nematodes Conference
Harper Adams University College, UK, 14 to 15 Sep 2010
Harper Adams University College, in partnership with the Association of Applied Biologists, is hosting an international conference on potato cyst nematode management. The event is being held on September 14-15th in the new Regional Food Academy at Harper Adams.
Dr Pat Haydock, Leader of the Nematology Research Group at Harper Adams comments:`This conference follows on from those held in 2000 and 2005 and has been extended to two-days. On the first day we have presentations on developments in nematode biology, diagnostics and the influence of legislation. This is followed in the afternoon with field based demonstrations including trap-cropping, biofumigation, resistant cultivars and nematicide application. The day concludes with a barbeque supper. Day two is concerned with the practical management of potato cyst nematodes considering both individual control components and an integrated approach`
The conference will be relevant to all those concerned with PCN including agronomists, potato growers, crop protection specialists, regulators, researchers and students.
`We are pleased to welcome a range of speakers from the UK and throughout the world including France, Belgium, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Canada and Australia and hope that discussions will enable management strategies for this important pest to be improved`.
To book a place at the conference go to the Association of Applied Biologists website at www. aab.org.uk or by phone on 01789 472020
Link to website2011
International Congress of Post Harvest Pathology
Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, 11 to 14 Apr 2011
Congress main topics include: host-pathogen-environment interactions, etiology and epidemiology, effect of preharvest treatments on postharvest disease control, molecular tools applied to postharvest pathology studies, chemical and alternative disease control strategies, production and formulation of biocontrol agents.
Link to websiteAAB meeting: GM Crops: From Basic Research to Application
Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, UK , 28 to 29 Jun 2011
Full details of this conference are available from the AAB website.
Deadline for submissions is 15 November 2010
Link to website2013
10th International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP 2013)
Beijing, China, 25 to 30 Aug 2013
The theme of the Congress is “Biosecurity, Food Safety and Plant Pathology: The Role of Plant Pathology in a Globalized Economy”
Link to website