Past Presidents and Conferences

Below are all our past presidents alongside the BSPP annual conference. Click on the links to read more about the conferences.

Year	President	Place	Title of the annual presidents conference
2021	Nicola Spence	Birmingham	Our plants, Our Future
2020	Nicola Spence		COVID19 lockdown – rescheduled
2019	Dawn Arnold	Bristol	Arms race: Evolution of plant pathogens and their hosts
2018	Murray Grant	Warwick	What lies within: imaging plant-pathogen interactions
2017	Richard Oliver	Nottingham	Fungal control and exploitation
2016	Julie Flood	Oxford	Food security, biosecurity and trade – the role of plant health
2015	Gary Foster	Bristol	The impact of plant pathogens on everyday lives
2014	Lesley Torrance	St Andrews	Some like it hot (abiotic stresses plus disease; climate change)
2013	Mike Shaw	Birmingham	Visions of plant disease management in 2050
2012	James Brown	Norwich	Fitness costs and trade-offs in plant-parasite interactions
2011	G Salmond	Cambridge	The impact of bioactive small molecules in plant pathology
2010	Sarah Gurr		no meeting
2009	Sarah Gurr	Oxford	Darwin to disease: crops and their pathogens
2008	Graham Jellis	QMC, London	Cereal pathosystems
2007	Richard Cooper	Bath	Attack and defense in plant disease
2006	Peter Mills	Copenhagen	Sustainable disease management: the European persepctive
2005	Phil Russell	Nottingham	Plant pathology with a purpose
2004	Stuart Wale	Aberdeen	Discovery, development and delivery in plant pathology
2003	John Lucas	Nottingham	Plant pathogen genomics: from sequence to application
2002	Roger Plumb	Imperial, London	Plant pathology and global food security
2001	Chris Gilliigan		no meeting
2000	John Mansfield	Wye	Plant pathogen interactions: understanding mechanisms of resistance and pathogenicity for disease control
1999	Mike Jeger	Oxford	Biotic interactions in Plant Pathogen Associations
1998	David Ingram	Warwick	Detection, Isolation and Manipulation of Soil and Rhizosphere Micro-organisms
1997	Nigel Hardwick	York	Global Perspectives of an Applied Science
1996	Peter R Scott	Scott	Unlocking the Future: Information Technology in Plant Pathology
1995	I. R. Crute
1994	C. E. Caten
1993	D. J. Doyle
1992	J. P Blakeman
1991	R. Johnson
1990	J. M. Thresh
1989	J. R. Coley-Smith
1988	J. T. Fletcher
1987	T. F. Preece
1986	Dr. B. E. J. Wheeler
1985	Prof. P. R. Day
1984	Mr. E. Lester
1983	Dr. M. S. Wolfe
1982	Prof. R. K. S. Wood
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Past Presidents and Conferences

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