May 2008

May
National Training Course on Molecular Marker Techniques for Mutant Characterization, VIE/5/015 - Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam

May 4-8
XXVI Congresso Brasileiro da Ciência das Plantas Daninhas - Ouro Preto, MG, Brazil

May 4-8
International Symposium on Biotechnology - Sfax, Tunisia

May 5-6
62nd annual Southeastern Turfgrass Conference - University of Georgia - Tifton campus

May 5-6
Internationales Hopfensymposium - Wolnzach (Hallertau), Germany

May 5-7
United Fresh 2008 - Las Vegas, Nevada

May 5-7
Commercialisation of Agricultural Biotechnology Crops in Asia - Moving from Ideas to Useful Products - Le Meridien - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

May 5-9
Workshop “Criação de Percevejo em Laboratórios” - Embrapa - Londrina, PR, Brasil

May 6-8
Bundesverband Deutscher Planzenzüchter e.V. - 63. ordentliche Mitgliederversammlung - Bad Dürkheim statt

May 6-9
82nd Annual Convention of the Pacific Seed Association (PSA) - Gleneden, Oregon

May 6-10
3rd European Whitefly Symposium - Aguadulce, Alemria, Spain

May 7-28
Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights - A SIDA Advanced International Training Program - Svalöv, Sweden

May 8
Biotechnology and Biosafety in Developing Countries - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - Washington, DC

May 12-15
XVIth Eucarpia meeting, section Vegetables, Working Group Tomato - Wageningen, The Netherlands

May 12-16
Fourth meeting of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (COP-MOP 4) - Bonn, Germany

May 12-16
10th Annual Seed Technologist Workshop - Mid-West Seed Services - Brookings, South Dakota

May 12-16
ISTA Quality Management Training Course - Hotel 'The Chancery' - Bangalore, India

May 12-16
World Congress on the Future of Food and Farming - Bonn, Germany

May 12-22
Workshop on plant pre-breeding - The Center for Agricultural Biotechnology - Kamphaengsaen Campus, Kasetsart University, Thailand

May 12-23
Workshop on Agricultural Robotics - Held in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation - Pasadena, California

May 14
Seed Industry Conference - Recreation Pool Lodge - Davis, California

May 14-16
‘Seed and Young Plant Health’ Symposium - De Ruiter Seeds - Bergschenhoek, the Netherlands

May 15-16
Seed Trade Association of Arizona (STAA) - 16th Annual Convention - Carefree Resort & Villas - Carefree, Arizona

May 18-22
16th Australian Weeds Conference - Cairns Convention Center - Cairns, Queensland

May 19
Workshop on Agricultural Robotics - held in conjunction with the IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation - Pasadena, California

May 19-23
Workshop "Introduction to Biosafety for the Environmental Release of GM Crops: Evaluation of Scientific Data and Risk Assessment Dossiers" - The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) - Ca' Tron di Roncade, Italy

May 19-30
Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity - Bonn, Germany

May 20-22
Irrigation Australia 2008 National Conference and Expo - Melbourne, Australia

May 21-22
Seed Sampler Workshop - Mid-West Seed Services - Brookings, South Dakota

May 24-28
ISF Congress - Prague, Czeck Republic
Info: isf@worldseed.org 

May 27-30
Sommet des fruits et légumes - Paris, France

May 29
Seed Treatment Conference - Prague, Czeck Republic

May 29-31
Europatat 2008 - Berne, Switzerland

June 2008

June 2-3
1st International Symposium Soy & Strategic Marketing and the 5th International Conference Soy & Health - Het Pand, Ghent University - Ghent, Belgium

June 2-4
2008 Corn Utilization and Technology Conference (CUTC) - Kansas City, Kansas

June 2-16
International e-Conference on Agricultural BioSciences 2008 (IeCAB 2008) - Internet conference

June 2-20
Seed potato technology, certification and supply systems - Wageningen, The Netherlands

June 2-27
Contemporary approaches in plant genetic resources, conservation and use - Wageningen, The Netherlands

June 3
Partnerships, Innovation, Agriculture - International meeting organised by INRA, CIRAD and their public interest group IFRAI, the French Initiative for International Agricultural Research - Paris, France

June 3-5
High-Level Conference on World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy - FAO - Rome, Italy

June 6-11
Association of Official Seed Analysts (AOSA) and Society of Commercial Seed Technologists (SCST) - Annual Meeting - Saint Paul, Minnesota

June 7
8th Annual Native Seed Symposium - Mid-West Seed Services - St. Paul, Minnesota

June 9-11
XI International Symposium on the Processing Tomato - Toronto, Canada
Info: ofpa@sentex.net

June 9–11
World Biofuels Forum 2008 - Prague Congress Center - Prague, Czech Republic

June 10
IGC Grains Confenrence 2008 "Volatile markets – who will pay the price?" - Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center - London, United Kingdom

June 11-13
ISTA GMO Detection Workshop - Bologna, Italy

June 12-14
ISTA Moisture, Forest Tree and Shrub Seed & Tetrazolium Workshop - Peri, Italy

June 12-14
The future of agricultural biotechnology: creative destruction, adoption, or irrelevance? - 12th ICABR Conference - Ravello, Italy

June 13-15
China International Seed Industry Expo 2008 (CISIE 2008) - Hunan International Convention & Exhibition Centre - Changsha, Hunan, China

June 16
ISTA Seminar on Specified Trait Seed Testing  - Savoia Hotel Regency - Bologna, Italy

June 16-18
2008 Workshop of the U.S. Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee - Des Moines, Iowa

June 16-19
International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) - Annual Meeting - Savoia Hotel Regency - Bologna, Italy

June 16-24
The 16th IFOAM Organic World Congress: Cultivate the Future - Modena, Italy

June 16-27
Plant variety protection - Wageningen, The Netherlands

June 17-20
2008 BIO International Convention - San Diego Convention Center - San Diego, California

June 18
Illinois Crop Improvement Association/Illinois Seed Trade Association Annual Meeting - Hawthorne Suites Hotel, Champaign, Illinois

June 18-20
16th IFOAM Organic World Congress - Modena, Italy

June 18-21
BIO 2008 - San Diego Convention Center - San Diego, California
 

June 21-25 125th Annual Convention of the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center - Kissimmee, Florida

June 22-24
IFOAM General Assembly - Modena, Italy

June 22-26
2008 EPSO Conference - Presqu’île de Giens, France

June 23 - July 4
Organization and Management in the German Seed Sector
Info: walter.haege@gmx.de

June 24-27
1st Global Conference on GMO Analysis - Villa Erba - Como, Italy

June 24-28
DLG-Feldtage 2008 - Gut Buttelstedt bei Weimar, Thüringen, Germany

June 28 - July 2
8th International Oat Conference - Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Info: Deon Stuthman

June 29 - July 2
OECD - Annual Meeting of the Seed Schemes - Chicago, Illinois

June 29 - July 5
21st International Grassland Congress and 8th International Rangelands Conference - Hohhot, China

June 30 - July 4
ISTA Workshop on Seed Moisture, Germination & Vigour - Nakuru, Kenya

June 30 - July 3
International Durum Wheat Symposium "From Seed to Pasta: The Durum Wheat Chain" - Bologna, Italy

July 2008

July 1-2
Annual meeting of OECD Seed Schemes - The Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers - Chicago, USA

July 4-6
IX Feria de las Flores - Mérida, Venezuela
Info: feriadelasflores@gmail.com

July 6-8
Canadian Seed Trade Association - 85th Annual Meeting - Fairmont Newfoundland - St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

July 6-11
9th ISSS Conference on Seed Biology - University of Warmia and Mazury Conference Centre - Kortowo, district of Olsztyn, Poland

July 8-11
International Cotton Genome Initiative (ICGI) Research Conference - Anyang Hotel Conference Center - Anyang, China

July 9-12
Congreso Interuniversitario de Biotecnología - León, Spain

July 14-18
Association of Official Seed Certifying Agencies (AOSCA) - 90th Annual Meeting - Québec City, Québec, Canada

July 16-18
Development of plant breeding and crop management in time and space - Priekuli, Cesis district, Latvia
Info: priekuli-conference@inbox.lv

July 19-24
The European Bioenergetics Conference 2008 - Dublin, Ireland

July 21-24
American Society for Hortitultural Science - Annual Meeting - Rosen Plaza Hotel - Orlando, Florida

July 26-30
American Phytopathological Society - Annual Meeting - Minneapolis, Minnesota

July 27- August 2
American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) - Annual Meeting - Merida, Mexico

July 28-30
2008 Australian Grains Industry Conference - Melbourne, Australia

July 28 - 31
ISTA Purity, Germination & Tetrazolium Test on Tropical and SubTropical Seeds - Córdoba, Argentina

August 2008

August 4-8
XXth International Congress of Sexual Plant Reproduction - Brasília DF, Brazil

August 4-15
Rice Breeding Course: Laying the Foundation for the Second Green Revolution - The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines

August 6-9
Association of American Seed Control Officials (AASCO) - Annual Meeting - Nashville, Tennessee

August 11-14
14th Australian Cotton Conference - Australia

August 12 - 13
Soybean Rust Identification Short Course (free) - University of Florida - North Florida Research and Education Center - Quincy, Florida

August 12-15
International Symposium on Induced Mutations in Plants (ISIM) - International Atomic Energy Agency - Vienna, Austria

August 17-22
16th Conference of The Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB)  - Tampere, Finland

August 20-22, 2008
Fifth International Symposium Integrative Bioinformatics -  Leucorea, Lutherstadt-Wittenberg, Germany

August 24-27
Agricultural Biotechnology Agricultural Conference (ABIC) - UCC Campus - Cork City, Ireland

August 24-28
Sixth International Symposium on In Vitro Culture and Horticultural Breeding - Queensland, Australia

August 24-29
9th Congress of the International Society for Plant Pathology - Torino, Italy

August 24-29
11th International Wheat Genetics Symposium (IWGS 2008) - Brisbane Convention Centre - Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

August 26-28
African Food Safety & Traceability Conference and Exhibition - Arusha, Tanzania

August 30 - September 2
10th International Fusarium Workshop and the International Fusarium Genomics Workshop 2008 - Hotel Carlos V, Alghero, Sardinia (Italy)

August 31 - September 4
58th Australian Cereal Chemistry Conference - Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort & Spa - Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

August 31 - September 4
XXVII Congresso Nacional de Milho e Sorgo - Centro de Exposições e Eventos de Londrina - Londrina PR, Brazil

September 2008

September or October
5th World Cotton Research Conference - New Delhi, India

September 1-26
Plant Breeding and Seed Production - A SIDA Advanced International Training Program, Phase 1 (phase 2: February 23 - March 6, 2009)  - Svalöv, Sweden

September
Workshop: Risks, benefits and opportunities from the release of GMOs in the African Regions - The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) - Cape Town, South Africa 
 

September 2008 - June 2010 Plant Breeding Academy Offered by the Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis, Davis, California A professional development course teaching the principles of plant breeding. It is targeted toward people who are currently involved in plant breeding or wish to become plant breeders, but who desire a greater knowledge of genetics, statistics, and breeding methodology to direct a breeding program. The format is designed to allow participants to maintain their current positions while learning the theory and practice of plant breeding. www.pba.ucdavis.edu

September 2-7
3rd International Symposium on Fusarium head blight (10th European Fusarium Seminar) - Szeged, Hungary

September 4-5
II Congreso Nacional / I Congreso Internacional de Enseñanza de las Ciencias Agropecuarias - Colegio de Profesionales de la Agronomía de Entre Ríos, España 281 - Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina

September 4-5
Seed Resarch Summit - Organized by the Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis, ASRF, NCCPB and ASTA - Chicago, Illinois
Info: scwebster@ucdavis.edu

September 8-12
ISTA Workshop on Seed sampling, Moisture, Germination, Purity and Quality Management - Taichung, Taiwan

September 8-12
V International Symposium on Brassicas and XVI Crucifer Genetics Workshop - Lillehammer, Norway
Info: magnor.hansen@umb.no

September 9-12
IV Balkan Symposium on Vegetables and Potatoes - Sadovo, Bulgaria
Info: krasteva@ipgr-bg.org

September 9-13
International Symposium on Tomato in the Tropics - Simposio Internacional de Tomate en el Trópico - Villa de Leyva, Colombia

September 10-11
PotatoEurope 2008 - 5ièmes Journées Internationales de la Pomme de Terre - Villers-Saint-Christophe, Aisne, France
 

September 10-12 China Seed Expo 2008 Liaoning Industrial Exhibition Center - Shenyang, China The Expo will feature about 500 exhibiting booths in an area of 12,000 square meters, showcasing the latest development of seed products and technologies around the world. The exhibition includes:   seeds and seedlings cereal crops cotton oil plants vegetables fruits pastures and turf flowers woods agro-chemicals seed coatings pesticides fungicides chemicals technology machinery and facilities processing and packing  machinery testing equipment analysis instruments intellectual property protection breeding methodology books and documents medias consulting In conjunction with the expo, there will be a global seed industry summit and a series of seminars and conferences on issues such as intellectual property protection and the latest development and prospects in the seed industry. Visit the website of China Seed Expo 2008: http://www.chinaseedexpo.com.cn/english/index.html

September 11-14
18th EUCARPIA General Congress - Modern Variety Breeding for Present and Future Needs - Universidad Politecnica de Valencia - Valiencia, Spain

September 12-17
BioSpain 2008 - Granada Congress and Exhibition Center - Granada, Spain

September 14-18
Harlan II - Biodiversity In Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution and Sustainability - University of California, Davis, USA

September 14-18
12th International Lupin Conference - Freemantle, Perth, Western Australia

September 17-19
Soya & Oilseed Summit 2008 - Chase Park Plaza Hotel - St. Louis, Missouri

September 17-19
BioSpain 2008 - Granada, Spain

September 17-20
19th New Phytologist Symposium - Physiological Sculpture of Plants: New Visions and Capabilities for Crop Development - Mount Hood, Oregon, USA

September 18-20
CSIRO Plant Industry symposium: Plant energy and water productivity: from genes to environment - A satellite conference to ComBio 2008 assessing future strategies to develop improved plants for agriculture and bio-fuel production and to assess the performance of plants in natural environments - Robertson Theatre, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National Univestity - Canberra ACT, Australia

September 20-24
14th Australian Agronomy Confenrence - Adelaide Convention Center - Adelaide, South Australia

September 22-25
Biennial meeting of the International Union of Forestry Research Organisations' Seed Physiology Working group: 'Trees, Seeds and a Changing Climate' - The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew's, Millennium Seed Bank Project, Sussex and the conference centre of the University of Sussex.

September 22-26
1st All Africa Congress on Biotechnology: ‘Harnessing the Potential of Agricultural Biotechnology for Food Security and Socio-Economic Development in Africa’ - Nairobi, Kenya

September 22-26
8th ISTA Seminar on Statistics in Seed Testing - POSTPONED UNTIL APRIL 2009

September 23-24
Western Nursery & Garden Expo

September 29 - June 2009 & October 2009 – July 2010
International Master in Plant Breeding (17th edition) - Zaragoza (Spain)

October 2008

October 1-2
8th AMT Agri Outlook Conference - CSIR Conference Centre, Pretoria, South Africa

October 4-10
2008 Wuhan Seed Trade Fare - Wuhan Science and Technology Exhibition Center - China

October 11-16
5th Solanacea Genome Workshop 2008 - Cologne, Germany
Jointly organized by the Max-Planck-Institute for Plant Breeding Research (MPIZ) and Phytowelt GreenTechnologies GmbH

October 12-15
European Seed Association - Annual Meeting - Brussels, Belgium

October 12-17
13th International Biotechnology Symposium (IBS) and Exhibition - China

October 14-16
IV Congreso de Mejora Genética de Plantas - Córdoba, Spain

October 14-17
12st Pan-American Seed Seminar (FELAS) - Cartagena, Colombia

October 20-23
10th Asian Regional Maize Workshop - Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

October 20-31
Curso Internacional de Pre-Mejoramiento Genético de Plantas (International Course on Crop Prebreeding) - Universidad Central de Venezuela, Facultad de Agronomía - Maracay, Venezuela

October 22-24
II Congresso Brasileiro de Tomate Industrial - Centro de Convenções de Goiânia - Goias, Brasil

October 26-29
AusBiotech 2008 National Conference - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

October 26-30
Annual Meetings, American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, Soil Science Society of America - Chicago, Illinois

October 28
Mexican Seed Trade Association (AMSAC) - Annual Meeting - Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

November 2008

November 2-3
Western Seed Association - Annual Meeting
ASTA Farm and Lawn Seed Meeting
Westin Crown Plaza - Kansas City, Missouri

November 3-6
International Safflower Conference - Wagga Wagga New South Wales, Australia

November 3-7
ISTA Workshop on Seed Moisture, Germination & Vigour Workshop - Nakuru, Kenya

November 3-7
7th International Safflower Conference - Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia

November 9-12
8th International Symposium on the Role of Soy - Hilton Hotel - Tokyo, Japan

November 9-13
Asian Seed Congress 2008 - Hyderabad, India

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