International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC)
Organisation Internationale de Lutte Biologique (OILB)

Newsletter 109, July 2021

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Biocontrol Training and Financial Support

Check out the list of upcoming training courses!

IOBC-Global may financially support participation of young career biological control scientist (< 35 years) who are member of one of the Regional Sections of IOBC, so they can take part in a training course. Get the details about funding conditions and application.

How did you become a biological control practitioner?

There is no straightforward answers to this questions as there are many roads to obtain a position in biological control.

Check out the shared career paths to become a biological control practitioner!

Share your own career path, a few sentences (and an optional picture) will suffice: secretary-general@iobc-global.org

20th Organic World Congress (OWC),
06-10 Sept. 2021 (postponed, original dates 21-27 Sept. 2020),
Rennes, France.

Drawing from the motto, 'From its Roots, Organic Inspires Life', the OWC will aim to provide organic and likeminded stakeholders working toward sustainable agriculture, value chains, and consumption with an opportunity to exchange their knowledge, innovations, and experiences.

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Entomology 2021,
31 Oct. - 03 Nov. 2021 (hybrid meeting, in-person and virtual presentations),
Denver, CO, USA.

Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), meeting theme, Adapt. Advance. Transform. Organizers are encouraged to propose timely, thought-provoking, and appealing sessions that are inclusive and display the diversity of entomological science and incorporate the meeting theme.

Stay Tuned.

III International Organic Fruit Symposium and I International Organic Vegetable Symposium jointly with VIII International Conference on Landscape and Urban Horticulture,
14-17 Dec. 2021, (virtual event), Catania, Italy

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6th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods (ISBCA),
15-17 March and 22-24 March 2022 (virtually over two weeks)

First Announcement (pdf)

IOBC-WPRS PR-IR Conference 2022, "Priming the Future for Healthy Plants", IOBC-WPRS WG "Induced Resistance in Plants Against Insects and Diseases",
04-07 April 2022 (postponed, original dates 14-17 Sept. 2020, 06-09 Sept. 2021), Sheffield, UK

IOBC PR-IR meetings provide a specialist forum for researchers on plant responses to microbial pathogens and invertebrate herbivores to discuss the latest ideas on induced resistance.

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26th ICE Congress 2022, International Congress of Entomology,
18-23 July 2022 (postponed, original dates 19-24 July 2020),
Helsinki, Finland.

During congress: IOBC Global General Assembly

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15th Workshop of the IOBC–MRQA Working Group:
Delivering on the Increasing Demand for High Quality Invertebrates,
05-09 September 2022,
Bologna, Italy.

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Plant Health, Agriculture & Bioscience Conference (PHAB),
14-16 Sept. 2022 (postponed, original dates 09-11 Sept. 2020, 22-24 Sept. 2021),
The Hague, the Netherlands.

PHAB 2022 will foster growth in plant health innovation and sustainability by driving collaborations, business opportunities, investments, and knowledge.

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HPIS 2020, International Hemipteran-Plant Interactions Symposium,
Dec. 2022 (postponed, exact date will be communicated later, original dates 02-04 Dec. 2020),
Melbourne, Australia.

The HPIS is an interdisciplinary, international congress, bringing together researchers who study phytophagous piercing/sucking insects, their complex interactions with their host plants, environment and pathogen transmission.

Stay tuned!

27th ICE Congress 2024, International Congress of Entomology,
25-30 August 2024
Kyoto, Japan.

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