- February 25-27, 2009, Melbourne (Australia): VI International Walnut Symposium. Info: Mr. Bryan Goble, Walnut Producer, 222 Kerang-Koondrook Rd, Koondrook, VIC 3580, Australia. E-mail: btgoble@westnet.com.au or Mr. Leigh Titmus, PO Box 417, Devonport, TAS 7310, Australia. Phone: (61)364283539, E-mail: leigh.titmus@websterltd.com.au Web: http://www.walnut.net.au/symposium_2009.htm
- March 26-28, 2009, Jerba (Tunisia): III International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants SIPAM2009. Info: Dr. Mohamed Neffati, Institut des Regions Arides (IRA), 4119 Medenine, Tunisia. Phone: (216)75633839, Fax: (216)75633006, E-mail: neffati.mohamed@ira.rnrt.tn E-mail symposium: SIPAM2009@ira.rnrt.tn Web: http://www.sipam.ira.rnrt.tn/
- April 4-7, 2009, Antalya (Turkey): X International Controlled and Modified Atmosphere Research Conference. Info: Dr. Mustafa Erkan, Dep. of Horticulture, Fac. of Agric. Akdeniz Univ., 07058 Antalya, Turkey. Phone: (90) 242 3102428, Fax: (90) 242 2274564, E-mail: erkan@akdeniz.edu.tr Web: http://www.cama2009.com/
- April 5-8, 2009, Leuven (Belgium): I International Symposium on Cryopreservation in Horticultural Species. Info: Dr. Bart Panis, Kasteelpark Arenberg 13, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. Phone: (32)16-321690, Fax: (32)16-321993, E-mail: bart.panis@biw.kuleuven.be or Prof. Rony Swennen, Lab. Tropische Plantenteelt, Kasteelpark Arenberg 13, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. Phone: (32)16321421, Fax: (32)16321993 E-mail symposium: ISHSPlantCryo@biw.kuleuven.be Web: http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/dtp/tro/ISHSplantcryo/index.htm
- April 8-12, 2009, Antalya (Turkey): VI International Postharvest Symposium. Info: Dr. Mustafa Erkan, Dep. of Horticulture, Fac. of Agric. Akdeniz Univ., 07058 Antalya, Turkey. Phone: (90) 242 3102428, Fax: (90) 242 2274564, E-mail: erkan@akdeniz.edu.tr Web: http://www.postharvest2009.com/
- May 20-24, 2009, Krokos, Kozani (Greece): III International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology: Forthcoming Challenges in Cultivation, Research and Economics. Info: Dr. Maria Tsimidou, Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Chemistry Department, Lab. FD Chemical Technology, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece. Phone: (30)2310997796, Fax: (30)2310997779, E-mail: tsimidou@chem.auth.gr Web: http://www.saffronsymposium2009.org/
- May 24-29, 2009, Gifu (Japan): V International Symposium on Rose Research and Cultivation. Info: Prof. Yoshihiro Ueda, Gifu International Academy of Horticulture, 1094-8 Shio, Kani-shi, Gifu Pref., Japan. Phone: (81)574605547, Fax: (81)574605547, E-mail: ueda-yoshihiro@horticulture.ac.jp E-mail symposium: rose2009@jecs.org Web: http://www1.gifu-u.ac.jp/~rose/index.html
- June 1-5, 2009, Charlotte, NC (United States of America): II International Symposium on Growing Media and Composting. Info: William C Fonteno III, North Carolina State University, Dept. of Horticultural Science, Box 7609 - 152 Kilgore Hall, Raleigh, NC 27695-7609, United States of America. E-mail: bill_fonteno@ncsu.edu Web: http://substratesymposium.ncsu.edu/
- June 8-11, 2009, Lleida (Spain): VII International Peach Symposium. Info: Dr. Joan Girona, Centre UdL-IRTA, Rovira Roure, 177, 25198 Lleida, Spain. Phone: (34)973 702587, Fax: (34)973 238301, E-mail: joan.girona@irta.es E-mail symposium: secretaria@ipcongressos.com Web: http://www.ipcongressos.com/tags/congresses/22
- June 9-13, 2009, Bologna (Italy): II Conference on Landscape and Urban Horticulture. Info: Prof. Dr. Giorgio Prosdocimi Gianquinto, Dip. Scienze e Tecnologie Agroambientali , DISTA, Università degli Studi di Bologna, Viale Fanin, 44 - 40127 Bologna , Italy. Phone: (39) 0512096641, Fax: (39) 0512096245 , E-mail: giorgio.gianquinto@unibo.it or Prof. Dr. Alessandro Chiusoli, Dept. DCA, via Fanin 46, 40127 Bologna, Italy. Phone: (39)051 2096446, Fax: (39)051 2096450, E-mail: alessandro.chiusoli@unibo.it E-mail symposium: dista.luh2009@unibo.it Web: http://www.luh2009.org
- June 14-19, 2009, Quebec City (Canada): International Symposium on High Technology for Greenhouse Systems - Greensys2009. Info: Prof. André Gosselin, Université Laval, Pavillon ENVIROTRON, Ste-Foy (Quebec), G1K 7P4, Canada. Phone: (1)4186562131ext2068, Fax: (1)4186567871, E-mail: andre.gosselin@crh.ulaval.ca or Ms. Martine Dorais, Horticultural Research Center , Laval University, Envirotron Bldg, Room 2120, Quebec G1K 7P4, Canada. Phone: (1)418-6562131, Fax: (1)418-6567871, E-mail: doraisma@agr.gc.ca E-mail symposium: info@greensys2009.com Web: http://www.greensys2009.com/
- June 16-19, 2009, Saint-Pol de Léon (France): VII International Symposium on Artichoke, Cardoon and their Wild Relatives. Info: Christophe Bazinet, Bretagne Biotechnologie Végétale (BBV), Pen Ar Prat., 29250 Saint-Pol de Leon, Brittany, France. Phone: (33)298290644, Fax: (33)298692426, E-mail: bazinet@bbv.fr E-mail symposium: contact@bbv.fr Web: http://www.vegenov.com/artichoke_symposium/
- June 17-21, 2009, Ljubljana (Slovenia): IV International Symposium on Breeding Research in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Biodiversity conservation and use of genetic resources. Info: Prof. Dr. Dea Baricevic, University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Phone: (386)41776653, Fax: (386)14231088, E-mail: dea.baricevic@bf.uni-lj.si
- June 28 - July 3, 2009, Chiang Mai (Thailand): V International Symposium on Horticultural Research, Training and Extension. Info: Dr. Peter J. Batt, Horticulture, Curtin University of Technology, GPO box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia. Phone: (61)8 9266 7596, Fax: (61)8 9266 3063, E-mail: p.batt@curtin.edu.au or Associate Professor Dr. David Aldous, 37 McCartney Street, Ormiston, QLD 4160, Australia. Phone: (61)07 3821 2082 Web: http://www.muresk.curtin.edu.au/conference/ishset
- June 28 - July 3, 2009, Chiang Mai (Thailand): XVI International Symposium on Horticultural Economics and Management. Info: Dr. Peter J. Batt, Horticulture, Curtin University of Technology, GPO box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia. Phone: (61)8 9266 7596, Fax: (61)8 9266 3063, E-mail: p.batt@curtin.edu.au or Prof. Dr. Peter P. Oppenheim, Deakin Business School, Deakin University, 70 Elgar Rd, Burwood, VIC 3125, Australia. Phone: (61)3 9244 5549, Fax: (61)3 9244 5040 Web: http://www.muresk.curtin.edu.au/conference/ishsem
- July 20-24, 2009, San Jose (Costa Rica): International Symposium on Advances in Postharvest Technology and Quality Assurance for Fruits and Vegetables of Interest for the Tropics. Info: Dr. Felipe Arauz, Universidad de Costa Rica, Instituto de Investigaciones Agrícolas, 2050 San Jose, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, Costa Rica. Phone: (506) 2511 3183, Fax: (506) 2225 0064, E-mail: lfarauz@cariari.ucr.ac.cr E-mail symposium: lfarauz@gmail.com Web: http://agro.ucr.ac.cr/postharvest/
- July 29 - August 1, 2009, Corvallis, Oregon (United States of America): International Symposium on Molecular Markers in Horticultural Species. Info: Dr. Nahla V. Bassil, Plant Geneticist, Nat'l Clone Germplasm Repository, 33447 Peoria Road, Corvallis, OR 97331-23521, United States of America. Phone: (1)5417384214, Fax: (1)5417384205, E-mail: nahla.bassil@ars.usda.gov E-mail symposium: conferences@oregonstate.edu Web: http://oregonstate.edu/conferences/molecularmarkers2009/
- August 3-5, 2009, Bangkok (Thailand): Southeast Asia Symposium on Quality and Safety of Fresh and Fresh Cut Produce: SEAsia2009. Info: Dr. Sirichai Kanlayanarat, King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi, Division of Postharvest Technology, Thungkru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand. Phone: (66)2 470 7720, Fax: (66)2 452 3750, E-mail: sirichai.kan@kmutt.ac.th E-mail symposium: seasia@kmutt.ac.th Web: http://www.kmutt.ac.th/SEAsia2009
- August 31 - September 3, 2009, Nairobi (Kenya): I All African Horticultural Congress. Info: Dr. Ephraim A. Mukisira, KARI, PO Box 57811-00200, Nairobi, Kenya. Phone: (254)204183323, Fax: (254)204183344, E-mail: eamukisira@kari.org or Dr. Lusike Wasilwa, KARI, Horticulture and Industrial Crops, PO Box 57811, Nairobi 00200, Kenya. Phone: (254)20 418 3301, Fax: (254)20 418 3344, E-mail: lusikewasilwa@hotmail.com
- August 31 - September 4, 2009, Wageningen (Netherlands): XXIII Eucarpia Symposium on Ornamentals - Colorful Breeding and Genetics. Info: Dr. J.M. Van Tuyl, Plantbreeding, Wageningen University & Research Center, Droevendaalse steeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, Netherlands. Phone: (31)317477329, Fax: (31)317418094, E-mail: jaap.vantuyl@wur.nl Web: http://www.ornamentalbreeding.nl/
- September 8-11, 2009, Balsgard (Sweden): II International Rose Hip Conference. Info: Prof. Hilde Nybom, Balsgard-Dept. Crop Science, Swedish Univ. Of Agric. Sci., Balsgard Fjalkestadsvagen 459, S-291 94 Kristianstad, Sweden. Phone: (46)44265802, Fax: (46)44265830, E-mail: hilde.nybom@ltj.slu.se
- September 13-18, 2009, Leuven (Belgium): VII International Symposium on Chemical and non-Chemical Soil and Substrate Disinfestation. Info: Dr. Abraham Gamliel, Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Agricultureal Research Organization ARO, P.O. Box 6, Bet Dagan 50250, Israel. Phone: (972)3-9683505, Fax: (972)3-9604704, E-mail: agamliel@agri.gov.il or Prof. Dr. Ir. J. Coosemans, Labo Phytopath.& Plantprotection, K.U. Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001 Leuven, Belgium. Phone: (32)16322733, E-mail: jef.coosemans@biw.kuleuven.be E-mail symposium: lut.ooms@biw.kuleuven.be Web: http://ishs-horticulture.org/soildisinfest2009/
- September 14-18, 2009, Guangzhou, Guangdong (China): International ISHS-ProMusa Symposium: Global Perspectives on Asian Challenges. Info: Prof. Dr. Ganjun Yi, Fruit Tree Research Institute, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wushan, Guangzhou Guangdong 510640, China. Phone: (86)2038765869 or 13302200898, Fax: (86)2038765626, E-mail: yiganjun@vip.163.com or Dr. Augustin B. Molina, Bioversity Asia & The Pacific, 3rd Floor, Collaborator Centre, c/o IRRI Khush Hall, Los Baños, Laguna 4031, Philippines. Phone: (63)495360532, Fax: (63)495360532, E-mail: a.molina@cgiar.org or Dr. Inge Van den Bergh, Bioversity International, 1990 Boulevard de la Lironde, Parc Scientifique Agropolis II, 34397 Montpellier, France. Phone: (33)4-67611302, Fax: (33)4-67610334, E-mail: i.vandenbergh@cgiar.org Web: http://www.promusa.org/symposium_2009/home.html
- September 20-24, 2009, Bologna (Italy): XI International Symposium on Plant Bioregulators in Fruit Production. Info: Prof. Guglielmo Costa, Ordinario di Arboricoltura Generale, Dipartimento di Colture Arboree, Via G. Fanin 46, 40127 Bologna, Italy. Phone: (39)051 20 9 6443, Fax: (39)051 20 9 6401, E-mail: guglielmo.costa@unibo.it E-mail symposium: scientific@bologna2009.it Web: http://www.ishs.pbr.bologna2009.it/
- September 21-26, 2009, Changsha, Hunan (China): IV International Cucurbit Symposium. Info: Prof. Xiaowu Sun, No.587, Dongda Road, Shaoyang City, Hunan, 422001, China. Phone: (86)739-5050618, Fax: (86)739-5050652 E-mail symposium: cucurbit2009@188.com Web: http://www.cucurbit2009.org
- September 27 - October 1, 2009, Murcia (Spain): V International Symposium on Seed , Transplant and Stand Establishment: Integrating Methods for Producing More with Less. Info: Dr. Francisco Perez-Alfocea, Dept. Of Irrigation and Salinity, CEBAS - CSIC, PO Box 4195, 30080 Murcia, Spain. Phone: (34)968396200, Fax: (34)968396213, E-mail: alfocea@cebas.csic.es or Dr. Jose A. Pascual Valero, CEBAS-CSIS, Campus Univ. De Espinardo s/n, 30100 Murcia, Spain. Phone: (34)968396200, Fax: (39)968396213, E-mail: jpascual@cebas.csic.es E-mail symposium: info@sest2009.com Web: http://www.sest2009.com
- September 29 - October 3, 2009, Meknes (Morocco): IV International Symposium on Fig. Info: Prof. Dr. Messaoudi Zerhoune, Dept. Arboriculture-Viticulture, Ecole Nationale d'Agriculture de Meknes, B.P. S/40, 50000 Meknes, Morocco. Phone: (212)61353653, Fax: (212)35300238, E-mail: messaoudiz@yahoo.fr E-mail symposium: ficus2009@yahoo.fr Web: http://www.ficus2009.ma/
- October 5-8, 2009, Tbilisi (Georgia): International Symposium on Current and Potential Uses of Nut Trees Wild Relatives. Info: Dr. Zviad Bobokashvili, Georgian Res. Inst. Of Horticulture, Dept. Fruit and Vine Crop Germplasm Inv., Gelovani Street #6, Tbilisi 0115, Georgia. Phone: (995)93335793, E-mail: bobokashvili@hotmail.com or Dr. Maya Marghania, Kostava 41, Tbilisi, Georgia. Phone: (995)99905076, E-mail: mmarghania@hotmail.com Web: http://www.nutssymposium2008.ge/
- October 6-10, 2009, Sanliurfa (Turkey): V International Symposium on Pistachios and Almonds. Info: Prof. Dr. Bekir Erol Ak, University of Harran, Faculty of Agriculture, 63200 Sanliurfa, Turkey. Phone: (90)4142472697, Fax: (90)4142474480, E-mail: beak@harran.edu.tr E-mail symposium: bekirerolak@gmail.com Web: http://ziraat.harran.edu.tr/symposium2009/
- October 13-16, 2009, Cuneo (Italy): I European Congress on Chestnut - Castanea 2009. Food, Timber, Biomass and Energy. Info: Prof. Dr. Giancarlo Bounous, Dipartimento di Colture Arboree, Università degli studi di Torino, Via Leonardo da Vinci 44, 10095 Grugliasco, TO, Italy. Phone: (39)0116708653, Fax: (39)0116708658, E-mail: giancarlo.bounous@unito.it E-mail symposium: castanea2009.dca@unito.it Web: http://www.arboree.unito.it/castanea2009
- October 18-21, 2009, Avignon (France): III International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables - FAVHEALTH 2009. Info: Marie Josephine Amiot Carlin, Université Aix-Marseille I & II, Faculté de Médecine de la Timone, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France. Phone: (33)491294091, E-mail: marie-jo.amiot-carlin@univmed.fr or Gilles Fayard, Pole Europeen Innovation Fruits - Légumes, rue Pierre Bayle, BP 11548, 84916 Avignon Cedex, France. Phone: (33)490315881, Fax: (33)490315521, E-mail: gilles.fayard@peifl.org
- October 27-29, 2009, Nasser City, Cairo (Egypt): XIII International Conference and Exhibition: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants - Challenges and Opportunities. Info: Prof. Dr. Ismail Abdel-Galil, Desert Research Center, 1, Mothaf El-Matariya, Cairo, Egypt. Phone: (20)226374800 or 26332846, Fax: (20)226357858, E-mail: ismaill@brainy1.ie-eg.com or Dr. Farouk El-Shobaki, ESMAP, 6, Dr. Farouk El-Shobaki Street, El-Koum El-Akhdar, Pyramids, Giza, Egypt. Phone: (20)233869898, Fax: (20)233841120, E-mail: drfarouk@elshobaki.com
October 29 - November 1, 2009, Lima (Peru): XII International Asparagus Symposium. Info: Prof. Andres V. Casas Diaz, Dept. Of Horticulture, Univ. Nac. Agraria - La Molina, Apdo. 12-056, Lima 12, Peru. Phone: (51)13485796, Fax: (51)13481660, E-mail: cda@lamolina.edu.pe E-mail symposium: info@iasperu2009.com Web: http://www.ias2009peru.com/
- November 2-6, 2009, Viña del Mar (Chile): VI International Symposium on Irrigation of Horticultural Crops. Info: Dr. Samuel Ortega-Farias, Casilla 747, Talca, Chile. Phone: (56)71200214, Fax: (56)71200214, E-mail: sortega@utalca.cl or Gabriel Selles, Inst. De Invest. Agro., Santa Rosa 11610, Santiago, Chile. Phone: (56)27575105, E-mail: gselles@inia.cl or Nelson Pereira Muñoz, National Irrigation Commission, Alameda B. O'Higgins 1449, Piso 4°, Santiago, Chile. Phone: (56)024257914, Fax: (56)024257901, E-mail: nelson.pereira@cnr.gob.cl E-mail symposium: information@irrigation2009.cl Web: http://www.irrigation2009.cl/
- November 15-19, 2009, Tsukuba (Japan): VI International Symposium on Light in Horticulture. Info: Eiji Goto, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Chiba 271-8510, Japan. Phone: (81)47-308-8841, Fax: (81)47-308-8842, E-mail: goto@faculty.chiba-u.jp E-mail symposium: info@lightsym2009.jp Web: http://www.lightsym2009.jp
- November 15-19, 2009, Napier (New Zealand): Postharvest Pacifica 2009 - Pathways to Quality. Info: Dr. Allan Woolf, Plant and Food Research, Mt Albert Research Centre, 120 Mt Albert Rd, Mt Albert, Private Bag 92169, Auckland, New Zealand. Phone: (64)99257267, Fax: (64)99258628, E-mail: awoolf@hortresearch.co.nz or Prof. Dr. Errol W. Hewett, Emeritus Professor of Horticultural Science, Institute of Food, Nutrition & Human Health, PO Box 158, Oneroa, Waiheke Island, 1820 Auckland, New Zealand. Phone: (64) 9 372 7576, Fax: (64) 9 372 7576, E-mail: ewmrhewett@xtra.co.nz E-mail symposium: clamont@hortresearch.co.nz Web: http://www.postharvestpacifica.org.nz/
- November 15-20, 2009, Santiago (Chile): VI International Cherry Symposium. Info: Dr. Marlene Ayala, Departamento de Fruticultura y Enología, Facultad de Agronomía e Ingeniería Forestal, Casilla 306 Correo 22, Santiago, Chile. Phone: (56)6864159 , Fax: (56)5534130, E-mail: mayalaz@uc.cl or Prof. Juan Pablo Zoffoli, Av Vicuna Mackenna 4860, Dept. Fruticultura y Enologia, Santiago 30622, Chile. Phone: (56)2 686 4159, Fax: (56)2 5534130, E-mail: zoffolij@uc.cl
- November 25-27, 2009, New Delhi (India): II International Symposium on Medicinal and Nutraceutical Plants. Info: Dr. Sushil Chandra Mahapatra, All India Institute for Medical Sciences, Nutrition&Phytomed. Lab, - Dept. Physiology, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 608, India. Phone: (91)1126594812, Fax: (91)1126588641, E-mail: scmahapatra@gmail.com E-mail symposium: ishs09@gmail.com Web: http://ismnp2009.org/
- November 29 - December 3, 2009, Campinas (Brazil): International Symposium on Genetic Research of Bamboos and Palms. Info: Dr. Antonio Fernando Tombolato, Instituto Agronomico, Avenida Barão de Itapura 1481, Caixa Postal 28, 13012-970 Campinas SP, Brazil. Phone: (55)1932415188, Fax: (55)1932417570, E-mail: tombolat@iac.sp.gov.br or Prof. Kathia Pivetta, Rodovia Carlos Tonanni, Km 5, Departamento de Horticultura, 14870-000 Jaboticabal, Brazil. Phone: (55)163232500, Fax: (55)163224275, E-mail: kathia@fcav.unesp.br
|