• March 20-23, 2007, Macon, GA (USA): International Symposium on Medicinal and Nutraceutical Plants. Info: Dr. Anand K. Yadav, Agricultural Research, Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA 31030-4313, USA. Phone: (1)4788256830, Fax: (1)4788256376, email: yadava@fvsu.edu web:www.ag.fvsu.edu/ishsmanp.html

• April 16-19, 2007, Nadi (Fiji): I International Symposium on Breadfruit Research and Development. Info: Dr. John Woodend, CTA - Technical Center for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU, PO Box 380, 6700 AJ Wageningen, Netherlands. Phone: (31)317467100, Fax: (31)317460067, email: woodend@cta.int

• April 29 - May 4, 2007, Antalya (Turkey): I International Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Conference on Culinary Herbs. Info: Prof. Dr. Ibrahim Baktir or Prof. Dr. Kenan Turgut, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Akdeniz University, 07058 Antalya, Turkey. Phone: (90)2423102469 or (90)2423102414, Fax: (90)2422274564, email: ibaktir@akdeniz.edu.tr or kturgut@akdeniz.edu.tr web: www.mapc2007ant.org

• May 22-26, 2007, Oeste Region (Portugal): X International Pear Symposium. Info: Dr. Armando Torres Paulo, c/o Pears 2007, COTHN, Estrata de Leiria s/n, 2461-997 Alcobaça, Portugal. Phone: (351)213602053, Fax: (351)262507659, email: info@pears2007.com web: www.pears2007.com

• June 11-15, 2007, Funchal (Portugal - Madeira): VI International Symposium on New Floricultural Crops. Info: Maria João Oliveira Dragovic M.Sc., Caminho das Voltas 11, 9060-329 Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Phone: (351)291211260, Fax: (351)291211234, email: joaodragovic.sra@gov-madeira.pt web: www.sra.pt/nfc2007

• June 24-29, 2007, Beijing (China): II International Conference on Turfgrass Science and Management for Sports Fields. Info: Prof. Dr. Liebao Han, Institute of Turfgrass Science, Bejing Forestry University, No. 35 Qinghua East Road, Beijing 100083, China. Phone: (86)1062337982, Fax: (86)1062322089, hanlb@tom.com  web: www.bfuturf.com

• June 25, 2007, Brussels (Belgium): Awareness Raising Conference on Horticulture for Development. Info: Ir. Jozef Van Assche, Executive Director ISHS, PO Box 500, 3001 Leuven 1, Belgium. Phone: (32)16229427, Fax: (32)16229450, email Jozef Van Assche  web: www.globalhort.org

• July 1-5, 2007, Einsiedeln/Wädenswil (Switzerland): VIII International Symposium on Modelling in Fruit Research and Orchard Management. Info: Dr. Joerg Samietz, Agroscope FAW Wädenswil, Schloss, PO Box 185, 8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland. Phone: (41)447836193, Fax: (41)447836434, email: joerg.samietz@acw.admin.ch web: www.hortplus.com/ISHSmodel 

• August 6-8, 2007, Bangkok (Thailand): International Conference on Quality Management of Fresh Cut Produce. Info: Dr. Sirichai Kanlayanarat, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thongkru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand. Phone: (66)24707720, Fax: (66)24523750, email: sirichai.kan@kmutt.ac.th web: www.kmutt.ac.th/QMFCP2007/ 

• August 12-17, 2007, Portland, OR (USA): XI International Workshop on Fire Blight. Info: Dr. Virginia Stockwell, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. Phone: (1)5417384078, Fax: (1)5417384025, email: stockwev@science.oregonstate.edu or Dr. Kenneth B. Johnson, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA. Phone: (1)5417375249, Fax: (1)5417373573, email: johnsonk@science.oregonstate.edu web: oregonstate.edu/conferences/fireblight2007/

• September 2-9, 2007, Nottingham (United Kingdom): International Symposium on Growing Media and Hydroponics. Info: Dr. Bill Carlile, Chief Horticultural Scientist, Bord na Mona, Main Stree, Newbridge, Co. Kildare, Ireland. email: bill.carlile@bnm.ie web: www.ntu.ac.uk/science/school_news/ishs

• September 10-14, 2007, Greenway Woods, White River (South Africa): International Symposium on Novel Approaches to Disease and Pest Management in Banana and Plantain. Info: Dr. Altus Viljoen, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7600, South Africa. Phone: (27)21-8084797, Fax: (27)21-8084956, email: altus@sun.ac.za or Dr. Inge Van den Bergh, Bioversity International, 1990 Boulevard de la Lironde, Parc Scientifique Agropolis II, 34397 Montpellier, France. Phone: (33)467611302, Fax: (33)467610334, email: i.vandenbergh@cgiar.org Symposium Secretariat email: k.lehrer@cgiar.org web: www.promusa.org

• September 12-15, 2007, Faro (Portugal): III International Symposium on Acclimatization and Establishment of Micropropagated Plants. Info: Dr. Anabela Romano, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139 Faro, Portugal. Phone: (351)289800910, Fax: (351)289819419, email: aromano@ualg.pt web: www.ualg.pt/aemp2007

• September 16-20, 2007, Aas (Norway): International Symposium on Genetic Modification - Challenges and Opportunities for Horticulture in the World. Info: Dr. Trine Hvoslef-Eide, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, PO Box 5003, 1432 Aas, Norway. Phone: (47)93433775, Fax: (47)64966024, email: trine.hvoslef-eide@umb.no web: www.gmo2007.no

• September 20-21, 2007, Keszthely (Hungary): IV International Phylloxera Symposium. Info: Dr. László Kocsis, Deák F. u. 16, 8360 Keszthely, Hungary. Phone: (36)83545058, Fax: (36)83545058, email: kocsis-l@georgikon.hu web: www.georgikon.hu/phylox

• September 23-27, 2007, Hanoi (Vietnam): International Symposium Improving the Performance of Supply Chains in the Transitional Economies - Responding to the Demands of Integrated Value Chains. Info: Dr. Peter J. Batt, Horticulture, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia. Phone: (61)892667596, Fax: (61)892664422, email: p.batt@curtin.edu.au web: www.muresk.curtin.edu.au/conference/ishsvn

• October 4-6, 2007, Naples (Italy): International Conference on Sustainable Greenhouse Systems - GREENSYS2007. Info: Prof. Dr. Stefania De Pascale, Department of Agricultural Engineering and Agronomy, University of Naples Federico II, Via Universita 100, 80055 Portici (Naples), Italy. Phone: (39)0812539127, Fax: (39)0817755129, email: depascal@unina.it web: www.greensys2007.com

• October 8-12, 2007, Kusadasi (Turkey): II International Symposium on Tomato Diseases. Info: Dr. Hikmet Saygili, Ege University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Plant Protection, Bornova 35100, Izmir, Turkey. Phone: (90)2323886857, Fax: (90)2323881864, email: hikmet.saygili@ege.edu.tr web: www.2istd.ege.edu.tr

• October 9-13, 2007, Houston, TX (USA): II International Symposium on Human Health Effects of Fruits and Vegetables. Info: Dr. Bhimanagouda Patil, Texas A&M University, Department of Horticulture, 1500 Research Parkway Ste A120, College Station, TX 77845, USA. Phone: (1)9798624521, Fax: (1)9798624522, email: b-patil@tamu.edu web: favhealth2007.tamu.edu 

• October 15-19, 2007, Wageningen (Netherlands): V International Symposium on Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants. Info: Dr. Ronald van den Berg, Wageningen UR, Building No. 351, Gen. Foulkesweg 37, 6703 BL Wageningen, Netherlands. email: ronald.vandenberg@wur.nl or Mrs. N. Groendijk-Wilders, Gen.Foulkesweg 37, 6703 BL Wageningen, Netherlands. email: info.istcp2007@wur.nl web: www.istcp2007.wur.nl

• October 21-25, 2007, Santa Catarina (Brazil): VIII International Symposium on Temperate Zone Fruits in the Tropics and Subtropics. Info: Dr. Gabriel Berenhauser Leite, EPAGRI - Caçador Experimental Station, C. Postal 591, 89500-000 Caçador, SC, Brazil. Phone: (55)4935612000, Fax: (55)35612010, email: gabriel@epagri.rct-sc.br or Dr. Flavio Gilberto Herter, EMBRAPA, C. Postal 403, 96001-970 Pelotas, RS, Brazil. Phone: (55)32758120, Fax: (55)32758220,  email: herter@cpact.embrapa.br web: www.cpact.embrapa.br/eventos/2007/VIIITZFTS/

• October 22-26, 2007, João Pessoa - Paraíba (Brazil): VI International Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal and the VI General Meeting of FAO-CACTUSNET. Info: Juliana Rossignol, Executive Secretariat VI Int'l Congress on Cactus Pear and Cochineal, Brazil. Phone: (55)8332225144, email: congressopalma@senarpb.com.br web: www.cactusperacongress2007.com

• October 23-25, 2007, Bursa (Turkey): International Workshop on Chestnut Management in Mediterranean Countries: Problems and Prospects. Info: Prof. Dr. Arif Soylu, Uludag University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Horticulture, Görükle, 16059 Bursa, Turkey. Phone: (90)2244428970, Fax: (90)2244429098, email: arifsoylu@yahoo.com web: www.chestnut2007turkey.org  

• October 29-31, 2007, Lelystad (Netherlands): V International Symposium on Edible Alliaceae. Info: Ir. J.H.J. Haarhuis, World Allium Association, Laan ven Beek en Royen 41, 3701 AK Zeist, Netherlands. Phone: (31)306933489, Fax: (31)306974517, email: info@worldalliumassociation.com web: www.worldalliumassociation.com

• November 18-23, 2007, João Pessoa, Paraiba (Brazil): VI International Pineapple Symposium. Info: Dr. Domingo Haroldo Reinhardt, EMBRAPA, PO Box 7, Cruz das Almas, BA, Brazil. Phone: (55)7536218002, Fax: (55)7536218097, email: dharoldo@cnpmf.embrapa.br web: www.ipsbrasil2007.com.br

• December 3-6, 2007, Bangkok (Thailand): International Conference on Quality Management of Ornamentals (QMSCO 2007). Info: Dr. Sirichai Kanlayanarat, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thongkru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand. Phone: (66)24707720, Fax: (66)24523750, email: sirichai.kan@kmutt.ac.th web: www.kmutt.ac.th/QMSCO2007

• December 3-6, 2007, Bangkok (Thailand): Europe-Asia Symposium on Quality Management in Postharvest Systems (EURASIA2007). Info: Dr. Sirichai Kanlayanarat, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thongkru, Bangkok 10140, Thailand. Phone: (66)24707720, Fax: (66)24523750, email: sirichai.kan@kmutt.ac.th web: www.kmutt.ac.th/EURASIA2007