Dear entomologists:
We are writing to update you on the joint IUFRO Working Party (7.03.13 “Biological control of forest insects and pathogens” and 7.03.16 “Behavioural and chemical ecology of forest insects) meeting with a focus on the intersection of Behavioural/ Chemical Ecology and Biological Control in Forest Ecosystems. This meeting will occur at the Future Africa campus, University of Pretoria (https://www.up.ac.za/future-africa).
We now have firm dates for the meeting: 28-30 October, 2025 (inclusive); for abstract submission (15-June, 2025) and registration (30-June, 2025). We hope to launch our registration page in the coming weeks and there delegates will be able to coordinate payment of registration ($300 USD for regular delegates; $200 USD for students) as well as indicate their interest in a one-day or three-day and two-night field trip. The former will just include a trip to see some plantation forest pest issues and the latter will also include some tourism (e.g., trip to Kruger and game drive).
This meeting will be a combination of traditional power-point presentations and directed discussions, with an emphasis on the latter. Discussion sessions will have experts assigned to facilitate dialogue and rapporteurs to capture ideas in real time. Ideally the notes from these discussions will form the basis of follow up activities (e.g., synthesis papers, research proposals) with interested delegates.
We will contact you again to let you know the webpage is functional for registration but in the interim if you wish to submit an abstract please send it to Dr. Quentin Guignard (quentin.guignard@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca).
If you have any questions, please contact any of us. We will be reaching out soon once we have our registration page functional and hope to you in South Africa later this year. Best wishes,
Sigrid, Andres, Quentin, Anna, Jeremy, Brett, Lukas, Deborah
Working Parties 7.03.13 and 7.03.16
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