Programme

The Symposium will focus on new developments in all aspects of crop protection. The programme will include a plenary session with two invited speakers:

• Dr. ANTONIO VICENT (IVIA, Moncada València, Spain): "Pest Introductions and Crop Protection in Europe: Plant Health at a Crossroads" 
• Dr. THOMAS DUBOIS (ICIPE, Nairobi, Kenya): "Crop protection in the tropics: challenges and opportunities for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa"

There will be several parallel sessions with submitted papers related to the following subjects:

• Agricultural Entomology and Acarology
• Nematology
• Phytopathology
• Herbology

• Formulation and Application Technology

• Pesticide Residues: Toxicology and Ecotoxicology

• Special session: tropical crop protection

Schedule (CEST) - subject to changes:

08:00                REGISTRATION (building E, ground floor, Agora)

09:30-10:40      PLENARY SESSION (building E, first floor, room E1)

10:40-11:10        COFFEE BREAK (building E, ground floor, Agora)

11:10-12:30        ORAL SESSIONS (building E, auditoria)

12:30-13:40       LUNCH (building E, ground floor, restaurant)

13:40-14:40       POSTER SESSION (building E, halls)

14:40-15:00       COFFEE BREAK (building E, ground floor, Agora)

15:00-17:20       ORAL SESSIONS (building E, auditoria)

17:20                  POSTER AWARDS & RECEPTION (building E, ground floor, Agora)

19:30                 EVENING DINNER