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Announcements of meetings, seminars, workshops and training courses are made. Please send us national, regional or international announcements for workshops, seminars and training courses organized in your country for inclusion in the next issue.
Conferences
2003 Congress of the African Seed Trade Association 26-28 March 2003, Nairobi, Kenya. Details can be found on the AFSTA website: http://www.afsta.org. Please contact: Justin J. Rakotoarisaona, P.O Box 2428-00202, Nairobi, Kenya; Tel: ++254-2-272 7853 or 272 7860; Fax: ++254-2-2727861; E-mail: afsta@insightkenya. com; Website: http://www.afsta.org
ISTA Flower Seed Testing Workshop, 12-16 May 2003, Budapest, Hungary. ISTA Flower Seed Committee organizes a workshop on flower seed testing for the first time during the last 10 years. The workshop provides an opportunity to discuss the methodology and get acquainted with each other. An ISTA Handbook on Flower Seed Testing is in preparation and the workshop will be a good opportunity to discuss the completed work and find the way forward. For more information contact: Zita Ripka, Chairperson, ISTA Flower Seed Committee, National Institute for Agricultural Quality Control, # Keleti Károly Uu. 24, 1024 Budapest, Hungary; Tel: ++36 1 2122957; Fax: ++36 1 2124194; Email: RipkaZ@ommi.hu
ISTA Seed Vigor Testing Workshop, 14-16 May 2003, Parndorf, Austria. Seed Vigor Testing was accepted into the ISTA Rules at the ISTA Congress in Angers in June 2001. The ISTA Vigor Test Committee is organizing a series of workshops to inform ISTA members regarding the concept of seed vigor and provide training on seed vigor testing. The workshop includes lectures and practical work in vigor testing (Accelerated Ageing, Conductivity and Controlled Deterioration). For more information contact Dr Alison A Powell, Department of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, AB24 5UA, UK. Email: a.a.powell@abdn.ac.uk.
World Seed Congress 2003, Bangalore India, 7-11 June 2003. For more information contact: Dr. Manmohan Attavar, Conference Secretariat, Indo-American Hybrid Seeds (India) Pvt. Ltd., 17th Cross, 2nd 'A' Main, K.R. Road, Banashankri 2nd Stage, Bangalore-560070, India. Tel: ++91-80-6760111; Fax: ++91-80-6761479; E-mail: isf2003.ho@indamseeds.com; Website: http:// www.worldseed2003.com
27th ISTA Congress,
13-25 May 2004, Budapest, Hungary. The International Seed Testing Association
has made a preliminary announcement of the venue for the 27th ISTA Congress
to be held in Budapest, Hungary from 13-25 May 2004. The program for the Congress
includes Preliminary Meeting of Technical Committees and Executive Committee
(13-15/5), Pre-congress Tours (16/5), Seed Symposium (17-19/5), Ordinary Meeting
(20-21/5), Establishment of New Technical Committees (22/5) and Post-congress
Tours to places of interest (23-25/5). For more information you may contact
ISTA Secretariat or visit the website at: http://www.seedtest.org/27congress/
27istac.cfm