Official Newsletter of the WANA Seed Network
No. 33,
July 2007
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Announcements of meetings, seminars, workshops and training courses appear in this section. Please send us announcements for national, regional, or international workshops, seminars and training courses organized in your country for inclusion in the next issue.
Conferences
Asian Seed Congress 2007, 6-10 November 2007 EDSA Shangri- La, Manila, Philippines. APSA greets "Mabuhay!" in this year's Asian Seed Congress. APSA lives up to it's claim as the easiest access to the most dynamic region in the global seed industry by once again gathering business executives, academicians, scientists and researchers, government officials and all others involved in the global seed industry in the Asian Seed Congress 2007 which will be held from 6-10 November 2007 in EDSA Shangri-La, Manila, Philippines.
The Philippine Seed Industry Association (PSIA) will host the event expecting more than 700 participants. The preparation is in full swing. It includes a bigger number of trading tables and exhibition booths, four technical session topics, special interest group workshops and meetings on vegetable, hybrid rice, and tropical forages and grasses. Also included in the program are special meetings on international trade, quarantine, IPR and seed testing. Post conference tours include visits to IRRI, the Philippine vegetable capital - Baguio City, and to major local seed companies.
Early registration runs until 31 August, 2007 offering discounts on fees. For registration or more information visit http://www.apsaseed.org or email lovely@apsaseed. org.
8th AFSTA Annual Congress 2008, 26-29 February 2008, Casablanca, Morocco. The 8th AFSTA General Assembly will be held in Rivoli Hotel, Casablanca Morocco in North Africa. Registration starts in mid-November 2007. The Congress will be organized by the Moroccan Seed Association (AMSP) and the address of the Secretariat is: AMSP, 2, rue El Kaf Apt. No 1 Hassan, Rabat, Morocco; Tel: +212-37-26.35.00; Fax: +212-37-263501; E-mail: amsp@iam.net.ma. More information will be available in due course at AFSTA website www.afsta.org.
First Global Conference on GMO Analysis, 24-27, June 2008, Villa Erba, Como, Italy. The conference will be organized under the leadership of the European Commission/Joint Research Center. It deals with all aspects of GMO analysis in seed, food and feed and structured in three themes: (i): Requirements for the implementation of GMO analysis along the production chain;(ii) Method developments and applications; and (iii) Harmonization, standardization and accreditation - the way to quality assurance. Please note that information and registration details for the conference can be found at https://www.seedtest.org/stream/nl-l---1--%40a3a28d620689--55.it
9th ISSS Conference on Seed Biology, 6-11 July 2008, Olsztyn, Poland. The conference of International Society of Seed Science (ISSS) will be held at the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland. The theme of the conference will highlight the recent advances in seed science and research and will include seed development and maturation; seed dormancy and germination; seed ecology; seed stress tolerance; seed technology; seed germplasm preservation and alternative seed uses. For more information, please contact: E-mail: info@seedbio2008.pl or visit the website at: www.seedbio2008.pl
Courses
ISTA Training Workshops in 2007
ISTA pleased to announce the following ISTA Workshops scheduled for the coming period:
Vigor Testing Workshop
Location: Seed Technology Centre, Ege University, Izmir, Turkey
Date: 04 - 06 September 2007
https://www.seedtest.org/stream/nl-l---1--%40a3a28d620689--51.html
Workshop on Seed Sampling of Agricultural Seeds
Location: NAK, Emmeloord, The Netherlands
Date: 11 - 14 September 2007
https://www.seedtest.org/stream/nl-l---1--%40a3a28d620689--52.html
Moisture, Purity and Germination Workshop
Location: GEVES - SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Date: 08 - 12 October 2007
https://www.seedtest.org/stream/nl-l---1--%40a3a28d620689--53.html
For detailed information or to register, please click on the respective links above or at https://www.seedtest.org/en/workshop.html