The VI^TH International
Weed Science Congress

Language

The official language of the Congress is English. All abstracts and papers should be submitted and presented in English.

Letter of Invitation

An invitation letter can be arranged to help raise travel funds or to obtain a visa, but is not a commitment on the part of the organisers to provide financial support.

Theme
Dynamic Weeds,
Diverse Solutions

About Joining IWSS

The International Weed Science Society promotes weed science globally and encourage weed scientists/ students/industry to be part of this revolution by joining the society. For membership details click here

International Travel

Participants from most countries can fly into either Beijing, Shanghai, or Hong Kong, and make a transfer to Hangzhou. Participants may also fly directly into Hangzhou (Xiaoshan International Airport); please check here for updates.

VISA

A visa to China is required for participants from most countries. Upon receiving the registration form and payment, the Local Organiser could send the official invitation letters for visa to the registered participant.

Co-organisers

The Institute of Plant Protection - CAAS
The China Society of Plant Protection
Weed Science Society of China - CSPP

Venue

New Century Grand Hotel Hangzhou

Local Contact

For additional assistance, please contact:
Dr. Hongjuan HUANG
Institute of Plant Protection, CAAS,
No. 2 West Yuanmingyuan Road,
Beijing 100193, China
Tel. / Fax.86 10 62815937
E-Mail: iwsc2012local@wssc.org.cn

Welcome From the President

Dear colleagues, I invite you all to join us and participate in the planning of the next International Weed Science Congress that will take place in Hangzhou, China in June 17-22, 2012.

Per Kudsk, the Chairman of the Scientific Programme Committee (SPC), along with other committee members from around the world have already started planning the programme.

We are confident that with your active participation and support the program will be attractive to audience from all sectors including academia, industry, extension and regulation. We are looking forward to hear from you and see you all in Hangzhou.

Baruch Rubin
President of IWSS President of the Organising Committee of the VITH IWSC

Scientific Programme

The scientific programme will consist of invited keynote presentations, discussion sessions on topical issues, educational sessions led by distinguished scientists, and oral and poster sessions based on offered contributions. One of the five congress days will be used for field excursions.

The SPC is dedicated to developing a scientific programme with a truly global scope that will be attractive to scientists as well as graduate students in Weed Science and related disciplines.

We therefore, invite you to send us ideas for specific sessions (for example, within innovative and emerging research areas). Send your suggestions to Per Kudsk, Chairman Scientific Programme Committee (per.kudsk@agrsci.dk)

We will regularly upload the suggestions we receive to the IWSS webpage (www.iwss.info). The second circular that will be released in June 2011 will contain the full list of sessions and a call for abstracts.

Registration

Sunday, 17 June 2012