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Provides conferences and events information related to invasive species. The calendar displays events for the previous two years as they can be helpful in finding relevant experts and papers. See Calendars and Meetings for links to invasive species-related conference calendars on other Web sites.
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December 2020
Date: Dec 08, 2020 to Dec 10, 2020
Venue: Virtual
Date: Dec 13, 2020 to Dec 16, 2020
Contact: Melissa Burnett
Notes: Conference will be held virtually.
January 2021
Date: Jan 04, 2021 to Jan 07, 2021
Venue: Virtual
Contact: Art Gover
Email: aeg2@psu.edu
Notes: The Northeastern Plant, Pest, and Soils Conference (NEPPSC) is organized in cooperation with the Northeastern Weed Science Society (NEWSS), the Northeast Branch of the American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science Society of America, and the Soil Science Society of America (NE ASA-CSAA-SSSA), and the American Society of Horticultural Science-Northern Region (NR-ASHS).
Date: Jan 07, 2021 to Jan 15, 2021
Sponsor: The French Ministry for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature
Venue: Marseille’s Parc Chanot
Location: Marseille, France
Contact: Goska Bonnaveira
Phone: +41 79 276 01 85
Email: Goska.Bonnaveira@iucn.org
Notes: Conference postponed. New dates TBA. Originally rescheduled from 2020 to 2021. Hosted every four years. Program and topics to be announced. "The IUCN Congress will be central in mobilising the international community ahead of critical decisions to be taken later that year regarding global efforts to tackle biodiversity loss and climate change."
Date: Jan 11, 2021 to Jan 14, 2021
Venue: Virtual
Contact: Holly Fletcher-Timmons
Phone: 765-494-5856
Email: htimmons@purdue.edu
2021 4th Annual North East Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change (RISCC) Management Symposium
Date: Jan 20, 2021 to Jan 21, 2021
Venue: Virtual
Notes: Learn from colleagues, and discuss climate change and invasive species management. The event is free and open to the public.
February 2021
Date: Feb 02, 2021 to Feb 04, 2021
Sponsor: River Restoration Northwest
Venue: Skamania Lodge
Location: Stevenson, Washington
Contact: Peggy McCormick
Phone: 541-994-4252
Email: registrar@rrnw.org
Notes: Conference postponed until February 2022. New dates and detailed TBA.
Date: Feb 09, 2021 to Feb 11, 2021
Venue: Virtual
Notes: The INVASIVES Annual Forum & AGM is an exciting opportunity for non-profit organizations, government staff, Indigenous leaders, industry, stewardship groups, academics and more from across the Pacific Northwest region and beyond, to network and share their knowledge and expertise about invasive species.
Date: Feb 16, 2021 to Feb 26, 2021
Sponsor: This conference will be hosted by RiversEdge West, The Wildlife Society, and The Ruth Hutchins Water Center at Colorado Mesa University
Venue: Virtual
Date: Feb 22, 2021 to Feb 25, 2021
Venue: Virtual
March 2021
Date: Mar 01, 2021 to Mar 04, 2021
Venue: Virtual
Date: Mar 02, 2021 to Mar 05, 2021
Venue: Virtual
Date: Mar 02, 2021 to Mar 05, 2021
Sponsor: International Society for Horticultural Science
Venue: Virtual
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021. Held in conjunction with the VIII International Conference on Landscape and Urban Horticulture (https://www.luh2021.it/)
Date: Mar 15, 2021 to Mar 18, 2021
Venue: Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel
Location: Denver, Colorado
Contact: Michelle Marquart
Phone: 217-244-8174
Email: mmarqua2@illinois.edu
Notes: Theme: Implementing IPM Across Borders and Disciplines
Date: Mar 16, 2021 to Mar 28, 2021
Sponsor: USDA. Forest Service; Mississippi State University.
Venue: Virtual
Notes: Presentations emphasize research on silvicultural topics such as: carbon management, competition control, ecology, economics, fire behavior, forest health, genetics/tree improvement, growth and yield, harvesting, history, invasive species spread and control, natural and artificial regeneration, nutritional amendments, pine silviculture, restoration, site preparation, stand dynamics, water and soil quality, and wildlife ecology and habitat management.
Date: Mar 24, 2021 to Mar 27, 2021
Venue: Virtual
April 2021
Date: Apr 20, 2021 to Apr 22, 2021
Venue: Saint Raphael Hotel and Resort
Location: Limassol, Cyprus
Contact: Dimitris Tsaltas
Phone: (+357) 25 002 545
Email: dimitris.tsaltas@cut.ac.cy
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020.
Date: Apr 26, 2021 to Apr 28, 2021
Notes: Topics will include: Insect Plant and Plant Host Interactions; Invasive Species; General Posters
Date: Apr 26, 2021 to Apr 30, 2021
Sponsor: International Organisation for Biological Control (IOBC) and CAB International (CABI)
Venue: Congress Center Davos
Location: Davos, Switzerland
Email: info@iobc-icbc.com
May 2021
Date: May 12, 2021 to May 15, 2021
Sponsor: Society of Ethnobiology
Location: Cedar City, Utah
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021.
Date: May 14, 2021 to May 16, 2021
Sponsor: University of Minnesota
Location: Two Harbors, Minnesota
Email: gathpart@umn.edu
Notes: The conference is hosted jointly by University of Minnesota Extension program teams for Citizen Science, Invasive Species, and the Minnesota Master Naturalist program.
Date: May 17, 2021 to May 21, 2021
Sponsor: International Association for Great Lakes Research
Venue: Virtual
Notes: Fellow researchers from around the world will gather online for IAGLR's 64th annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. The virtual conference will feature four days of scientific sessions and speakers focusing on our theme Bridging: Knowledges • Seven Generations • Land-to-Lake.
Date: May 18, 2021
Sponsor: Ghent University
Venue: Virtual
Phone: +32(0)9 264 61 42
Email: iscp@ugent.be
Notes: Includes special session on "Plant health: quarantine and emerging pests, diseases and weeds"
Date: May 18, 2021 to May 20, 2021
Sponsor: The Canadian Council on Invasive Species is hosting this Forum with the support of, and guidance from, an international steering committee representing the U.S., Canada, and Mexico.
Venue: Virtual
Notes: The North American Invasive Species Forum is an international event encompassing the interests of professionals and organizations involved in invasive species management, research, and regulation across North American. The forum will build on the previous Forum held in 2017.
Date: May 23, 2021 to May 26, 2021
Venue: Renaissance Riverview
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Date: May 24, 2021 to May 27, 2021
Sponsor: Centre for Invasive Species Solutions in partnership with Agriculture Victoria
Venue: Sofitel Melbourne On Collins
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021. Theme: "Feral Futures 2051".
Date: May 31, 2021 to Jun 04, 2021
Sponsor: International Union Of Forest Research Organizations
Venue: Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021. Joint meeting of IUFRO Working Groups: 7.03.12 - Alien Invasive Species and International Trade, 7.03.07 - Population Dynamics of Forest Insects, and 8.02.04 - Ecology of Alien Invasives.
June 2021
Date: Jun 01, 2021
Sponsor: St. Lawrence Eastern Lake Ontario Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (SLELO PRISM)
Venue: TBD
Notes: The next symposium will be held in June of 2021, exact date TBD. Due to COVID, presenters should be prepared for both an in-person and webinar presentation.
Date: Jun 02, 2021 to Jun 03, 2021
Location: Traverse City, Michigan
Date: Jun 06, 2021 to Jun 11, 2021
Location: Assisi, Italy
Phone: +39 075 5856465
Email: icppb2020@unipg.it
Date: Jun 14, 2021 to Jun 18, 2021
Sponsor: International Aquatic Plants Group
Venue: Aarhus University
Location: Aarhus, Denmark
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021.
Date: Jun 19, 2021 to Jun 24, 2021
Sponsor: Joint conference of the Canadian Land Reclamation Association (CLRA), the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER), and the Society of Wetland Scientists.
Location: Québec, Canada
Phone: +1 418 522 8182
Email: re3quebec2020@conferium.com
Notes: The proposed theme of the conference is “From Reclaiming to Restoring and Rewilding”. It aims to stimulate discussions about the range of environmental management approaches advocated by the three hosting societies.
Date: Jun 20, 2021 to Jun 25, 2021
Venue: University of Idaho Center for Health in the Human Ecosystem
Location: Moscow, Idaho
Date: Jun 21, 2021 to Jun 24, 2021
Venue: Virtual
Date: Jun 21, 2021 to Jun 27, 2021
Venue: Hotel Štekl
Location: Hluboká nad Vltavou, Czech Republic
Notes: Keynote Speaker: Advancing invasion ecology using crayfish as model alien species
Date: Jun 28, 2021 to Jul 01, 2021
Venue: Centro Congressi Lingotto
Location: Turin, Italy
Phone: +39 011 2446911
Email: pbe2020@ccicongress.com
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021.
Date: Jun 28, 2021 to Jul 01, 2021
Sponsor: International Plant Protection Convention
Venue: Paasitorni Conference Centre
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Contact: Ralf Lopian
Email: ralf.lopian@mmm.fi
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020. Hosted by the government of Finland, the International Plant Health Conference will be one of the key events of the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH) in 2020. The objective of the conference is to provide for the first time a forum to discuss global scientific, technical and regulatory plant health issues in a conference setting and at the same time advocate plant health to the media and general public. The following four themes will be discussed daily in workshops, scientific and regulatory symposia and side events: plant health and international trade; the potential of plant health to contribute to a hunger-free world; plant health’s contribution to climate action and preserving life on land; development and plant health.
July 2021
Date: Jul 06, 2021 to Jul 09, 2021
Venue: Corum Conference Centre
Location: Montpellier, France
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021. Includes a session on "The Physiology and Control of Invasive Species".
Date: Jul 18, 2021 to Jul 23, 2021
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Email: ento2020helsinki@gmail.com
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021. Includes sections on "Biological Control And Insect Pathology" and "Invasive Species And Regulatory Entomology".
Date: Jul 22, 2021 to Jul 24, 2021
Venue: Bergamo Center
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Date: Jul 31, 2021 to Aug 04, 2021
Sponsor: American Phytopathological Society
Location: Memphis, Tennessee
Notes: Given the success of Plant Health 2020 Online, and the current global pandemic, APS is preparing for a hybrid virtual/in-person event for 2021.
August 2021
Date: Aug 01, 2021 to Aug 05, 2021
Venue: Boardwalk Hotel
Location: Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Date: Aug 09, 2021 to Aug 13, 2021
Venue: Omni Shoreham
Location: Washington, DC
Notes: Held in conjunction with the North American Safeguarding Conference, which was rescheduled to 2021.
Date: Aug 15, 2021 to Aug 19, 2021
Venue: Big Sky Resort
Location: Big Sky, Montana
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021.
Date: Aug 23, 2021 to Aug 25, 2021
Sponsor: Resource Institute, Inc.
Venue: Renaissance Baltimore Harbor Place
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021.
September 2021
Date: Sep 06, 2021 to Sep 09, 2021
Sponsor: International Organisation for Biological Control; University of Sheffield. Institute for Sustainable Food.
Venue: Endcliffe Village
Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Email: scienceke@sheffield.ac.uk
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021.
Date: Sep 13, 2021 to Sep 15, 2021
Venue: Pompeu Fabra University
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Contact: William H. Robinson
Email: info@icup.org.uk
Date: Sep 20, 2021 to Sep 23, 2021
Sponsor: Natural Areas Association
Location: Duluth, Minnesota
Notes: Conference topics include "Invasive species: threats, prevention and management"
Date: Sep 22, 2021 to Sep 24, 2021
Sponsor: CAB International.
Location: The Hague, Netherlands
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021. PHAB 2021 will foster growth in plant health innovation and sustainability by driving collaborations, business opportunities, investments, and knowledge. It is the ultimate platform for connecting academics and researchers, business leaders and investors, global policymakers, governmental, foundation, and philanthropic funders. An emerging hotspot for agri-tech, ecological and environmental focused companies, the Netherlands is the place to be for the movers and shakers of the plant-health field.
October 2021
Date: Oct 10, 2021 to Oct 13, 2021
Sponsor: Weed Management Society of South Australia
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Location: Adelaide, Australia
Contact: Loren Revell-Karutz
Phone: 08 8332 3277
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021.
Date: Oct 18, 2021 to Oct 21, 2021
Venue: Congress Center Basel
Location: Basel, Switzerland
Date: Oct 23, 2021 to Oct 29, 2021
Sponsor: Organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries; and Animal Production Society of Kenya
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Contact: Kenya Agricultural and Research Livestock Organization
Email: elkana.nyambati@kalro.org
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021. Congress theme: “Sustainable Use of Grassland and Rangeland Resources for Improved Livelihoods."
Date: Oct 30, 2021 to Oct 31, 2021
Sponsor: Entomological Society of America
Location: Denver, Colorado
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021. This summit will focus on the successes and implementation gaps associated with ISPM15, the inspection protocol for wood pallets and other packaging.
November 2021
Date: Nov 14, 2021 to Nov 17, 2021
Sponsor: Entomological Society of America
Venue: To be determined
Location: Denver, Colorado
Date: Nov 21, 2021 to Nov 25, 2021
Sponsor: International Congress of Zoology
Venue: Century City Convention Centre
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Contact: Liza Monteiro
Email: liza@confco.co.za
December 2021
Date: Dec 05, 2021 to Dec 10, 2021
Sponsor: International Weed Science Society
Venue: Marriott Marquis Queen’s Park
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Notes: Rescheduled from 2020 to 2021.
Date: Dec 06, 2021 to Dec 08, 2021
Venue: University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Email: meetings@bspp.org.uk
Notes: In partnership with the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP). To reflect that 2020 is International year of Plant Health and with the objective raising of awareness of the importance of plant health in addressing issues of global concern, including hunger, poverty and threats to the environment.
May 2022
Date: May 01, 2022 to May 06, 2022
Sponsor: Organized by the European Society of Nematology
Venue: Palais des Congrès
Location: Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France
Notes: Rescheduled from 2021 to 2022. Theme: "Crossing borders: a world of nematode diversity and impact to discover"
Date: May 15, 2022 to May 19, 2022
Sponsor: Hosted by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s Marine Invasions Lab
Location: Annapolis, Maryland
June 2022
Date: Jun 20, 2022 to Jun 23, 2022
Venue: Eugenides Foundation
Location: Athens, Greece