Preliminary program
| Sunday, 20th January | Registration and welcome cocktail | |
| Monday, 21st January | Opening ceremony SESSION 1 - Managing beneficial insects by semiochemicals SESSION 2 - New developments in pest monitoring methods SESSION 3 - Allelochemical-based pest management tactics |
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| Tuesday, 22nd January | SESSION 4 - Pheromone-based pest management tactics SESSION 5 - SIT and Biological control of fruit crop pests SESSION 6 - Applied Biotremology: a new discipline for pest management. Vibrational signals as semiophysicals |
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| Wednesday, 23rd January | Mid-Conference excursion* | |
| Thursday, 24th January | SESSION 7 - Invasive pests: a challenge for IPM A - Brown Marmorated Stink Bug and other invasive hemipterans B - Spotted Wing Drosophila and other invasive dipterans Social dinner (will take place at Casa do Alentejo) *** |
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| Friday, 25th January | SESSION 8 - Integrated protection of fruit crops Business meeting & closing |
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| Saturday, 26th January | 2-days Post-conference excursions** | |
| Sunday, 27th January |
| The program can be downloaded here. | The book of abstracts can be downloaded here |
| DOWNLOAD PDF | DOWNLOAD PDF |
*Mid-Conference excursion will be to the Alentejo region, it includes a visit to Herdade do Esporão, an estate with vineyards and olive groves using organic methods and integrated production, including a tour to the cellars and wineries, and a visit to the historical city of Évora - UNESCO World Heritage.
**The excursion programmes and conditions can be downloaded here.
For reservations please contact:
Abreu Events
Tel.: (+351) 214 156 121
Email: madalena.almeida@abreu.pt
*** Social dinner will take place at Casa do Alentejo at 20.00, downtown near Rossio, about 20-30 minutes by metro from Parque das Nações; a map guide with instructions on the different transport alternatives can be downloaded here
Confirmed invited speakers
Prof. Olle Anderbrant, Lund Univ., Sweden
Prof. Thomas Baker, Penn. State Univ., USA
Dr. Carlos Frescata, BIOSANI; Portugal
Prof. Lara Maistrello, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy
Dr. Rui Cardoso Pereira, FAO/IAEA
Prof. John Pickett, Cardiff Univ., UK (Plenary speaker)
Prof. Max Suckling, DSIR, HortResearch, New Zealand
Prof. Meta Virant-Doberlet, NIB, Slovenia
