International Organisation for Biological and Integrated Control
West Palaearctic Regional Section
Expert Groups
IOBC-WPRS encourages collaboration in promoting feasible and environmentally safe methods of pest and pathogen control.
The scientific and technical activity of IOBC-WPRS is carried by Working Groups, Study Groups and Commissions.
Such expert groups are composed of scientists and other professional IOBC-WPRS members and coming from at least three different countries.
Deadlines
Event
Date
Location
Approaching Deadline(s)
16th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Mediterranean Climate”
2 - 5 September 2025
Podgorica, Montenegro
Abstract submission (extended):
17.01.2025
Full paper submission: 18.04.2025
Early registration: 10.06.2025
14th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP2025)
2 - 5 June 2025
Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract submission:
20.01.2025
Early bird registration: 15.03.2025
Standard registration: 25.05.2025
Agriculture 2025
14 - 15 April 2025
Rome, Italy
Mid term registration:
20.01.2025
Final/onsite registration: 14.04.2025
XVII Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Biological and Integrated Control of Plant Pathogens”
11 - 14 June 2025
Torino, Italy
Submission of contributions:
31.01.2025
Early bird registration: 28.02.2025
Late registration without contribution is possible after 01.03.2025
Plant Protection and Plant Health International (11th PPPHI)
18 - 19 February 2025
Braunschweig, Germany
Registration:
31.01.2025
20th European Weed Research Society Symposium (EWRS 2025)
1 - 4 July 2025
Lleida, Spain
Abstract submission:
31.01.2025
Submission of travel grant requests: 15.03.2025
Early registration: 15.04.2025
Regular registration: 15.06.24
International Symposium on Plant Pathogenic Sclerotiniaceae (BotryScleroMoni 2025)
25 - 30 May 2025
Thessaloniki, Greece
Abstract submission and early bird registration:
14.02.2025
Presenting authors registration: 10.03.2025
Standard registration 25.05.2025
8th International Entomophagous Insects Conference (IEIC)
1 - 4 July 2025
Tours, France
Abstract submission:
01.03.2025
Early bird registration: 31.03.2025
Late Registration: 15.06.2025
25th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference
26 - 28 May 2025
Sydney, Australia
Early bird registration:
28.03.2025
Abstract submission: 03.02.2025
Presenter registration: 21.03.2025
14th Arab Conference of Plant Protection, Algeria, 2025 (ACPP2025)
3 - 7 November 2025
El-Harrach, Algiers Province, Algeria
Abstract submission:
30.03.2025
Registration: 30.09.2025
17th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU2025)
6 - 10 July 2025
Bari, Italy
Early registration:
30.04.2025
Regular registration: 06.07.2025
Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Protection in Viticulture”
13 - 15 October 2025
Mikulov, Czech Republic
Abstract submission:
15.05.2025
Early registration and authors registration: 12.07.2025
13th International Working Conference On Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP)
19 - 23 October 2026
Kampala, Uganda
Abstract submission:
31.05.2025
XVII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds
8 - 13 March 2026
Rotorua, Aotearoa New Zealand
Submission of workshops and presentation abstracts:
04.08.2025
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