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)
Agriculture 2025
14 - 15 April 2025
Rome, Italy
Mid term registration:
14.03.2025
Final/onsite registration: 14.04.2025
Entomology 2025
9 - 12 November 2025
Portland, Oregon, USA
Symposia and workshop submission:
14.03.2025
Abstract submission: 30.05.2025
Early bird registration: 15.09.2025
8th International Entomophagous Insects Conference (IEIC)
1 - 4 July 2025
Tours, France
Abstract submission:
15.03.2025
Early bird registration: 31.03.2025
Late Registration: 15.06.2025
14th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology (EFPP2025)
2 - 5 June 2025
Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract submission for the Bunt & Smut workshop:
17.03.2025
Early bird registration: 31.03.2025
Registration for the Bunt & Smut Workshop: 15.05.2025
Plant Health 2025
2 - 5 August 2025
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Abstract submission:
20.03.2025
Early registration: 06.06.2025
25th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference (APPS 2025)
26 - 28 May 2025
Sydney, Australia
Presenter registration:
21.03.2025
Early bird registration: 28.03.2025
Biopesticides Europe 2025
4 - 5 June 2025
Madrid, Spain
Early bird registration:
31.03.2025
20th European Weed Research Society Symposium (EWRS 2025)
1 - 4 July 2025
Lleida, Spain
Submission of travel grant requests:
01.04.2025
Early registration: 15.04.2025
Regular registration: 15.06.2025
16th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Mediterranean Climate”
2 - 5 September 2025
Podgorica, Montenegro
Full paper submission:
18.04.2025
Early registration: 10.06.2025
17th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union (MPU2025)
6 - 10 July 2025
Bari, Italy
Early registration:
30.04.2025
Regular registration: 06.07.2025
14th Arab Conference of Plant Protection, Algeria, 2025 (ACPP2025)
3 - 7 November 2025
El-Harrach, Algiers Province, Algeria
Abstract submission:
30.04.2025
Registration: 30.09.2025
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
9th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Control of Plant-Feeding Mites”
8 - 11 September 2025
Izmir, Türkiye
Abstract submission:
15.05.2025
Early bird registration: 30.05.2025
Regular registration: 15.07.2025
International Symposium on Plant Pathogenic Sclerotiniaceae (BotryScleroMoni 2025)
25 - 30 May 2025
Thessaloniki, Greece
Standard registration:
25.05.2025
13th International Working Conference On Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP)
19 - 23 October 2026
Kampala, Uganda
Abstract submission:
31.05.2025
5th Iranian International Congress of Entomology (5IICE)
14 - 16 September 2025
Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran
Abstract submission:
13.06.2025
Early bird registration: 08.08.2025
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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IP Tools
IP (Integrated Production) is a concept of sustainable agriculture based on agro-ecology and a system approach that aims at contributing to sustainable, resilient, profitable and robust farming systems. IPM (Integrated Pest Management) is the part of IP focusing on pests, pathogens and weeds .
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