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)
18th Meeting of the IOBC-WPRS WG “Integrated Control in Protected Crops, Temperate Climate”
31 August - 3 September 2026
Boskoop, The Netherlands
Early registration:
31.03.2026
Regular registration: 15.08.2026
22nd European Carabidologists’ Meeting
17 - 19 August 2026
Tartu, Estonia
Early registration:
01.04.2026
Abstract submission: 01.05.2026
Regular registration: 01.08.2026
Commission “Young IOBC-WPRS”, PhD Symposium 2026: “Biological Control of Arthropod Pests and Plant Diseases”
11 - 13 November 2026
Canarian Institute of Agricultural Research (ICIA) in Tenerife, Spain
Application submission to join the symposium:
10.04.2026
3rd International Molecular Plant Protection Congress (IMPPC2026)
17 - 21 May 2026
Antalya, Turkey
Early registration:
14.04.2026
BREBCA 2026, Benefits and Risks of Exotic Biological Control Agents
14 - 17 September 2026
San Michele all’Adige, Trento, Italy
Early registration:
29.04.2026
Late registration: 30.07.2026
XIII European Congress of Entomology (ECE 2026)
29 June - 3 July 2026
Tours, France
Poster abstract submission and standard registration:
30.04.2026
International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control (SIP-IOBC 2026)
2 - 6 August 2026
s’Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands
Abstract submission and early registration:
30.04.2026
Regular registration: 31.05.2026
Late registration: 01.06.2026
Online registration: 15.07.2026
13th International Working Conference On Stored Product Protection (IWCSPP)
19 - 23 October 2026
Kampala, Uganda
Abstract submission (paper):
01.05.2026
VIII International Symposium on Postharvest Pathology
18 - 22 May 2026
Ullensvang, Norway
Full paper submission:
25.05.2026
Entomology 2026 (Ento26)
8 - 10 September 2026
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Abstract submission:
12.06.2026
Early registration: 03.07.2026
Standard registration: 24.08.2026
IOBC-WPRS WG “Modern Biotechnology in Integrated Plant Production” & EU Project REACT
22 - 24 November 2026
Chania, Crete, Greece
Abstract submission:
15.07.2026
21st European Weed Research Society Symposium (EWRS 2027)
28 June - 2 July 2027
Uppsala, Sweden
Abstract submission:
31.12.2026
Early registration: 15.04.2027
Late registration: 01.06.2027
21. International Conference on Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology (ICPPPMB 2027)
28 - 29 January 2027
Istanbul, Türkiye
Early bird registration:
31.12.2026
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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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