Registration for the IPPC International Symposium for Pest Free Areas and Surveillance and a Call for Abstracts are now open

The IPPC International Symposium for Pest Free Areas (PFAs) and Surveillance is to be held in Shizuoka, Japan between 28 October and 1 November 2019.

The Symposium aims to bring together representatives from IPPC contracting parties (CPs), Regional Plant Protection Organizations (RPPOs), FAO Regional and Sub-regional offices, international intergovernmental, educational and scientific organizations, and private sector/service providers involved in phytosanitary activities and trade to share information on and discuss available good practices, successes and challenges of the setting and maintaining of PFAs and Surveillance phytosanitary systems.

Further information on the Symposium is available at https://www.ippc.int/en/core-activities/capacity-development/symposia/symposium-on-pfas-and-surveillance/

Information on how to submit an abstract for the presentations and posters, as well as an abstract template is available at https://www.ippc.int/en/calls/call-for-abstracts-ippc-international-symposium-for-pest-free-areas-and-surveillance/ The deadline of submissions is 30 June 2019.

Online registration is now open at http://event-services.fao.org/events/ippc-international-symposium-for-pest-free-areas-and-surveillance/event-summary-16e646ed6d8647f7949e3f99e2d3a885.aspx . The deadline is 31 July 2019.