Call for presenters for International Symposium 2018 on Innovative Crop Protection for Sustainable Agriculture

update October 25,2017 Symposium 2017:11:01:00:00:00:2017:11:20:00:00:00

The UGSAS-GU is calling for speakers for "International Symposium 2018 on Innovative Crop Protection for Sustainable Agriculture". The symposium will be regularly held twice a year instead of the roundtable meeting. This symposium aims at exploring the demand(s) in the field of plant pathology and discovering how we can contribute to sustainable agriculture through intensive discussion.

Period: March 7-8, 2018

Venue: Main Seminor room at the 6F of the buliding of The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University Campus, JAPAN

Theme: Innovative Crop Protection for Sustainable Agriculture

KEYNOTE SPEECHES:

• Assoc. Prof. Masafumi SHIMIZU (Gifu University): Benefical Plant-Microbial Interaction
• Assoc. Prof. Haruhisa SUGA (GIfu University): Molecular Plant Pathology
• Dr. Shigenobu YOSHIDA (National Institute for Agro-Environment): Ecophysiology of Plant-Associated Microbes
• Assco. Prof. Sotaro CHIBA (Nagoya University): Sustainable Plant Protection

12 ALUMNI/GUEST SPEECHES ***** CALLING FOR ENTRIES (FREE OF CHARGE)***** PLEASE APPLY NOW.

Application Download at Symposium_Application_Template.docx
Symposium Poster: Symposium2018Poster_Call.pdf

We will cover the cost of accommodation for all the speakers of the symposium. In addition, we are ready to cover the cost of travel for UGSAS-GU alumni(ae). Please send your application to
ugsasnet@gifu-u.ac.jp
by November 20, 2017.

We expect that the content of presentation is the achievement of your research or an introduction of some problems/researches in the local soil management.

In case that we receive more than 12 entries, we will need to make a selection based on the content/theme of your presentation.