The E H Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation presents

Australian and New Zealand Biocontrol Conference
10 – 14 February 2008
Sydney, Australia

Invitation

We extend a warm invitation to you to participate in the inaugural Australian and New Zealand Biocontrol Conference being held at the Menzies Hotel in Sydney, Australia, 10 – 14 February 2008

The conference will span the disciplines of insect pest, weed, plant pathogen and vertebrate pest biological control and there will be sessions dedicated to various biological approaches and techniques.  Conference sessions and an integrative workshop will also explore underlying themes including ecology and economics.  Combined with European and American keynote speakers and participants, the meeting will have strong international relevance.  

Sessions and keynote presentations will discuss biocontrol success stories, eradication of emergency plant pests with the use of biocontrol agents, ecological control of insects, vertebrate pest control, biocontrol safety, the way forward for Australasia and many more topics.  There will be ample opportunity for workshops, break-out sessions and there will be a poster display available for the duration of the conference.  

The organisers are pleased to announce that the value of the three day conference is now to be boosted for all delegates by a fourth day of activity, a free all day workshop that is available to all registered delegates on increasing the synergy between disciplines of biocontrol.  This will involve several leading overseas and Australasian researchers including Steve Wratten from Lincoln University, New Zealand, Steve Goldson from Agresearch, New Zealand, Frank Howarth from Bishop Museum, Hawaii, Nick Mills from the University of California and local identities such as Glen Saunders, Paul Horne and Ary Hoffmann. These leading researchers  will help us draw overarching messages from the preceding days' presentations and explore scope for the creation of greater links between research groups within, and between, entomological, plant pathogen, weed and vertebrate biocontrol.  Speakers and participants on the final day will be selectively invited to take part in the publication of a special issue of the International Journal, Biological Control.

All delegates are encouraged to attend the workshop. Your attendance will be extremely valuable to the successful final day of the conference.