**January, 2005 -- Report on Upcoming**

**International Invasive Species Meetings**

Richard Orr

Assistant Director for International Policy and Prevention

National Invasive Species Council

U.S. Department of the Interior

Office of the Secretary (OS/SIO/NISC)

Physical and Fedex location: 1201 Eye St. N.W. 5th floor Room 79

Washington, DC 20005

Mailing address: 1849 C Street, NW

Washington, DC 20240

Work Phone (202) 354-1882

Fax (202) 371-1751

email address: richard_orr@ios.doi.gov

**I. SELECTED WEBSITES WITH INVASIVE SPECIES INTERNATIONAL ACTIVITY
LISTINGS:**

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
[http://www.aphis.usda](http://www.aphis.usda/)

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation <http://www.apec.org/>

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <http://www.cdc.gov/>

Commission for Economic Cooperation (NAFTA)
<http://www.cec.org/home/index.cfm?varlan=english>

Convention on Biological Diversity <http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

Global Invasive Species Programme
http://[www.gisp.org](http://www.gisp.org/)

International Civil Aviation Organization <http://www.icao.int/>

International Maritime Organization <http://www.imo.org/index.htm>

International Plant Protection Convention
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

National Invasive Species Council <http://www.invasivespecies.gov/>

National Plant Board (U.S.A) <http://www.aphis.usda.gov/npb/>

North American Plant Protection Organization <http://www.nappo.org/>

Pacific Region Environmental Programme <http://www.sprep.org.ws/>

The World Conservation Union <http://www.issg.org/>

World Aquaculture Society <http://www.was.org/main/Default.asp>

World Organization for Animal Health
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**II. FUTURE INTERNATIONAL INVASIVE SPECIES ACTIVIES:**

**14 January, 2005 -- NAFTA-CEC Workshop \-- Developing a common
approach to risk analysis for Aquatic Invasive Species in North
America** -- Mexico City, Mexico -- Closed to the public -- Contact:
<http://www.cec.org/home/index.cfm?varlan=english>

**17-20 January, 2005 -- IPPC IPP Capacity Building Pilot Workshop (Asia
& Pacific)**--- Kula Lumpur, Malaysia -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**18-21 January, 2005 -- Sudden Oak Death Science Symposium** --
Monterey, California -- at least 9 countries are participating --
Contact: <http://nature.berkeley.edu/forestry/sodsymposium/>

**24-28 January, 2005 -- (Tentative) Joint NAPPO/EPPO Standards
Meeting** -- Kuusamo, Finland -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

> **January,2005 (Date not set) -- IPPC Alternatives to methyl bromide
> -- Expert Working Group** -- Raleigh, North Carolina, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**31 January to 4 February, 2005 -- IPPC Guidelines on sampling of
consignments Expert Working Group Meeting** -- Brisbane, Australia --
Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

> **21-25 February, 2005 -- IPPC Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation
> Facilitation Workshop (Central Europe)** -- Prague, Czech Republic --
> Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>
>
> **7-10 February, 2005 -- Weed Science Society of America Annual
> Meeting** -- Invasive species is a major topic -- Honolulu Hawaii --
> Contact: [www.wssa.net](http://www.wssa.net/)

**7-10 February, 2005 -- 16th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission
for Africa** -- Khartoum, Sudan. Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**7-11 February, 2005 \-- Tenth meeting of Subsidiary Body of
Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (CBD SBSTTA-10)** --
Bangkok, Thailand. Contact: <http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**7-11 February, 2005 -- Classification of commodities by phytosanitary
risk related to level of processing and intended use** -- IPPC Expert
Working Group meeting -- Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**12 February, 2005 -- (Tentative) Joint Meeting of the Convention of
Biological Diversity and International Plant Protection Convention
Secretariats** -- Bangkok, Thailand -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**16-18 February, 2005 -- WTO-SPS Regional Workshop** -- Jamaica --
Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

> **18 February, 2005 -- Introductions of Aquatic Alien Ornamental and
> Food Species: Common Scientific and Regulatory Interests of Developing
> Countries and the USA** -- St. Paul Minnesota -- Contact:
> <http://www.was.org/meetings/ConferenceInfo.asp?MeetingCode=WA2005>
>
> **20-27 February, 2005 -- (Tentative) IPPC IPP Capacity Building
> Workshop (Pacific)** -- Sava, Fiji -- Contact:
> <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>
>
> **21-23 February, 2005 -- IPPC International Forest Quarantine
> Research Group 2^nd^ meeting** -- Victoria, Canada -- Contact:
> <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>
>
> **21-25 February, 2005 -- Efficient use of existing data to support
> demonstration of disease freedom** -- London, UK -- Contact:
> <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>
>
> **22-24 February, 2005 -- NAFTA CEC Developing a common approach to
> risk analysis for Aquatic Invasive Species in North America
> Trinational Meeting** -- Washington DC -- Closed to the public --
> Contact: <http://www.cec.org/home/index.cfm?varlan=english>

**February, 2005 -- (Tentative) NEPAD Fish for All Summit**:-- Abuja,
Nigeria. Regional summit to focus to build consensus on future
investment priorities of fisheries to meet Africa's development needs.
Invasive species will be a topic of consideration. The WorldFish Center,
the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD)Secretariat and FAO
will be providing additional details.

**February, 2005 -- (Tentative) NAPPO Forestry Panel Meeting** --
Vancouver, Canada -- Date not set -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**February, 2005 -- (Tentative)---Inter-American Coordinating Group in
Plant Protection Meeting** -- Location not yet determined -- Contact:
<http://www.nappo.org/>

**28 February to 2 March, 2005 -- IPPC Workshop on the Practical
Application of ISPM No. 15 (Wood Packing Materials)** -- Vancouver,
Canada -- Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

> **28 February to 4 March, 2005 -- IPPC IPP Capacity Building
> Workshop(Africa)**---Accra, Ghana -- Contact:
> <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>
>
> **28 February to 4 March, 2005 -- Use of integrated measures in a
> systems approach for pest risk management of citrus fruit for citrus
> canker** -- IPPC Expert Working Group meeting -- Buenos Aires,
> Argentina -- Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>
>
> **28 February to 4 March, 2005 -- (Tentative) IPPC IPP Capacity
> Building Workshop (Central America)** -- San Jose, Costa Rica --
> Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>
>
> **7-10 March, 2005 -- (Tentative) WTO-SPS Committee Meeting** --
> Geneva, Switzerland -- Contact:
> <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>
>
> **7-11 March, 2005 -- IPPC Technical Panel on Forest Quarantine issues
> meeting** -- Victoria, Canada -- Contact:
> <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**7-11 March, 2005 -- (Tentative) Expert Group on Technical Assistance**
-- IPPC Expert Working Group meeting -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**7-13 March, 2005 -- (Tentative) IPPC Capacity Building Workshop
(Caribbean)** -- Bridgetown, Barbados -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**14-16 March, 2005 -- CBD Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on the review
of implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biodiversity** --
Montreal, Canada -- Contact: <http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**14-17 March, 2005 -- NAPPO Fruit Panel Meeting** -- Ciudad Victoria,
Mexico -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

> **14-18 March, 2005 \-- (Tentative) IPPC Post-entry quarantine
> facilities Expert Working Group meeting** -- location not determined
> -- Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**14-18 March, 2005 -- (Tentative) IPPC Phytosanitary Capacity
Evaluation Facilitators Workshop** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**14-19 March, 2005 -- (Tentative) IPPC Capacity Building Workshop
(Africa)** -- St. Lous, Mauntius -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**15-17 March, 2005 -- (Tentative) IPPC Information Exchange Support
Group** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**28-30 March, 2005 International meeting on the Design and analysis of
Diagnostic Test Evaluation Studies** -- Nairn, Inverness (Scotland) --
Animal Diseases of International Concern \-- Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**1-April, 2005 -- IPPC Subsidiary Body on dispute Settlement -- 3^rd^
Meeting** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**Week of 4 or 11, April, 2005 -- (Tentative) NAPPO Biological Control
Panel Meeting** -- USA -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

4**-6 April, 2005 -- Marker Vaccines and Differential Diagnostic Tests
for Control of Transboundary Disease** -- Ames, Iowa -- Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**4-8 April, 2005 IPPC Interim Commission for Phytosanitary Measures
7^th^ session** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**21-22 April, 2005 International Invasive Sea Squirt Conference** --
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts --
Contact: <http://www.whoi.edu/institutes/oli/activiteis/seasquirt.html>

**25-29 April, 2005 -- IPPC Standards Committee 6^th^ Meeting** -- Rome,
Italy -- Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

> **Spring, 2005 (Tentative) APEC Workshop to Address Invasive Alien
> Species** -- Beijing**,** China \-- Contact Point: Jeff Fisher
> <fisherjp@state.gov>

**2-6 May, 2005 -- Australasian Vertebrate Pest Conference** --
Wellington, New Zealand -- Australia and New Zealand meeting which
covers vertebrate pest management issues -- invasive species is a major
issue for the meeting. Contact:
[www.landcareresearch.co.nz/news/conferences/vertebratepest/](http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/news/conferences/vertebratepest/)

**5-6 May, 2005 -- International Workshop: Biological Invasions in
Inland Waters** -- Florence, Italy -- Contact:
[http://www.dbag.uniti.it](http://www.dbag.uniti.it/) (Click on Eventi).

**9-13 May, 2005 -- (Tentative) Alternatives to methyl bromide -- IPPC
Expert Working Group** -- location unconfirmed -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**9-13 May, 2005 -- International Conference on Area-Wide Control of
Insect Pests: Integrating the Sterile Insect and Related Nuclear and
Other Techniques** -- Vienna, Austria -- *Organized by the* Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations *and the* International
Atomic Energy Agency \-- Contact:
<http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/Meetings/Announcements.asp?ConfID=131>

**16-20 May, 2005 \-- IPPC Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group meeting on CBD
Invasive Alien Species (gaps and inconsistencies**)---Auckland, New
Zealand -- Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**23-25 May, 2005 -- (Tentative) The use of integrated measures in a
systems approach for pest risk management of fruit flies** -- IPPC
Expert Working Group meeting -- Vienna, Austria -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**23-27 May, 2005 -- (Tentative) Fruit sampling guidelines** -- IPPC
Technical Panel on pest free area and systems approaches for fruit flies
-- Vienna, Austria -- Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

> **24-27 May, 2005 -- 1^st^ Brazilian Symposium on Invasive Alien
> Species** -- Brasilia, Brazil -- Contact:
> <http://institutohorus.org.br/trabalhosa_simposio_eei_eng.htm> or
> <infosimposio@institutohorus.org.br>

**25-27 May, 2005 \-- Invasive Plants in the Mediterranean Type Regions
of the World** -- Montpellier, France \-- Co-organized by The
Conservatoire Botanique National Mediterraneen, the World Conservation
Union Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation and the Council of Europe and
the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization -- Contact:
<http://www.ame-lr.org/workshop>

**May, 2005 -- (Tentative -- date & location not set) NAPPO Fruit Tree
Panel Meeting** -- Canada -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**6-10 June, 2005 -- IPPC Expert Working Group on Debarking meeting** --
Oslo, Norway, Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**9-11 June, 2005 -- Introduction and Spread of Invasive Species: An
International British Crop Protection Council (BCPC) Symposium --**
Berlin, Germany. Contact:
[www.bcpc.org/invasive](http://www.bcpc.org/invasive)

**20-23 June, 2005 (Tentative) WTO-SPS Committee Meeting** -- Geneva,
Switzerland -- Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**21-22 June, 2005 -- NAPPO Potato Panel Meeting** -- Colorado Springs,
Colorado -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**11-14 July, 2005 -- NAPPO Fruit Panel Meeting** -- Quebec City, Canada
-- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**11-15 July, 2005 CBD Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group meeting on Marine
and Coastal Biodiversity** -- Montreal, Canada -- Contact:
<http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**15-17 June, 2005 -- The Prevention and Control of Zoonoses: from
Science to Policy** -- Liverpool, UK --Contact:
[www.hpazoonosesconference.org.uk](http://www.hpazoonosesconference.org.uk/)

**16-20 July, 2005 \-- 28^th^ World Veterinary Congress**. Minneapolis,
Minnesota, USA. Contact: <wvc2005@avma.org>

**July, 2005 -- (Tentative) NAPPO Standards Panel Meeting** -- Ottawa,
Canada -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**25-29 July, 2005 CBD AD Hoc Technical Expert Group on the review of
implementation of the Programme of Work on Forest Biodiversity** --
Bonn, Germany -- Contact: <http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**29 August to 2 September, 2005 (Tentative) IPPC 17^th^ Technical
Consultation among Regional Plant Protection Organizations** -- Sao
Paulo. Brazil -- Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**18-22 September, 2005 8^th^ Conference of the OIE Regional Commission
for Middle East**. Manama, Bahrain Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**19-23 September, 2005 (Tentative) IPPC Technical Panel meeting on pest
free area and systems approaches for fruit flies** -- Coasta Rica --
Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**Fall of 2005 (Tentative) \-- Ecology and Management of Alien Plant
Invasions (EMAPI) 8^th^ annual meeting** \-- Poland. EMAPI is ran by a
steering committee currently made up of individuals from the USA, Great
Britain, Czech Republic, Germany and Italy. Contact: John Brock
(480)727-1240 or <john.brock@asu.edu>

**3-5 October, 2005 -- New Diagnostic Technology: Applications in Animal
Health & Biologics Controls, Applications in disease surveillance,
molecular epidemiology and quality control tests of vaccines** --
Saint-Malo, France -- Contact: <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**3-7 October, 2005 -- (Tentative) Guidelines for regulating potato
micropropagation material and minitubers in international trade** --
IPPC Expert Working Group -- location unconfirmed -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**10-14 October, 2005 -- (Tentative) IPPC Strategic Planning and
Technical Assistance 7^th^ meeting** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**17-21 October, 2005 -- NAPPO Annual Meeting** -- Puerto Vallarta,
Jalisco, Mexico -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**23-27 October, 2005 -- The First international Marine Protected Areas
Congress** --

Geelong, Australia \-- This global conference will address the World
Commission on Protected Areas' Marine goal and primary themes, and will
progress discussion on their widespread adoption and implementation
consistent with resolutions relevant to marine protected areas arising
from the Durban World Parks Congress. Contact:
<http://www.impacongress.org/>

**24-26 October, 2005 (Tentative) \-- CBD Latin American and Caribbean
Regional Workshop on the Clearing-House mechanism** -- location to be
determined \-- Contact: <http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**24-27 October, 2005 (Tentative) -- IPPC International Plant Health
Risk Analysis Workshop** -- Niagara Falls, Canada -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**24-27 October, 2005 (Tentative) -- WTO-SPS Committee Meeting** --
Geneva, Switzerland -- Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**31 October -- 4 November, 2005 (Tentative) IPPC Standards Committee
Working Group** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact**:**
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**27 September -- 1 October, 2005 Invasion of Alien Species in Holarctic
(BOROK-2**) -- Borok, Yaroslavl province, Russia -- Contact:
[www.sevin.ru/borok-2](http://www.sevin.ru/borok-2) or
[www.ibiw.ru/conferences/Borok-2](http://www.ibiw.ru/conferences/Borok-2)
(please note that I was not able to reach either of these websites on
December 28, 2004).

**7-11, November, 2005 (Tentative) IPPC Standards Committee 7^th^
meeting** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

> **November, 2005 (Tentative) 24^th^ Conference of the OIE Regional
> Commission for Asia, the Far East and Oceania** \-- Date not set \--
> Republic of Korea. Contact: <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**November, 2005 (Tentative) 12^th^ International Symposium of the World
Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians** -- Date not set
\-- Montevideo, Uruguay -- Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**5-9 December, 2005 (Tentative) Eleventh meeting of Subsidiary Body of
Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (CBD SBSTTA-10),**
Montreal, Canada \-- Contact: <http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**5-9 December, 2005 (Tentative) IPPC Technical Panel meeting to develop
diagnostic protocols for specific pests** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**25-30 March, 2006 International Veterinary Vaccine and Diagnostic
Conference** -- Oslo, Norway -- Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**27-31 March, 2006 (Tentative) IPPC Interim Commission for
Phytosanitary Measures 8^th^ session** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**24-28 April, 2006 (Tentative) IPPC Standards Committee 8^th^ Meeting**
-- Rome, Italy -- Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**8-19 May, 2006 (Tentative) -- Eighth meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biolological Diversity (COP-8)**---Brazil
-- Contact: <http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

> **19-25 June, 2006 (Tentative) \-- Latin American Botanical Congress**
> (Invasive Species will be a major focus), Santo Domingo, Dominican
> Republic. Contact: Brian Boom, The New York Botanical Garden E-mail
> <bboom@nybg.org>
>
> **30 July to 5 August, 2006 -- XV International Congress of the
> International Union for the Study of Social Insects** -- Sections of
> invasive social insects eg. ants, wasps etc. \-- Washington DC --
> Contact:
> [www.iussi.org/IUSSI2006.html](http://www.iussi.org/IUSSI2006.html)
>
> **17-21 September, 2007 -- 9^th^ International Conference on the
> Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions** (EMAPi9) -- Contact:
> [www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9/](http://www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9/)
>
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