**August, 2004 -- 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 Plant Protection Convention
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

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

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

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

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

The Nature Conservancy
[http://calendar.cleantrade.net](http://calendar.cleantrade.net/)

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

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

**II. FUTURE ACTIVIES WITH CONFIRMED DATES:**

**30-July to August 2 -- 18^th^ Annual meeting of the Society for
Conservation Biology** -- New York, NY -- International Invasive species
is one of the issues which will be discussed. Contact:
[www.conbio.org/2004](http://www.conbio.org/2004)

**1-4 August -- Joint International Workshop on Biodiversity
Informatics: An Indo-U.S. Initiative**. Invasive Species is one of the
issues. Contact: http://www.ncbi.org.in/workshop/biodinf/

**9-13 August -- IPPC Regional Workshop on draft International Standards
for Phytosanitary Measures** -- Nadi, Fiji -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**12-14** **August -- IPPC Regional Workshop on draft International
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures** -- Pretoria, South Africa --
Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**15-19 August -- U.S. National Plant Board Annual Meeting** -- Niagara
Falls, New York -- Contact: Bob Mungari http://www.aphis.usda.gov/npb/

**23-27** **August -- IPPC Regional Workshop on draft International
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures** -- Bangkok, Thailand -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**16-27 August -- Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation and Phytosanitary
measures Regional Workshop** -- Nairobi, Kenya \-- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**23-24 August \-- Austrailia/International Fire Ant Conference** --
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Semi-closed at this point but possibly
open to individuals with highly relevant expertise on surveillance
methods for low density fire ant populations and/or treatment methods
for low density fire ant populations. Contact Point: Queensland
Government, Department of Primary Industries, Fire Ant Control Centre
(<Kym.Johnson@dpi.qld.gov.au>).

**23-27 August -- The XIXth International Congress of Zoology** --
Beijing China. Invasive Species is a major focus. Organized by China
Zoological Society Institute of Zoology and the Chinese Academy of
Sciences. Contact:
[www.issg.org/events.html](http://www.issg.org/events.html)

**26-29 August -- International Conference on Assessment and Control of
Biological Invasion Risks** -- Yokohama, Japan. This conference will
have special sessions on marine and freshwater invasions, legislative
design and liability, and the advantages and disadvantages of various
management techniques. Contact:
<http://bio-eco.eis.ynu.ac.jp/jpn/top/topic_sheet/symposium20040827/eng.html>

**30-August -- 3-September -- 16^th^ Technical Consultation among
Regional Plant Protection organizations** -- Nairobi, Kenya. Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**31-August -- 2-September -- XIIth International Conference on Weed
Biology** -- Dijon, France -- Contact:
<http://www.dijon.inra.fr/malherbo/AccueilF1.htm>

**31-August -- 3-September -- IPPC Regional Workshop on draft
International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures** -- Accra, Ghana --
Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**4-7 September -- IPPC Regional Workshop on draft International
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures** -- Cairo, Egypt -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**5-9 September -- Coastal Zone Asia Pacific Conference** -- Brisbane,
Australia. Contact: <http://www.sprep.org.ws/event/2003_3rd.htm>

The conference theme \'Improving the quality of life in coastal areas\'
will explore issues in various session including: poverty and
sustainable livelihoods; ecosystem management; community participation;
resource economics; integrated coastal management; and coastal
communities and cultures. More than 200 participants are expected to
attend, with many delegates from south-east Asia, Australasia, Pacific
islands and the west coast of North America. Researchers, natural
resource managers, educators, policy makers, conservation leaders, urban
planners, marine park managers and tourism operators from more than 20
countries have registered interest. Australia\'s Coastal Cooperative
Research Centre and CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems are major sponsors and
hosts.

**6-10 September -- CBD Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Island
Biodiversity.**

Canary islands, Spain. Contact Point:
<http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**6-10 September -- European Ichthyologist Society Congress** -- Estonia
-- A special session on alien fish -- Contact:
<http://www.sea.ee/ECI/symp3.html>

**7-10 September -- IPPC Regional Workshop on draft International
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures** -- San Jose, Costa Rica --
Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**8-10 September \-- Marine Environmental Conference: BALLAST WATER AND
WASTE WATER TREATMENT ABOARD SHIPS AND IN PORTS., Date of Acti**vity:
8-10 Sep 2004. Location of Activity: Hotel Landgut Horn in Bremen,
Germany, **Summary of Activity**: Provision of a forum for
representatives from industry, ship owners, academia, governments,
maritime and harbour authorities and shipyards for discussion and
exchange of information on policies, trends and development of
regulations for the treatment of ballast water, waste water and sewage
on ships and in ports. Contact:
[www.euleandpartners.com](http://www.euleandpartners.com/)

**13-16 September** **-- IPPC Regional Workshop on draft International
Standards for Phytosanitary Measures** -- Saint Lucia, Caribbean --
Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**13-17 September -- CBD Regional Workshop for Africa on Synergy among
the Rio Conventions and other biodiversity-related conventions in
implementing the program of Work on Dry and Sub-humid Lands and
Agricultural Biodiversity**. Gaborone, Botswana. Contact:
<http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**13-24 September -- Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases -- Mathematical
Models, Intervention Strategies & Risk Assessment** -- London, UK --
Contact: Ulrika Wernmark <cpd@imperial.ac.uk>

**14-16 September \-- Detector/Sensor Research and Technology for
Homeland and National Security: Chemical, Biological, Nuclear and
Radiological Weapons, and Toxic Industrial Chemicals** -- Gatlinburg,
Tennessee, USA -- Contact:
<http://www.ornl.gov/sci/homeland_sec_workshop/>

**14-17 September -- OIE Course on Emerging Animal Health Issues
Identification and Analysis**. Fort Collins, Colorado. Organized by the
OIE Collaborating Center for Risk Analysis and Surveillance. Contact:
<patti.r.rosenfelder@aphis.usda.gov>

**19-23 September \-- 13^th^ International Conference of Aquatic
Invasive Species:** The Institute of Technology, Sligo is the host
sponsor of the 13th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive
Species. This annual four-day conference is widely considered the most
comprehensive international forum for the review of accumulated
scientific knowledge on the impacts of aquatic invasive species,
presentation of the latest field research and data, new technologies or
advancements in control and mitigation, discussion of policy and
approaches to effective public education and outreach initiatives to
prevent new introductions.

September 19-23, 2004 in Ennis,County Claire, Ireland. Contact: Sharon
Gross. http://www.aquatic-invasive-species-conference.org/

**20-42 September -- IPPC Technical Panel meeting on Pest Free Areas and
systems Approaches for Fruit Flies** -- Bangkok, Thailand -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**30 September to 1 October \-- 3rd International Conference on
Biological Invasions NEOBIOTA -- From Ecology to Control:** September 30
to October 1, 2004, University of Bern, Switzerland. The third
conference on biological invasions Neobiota will be held in Bern,
Switzerland. We will discuss invasive alien species of all taxa (plants,
animals, fungi) in a broad sense, with focus on ecology of neobiota,
environmental, socio-economic and human health impacts, risk assessment,
pathways and prevention, and control of neobiota.

The Neobiota group includes all kinds of ecologists, as well as

practitioners and stake-holders from environmental and nature
conservation agencies and legislation and it considers all types of
organisms and habitats (marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems)
with a focus on Central Europe. Founded in spring 1999, the Neobiota
group concentrates on the environmental problems caused by the increased
introduction and spread of alien species in Central Europe. In
particular it aims to foster the information transfer between pure and
applied scientists, political organizations and society to monitor the
spread of invasive alien, species in Central Europe, and to coordinate
research on biological invasions. Contact: More information and the
registration form can be found at

[www.neobiota.unibe.ch](http://www.neobiota.unibe.ch/)

**1-October \-- Phytosanitary Capacity Evaluation Facilitation
Workshop** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**4-7 October \-- 5^th^ Asia pacific Travel health Conference** -- Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia -- Theme emerging diseases and their impact on travel
-- Contact: Congress Secretariat of 5^th^ APTHC <5apthc@meditech.com.my>

**9-10 October -- CBD Second Asian Regional Workshop on Global Taxonomy
Initiative (GTI)**. Wellington, New Zealand. Contact Point:
<http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**14-16 October -- Invasive Species Symposium** -- Sacremento,
California. Focus will be on vertebrate species introductions. Contact:
[www.tws-west.org](http://www.tws-west.org/).

**18-October -- Pest Risk Analysis Panel meeting** (North American Plant
Protection Organization) Vancouver, Canada. Contact:
[www.nappo.org](http://www.nappo.org/)

**18-October -- Phytosanitary Alert System Panel meeting** (North
American Plant Protection Organization) Vancouver, Canada. Contact:
[www.nappo.org](http://www.nappo.org/)

**18-22 October \-- Second National Rodent Summit** \-- October 18^th^
to the 22^nd^, 2004 \--The USDA - APHIS - Wildlife Services National
Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, This meeting will
focus on rodent and Wildlife conservation issues. **Topics to be
discussed include:** Insular rodent control issues both national and
international, Rodent control associated with wildlife management in
mainland situations, Ecological impacts of rodents on wildlife - nutria
and wetland protection, Prevention of new rodent introductions into or
within the United States, Current issues and techniques in agricultural
and commensal rodent control and their application for conservation
purposes, National Emergency Response: Federal agency roles associated
with rodent management, The role of rodent bourne diseases in wildlife
disease management, Rodenticide registration issues, and NEPA for rodent
control for wildlife conservation This meeting is a follow up to the
First Rat Summit held in San Francisco, California in July 2000, which
was organized by Carol DiSalvo of the National Park Service and Linda
Lyon of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The First Rat Summit
focused primarily on rodent control issues related to Department of
Interior properties with an emphasis on insular areas.

This meeting will include a tour of the USDA - APHIS - Wildlife
Services - National Wildlife Research Center\'s Research Facilities.
This is considered one of the world\'s premier facilities for wildlife
damage management research. Contact: Earl Wm. Campbell, (808) 792 --
9400.

**18-22 October \-- North American Plant Protection Organization (NAPPO)
Annual Meeting**, Vancouver, British Columbia, October 18-22, 2004.
Contact: Alba Campos (613) 759-6179 or <camposa@inspection.gc.ca>

**22-23 October -- Eighth International Wildlife Law Conference** -- New
Orleans, Louisiana. This year's theme is protecting species in the
world's coatal and marine regions: the role of law, science and
management. Invasive species will likely be a major topic. Contact:
[www.internationalwildlifelaw.org](http://www.internationalwildlifelaw.org/)

**25-27 October -- Expert Meeting on outcome oriented targets for the
Programmes of Work on the biodiversity of Inland Water Ecosystems and
Marine and Coastal Ecosystems**. Montreal, Canada. Contact:
<http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

> **27-28 October \-- Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS)Committee
> Meeting** (International Plant Protection Convention) Geneva,
> Switzerland. Contact: www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm
>
> **3-5 November -- 24^th^ International Symposium of the North American
> Lake Management Society** -- Victoria, British Columbia \-- This
> meeting will have sessions on introduced aquatic species and managing
> invasive aquatic plant problems. Contact:
> <http://www.nalms.org/symposia/victoria/index.htm>
>
> **8-10 November -- Third International Conference on Invasive
> *Spartina*** -- San Francisco, California, Contact:
> [www.spartina.org](http://www.spartina.org/)

**8-12 November -- Standards Committee Working Group (IPPC)** --
Rome,Italy --

Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

> **9-10 November -- Second Asian Regional Workshop of Global Taxonomy
> Initiative (CBD)** -- Wellington, New Zealand \-- invasive species
> identification is part of the coverage. Contact:
> <http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**15-19 November -- Standards Committee Meeting (IPPC)**---Rome, Italy.
Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

> **15-19 November -- XIth International Conference on Harmful Algae**
> -- Cape Town, South Africa. Focus will be on the topics of taxonomy
> and biogeography, population dynamics, physiology, biochemistry, and
> monitoring and management of harmful algal blooms. Contact:
> <http://www.botany.uwc.ac.za/pssa/hab2004>
>
> **17-30 November -- 3^rd^ IUCN World Conservation Congress**. Bangkok,
> Thailand. World Conservation Union (IUCN)meeting in which "invasive
> species of the world's waters" is one of the major themes for the
> marine section. Contact: Kristin Sherwood (202) 518-2062 or
> <KSherwood@iucnus.org>
>
> **29-November -- 3-December -- IPPC Expert Working Group meeting on
> the Classification of commodities by phytosanitary risk related to
> level of processing and intended use** \-- Lima, Peru -- Contact:
> <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>
>
> **1-4 December -- Joint International Workshop on Biodiversity
> Informatics: An Indo-US Initiative**. Pune, India -- Contact:Kathryn
> Johnson <kjohnson@iiaweb.com>
>
> **7-10 February, 2005 -- Weed Science Society of America Annual
> Meeting** -- Invasive species is a major topic -- Honolulu Hawaii --
> Contact: www.wssa.net

**14-18 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>

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

**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/)

**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)

**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>

**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>

**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/>

**17-21 September 2007 -- 9^th^ International Conference on the Ecology
and Management of Alien Plant Invasions** -- Perth, Australia --
Contact: <http://www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9/>

> **III. FUTURE ACTIVIES (dates or location not set):**
>
> **February 2005 \-- 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.
>
> **April 2005 \-- APEC Workshop to Address Invasive Alien Species \--**
> China, **Contact Point:** Jeff Fisher <fisherjp@state.gov>

**APRIL 2005 \-- CBD Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on Invasive Alien
Species (gaps and inconsistencies)** -- Auckland New Zealand -- Contact:
<http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**16-20 May -- (tentative) 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>

**Fall of 2005 \-- 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>

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

**5-9 December, 2005. \-- Eleventh meeting of Subsidiary Body of
Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (CBD SBSTTA-10),**
Guatemala,

Contact: <http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

> **19-25 June, 2006 \-- 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>
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