**June, 2008 -- Report on Upcoming**

**International Invasive Alien 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 ALIEN SPECIES INTERNATIONAL
ACTIVITY LISTINGS:**

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

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

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

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

Convention on Biological Diversity
[http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml]{.underline}

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

Inter-American Biodiversity Information

Network (IABIN) [http://iabin.net](http://iabin.net/)

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

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

International Plant Protection Convention
[http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)

Invasive Animals Cooperative Research Center
[http://www.invasiveanimals.com](http://www.invasiveanimals.com/)

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

National Invasive Species Information Center (USDA)
<http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>

National Plant Board (U.S.A) <http://nationalplantboard.org/>

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

North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
[http://www.pices.int](http://www.pices.int/)

Pacific Region Environmental Programme
[http://www.sprep.org](http://www.sprep.org/)

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

Trilateral Committee for Wildlife & Ecosystem

> Conservation and Management <http://www.trilat.org/>

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

World Organization for Animal Health
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

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

> **2-6 June, 2008 -- IPPC Technical Panel on Diagnostic Protocols** --
> Braunschweig, Germany -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)

**8-13 June, 2008 -- 2008 ASLO Summer Meeting of the American Society
for Limnology and Oceanography** -- St. John's Newfoundland & Labrador,
Canada -- Contact: <http://aslo.org/stjohns2008/>

**9-11 June, 2008 -- Annual Biodefense: Vaccines & Therapeutics** --
Washington D.C., USA -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**10-12 June, 2008 -- NAPPO Potato Panel Meeting** -- Charlottetown,
PEI,Canada -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

> **10-13 June, 2008 -- IPPC CPM Bureau meeting** -- Rome, Italy --
> Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **10-13 June, 2008 -- 14^th^ Australasian Vertebrate Pest conference**
> -- Darwin, Australia -- Contact:
> <http://www.abcon.biz/vertebrate.html>

**16-18 June, 2008 -- Training Course for Rapid Response and containment
of Human Infection with Avian Influenza A/H5N1** -- Beijing, China --
Contact: <http://www.apec.org/>

> **19-20 June, 2008 -- IPPC IPP Revision Workshop for the Pacific
> Region** -- Suva, Fiji -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **23-26 June, 2008 -- 5^th^ International Weed Science Congress** --
> Vancouver, Canada -- Contact: Mr. Fischer <AJFischer@ucdavis.edu>
>
> **23-27 June, 2008 -- WTO SPS Committee Meeting** -- Geneva,
> Switzerland -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **25 June, 2008 -- NAFTA-CEC North America 2030: An Environmental
> Outlook** -- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- Contact:
> <http://www.cec.org/home/index.cfm?varlan=english>
>
> **29-June to 5-July, 2008 -- Joint Meetings of the International
> Rangeland and International Grassland Conferences** -- Hohhot, China
> (Inner Mongolia) -- Contact:
> [www.igc-irc2008.org](http://www.igc-irc2008.org/)

**1-5 July, 2008 -- IUFRO Forest Entomology -- Recent Advances in Forest
Insect Science** -- Pretoria, South Africa -- Contact:
<http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>

**6-12 July, 2008 -- International Congress of Entomology (ICE) 2008**
-- Durban, South Africa -- Contact:
<http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>

**8-10 July, 2008 -- NAPPO Fruit Panel Meeting** -- Niagara, Ontario,
Canada -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**8-11 July, 2008 -- International Symposium on "Coping with global
change in marine social-ecological systems"** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
[http://www.pices.int](http://www.pices.int/)

**14-18 July, 2008 -- IPPC Working Group Meeting for Feasibility on the
International Recognition of Pest Free Areas** -- Chiang Mai, Thailand
-- Contact:
[http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)

**21-23 July, 2008 -- OIE \-- Ad hoc Group on trade in animal products**
-- Paris, France -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**22-24 July, 2008 -- NAPPO Working Group & Standards Panel Meeting** --
Ottawa, Canada -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**20-24 July, 2008 -- IPPC Near East Regional Workshop on draft
standards** -- Cairo, Egypt -- Contact:
[http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)

**20-25 July, 2008 -- 6^th^ Intecol International Wetlands Conference**
-- Cuiaba, Brazil -- Contact:
<http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>

**22-24 July, 2008 -- NAPPO Working Group & Standards Panel Meeting** --
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

> **27-31 July, 2008 -- 29^th^ World Veterinary Congress** -- Vancouver,
> British Columbia, Canada -- Contact:
> [www.meet-ics.com/wvac2008](http://www.meet-ics.com/wvac2008)
>
> **3-6 August, 2008 -- Australasian Aquaculture 2008** -- Brisbane,
> Australia -- Contact: <http://www.was.org/main/Default.asp>
>
> **3-8 August, 2008 -- International Wildlife Disease Association
> Conference** -- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>

**11-Augusat, 2008 -- NAPPO Executive Committee Meeting** -- Solomons
Island, Maryland, USA -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

> **1-5 September, 2008 -- IPPC Technical Panel on Fruit Flies** --
> Vienna, Austria -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **8-12 September, 2008 -- 6^th^ European Conference on Ecological
> Restoration** -- Ghent, Belgium -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **8-12 September, 2008 -- IPPC Latin America Regional Workshop on
> draft standards** -- Santiago, Chile -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **10-12 September, 2008 -- International Plant Protection Strategies**
> -- Druskininkai, Lithuania -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **10-13 September, 2008 -- Brucellosis 2008 International Research
> Conference** -- London, England -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **10-13 September, 2008 -- First International Ragweed Conference** --
> Budapest, Hungary -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **14-18 September, 2008 -- 2^nd^ International Symposium "Intractable
> Weeds and Plant Invaders"** -- Osijek, Croatia -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **15-19 September, 2008 -- EURECO-GFOE 2008 "Biodiversity in an
> Ecosystem Context"** -- Leipzig, Germany -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **16-19 September, 2008 -- 23^rd^ Conference of the OIE Regional
> Commission for Europe** -- Vilnius, Lithuania -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **20-26 September, 2008 -- 2008 Wildlife Disease Association
> Australasian Conference** -- Kioloa, Australia -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **21-25 September, 2008 -- 5^th^ World Congress on Allelopathy** --
> Saratoga Springs, New York, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **21-26 September, 2008 -- Organization for International Co-operation
> and Development and European Weed Research Society Conference
> "Managing Parasitic Weeds"** -- Ostuni, Italy -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **22-26 September, 2008 -- IPPC Technical Panel on Forest Quarantine**
> -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **23-25 September, 2008 -- OIE Ad hoc Group on Evaluation of
> Veterinary Services** -- Paris, France -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **23-26 September, 2008 -- NEOBIOTA: Towards a Synthesis; 5^th^
> European Conference on Biological Invasions** -- Prague, Czech
> Republic -- Contact:
> [www.ibot.cas.cz/neobiota](http://www.ibot.cas.cz/neobiota)
>
> **2-5 October, 2008 -- 8^th^ Conference of the European Wildlife
> Disease Association** -- Rovinj, Crotia -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **5-14 October, 2008 -- 4^th^ IUCN World Conservation Congress** --
> Barcelona, Spain -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **6 October, 2008 -- WTO workshop on best practices for effective SPS
> capacity building** -- Geneva, Switzerland -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **6-9 October, 2008 -- Aqua-2008 LACC-WAS Meeting** -- Guayquil,
> Equador -- Contact: <http://www.was.org/main/Default.asp>
>
> **7-9 October, 2008 -- WTO SPS Committee Meeting** -- Geneva,
> Switzerland -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **16-26 October, 2008 \-- North Pacific Marine Science Organization
> (PICES) Annual Meeting** -- Dalian, China -- Contact:
> [http://www.pices.int](http://www.pices.int/)

**21-25 October, 2008 -- NAPPO Annual Meeting** -- Guadalajara, Jalisco,
Mexico -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

> **23-October to 2-November, 2008 -- PICES Seventeenth Annual Meeting**
> -- Dalian, China -- Contact:
> [http://www.pices.int](http://www.pices.int/)
>
> **28-October to 4-November, 2008 -- Ramsar Convention Wetlands' 10^th^
> Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties** -- Contact:
> RAMSAR Convention Secretariat <ramsar@ramsar.org>
>
> **5-7 November, 2008 -- Managing Alien Species for Sustainable
> Development of Aquaculture and Fisheries (MALIAF)** -- Florence, Italy
> -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **10-12 November, 2008 -- European Weed Research Society Workshop on
> Perennial Weeds** -- Wageningen, Netherlands -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **12-14 November, 2008 -- Fifty Years of Invasion Ecology: The Legacy
> of Charles Elton** -- Stellenbosch, South Africa -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **17-21 November, 2008 -- 19^th^ Conference of the OIE Regional
> Commission for the Americas** -- Havana, Cuba -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **1-3 December, 2008 -- Epidemics: First International Conference on
> Infectious Disease Dynamics** -- Asilomar, California, USA -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **1-4 December, 2008 -- International Invasive Bird Conference** --
> Perth, Australia -- Contact: <http://www.abcon.biz/iibc.htm>
>
> **1-5 December, 2008 -- International conference on foot and mouth
> disease** -- Asuncion, Paraguay -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **8-13 February, 2009 -- 3^rd^ International Symposium on Biological
> Control of Arthropods** -- Christchurch, New Zealand -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **13-16 February, 2009 -- International Meeting on Emerging Diseases
> and Surveillance** -- Vienna, Austria -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **15-19 February, 2009 \-- World Aquaculture Society: Aquaculture
> America 2009 -** Seattle, Washington, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.was.org/meetings/WasMeetings.asp>
>
> **9-11 March, 2009 -- 8^th^ Workshop of the Physical and Cultural Weed
> Control Working Group** -- Zaragoza, Spain -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **24-26 March, 2009 -- Sixth International IPM Symposium "Transcending
> Boundaries** -- Portland, Oregon, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **19-23 April, 2009 -- 16^th^ International Conference on Aquatic
> Invasive Species** -- Montreal, Canada -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **4-7 May, 2009 -- 2^nd^ International Conference Miconia** -- Maui,
> Hawaii, USA -- Contact: <miconiaconf09@gmail.com>
>
> **25-29 May, 2009 -- World Aquaculture 2009** -- Veracruz, Mexico --
> Contact: <http://www.was.org/main/Default.asp>
>
> **8-12, June, 2009 -- 10^th^ World Congress on Parasitic Plants** --
> Kusadasi, Turkey -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **Summer, 2009 -- Sixth International Conference on Marine
> bioinvasions** -- Portland, Oregon, USA -- Contact:
> [http://www.pices.int](http://www.pices.int/)
>
> **16-21 August, 2009 -- 10^th^ International Congress of Ecology
> (INTERCOL) "Ecology in a Changing Climate -- Two Hemispheres"** --
> Brisbane, Australia -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **23-27 August, 2009 -- 19^th^ Conference of the Society for
> Ecological Restoration International "Making Change in a Changing
> World"** -- Perth, Australia -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **23-27 August, 2009 -- 10^th^ International Conference on the Ecology
> and Management of Alien Plant Invasions (EMAPI)** -- Stellenbosch,
> South Africa -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **23-Oct to 2-Nov, 2009 -- PICES Eighteenth Annual Meeting** -- Busan,
> Korea -- Contact: [http://www.pices.int](http://www.pices.int/)
>
> **1-5 November, 2009 -- Coastal & Estuarine Research Federation's 2009
> Conference on Coasts and Estuaries in a Changing World** -- Portland,
> Oregon, USA -- Contact: http:/www.erf.org
>
> **1-5 November, 2009 -- America Society of Agronomy/Crop Science
> Society of America/Soil Science Society of America international
> Annual Meeting** -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/news/calendar.php>
>
> **18-22 November, 2009 -- 19^th^ Conference of the OIE Regional
> Commission for the Americas** -- Havana, Cuba -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)