**August, 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/)[.gov]{.underline}

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
[ht]{.underline}[tp://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx](http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx)

Global Invasive Species Programme
[http://]{.underline}[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]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](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/>

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:**

**1-5 August \-- 2005 WTO-SPS Regional Workshop**, Johannesburg, South
Africa - Contact:
[http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/sps_e/sps_e.htm]{.underline}

**7-11 August, 2005 \-- U.S. National Plant Board 2005 Annual Meeting**
-- Biloxi, Mississippi, USA -- Contact: <http://www.aphis.usda.gov/npb/>

**7-12 August, 2005 Ecolocical Society of America Annual Meeting, held
jointly with IX International Congress of Ecology --** Montreal, Canada
-- Contact: [http://www.esa.org/montreal/]{.underline}

**8-12 August, 2005 -- 12^th^ International Auchenorrhyncha Congress and
6^th^ International Workshop on Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic
Significance --** Berkeley, CA, USA -- Contact:
<http://nature.berkeley.edu/hoppercongress/>

**10-12 August, 2005 --- Workshop on Molluscan Shellfish Safety:
Integration of Science and Policy for Vibrios and Viruses** -- Point
Clear, Alabama, USA -- Contact: <http://www.masgc.org/issc_icmss>

**15-18 August, 2005 Joint OIE/FAO APHCA WTO-SPS Workshop** -- Chiang
Mai, Thailand -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**19-20 August, 2005 \-- Symposium of Diagnosis of Bee Diseases** --
Dublin, Ireland -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/manifestations/en_manifs.htm]{.underline}

**22-25 August, 2005 \-- First International Conference on Health and
Biodiversity** - Galway, Ireland -- Contact:
[http://www.cohab2005.com](http://www.cohab2005.com/)

**22-26 August, 2005 \-- 14^th^ World Veterinary Poultry Congress** --
Istanbul, Turkey -- Contact: <http://www.wvpc2005.org/>

**22-26 August, 2005 \-- IPPC Technical Panel Meeting on Phytosanitary
Treatments** -- Stellenbosch, South Africa -- Contact:
[http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)

**23-26 August, 2005 -- Fourth International Marine Bioinvasions
Conference** -- Wellington, New Zealand -- Contact:
<http://www.vuw.ac.nz/marineconference2005/mbic.html>

**29-31 August, 2005 -- International Conference on Biological and
Pro-Ecological Methods for Control of Diseases, Pests, and Weeds in
Orchards and Small Fruit Plantations** -- Warsaw, Poland -- Contact:
[http://www.pomocentre.insad.pl]{.underline}

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

**1-3 September, 2005 \-- Pest and weed control in sustainable fruit
production Workshop** -- Skierniewice, Poland -- Contact:
[http://www.pomocentre.insad.pl]{.underline}

**5-8 September, 2005 \-- 5^th^ European Vertebrate Pest Management
Conference** -- Budapest, Hungary - Contact:
[http://]{.underline}[www.5evpmc.com](http://www.5evpmc.com/)

**5-12 September, 2005 \-- Ecology and Management of Alien Plant
Invasions (EMAPI) 8^th^ annual meeting** -- Katowice, Poland. EMAPI is
run by a steering committee currently made up of individuals from the
USA, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Germany and Italy. Contact:
[http://www.emapi.us.edu.pl/]{.underline}

**12-14 September \-- 2005 OIE Seminar on the Structure of National
Veterinary Services of Member Countries** -- Suzdal, Russia -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**12-16 September, 2005 \-- Second International Symposium on Biological
Control of Arthropods** -- Davos, Switzerland -- Contact:
<http://www.cabi-bioscience.ch/ISBCA-DAVOS-2005/>

**12-16 September 2005 -- IPPC Expert Working Group Meeting on the
Guidelines for Regulating Potato Micropropagation Material and
Minitubers in International Trade** -- Scotland -- Contact:
[http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)

> **18-22 September 2005 \-- APEC Workshop to Address Invasive Alien
> Species** -- Beijing**,** China \-- Contact Point: Jeff Fisher
> <fisherjp@state.gov>

**18-23 September, 2005 -- 4^th^ International Conference on Arthropods:
Chemical, Physiological and Environmental Aspects** -- Zakopane, Poland
-- <http://www.uni.wroc.pl/formularze/form1/page1.php>

**19-23 September, 2005 \-- IPPC Technical Panel meeting on Pest Free
Areas and Systems approaches for Fruit Flies** -- Costa Rica -- Contact:
[http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)

**25-29 September, 2005 --- International symposium on Biological
Control of Aphids and Coccids --** Tsuruoka, Japan -- Contact:
<http://www.bf.jcu.cz/tix/strita/aphidophaga/tsurprog.html>

**26-29 September, 2005 \-- 8^th^ Conference of the OIE Regional
Commission for Middle East**. Manama, Bahrain Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**26-29 September, 2005 -- Asian Plant Pathology Society Conference** --
Geelong, Australia -- Contact:
[http://]{.underline}[www.australasianplantpathologysociety.org.au](http://www.australasianplantpathologysociety.org.au/)

**27 September -- 1 October, 2005 \-- Invasion of Alien Species in
Holarctic (BOROK-2**) -- Borok, Yaroslavl province, Russia -- Contact:
[http://www.ibiw.ru]{.underline}

**29-30 September** \-- **National Congress of Parasitology with
International Participation: Parasites and Parasitoses in Humans,
Animals, Plants and the Environment -** Brasov/Poiana Brasov, Romania --
Contact: *\
*Prof. Gh. Oteanu
[*dsvbv@rdslink.ro*](mailto:genevieve.clement@zoopole.asso.fr)

**2-7 October, 2005 \-- Seventh International Symposium on Aphids** --
Fremantle, Australia -- Contact:
[http://www.aphidsymposium.org](http://www.aphidsymposium.org/)

**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>

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

**17 October, 2005 --- NAPPO Phytosanitary Alert System Panel Meeting**
-- Puerto Vallarta, Mexico -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**23-26 October, 2005 -- 1^st^ International Symposium on Biological
Control of Bacterial Plant Diseases --** Darmstadt, Germany -- Contact:
<http://www.bba.de/english/bbaeng.htm>

**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/>

**23-27 October, 2005 --- Seminar on the New OIE World Animal Health
Information System** -- Tbilisi, Georgia -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

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

**24-28 October, 2005 \-- Second International Conference on Mites in
Crops** -- Montpellier, France -- Contact:
[http://www.afpp.net](http://www.afpp.net/)

**24-28 October, 2005 \-- International Conference on Lepidopterous
Cereal Stem and COB Borers in Africa** -- Nairobi, Kenya -- Contact:
<http://www.icipe.org/iclcba/>

**25-28 October, 2005 \-- 6th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture
(DAA VI)** - Colombo, Sri Lanka - Contact: <http://www.daasix.org/>

**26-27 October, 2005 \-- Seventh International Conference on Pests in
Agriculture** -- Montpellier, France -- Contact:
[http://www.afpp.net](http://www.afpp.net/)

**31 October to 2 November, 2005- The BCPC International Congress
2005-Crop Science and Technology --** Glasgow, UK -- Contact:
[http://www.bcpc.org](http://www.bcpc.org/)

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

**1 November, 2005 \-- OIE Workshop on BSE status in the Middle East,
Control and Measures** -- Beirut, Lebanon -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**1 November, 2005 \-- OIE/FAO-APHCA Workshop on BSE Diagnosis and
Surveillance** -- Japan -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**7-8 November, 2005 \-- OIE/FAO First Meeting of the Regional Steering
Committee of the GF-TADs for the Middle East** - Beirut, Lebanon --
Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**7-8 November, 2005 \-- The Biology of Vibrios: Biodiversity, Genomics,
Disease/Epidemiology, Ecology, and Applications (Aquacuture)** \-- Ghent
University, (Belgium) Contact: Peter Dawyndt, <Peter.Dawyndt@UGent.be>;
website:
[http://www.enaca.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=504]{.underline}

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

**7-11, November, 2005 \-- 20^th^ Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society
Conference** -- Ho Chi Min City, Vietnam -- Contact:
<DuongVanChin@hcm.vnn.vn>

**9-12 November, 2005 -- First DIVERSITAS Open Science Conference:
Integrating biodiversity science for human well-being -- Oaxaca, Mexico
--** Contact: [http://www.diversitas-osc1.org/]{.underline}

**15-18 November, 2005 \-- 24^th^ Conference of the OIE Regional
Commission for Asia, the Far East and Oceania** -- Seoul, Korea --
Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**16-19 November** \-- **12th International Symposium of the World
association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (WAVLD) 7th OIE
Seminar on biotechnology -** Montevideo, Uruguay -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**24-27 November -- 27^th^ Meeting of the International Waterbird
Society (AVIAN DISEASE AND THE MIGRATION OF BIRDS)**---Symposium on the
Diseases of Wild Birds in East Asia: Conservation Implications in a real
world -- Tainan, Taiwan -- Contact:
[www.waterbirds2005.org](http://www.waterbirds2005.org/)

**26-29 November, 2005 -- 3^rd^ International Conference on IPM Role in
Integrated Crop Management and Impacts on Environment and Agricultural
Products --** Giza, Egypt -- Contact:
<http://www.arabscientist.org/dl/anouncement.pdf>

**28 November to 2 December, 2005 \-- CBD Eleventh meeting of the
Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice** --
Montreal, Canada -- Contact: <http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx>

**5-9 December, 2005 \-- IPPC Technical Panel to develop diagnostic
protocols for specific pests** -- Penang, Malaysia -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**8-12 January, 2006 \-- Ecological Society of American's international
conference on "Ecology in an Era of Globalization: Challenges and
Opportunities for Environmental Scientists in the Americas"**. Merida,
Yucatan, Mexico. Three sub-themes of which invasive species is one.
Contact: <http://www.esa.org/mexico>

**22-26 January 2006 \-- Congress of the World Equine Veterinary
Association -** Marrakech, Morocco -- Contact:
[http://www.weva2006.ma](http://www.weva2006.ma/)

**13-16 February, 2006 \-- World Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture
America '06** -- Las Vegas, Nevada -- Contact:
<http://www.was.org/main/Default.asp>

**22-34 March, 2006 \-- International Symposium on Emerging Zoonosis.
Medical and Veterinary Partnership to address Global Challenges** --
Atlanta, Georgia, USA -- Contact: <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

> **28 February-1 March, 2006 -- Integrated Pest Management in Oilseed
> Rape** -- University of Göttingen, Germany -- Contact:
> [http://www.bcpc.org](http://www.bcpc.org/)
>
> **3-7 April, 2006 \-- IPPC Interim Commission for Phytosanitary
> Measures -- 8^th^ session** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **8-12 May, 2006 \-- IPPC Standards Committee Meeting** -- Rome, Italy
> -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **14-19 May, 2006 -- 14^th^ International conference on Aquatic
> Invasive Species** -- Key Biscayne, Florida -- Contact:
> [www.icais.org](http://www.icais.org/)
>
> **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>
>
> **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:
> [http://]{.underline}[www.iussi.org/IUSSI2006.html](http://www.iussi.org/IUSSI2006.html)
>
> **10-15 September, 2006 \-- Seventh International Symposium on Fruit
> Flies of Economic Importance and 6^th^ meeting of the Working Group on
> Fruit Flies on the Western Hemisphere** -- Salvador, Brazil --
> Contact: [http://www.fruitfly.com.br](http://www.fruitfly.com.br/)
>
> **28-29 September, 2006 \-- 4^th^ International Conference on
> Biological Invasions: NEOBIOTA from Ecology to Conservation** --
> Vienna, Austria -- Contact: Wolfgang Rabitsch, Franz Essl
> <wolfgang.rabitsch@umweltbundesamt.at> ,
> <franz.essl@umweltbundesamt.at>
>
> **13-17 November, 2006 \-- IPPC Standards Committee Working Group
> meeting** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **20-24 November, 2006 \-- IPPC Standards Committee Meeting** -- Rome,
> Italy -- Contact:
>
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **17-21 September, 2007 \-- 9^th^ International Conference on the
> Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions** (EMAPi9) -- Perth,
> Australia -- Contact:
> [http://]{.underline}[www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9/](http://www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9/)
>
> **15-18 October, 2007, Sixteenth International Plant Protection
> Congress** -- Glasgow, UK -- Contact:
> [http://www.bcpc.org](http://www.bcpc.org/)