**February, 2006 -- 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 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/)

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:**

**February, 2006 \-- Session on Vaccines and Vaccination of
Transboundary animal diseases*. ***Contact: oietokyo@tky.3web.ne.jp

**7-8 February, 2006 --- Panel on Invasive Species -** Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/Meetings/meetings-nappo_e.htm>

**6-9 February, 2006 \-- Central Plant Board 2006 Annual Meeting --**
Fargo, North Dakota, USA -- Contact:
<http://www.nationalplantboard.org/meetings.html>

**7-10 February, 2006 -- Symposium on Management of Vector-born
Viruses-** Patancheru, India -- Contact:
[Mailto:secretary@mvbv2006.org](mailto:secretary@mvbv2006.org) OR
[http://www.mvbv2006.org](http://www.mvbv2006.org/)

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

> **13-17 February, 2006 --- Aquatic Animal Health Standards
> Commission** -- OIE Headquarters -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **13-17 February, 2006 --- Seminar on the tasks of the livestock
> keepers on surveillance of animal diseases and seminar on the
> evaluation of the quality of Veterinary Services** -- N'djamena, Chad
> -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **26 February -- 3 March, 2006 \-- Seventh Annual National Invasive
> Weed Awareness Week --** Washington, D.C. -- Contact:
> <http://www.nawma.org/niwaw/niwaw_index.htm>
>
> **27-28 February, 2006 --- World Bank: World-wide seminar on animal
> health funding** -- Washington D.C., USA -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **27 February -- 3 March, 2006 \-- 12th Meeting of the OIE
> Sub-Commission on FMD Control in Southeast Asia --** Thailand --
> Contact**:**
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](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/)
>
> **6-7 March, 2006 \-- 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_index.htm>
>
> **1-3 March, 2006 \-- Pacific Convention on Biological Diversity
> Preparatory Meeting** *-- Fiji, Nadi Contact:
> <http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml> OR*
>
> **<http://www.sprep.org.ws/event/Events/Events-2006iss02.pdf>** TEXT:
> Cross-cutting issues are also addressed on matters such as the control
> of alien invasive species, strengthening the capacity of member
> countries in taxonomy, and the development of indicators of
> **biodiversity loss.**
>
> **6-9 March, 2006 -- 22^nd^ Vertebrate Pest Conference --** Berkeley,
> CA, USA -- Contact: R.M Timm,
>
> [Mailto:RMTIMM@ucdavis.edu](mailto:RMTIMM@ucdavis.edu) OR
> <http://www.vpconference.org/22ndPrelimProgram.htm>
>
> **7-9 March, 2006 \-- 23rd German Conference on Weed Biology and Weed
> Control -** Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Germany -- Contact:
> <http://www.uni-hohenheim.de/herbologie/UKT/callforpapers.htm>
>
> **13-17 March, 2006 \-- Aquatic Animal Health Standards Commission
> --** Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **14-16 March, 2006 \-- 59^th^ Annual Meeting, Western (U.S.) Society
> of Weed Science --** Reno, NV, USA- Contact:
> [http://www.wsweedscience.org](http://www.wsweedscience.org/)
>
> **16-18 March, 2006 \-- 2006 International Symposium on Waterborne
> Pathogens (ISWP) -** Atlanta, GA, USA -- Contact:
> [www.awwa.org/conferences/pathogens/call](http://www.awwa.org/conferences/pathogens/call)
>
> **6-18 March, 2006** --- **International Conference on Women and
> Infectious Diseases (ICWID)-** Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Contact:
> [http://www.cdc.gov](http://www.cdc.gov/)

**19-22 March, 2006 --- International Conference on Emerging Infectious
Diseases 2006** -- Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Contact: http://www.cdc.gov

**20-31 March, 2006 \-- Eighth Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of the
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity -** Curitiba, Brazil
-- Contact: <http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml>

**20-24 March, 2006 \-- Marine Environment Protection Committee, Session
54. Item 2: Harmful Aquatic Organisms in Ballast Water --** Contact:
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/mso/mepc54.htm

**22-23 March, 2006 -- Brown Treesnake Working Group Technical Meeting**
-- Honolulu, Hawaii -- Contact: Earl Campbell <Earl_Campbell@fws.gov>

**22-24 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>

> **23-24 March, 2006 --- OIE/CDC Conference** -- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
> -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **30-31 March, 2006 --- IPPC 4^th^ Meeting of the Subsidiary Body on
> Dispute Settlement** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
> [http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)
>
> **3-6 April, 2006 --- 6^th^ International Symposium on Avian
> Influenza** -- Cambridge, UK -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **3-6 April, 2006 \-- Eastern Plant Board 2006 Annual Meeting -**
> Rehobeth Beach, Delaware, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.nationalplantboard.org/meetings.html>
>
> **3-7 April, 2006 --- 15^th^ Annual Meeting, Council for the Study of
> Virus and Virus-like Diseases of the Grapevine --** Stellenbosch,
> South Africa -- Contact: http//:www.sasev.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)
>
> **4-6 April, 2006 \-- The Fifth National IPM Symposium, \"Delivering
> on a Promise\" --** St. Louis, Missouri, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.ipmcenters.org/ipmsymposiumv/>
>
> **9-12 April, 2006 \-- Southern Plant Board 2006 Annual Meeting --**
> Savannah, Georgia, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.nationalplantboard.org/meetings.html>
>
> **27-28 April, 2006 \-- OIE/FAO First Meeting of the Regional Steering
> Committee of the GF-TADs for Africa -** Bamako, Mali -- Contact:
> <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>
>
> **8-12 May, 2006 \-- Conference of GF-TADs donors --** Rome, Italy --
> Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.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)
>
> **8-12 May, 2006 \-- Western Plant Board 2006 Annual Meeting --**
> California, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.nationalplantboard.org/meetings.html>
>
> **4-8 September, 2006 \-- Technical Panel on Pest Free Areas and
> Systems Approaches for Fruit Flies -** Salvador, Brazil- Contact:
> <https://www.ippc.int/servlet/CDSServlet?status=ND0xMzI5Mi45MjkzOSY2PWVuJjMzPWV2ZW50cyYzNz1pbmZv>

**9-13 May, 2006 --- World Aquaculture Society: AQUA 2006** -- Florence,
Italy -- Contact: <http://www.was.org/main/Default.asp>

> **10-May to 7-June -- FAO/IAEA Interregional Training Course on "The
> Use of the Sterile Insect and Related Techniques for the Integrated
> Area-Wide Management of Insect Pests"** -- Gainesville, FL, USA --
> Contact: FAO/IAEA
>
> **14-19 May, 2006 --- 14^th^ International conference on Aquatic
> Invasive Species** -- Key Biscayne, Florida -- Contact:
> [www.icais.org](http://www.icais.org/)
>
> **15-20 May, 2006 -- XI Annual Meeting: Trilateral Committee for
> Wildlife & Ecosystem Conservation and Management --** Contact:
> <http://www.trilat.org/>
>
> **22-26 May \-- 20TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON VIRUS AND VIRUS-LIKE\
>     DISEASES OF TEMPERATE FRUIT CROPS, and 11TH INTERNATIONAL SYM-\
>     POSIUM OF SMALL FRUIT VIRUS DISEASES -** Antalya, TURKEY Contact:
> K. Caglayan,
> [Caglayan@mku.edu.tr](http://by105fd.bay105.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&a=f03e504a37dd1c5519dda3c5cdaf0767a542e93611515f6d9d81610b244ff077&mailto=1&to=Caglayan@mku.edu.tr&msg=C4DD9C52-C459-417D-BE40-C6D3B642BC9C&start=0&len=23676&src=&type=x). 
> Phone: 90-326-245 5836.
>
> **25-28 May, 2006 \-- Weeds Across Borders 2006 Conference --**
> Hermosillo, Mexico, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.desertmuseum.org/borderweeds/>
>
> **29-31 May, 2006 \-- Workshop on Invasive Solanum Elaeagnifolium --**
> Tunis, Tunisia - Contact: [http://www.eppo.org](http://www.eppo.org/)
>
> **June, 2006 \--** **Diffusion of the new OIE World Animal Health
> Information System -** Andean Region -- Contact:
> <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>
>
> **11-15 June, 2006 \-- XII Congress of the Mediterranean
> Phytopathological Union --** Rhodes, Greece -- Contact:
> http//www.mpunion.com/
>
> **18-23 June, 2006 -- 5^th^ International Workshop on Grapevine Downy
> and Powdery Mildew --** S. Michele all'Adige, TN, Itally -- Contact:
> <http://www.safecrop.org/english/events/pdmildew2006/>
>
> **June 19-25 \-- 12th International Congress for Infectious Diseases
> -** Lisbon, Portugal
>
> Contact: <http://www.isid.org/12th_ICID/>
>
> **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>
>
> **24-28 June, 2006 --- Third International Symposium on Marine
> Conservation Biology** (Invasive Species will be covered)---San Jose,
> California, USA -- Contact: <http://www.conservationbiology.org/2006>
>
> **25-30 June, 2006 --- 4^th^ International Veterinary Vaccines and
> Diagnostics Conference** -- Oslo, Norway -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **26-28 June, 2006 \-- 2006 National Foundation for Infectious
> Diseases Annual Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance -** Bethesda,
> Maryland, USA -- Contact: [http://www.cdc.gov](http://www.cdc.gov/)
>
> **3-7 July, 2006 -- 1^st^ Meeting of the International union of
> Forestry Research organizations** -- Radom, Poland -- Contact: Hugh
> Evans (hugh.evans@forestry.gsi.gov.uk)
>
> **10-14 July, 2006 -- 11^th^ International Conference on Plant
> Pathogenic Bacteria** -- Edinburgh, UK -- Contact: D. Stead & Sand
> Hutton, [Mailto:icppb2006@csl.gov.uk](mailto:icppb2006@csl.gov.uk)
>
> **17-21 July, 2006 -- 4^th^ International Bacterial Wilt Symposium**
> -- Contact: G. Saddler,
> [mailto:ibws2006@sasa.gsi.gov.uk](mailto:ibws2006@sasa.gsi.gov.uk)
>
> **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)
>
> **August, 2006 \-- Annual Seminar on Bovine Brucellosis --** Buenos
> Aires, Argentina -- Contact: <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>
>
> **7-9 August, 2006 --- FMD National Coordinators' meeting** --
> Bangkok, Thailand -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **9-10 August, 2006 \-- Mid-Atlantic Exotic Pest Plant Council Annual
> Meeting --** Morristown, New Jersey -- Contact:
> <http://www.ma-eppc.org/>
>
> **13-18 August, 2006 \-- National Plant Board 2006 Annual Meeting --**
> Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.nationalplantboard.org/meetings.html>
>
> **27-30 August, 2006 \-- Australasian Aquaculture Conference 2006 -**
> Adelaide, South Australia -- Contact:
> <http://www.was.org/meetings/WasMeetings.asp>
>
> **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/)
>
> **18-21 September \-- 14TH ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN WEED MANAGEMENT\
> ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE** - Calgary, ALB, CANADA - Contact: K. Nielsen,
> phone: 1-403-845-4444.
> [KNielsen@county.clearwater.ab.ca](http://by105fd.bay105.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&a=f03e504a37dd1c5519dda3c5cdaf0767a542e93611515f6d9d81610b244ff077&mailto=1&to=KNielsen@county.clearwater.ab.ca&msg=C4DD9C52-C459-417D-BE40-C6D3B642BC9C&start=0&len=23676&src=&type=x).
>
> **17-21 September \-- 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE ECOLOGY\
> AND MANAGEMENT OF ALIEN PLANT INVASIONS** - Perth, WA, AUSTRALIA -\
> Contact: M.
> Sheehan, [emapi9@congresswest.com.au](http://by105fd.bay105.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/compose?curmbox=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001&a=f03e504a37dd1c5519dda3c5cdaf0767a542e93611515f6d9d81610b244ff077&mailto=1&to=emapi9@congresswest.com.au&msg=C4DD9C52-C459-417D-BE40-C6D3B642BC9C&start=0&len=23676&src=&type=x). 
>
> Web:
> [http://www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9/](javascript:ol('http://www.congresswest.com.au/emapi9/');).
>
> **24-28 September, 2006 \--** **15th Australian Weeds Conference :
> Managing weeds in a changing climate -** Adelaide, Australia --
> Contact: <http://www.gisp.org/>
>
> **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>,
> <http://www.umweltbundesamt.at/neobiota>
>
> **28 August -- 5 September -- 5^th^ International Powdery Mildew
> Conference --** Monterey, CA, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.plpnem.ucdavis.edu/>
>
> **November, 2006 \-- OIE/SEAFDEC Hands-on Training Workshop on Aquatic
> Animal Disease Diagnosis -** Iloilo, Philippines -- Contact:
> <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>
>
> **November, 2006 \-- OIE/FAO-APHCA Workshop on BSE Diagnosis and
> Surveillance --** Japan -- Contact:
> <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>
>
> **1-8 November, 2006 \-- Sixth Working Group Meeting of Animal
> Movement Management and Zoning Approach for Foot and Mouth Disease
> Control in the Upper Mekong Basin --** Asia -- Contact:
> <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>
>
> **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)
>
> **21-24 November, 2006 --- 18^th^ Conference for the OIE Regional
> Commission for the Americas** -- Florianopolis, Brazil -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **25-26 November, 2006 -- Meeting of OIE Laboratories of Reference**
> -- Brazil -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **9-12 October, 2006 \-- [OIE Global Conference on Aquatic Animal
> Health](http://www.oie.int/eng/Norway2/home.htm) --** Bergen, Norway
> -- Contact::
>
> **2007 (exact date to be determined) \-- XIIth International Symposium
> of Biological Control of Weeds --** Montpellier, France -- Contact:
> <http://www.cilba.agropolis.fr/symposium2007.htm>
>
> **2007 \-- National Plant Board 2007 Annual Meeting --** Hawaii, USA
> -- Contact: <http://www.nationalplantboard.org/meetings.html>
>
> **26 February -- 2 March, 2007 -- World Aquaculture Society:
> Aquaculture 2007 -** San Antonio, Texas, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.was.org/meetings/WasMeetings.asp>
>
> **18-21 June, 2007 -- 14^th^ European Weed Research Society
> Symposium** -- Hamar, Norway -- Contact: P. Barberi,
> [Mailto:Barberi@sssup.it](mailto:Barberi@sssup.it),
> [http://www.ewrs.org](http://www.ewrs.org/)
>
> **21-24 June, 2007 -- 21^st^ Pacific Science Congress (symposia on
> Invasive Species) --** Okinawa, Japan -- Contact: Sponsored by the
> Science Council of Japan (no contact info at this time).
>
> **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/)
>
> **October, 2007 \-- 21st Asian Pacific Weed Science Society (APWSS)
> Conference --** Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Contact:
> <http://peaches.nal.usda.gov/insp/conf.asp>
>
> **15-18 October, 2007 \-- Sixteenth International Plant Protection
> Congress** -- Glasgow, UK -- Contact:
> [http://www.bcpc.org](http://www.bcpc.org/)
>
> **19-23 May, 2008 \-- World Aquaculture 2008** - Busan, Korea --
> Contact: <http://www.was.org/meetings/WasMeetings.asp>
>
> **15-19 February, 2009 \-- World Aquaculture Society: Aquaculture
> America 2009 -** Seattle, Washington, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.was.org/meetings/WasMeetings.asp>