**NOVEMBER, 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 Environmental 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:**

**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 2-Novermber, 2005 \-- IPPC Revision of ISMP No. 2
(Guidelines for Pest Risk Analysis)** -- Niagara Falls, Canada --
Contact:
[http]{.underline}[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)

**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)

**3-5 November, 2005 --** CBD: Business and the 2010 Biological
Diversity Challenge - Sao Paulo, Brazil -- Contact:
<http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml>

**3-10 November, 2005 \-- 109th Annual meeting of the United States
Animal Health Association -** Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA -- Contact:
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 (Aquaculture)** \--
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 --- Seminar on the Dialogue and Common Activities
between the OIE Member Countries of the European Union and the other OIE
Member Countries of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe** \--
Bucarest, Roumania -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**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>

**7-11, November, 2005 -- IPP Capacity Building Workshop (Latin/South
America)** -- Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Contact:
<http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**9-10 November, 2005 --- 3^rd^ FMD Round Table with FAO** -- Beirut,
Lebanon -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**9-11 November, 2005 \-- Malaysia-Thailand-Myanmar (MTM) Tri-State
Commission on FMD Control in Malay Peninsula -- Region 8 --** Thailand
-- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**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}

**14-18 November, 1005 \-- Capacity Building Workshop (Caribbean)** -
St. Augustin/Port-of-Spain, Trinidad & Tobago -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**15-16 November, 2005 \-- National Soybean Rust Symposium --**
Nashville, Tennessee, USA -- Contact:
<http://www.apsnet.org/online/sbr/>

**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)

**16-17 November, 2005 \-- Focus group Meeting on e-learning for
Environmental Protection, Compliance with Import and Export Requirements
-** Montreal , Quebec , Canada -- Contact:
<http://www.cec.org/calendar/index.cfm?varlan=english>

**17-18 November, 2005 \-- Texas Invasive Plant Conference --** Austin,
Texas, USA -- Contact:
<http://www.texasinvasives.org/conference/conference.html>

**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)

**21-24 November, 2005 --- Seminar on the Dialogue and Common Activities
between the OIE Member Countries of the European Union and the other OIE
Member Countries of the OIE Regional Commission for Europe** -- Ankara,
Turkey -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**23-25 November, 2005 \--** Workshop on the Joint Global Work Plan on
Terrestrial and Freshwater Invasive Alien Species - Montreal, Canada --
Contact: <http://www.biodiv.org/default.shtml>

**24-27 November, 2005 --- 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>

**27 November, 2005 --- WHO/MZCP Joint Program -- Workshop on HACCP
System International Training** -- Cairo, Egypt -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**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>

**29 November, 2005 \-- JPAC Public Meeting: Roundtables on Assessing
the Environmental Effects of Trade in North America** - Montreal ,
Quebec , Canada -- Contact:
<http://www.cec.org/calendar/index.cfm?varlan=english>

**29 November -- 1 December \-- International Forestry Quarantine
Research Group 3rd Meeting** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact:
<https://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/calendar.jsp>?

**30-November to 1-December, 2005 --- NAFTA -- CEC \-- Third North
American Symposium on Assessing the Environmental Effects of Trade:
Investment, Growth and the Environment** -- Montreal, Canada -- Contact:
<http://www.cec.org/home/index.cfm?varlan=english>

**December, 2005 \-- OIE/ASEAN Regional Workshop on Emerging Diseases
--** Asia -- Contact: <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**December, 2005 \-- SEAFDEC/OIE Hands-on training workshop on Aquatic
animal disease diagnosis --** Philippines -- Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**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>

**7-20 December, 2005 -- International Workshop on the Promotion of
Metheyl Bromide Alternatives to Comply with its Phase Out** -- Israel --
Contact: S. Parson
[Mailto:SigalP@moag.gol.il](mailto:SigalP@moag.gol.il)

**January, 2006 \-- OIE Regional Meeting on Avian Influenza Control
(Legislation and Preparedness including carcass disposal workshop) and
OIE workshop on development of animal health legislation (highly
pathogenic avian influenza prevention and control --** Asia -- Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**January, 2006 \-- OIE/ASEAN Region Workshop on BSE --** Asia --
Contact: <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.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>

**11-January, 2006 --- Workshop on Invasive Populations of Suckermouth
Catfishes in the United States and Mexico: Conceptual Model for Risk
Assessment** -- Merida, Mexico -- Contact:
[www.esa.org/mexico](http://www.esa.org/mexico)

**18-20 January, 2006 \--** **5th Working Group Meeting of Animal
Management and Zoning Approach for FMD disease Control in the Upper
Mekong Basin --** Hanoi, Vietnam -- Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**21-25 January, 2006 --- CDC 9^th^ National Symposium on Biosafety:
Current Challenges in Animal Biosafety and Biosecurity** -- Atlanta,
Georgia, USA -- Contact: [http://www.cdc.gov](http://www.cdc.gov/)

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

**23-26 January, 2006 \-- Diffusion of the new OIE World Animal Health
Information System --** Chile -- Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**February, 2006 \-- Session on Vaccines and Vaccination of
Transboundary animal diseases --** Asia - Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

**1-3 February, 2006 --- OIE/FAO/WHO** -- Paris, France -- Contact:
[http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

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

**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)
>
> **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/)
>
> **March, 2006 -- GF-TADs Donor\'s meeting --** Americas -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)
>
> **March, 2006 \-- OIE/FAO Second Regional Steering Committee of the
> GF-TADs** programme -- Asia -- Contact:
> [http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde]{.underline}[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.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)
>
> **16-18 May, 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/)

**19-24 March, 2006 --- International Conference on Emerging Infectious
Diseases 2006** -- Atlanta, Georgia, USA - Contact: http://www.cdc.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 \-- 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)
>
> **9-12 April, 2006 \-- Southern Plant Board 2006 Annual Meeting --**
> Savannah, Georgia, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.nationalplantboard.org/meetings.html>
>
> **4-6 April, 2006 \-- The Fifth National IPM Symposium, \"Delivering
> on a Promise\" --** St. Louis, Missouri, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.ipmcenters.org/ipmsymposiumv/>
>
> **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>

**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/)
>
> **25-26 May, 2006 \-- Weeds Across Borders 2006 Conference --**
> Hermosillo, Mexico, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.desertmuseum.org/borderweeds/>
>
> **June, 2006 \--** **Diffusion of the new OIE World Animal Health
> Information System -** Andean Region -- Contact:
> <http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>
>
> **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)
>
> **16-30 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/)
>
> **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)
>
> **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 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/)
>
> **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>
>
> **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)
>
> **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 \-- 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/)
>
> **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 \-- Aquaculture America 2009 -** Seattle,
> Washington, USA -- Contact:
> <http://www.was.org/meetings/WasMeetings.asp>