**June, 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/)

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[tp://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx](http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx)

Global Invasive Species Programme
http://[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
[://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[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

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

**6-10 June, 2005, IPPC Expert Working Group on Debarking meeting** --
Oslo, Norway, Contact: <http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm>

**6-10 June, 2005, International Conference on Current Issues on the
Integrated management of Insect Pests and Disease Vectors in Africa** --
Accra, Ghana -- Contact: <http://www.icipe.org/aais/>

**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)

**12-16 June, 2005, 13^th^ International Sclerotinia Workshop** --
Monterey, California -- Contact:STKoike@ucdavis.edu.

**14-15 June, 2005, NAPPO Potato Panel Meeting** -- Colorado Springs,
Colorado -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**15-17 June, 2005 -- The Prevention and Control of Zoonoses: from
Science to Policy** -- Liverpool, UK --Contact:
[www.hpazoonosesconference.org.uk](http://www.hpazoonosesconference.org.uk/)

**19-24 June, 2005 ASLO's A Pilgrimage through Global Aquatic Sciences**
\-- Santiago de Compostela, Spain -- Contact:
<http://www.aslo.org/meetings/santiago2005/index.html>

**20-23 June, 2005, Thirteenth Symposium European Weed Research
Society** -- Bari, Italy -- Contact:
[http://www.ewrs-symposium.com](http://www.ewrs-symposium.com/)

**22 June, 2005. Are We Prepared? Emerging Communicable and Zoonotic
Diseases** \-- London, UK at the\
Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Head Office \-- Contact:
Kelly Coxall, Phone: 0044 (0)20 7827 5856, Email: <k.coxall@chgl.com>

**27-29 June, 2005. Joint Global Work Plan Workshop on Marine Invasive
Species** -- Montreal, Canada -- Jointly hosted by the CBD, UNEP and
GISP. Contact:
ht[tp://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx](http://www.biodiv.org/default.aspx)

**28-29 June, 2005. NAPPO Grapevine Panel meeting** \-- Mexico City,
Mexico -- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**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>

**12-13 July, 2005 -- NAPPO Fruit Panel Meeting** -- Quebec City, Canada
-- Contact: <http://www.nappo.org/>

**12-14, July, 2005, Second International Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
Symposium** -- Madison, Wisconsin -- Contact:
[http://cwd-infor.org](http://cwd-infor.org/)

**15-19, July, 2005, 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for Conservation
Biology** -- Brazilia, Brazil - -Invasive species is on the agenda for
presentations. Contacts: <http://www.scb2005.unb.br/registration.htm>

**16-20 July, 2005 \-- 28^th^ World Veterinary Congress**. Minneapolis,
Minnesota, USA. Contact: <wvc2005@avma.org>

**18-22 July, 2005 -- Fifty-third session of the IMO Marine Environment
Protection Committee** -- London, UK, Contact:
<http://www.imo.org/index.htm>

**25-27 July, 2005 \-- Combating Bioterrorism: The Organizational
Response** \-- Cambridge, MA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology \--
Contact: Sandy Weiner <slweiner@mit.edu> Website:
<http://professional.mit.edu/ApplicationFiles/web/WebFrame.cfm?web_id=382>

**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>

**1 August, 2005 OIE Workshop on Development of Animal Health
Legislation (highly pathogenic avian influenza prevention and control)**
-- Asia -- Contact:
http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**1-3 August, 2005 WTO-SPS Regional Workshop**, Botswana, Contact: http
[://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm)

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

**10-12 August, 2005 -- Workshop on Molluscan Shellfish Safety:
Integration of Science and Policy for Vibrios and Viruses** -- Point
Clear, Alabama -- 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[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**19-20 August, 2005, Symposium of Diagnosis of Bee Diseases** --
Dublin, Ireland -- Contact: <wolfgang.ritter@cvuafr.bwl.de>

**21-24 August, 2005, International Agricultural/Environmental
Conference** -- Hilo,Hawaii -- Contact:
<http://www.dce.ksu.edu/dce/cong/ag&environment/>

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

**22-25 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
[://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: Marnie Campbell,
<marnie.campbell@maf.govt.nz>

**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.

**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 September, 2005 OIE Workshop on Management of Animal Health
Information Technology in South East Asia** -- Thailand -- Contact:
http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**1 September, 2005 OIE 4^th^ Working Group Meeting of Animal Management
and Zoning Approach for FMD Disease control in the Lower Kekong Basin**
-- Vietnam -- Contact:
http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**5-8 September, 2005, 5^th^ European Vertebrate Pest Management
Conference** -- Budapest, Hungery \-- Contact:
[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 ran by a
steering committee currently made up of individuals from the USA, Great
Britain, Czech Republic, Germany and Italy. Contact:
http//www.empi.us.edu.pl/invite_ok.php

**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[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**12-16 September, 2005, Second International Symposium on Biological
Control of Arthropods** -- Delemont, 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
[://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>

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

**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>

**27 September -- 1 October, 2005 Invasion of Alien Species in Holarctic
(BOROK-2**) -- Borok, Yaroslavl province, Russia -- Contact:
[www.sevin.ru/borok-2](http://www.sevin.ru/borok-2) or
[www.ibiw.ru/conferences/Borok-2](http://www.ibiw.ru/conferences/Borok-2)
(please note that I was not able to reach either of these websites on
December 28, 2004).

**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/>

**23-27 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[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 6^th^ Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture**
-- Colombo, Sri Lanka -- Contact:
http://www.oie.int/eng/en_inde[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**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 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[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[x.htm](http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm)

**7-8 November, 2005, The Biology of Vibrios: Biodiveristy, Genomics,
Disease/Epidemiology, Ecology, and Applications (Aquacuture)** \-- Ghent
University, (Belgium) Contact: Peter Dawyndt Peter.Dawyndt@UGent.be

**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>

**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[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>

**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>

**25-30 March, 2006 International Veterinary Vaccine and Diagnostic
Conference** -- Oslo, Norway -- Contact:
<http://www.oie.int/eng/en_index.htm>

> **3-7 April, 2006 IPPC Interim Commission for Phytosanitary Measures
> -- 8^th^ session** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact: http
> [://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
> [://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.htm](http://www.ippc.int/IPP/En/default.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>
>
> **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:
> [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: Frank Klingenstein (Federal Agency for Nature
> Conservation) <frank.klingenstein@bfn.de>
>
> **13-17 November, 2006 IPPC Standards Committee Working Group
> meeting** -- Rome, Italy -- Contact: http
> [://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
> [://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) -- Contact:
> [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/)
>
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