You are cordially invited to participate at the Workshop on Forest Insect and Disease Survey, concerning central European area, organized by IUFRO working party 7.03.10 in collaboration with Forestry and Game Management Research Institute, Jiloviste - Strnady.
This is the fourth meeting, after previous ones held in Poland (Ustron-Jaszowiec) - 1998, Switzerland (Sion-Chateauneuf) - 1999 and Romania (Busteni) - 2000. During the first three meetings the participants had the opportunity to learn about the newly established IUFRO Working Party and to meet colleagues with similar interest from many different countries. The programs gave the participants a chance to present the sanitary situation in the particular countries and to inform others about their methods of surveying forest harmful biotic factors as well as the results from their research activity. In the future, we would like to keep our attention more closely focussed to our main topic - methodology of forest insect and disease survey. Even though our group is focussed to central European host tree species and growth conditions, also specialists from other countries are welcome to participate.
The plenary program will consist of roundtables with methodologically oriented topics. Participants which would like to present their research activities or phytosanitary situations, are pleased to do this by posters.
Proposed program of the workshop:
September 17. arrival of participants, registration, icebreaker
September 18. morning - welcome session,
1. and 2. roundtable
afternoon - excursion in the Botanical garden
3. and 4. roundtable
poster session
evening - welcome party
September 19. whole day - field
scientifically oriented excursion
(forest pathology and entomology)
dinner
September 20. morning - plenary session,
presentation of results of roundtables, discussion,
conclusions
lunch, departure of participants
Possible post-workshop activity (according to the interest of participants):
September 21. field scientific excursion
- the National park of
Sumava
September 22. guided tour downtown Praha
The plenary program (see also the information above) will comprise four roundtables leaded by two or three invited chairmen for each session. There is a possibility to prepare contributions concerning the most important topics of roundtables, which could be presented as oral presentation just at the beginning of the roundtable session. Any activity in this is welcome. Roundtable topics are:
- Recording and evaluating of forest
injurious factors using databases and
GIS techniques.
- Monitoring of forest insects and diseases.
- Flow and exchange of information about epidemic occurrence of insects and diseases in Europe.
- New pests and diseases, diagnostics, experts, information sources.
Please, pay appropriate attention to these topics at the filling of the registration form and check the particular boxes by the topics of your interest.
Scientific results from research projects can be presented by posters, which will be exposed during the whole meeting and discussed during the second part of the poster session based on the questions of the participants. There will be no oral presentations on such results. During the workshop it will be possible to use all common techniques for presentation - slides, video, data and overhead projector.
Posters as well as short papers and comprehensive results from roundtables are planned to be published in a book of proceedings. Particular presentations should not exceed 6 pages and correct English is required. Only personally presented contributions at the workshop will be published in the book of proceedings.
Post-workshop activities are depending on the interest of participants - please, check the chosen activity in the registration form. The field scientific excursion to the National park of Sumava will be focussed to the ongoing activity on suppressing of the outbreak of Ips typographus and consequent problems.
Language. The official language at the Workshop is English. No simultaneous translation to any language will be provided.
Registration fee. Registration fee will be stated after preliminary registration of participants and will include all expenses of the meeting (accommodation, full meal, field trip, book of proceedings). It will not cover costs for travelling to the place of Workshop and back, and for extra days staying on the place. Registration fee very probably will not exceed 250,- USD.
Pre-registration and contact address. If you are interested in participating in the Workshop, fill in, please, the pre-registration form and send it back to the organizers at your earliest convenience, but no later than March 15, 2001. The second circular with more detailed program, and with information on accommodation and field trip will be distributed to the preliminary registered applicants. If you are sure that you will not attend the meeting but you would like to be informed, please use the pre-registration form with special note. In case of any questions, please, feel free to contact us.
Contact address:
Milos Knizek
Forestry and Game Management Research Institute
Jiloviste - Strnady
CZ-156 04 Praha 5 - Zbraslav,
Czechia
Tel.: +420-2-57921643
Fax: +420-2-57920648 or 57921444 or 57921276
E-mail: knizek@vulhm.cz
Organizers:
IUFRO WP 7.03.10 - Methodology of Forest Insect and Disease Survey in Central Europe
Forestry and Game Management Research
Institute Jiloviste - Strnady, Czechia
IUFRO WP coordinator: Milos Knizek |
Deputy coordinator: Beat Forster |
Deputy coordinator: Wojciech
Grodzki |
We are looking forward to your participation