9 th International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production September 4-8, Thessaloniki, Greece

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1 9 th International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production September 4-8, Thessaloniki, Greece

2 Second Announcement Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the IOBC/WPRS Working Groups Integrated Protection of Fruit Crops, Subgroups "Soft fruits", "Pome fruit arthropods", "IFP Guidelines", "Pome fruit diseases" and "Stone fruits" we like to inform you that registration and accommodation details for the 9 th International Conference on Integrated Fruit Production is now available in the current 2 nd announcement as well as on the conference website: greece2016.com/ Equally you may already know, the conference takes place every 4 years and aims to bring together the latest progresses in research of all subgroups involved in Integrated Fruit Production. We cordially invite you to come to Thessaloniki to present your research work, exchange thoughts, start to develop collaborations, and contribute to the further evolution of research on whole aspects of Integrated Fruit Production and Pest Management. Please fill out the final registration form and send it to the secretariat Miss Constantina Pliatsika (constantina@globalevents.gr) and the local organizer Dr. Petros Damos (petrosdamos@gmail.com ) We are looking forward to welcoming you for a very constructive conference as easily as an inspiring and join stay in Greece. Dr. Petros Damos, Convener of the working Group Integrated Production of Stone Fruits and local organizer Miss Constantina Pliatsika, Secretariat- Global Events

3 Proposed topics Integrated control of fruit arthropod pests Integrated plant protection of diseases in fruit crops New developments and opportunities in disease and pest warning systems Biological control of pests and diseases in fruit production Organic fruit production Chemical Ecology: application in IFP Invasive and exotic fruit pests Ecology of pesticides: resistance and side effect on beneficial Weed Management Application Technology Pesticide risk indicators to assess the sustainable use of pesticides in IFP Dissemination strategies in Integrated Production IPM Guidelines Symposia that have been announced New developments and opportunities in disease and pest warning systems How new tree architectures support integrated apple production IOBC exceptional merit award and best paper student award The IOBC exceptional merit award, award the author(s) of a paper or research of exceptional merit dealing with a subject related to the IOBC technical scope, irrespective of the author s age. The student s award honors the student(s) of an outstanding paper in the areas of IFP and IPM

4 Preliminary Program Program Dates Sunday, September 4 th 2016 Arrival and check- in at the hotel Monday, September 5 th 2016 Tuesday, September 6 th 2016 Wednesday, September 7 th 2016 Morning: registration and opening of the scientific works of the Conference. Morning and Afternoon parallel sessions with presentations and posters Morning and Afternoon parallel sessions with presentations and posters. Late afternoon: Opening Ceremony and welcome Reception. Evening: free Morning Session: presentations and posters. Afternoon Session: closing remarks and conclusions. Gala Dinner Thursday, September 8 th 2016 Full day Excursion including lunch

5 Instructions for the Abstract Submission Deadline for Abstract Submission: June 15th The abstracts will be published by copying of the original text, without any correction. Please download the IOBC abstract from and paper template ( greece2016.com/), or, follow the below instructions: 1. Paper- format: A Left and right margins of the text: 2.5 cm Upper margin: 3.0 cm Lower margin: 2.5 cm This results in a printing area of 16 cm x 23.7 cm 3. Line spacing: 1 4. Font: "Times New Roman" or "Times" 5. All titles and subtitles should be flush left. Fonts as printed in the example. 6. Font of the abstract: 11 pt 7. Font of the running text: 12 pt (except titles and abstract) 8. No hyphenation in the text. 9. Justification of the text. 10. Make sure that the first lines of all paragraphs (except for the paragraph that follows a title) are indented with a [Tab] command (0.8 cm). Do not use spaces instead of tabs and indents. Do not repeatedly use Standard- Tabstops. 11. Scientific names of plants and animals in Italics. 12. The authors names should be typed in the normal font (not in capitals or any other face, not bold) in the text as well as in the "References". 13. Layout as shown in the example. 14. Do not number the pages; the page numbering is done when the Bulletins are being Compiled.

6 Additional details After the abstract submission, no corrections are accepted. Abstracts not completed, per above instructions, will not be accepted. Send your abstract by to and The Conference Secretariat will acknowledge receipt of the abstracts. Abstracts will be accepted under the condition that one, at least, author will be registered. In case of non- acceptance and if the author does not wish to participate to the Conference, the registration fees will be refunded. Please indicate your preference on the type of presentation. The Scientific Committee has the right of the final decision on the forms of presentation. The Scientific Committee s decision about acceptance of the abstracts, will be announced to the authors at the earliest three weeks after their submission. If you have not received an answer until the above date, please contact the Conference Secretariat, tel. ( )

7 General Information OFFICIAL LANGUAGE English is the official language of the meeting. CONFERENCE CENTER The meeting will be held at the Conference Centre of the Port Palace Hotel ( with the following address: 65, 28 October, str., 5428 Thessaloniki- Greece Tel: & Fax: & CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT Global Events Ltd Thessaloniki: 50A, Stadiou Str., GR Thessaloniki, Greece Tel: Fax: info@globalevents.gr Athens: 21, Aggelou Metaxa str., Shopping Center Galleria GR Glyfada Tel: , Fax: Athens@globalevents.gr

8 REGISTRATION FEES TYPE Until 15/06/2016 From 16/06/2016 and on site registration IOBC Member Registration* Other Participant Registration Students** Accompanying person The Registration fees include: Admission to all Scientific Sessions Admission to Exhibition. Conference Material (Program, Abstract Book, Conference bag, Plastic badge, etc.) Certificate of attendance Opening Ceremony & Welcome cocktail Coffee breaks Light Lunches Guided City Tour Social Dinner Notes: * Individual membership or employee of institutions with Institutional or supporting membership ** A student card or certificate is required

9 ACCOMMODATION Apart of the venue hotel, Conference Secretariat, Global Events Ltd, has pre booked rooms with special reduced rates. All are very near the conference venue (about 15 min by feet) and to the city Centre (5 min by feet). Hotel Name Single Room Double Room Porto Palace Hotel Luxembourg Hotel Zaliki Boutique Hotel Rotonda Hotel Notes: * Group rate available until April 30 th, * Rates are per night per room and include breakfast and all taxes. Hotels Porto Palace Hotel 65, 26 th Octovriou Avenue, Thessaloniki Greece Tel. : & Luxembourg Hotel 6, Komninon, Thessaloniki - Greece Tel.: Zaliki Boutique Hotel 6 Gr. Zaliki St Thessaloniki - Greece tel: Rotonda Hotel 97 Monastiriou Str., Thessaloniki - Greece Tel:

10 London Zurich London Frankfurt Rome, Brussels London Dortmund, Paris Basel- Mulhouse- Freiburg Milan Vienna Munich, Stuttgart, TRAVEL By Air Macedonia airport is 16 km outside the city and served by many major airlines. The airport is served by the 24- hour bus line 78 (or 78N during night) from OASTH. Line 78 starts from Macedonia Central Bus Station, stops at the Railway Station of Thessaloniki and arrives to the airport through the city center. Line 78A travels the same route with the difference, that it makes an additional stop at the A.S. IKEA bus station. At the Railway Station and A.S. IKEA bus stops, passengers can find many connections with many other major bus lines. Ticket price: 0.90 Trip duration: 50 min. There is a taxi stop at the airport. The price of taxi transportation from the airport to the city center is approximately 20. Departure Countries with Direct Flights Departure Country UK Germany Airlines Web Site: Departure Cities easyjet Ryanair British Aiways easyjet Ryanair Aegean Airlines Munich, Lufthansa GermanWings Airberlin France easyjet Switzerland Swiss easyjet Austria Austrian Airlines Italy Ryanair easyjet Alitalia Rome Belgium Ryanair Berlin Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Frankfurt Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Frankfurt Cologne Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Nuremberg, Munich, Hanover, Hamburg Milan

11 Beograd Budapest Stockholm Oslo Departure Countries with Direct Flights Departure Country Airlines Web Site: Departure Cities Sweden Ryanair Norway Ryanair Russia Aegean Airlines Moscow Serbia Jat Airways Hungary Malev Thessaloniki flight connections National Flights There are daily flights from Athens airport by Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines (50 minutes). During summer both Olympic Air and Aegean Airlines have daily direct flights from Rhodes, Crete (Heraklion and Chania), Mykonos and [Santorini]], and Aegean Airlines has flights from Corfu. Astra Airlines has scheduled flights from Chios and during the months of July and August flies from Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes, Kos, Crete (Chania and Heraklion), Karpathos, Kythira and Zakynthos. International Flights Germany, Austria, Swiss Berlin- Tegel, Berlin- Schönefeld, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hannover, Munich, Stuttgart, Zürich, Vienna, Basel United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Norway London- Gatwick, London- Luton, London- Heathrow, Manchester, Bristol, Stockholm (from April), Oslo(Rygge) (from April) France & BeNeLux, Italy Paris- Charles de Gaulle, Brussels- Charleroi (from April), Rome- Fiumicino, Rome- Ciampino, Milan- Malpensa, Bergamo- Orio al Serio Balkans & Eastern Europe Belgrade, Tirana, Bucharest- Băneasa, Bucharest- Henri Coandă, Prague, Budapest, Brno, Ostrava, Moscow- Vnukovo, Moscow- Domodedovo, Minsk, Krasnodar, St. Petersburg, Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Yerevan Cyprus Larnaca, Paphos Thessaloniki International Airport Macedonia Information: Departures (Live Airport Tracker) Arrivals (Live Airport Tracker)

12 By Car Thessaloniki is connected with the following cities through E75, E90 and E79 highways: Athens through Highway A1, E75 in about 5 hrs Skopje (F.Y.R.O.M.) through Highway A1, E75 in about 3 hrs Belgrade (Serbia) through Highway A1, E75 in about 7 hrs Istanbul (Turkey) through Highway A1, E90 in about 8 hrs Tirana (Albania) through Highway Α29 and Α2 in about 6 hrs Sofia (Bulgaria) through Highway A1, E75 in about 4 hrs Constanta (Romania) in about 8 hrs By Train The main Thessaloniki s train station provides connections to Athens and other destinations in Greece. Information: State Rail ways office at No 18, Aristotelous St. tel: and the new railway terminal, tel: , for railway passenger reservation and train schedule tel: 1110 and for customer service tel: By Coach KTEL is a long- distance bus network in Greece connecting Thessaloniki with all cities of the mainland. Macedonia central bus station (or simply KTEL station) is located 5km west of Thessaloniki city centre and it is easily accessible through OASTH bus lines. KTEL station has regular bus service to all the major cities in Greece. Please note that Chalkidiki s KTEL Bus Terminal is located in the eastern part of the city.

13 EXCURSION A one- day excursion is planned for Thursday, 8th September 2016 after the official program. Costs will be paid extra and will not be included in the registration fee. In brief, the tour will include visit fruit valley of Imathia, Vergina royal tombs of King Phillip 2, father of Alexander the great, stop for traditional lunch and later visit to the archaeological park of Dion at the mount Olympus site. Important Deadlines: Pre- registration: June 15th, 2015 November 15th, 2015 Second announcement, call for papers and posters: November 15th, 2015 Submission of abstracts, payment of registration fees: from November 15th, 2015 Group accommodation rates: until April 30th, 2016 Early bird registration: until June 15th, 2016 For those that intend to submit full text for the IOBC/WPRS Bulletin: until June 15th, 2016