Plant Pathology 2023

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Professor Rob Jackson invites you to register for Plant Pathology 2023, the main annual meeting of the BSPP – The British Society for Plant Pathology. The meeting will be held at Edgbaston Park Hotel & Conference Centre Wednesday 6^th to Friday 8^th September.

The meeting will feature open sessions based on submitted abstracts as well as sessions organised by Rob Jackson, the RKS Wood Prize, PH Gregory Prize and J Colhoun Poster Prize. The meeting is being jointly organised with Association of Applied Biologists (aab.org.uk) and will feature additional sessions on ‘Climate Change-induced patterns of plant pests and pathogens’ and ‘Technological solutions to combat climate change-induced biotic challenges’.

Abstract submissions

Abstract submissions will be handled by the AAB and you can access the form here https://www.aab.org.uk/conferences/submit-an-abstract-for-bspp-plant-pathology-2023/

Confirmed speakers and provisional titles

• Charlotte Nellist (NIAB, UK) ‘TBC’
• Dan Bebber (University of Exeter)‘Climate Change-induced patterns of plant pests and pathogens’
• David Guttman (University of Toronto, Canada) ‘Uncovering virulence landscapes and host immunodiversity using effector pangenomes’
• Debbie Hemming (Met Office, UK) ‘Improving climate data and modelling to inform plant biosecurity’
• Hailing Jin (University of California, US) ‘Cross-kingdom RNA trafficking between plants and fungal pathogens’
• Jon West and Kevin King(Rothamsted Research) ‘The pros and cons of different surveillance and monitoring approaches’
• Jos Raaijmakers (Unviversity of Leiden, Netherlands)‘Rewilding plant microbiomes for disease control’
• Mark Banfield (The John Innes Centre, UK) ‘TBC’
• Paul Rainey (Max-Planck-Gessllschaft, Germany)‘Manipulation of bacterial metabolism by mobile genetic elements and consequences for pathogenicity’
• Richard Hamelin (University of British Columbia, Canada) ‘TBC’
• Rosa Lozano-Duran (University of Tubingen, Germany) ‘How to use six genes to conquer a plant: learning from geminiviruses’
• Wenbo Ma (The Sainsbury Lab, UK) ‘TBC’

Registration and accommodation fees for Plant Pathology 2023

Early Bird (ends 8th June 2023)

• Member (of BSPP or AAB) residential (2 nights accommodation Wed and Thurs) £370
• Member non-residential £220
• Non-member residential (2 nights accommodation Wed and Thurs) £450
• Non-member non-residential £300
• Student/Retired residential £320
• Student/Ret Non-Res £170

Tuesday accommodation £85

Standard (from 8th June 2023)

• Member (of BSPP or AAB) residential (2 nights accommodation Wed and Thurs) £410
• Member Non-residential £260
• Non-member residential (2 nights accommodation Wed and Thurs) £490
• Non-member non-residential £340
• Student/retired residential £360
• Student/retired non-residential £210