Biocontrol and IPM in Uncertain Climatic and Economic Environments

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The 2024 AAB Biocontrol and IPM meeting will focus on the potential of IPM technologies to mitigate climate challenges and will explore whether these technologies are economically viable. This meeting has a strong reputation as providing excellent opportunities for early career professionals to present their work. We will maintain this focus whilst inviting contributions from those across academia, IPM industry, government regulators and agronomists/ farmers who actually have the responsibility to maintain agricultural and horticultural productivity.

This event takes place at the outstanding College Court conference facility at the University of Leicester. Leicester is on a main trainline from London so is within easy access from across the UK and beyond.

Schedule Information and Invited Speakers

The meeting to begin in the morning of November 12th and finish in the afternoon of November 13th

The majority of speakers will be selected from submitted abstracts but we are delighted to have confirmed these invited speakers. We very much encourage early career professionals to submit abstracts in order to present an oral or poster presentation at this meeting.

Confirmed Invited Speakers

> Dr Robert Finger, Department of Management, Technology, and Economics, Head of World Food System Center, ETH Zürich

Economic and political prospects for IPM in the shift towards pesticide-free crop production system

> Dr Catherine Bradshaw, The Met Office and University of Exeter

> Tom Allen-Stevens, British On-Farm Innovation Network (BOFIN)

> Representative from CABI Africa:

Fall Army Work IPM as a case-study for Biocontrol strategies in LMICs (TBC)

Abstract Submission for Oral or Poster Presentations

SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT HERE

Delegates have the opportunity to submit abstracts for oral or poster presentations. The scientific organisers will review the submitted abstracts and select those delegates who will provide an oral presentations. Any abstracts not selected for an oral presentation will be invited to bring a poster to the meeting. 

Abstract submission deadline for Oral and Poster Presentations is September 15th

We will announce the provisional program by October 1st

Registration Information

Delegates can register as an in-person or an online delegate. In-person delegates have access to all sessions, catering and social events. Online delegates will be able to watch the presenters using a zoom link through which they will have the option of asking questions using the chat-box.

We offer registrations fees for the following delegate categories:

1. Early Career Professionals (anyone within 5 years of finishing full-time education): AAB members and Non-Members
2. Regular Attendees: AAB members and Non-members

All AAB non-members will be offered free membership of AAB until the end of 2025.