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BINGO-ITN organises workshop on Insect Pest control strategies and methodologies
On January 17 2017, the BINGO-ITN workshop 'Insect Pest control strategies and methodologies: theory and practices' will be organised by CABI in Delémont, Switzerland. Experts from academia, non-profit organizations and the industry will share their views on theories and practices on Insect Pest control. The full program can be found below, as well as the link to register yourself.
When: Tuesday 17 January 2017 from 8.45 – 18.00
Venue: Centre Saint François, Route du Vorbourg 4, 2800 Delémont
Registration is not longer possible.
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Program of the workshop:
Time | ||
8.30 – 8.45 | Arrival & coffee / tea | |
8.45 – 9.00 | Welcome | Hariet Hinz - Director CABI Switzerland |
9.00 – 9.30 | BINGO-ITN: Breeding Invertebrates for Next Generation BioControl | Dr Bart Pannebakker - Wageningen University |
9.30 – 10.30 | Innovative strategies in biological control | Prof. Stefan Vidal - University of Göttingen |
10.30 – 11.00 | Coffee / tea | |
11.00 – 12.00 | Risk analysis for weed biological control agents | Urs Schaffner, PhD - CABI Switzerland |
12.00 – 13.00 | New developments in conservation biological control | Dr Felix Wäckers - Biobest |
13.00 – 14.00 | Lunch | |
14.00 – 15.00 | Insect pathogens as biological control agents | Simon Fleischli - Andermatt Biocontrol |
15.00 – 16.00 | Practical challenges to inundative biocontrol | Dr Tom Groot; Markus Knapp - Koppert / Bernd Wührer - AMW Nützlinge |
16.00 – 16.30 | Coffee / tea | |
16.30 – 17.15 | What can molecular markers add to the development of new biocontrol agents | Prof. Bas Zwaan – Wageningen University |
17.15 – 18.00 | Discussion | Chair: Bart Pannebakker – Wageningen University / Tim Haye - CABI Switzerland |
18.00 | Closing of the day |