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Conference Overview |
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The BCPC Conference
and related exhibitions are widely recognised as the leading international
event for all those involved with the worldwide crop protection industry.
Each year, for four days in November, the city of Brighton becomes the
centre of the global crop protection industry. Details of attendees at the BCPC Conference - Pests & Diseases 2000, compared to Weeds 1999 and a list of the 86 countries represented at the event in 2000 can be found here |
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Scientific Programme
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All aspects of Weeds 2001 Conference will be held under one roof at the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel. This has major advantages for all who attend, as all aspects of the Conference are in very close proximity to the Trade Services and the Scientific & Educational Exhibitions.
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The programme for the week commences with the Monday Symposium which complements the weeds theme and will address "The World's Worst Weeds". The Symposium borrows its name from the trilogy by Holm et al. over 20 years ago, which presented the ranking and importance of weeds. The Symposium will comprise a series of invited speakers covering topics such as the identity of the worst weeds and the current status and future trends in world-wide grass weed occurrence and control. The current status and future prospects for management of parasitic weeds will be presented, as well as presentations on aquatic weeds and predicting future invasions of weeds. For more information about the Symposium and details on how to register click here. |
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A new feature to this year's event is a two and a half day specialist research symposium which will run in parallel with the BCPC Conference on the 13 - 15 November 2001. It will raise all aspects of Pesticide Behaviour in Soils and Water and will comprise six platform sessions and two poster sessions. |
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Delegates are invited to attend a highly topical seminar which will be
held during the BCPC Conference - Weeds 2001 on Tuesday 13 November between
14.00 and 16.30. The Seminar is supported by |
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Each year the Conference commences with a key note address presented by a leading worldwide authority in their subject. The 28th Bawden Memorial Lecture will be held on the
Tuesday morning of the conference. This year's lecture entitled "Food
for Thought" will be presented by Professor Chris Leaver,
Sibthorpian Professor and Head of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford,
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The Conference 2001 programme will address key topics in the management of weeds in a variety of crop types. It will also examine crucial issues facing the world-wide crop protection industry in the new millennium. The utility of new compounds will be described by companies around the world. New approaches to herbicide discovery will be presented. Herbicide action, application, metabolism, mechanisms of resistance and diagnostics form associated sessions. The full conference programme will be detailed on the site in the near future. It will be possible to register directly from this site
so watch out for details. |
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An important part of every BCPC Conference is the presentation of new compounds and solutions for the management of weeds in temperate and tropical crops. The other sessions within the Conference programme are loosely associated with four themes running throughout the event.
Full Details of all these seessions can be viewed by day: |
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* Invited speakers only Poster Sessions
HOW TO OFFER A PAPER The deadline for Offers of Papers to this Conference has now passed. However, offers are still being accepted for the New Compounds Session, to offer a paper for this please contact the session organiser here. IF YOUR PAPER IS ACCEPTED Each session is managed by a Session Organiser who will be the primary point of contact for an author. After an offered paper is provisionally accepted, the appropriate Session Organiser will make contact. A full draft of the paper will be required by 4 July 2001 with final scripts produced, in the required style, by 29 August 2001. Any provisionally accepted paper that fails to meet these deadlines will be rejected. Author's Timetable
CONCESSIONS FOR AUTHORS One author from each platform or poster presentation is required to attend the Conference between 13-15 November 2001 and is eligible for registration on highly preferential terms. Full details will be available from Session Organisers. |
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In response to requests from delegates, several additional features have successfully bee introduced to Weeds 2001 including:
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The 60 stand Trade Service
Exhibition is a unique gathering of commercial organisations that
supply goods and services to the global crop protection industry. The
exhibition is open throughout the Conference.
The 20 stand Scientific and Educational Exhibition includes exhibitors not only from the academic world but also from the national and international crop protection trade associations. |
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With such a large global audience at this event, numerous promotional opportunities exist for commercial organisations to raise their profile. A number of attractive sponsorship opportunities are available as well as hospitality suites to reserve. Find out more. |
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| To Find out all about The City of Brighton & Hove, how to get there and where to stay click here. | |||||||||
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| Delegates can register for any, or all, of the events at the BCPC - Weeds 2001 by using the secure Delegate Registration Form. | |||||||||
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