2011 Annual Symposium of the BeNeLux SHS: Intellectual Property Rights in Horticulture. Download the symposium presentations (.pptx format – file size approx. 17Mb and 10Mb respectively): Morning Session or Afternoon Session
This year the annual symposium of the BeNeLux Society for Horticultural Science (BNL SHS) will be devoted to Intellectual Property Rights in Horticulture. It will be held on 26 May 2011 in the Scelta Institute in Venlo, in the south-east of the Netherlands.
Convener is Dr. Niels Louwaars (Wageningen UR).
The morning session will focus on breeder’s rights in international perspective; speakers will be Bart Kiewiet, President of the Community Plant Variety Office, Angers; Jaap Kras, editor of FloraCulture International, Amsterdam; and ArndJan van Wijk, senior project manager, Variety-Testing Department, Naktuinbouw, Roelofarendsveen.
The afternoon session will concentrate on breeder’s rights versus patent rights with presentations by Niels Louwaars, biopolicies specialist of the Centre for Genetic Resources The Netherlands, Wageningen University and Research Centre; Anke van den Hurk, Plantum.nl; and Joep Lambalk, managing director of Enza Seeds Research and Development.
Orlando de Ponti, immediate past-president of the International Seed Federation, will chair the symposium.
Following the symposium a visit by bus and chair lift to the grounds of Floriade 2012 will be possible. Paul Beck, director of Floriade, will give an introduction to this visit. Floriade is the World Horticultural Expo staged once every ten years in the Netherlands. During the period from April until mid-October 2012, the sixth edition of Floriade will be held in Venlo. The Visitor Centre will open on 19 May 2011.
Download the Symposium Programme
Download a route description to the Scelta Institute
The cost of the symposium will be € 30 for members of the BeNeLux SHS and students and € 50 for non-members, lunch included. In addition, the visit to the Floriade will cost € 10.
If you are interested in attending the symposium we kindly request you to register by downloading and filling out the Registration Form and sending it to the secretary of the BeNeLux SHS, Prof. Monique Bodson, at monique.bodson@ulg.ac.be, not later than 2 May 2011.
We hope we may have the pleasure of welcoming you on 26 May in Venlo.
Robert J. Bogers
President
rjbogers.ishs@kpnplanet.nl
Monique Bodson
Secretary
monique.bodson@ulg.ac.be
Hector Willocx
Treasurer
Hector.Willocx@lv.vlaanderen.be
Make sure to register for the 2010 Symposium, Challenges in Northern Wine Regions !
Please register at horticulture@asta.etat.lu and make the bank transfer before 24 March
Since the number of places in the conference room is limited, the registration will be done on a first come, first served basis. The registration fee, which includes lunch, amounts to € 30.-, without lunch € 20. Members of the BeNeLux-SHS will be granted a € 5.- discount. For students, the fee including lunch is € 20.-, or € 5.- without lunch. Please transfer the money to the Post bank account of the SNAH in Luxembourg, IBAN LU35 1111 0119 9968 0000, the BIC/SWIFT code is CCPLLULL. The address of the Post bank is P&T Cheques Postaux, L-1090, Luxembourg.
See the Symposium announcement and registration form at www.beneluxshs.eu for more info
Challenges in Northern Wine Regions, 9 April 2010 in Remich, Luxembourg – Viticulture in cool climate regions like the BeNeLux, faces a number of challenges for which specific solutions are to be found:
The BeNeLux Society for Horticultural Science (BNL-SHS), together with the Administration des Services Techniques de l’Agriculture, the Institut Viti-Vinicole the Société Nationale d’Arboriculture et d’Horticulture du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (SNAH) and the Centre de Recherche Public – Gabriel Lippmann, has the pleasure to invite you to a symposium addressing these topics. The symposium will be held on Friday, 9 April 2010 at the CENTRE DE FORMATION ET DE SEMINAIRES (CEFOS), 12, rue du Château, L-5516 Remich, Luxembourg www.cefos.lu
Please register at horticulture@asta.etat.lu and make the bank transfer before 24 March
Since the number of places in the conference room is limited, the registration will be done on a first come, first served basis. The registration fee, which includes lunch, amounts to € 30.-, without lunch € 20. Members of the BeNeLux-SHS will be granted a € 5.- discount. For students, the fee including lunch is € 20.-, or € 5.- without lunch. Please transfer the money to the Post bank account of the SNAH in Luxembourg, IBAN LU35 1111 0119 9968 0000, the BIC/SWIFT code is CCPLLULL. The address of the Post bank is P&T Cheques Postaux, L-1090, Luxembourg. (for details on how to reach the venue or where to stay see the symposium announcement).
Download the symposium announcement (pdf format)
Download the registration form (Microsoft Word format)
PROGRAMME:
Climate change : challenges, risks and impacts on cropping systems
April 3, 2009 Gembloux Agricultural University
Climate change is of general concern and is largely recognized as resulting from negative impact on the environment of human activities. The climate change – cropping-system relationship has a 2-way direction : climate change can impact crop production efficiency while agricultural practices can contribute to climate change by altering the environment.
The Benelux Society for Horticultural Science (BNL-SHS) together with Gembloux Agricultural University will convene a symposium of one day on this matter on April 3, 2009, at the Plant biology bldg, avenue Maréchal Juin, B- 5030 Gembloux, Belgium.
DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME – ABSTRACTS and PRESENTATIONS (21,5 Mb – PDF)
Programme:
The national societies for horticultural science in Europe decided to cancel their national symposia in 2008 in favour of the First Symposium on Horticulture in Europe (Vienna, 2008). Therefore, the symposium of the BeNeLux Society for Horticultural Science that was planned to be held in Gembloux, autumn 2008, was postponed to 3 April 2009.
The symposium that was planned to take place in Luxembourg, autumn 2009, has been postponed to the spring of 2010.
The Benelux Society for Horticultural Science (BNL-SHS) together with Wageningen University and the industry convened a symposium of one day on Global Sourcing of Flowers and Food which was held on 23 November, 2007 at WICC – Wageningen.
The majority of the large retail groups have concentrated their acquisition policy on global sourcing of foodstuff and ornamentals in order to have flowers and food available every day of the year with a certified quality and safety.
This imposes all sorts of restrictions and limits to the entire production and supply chains of these products. Both science and industry are struggling with this demand and trying to turn this into an advantage.
Presentations (handouts in PDF available for download) :
Contact: olaf.vankooten@wur.nl
The national societies for horticultural science in Europe decided to cancel their national symposia in 2008 in favour of the First Symposium on Horticulture in Europe (Vienna, 2008).
Therefore, the symposium of the BeNeLux Society for Horticultural Science that was planned to be held in Gembloux, autumn 2008, was postponed to 3 April 2009.
The symposium that was planned to take place in Luxembourg, autumn 2009, has been postponed to the spring of 2010.
The 2010 symposium is scheduled to take place in the spring of 2010 in Luxembourg.
The title of the symposium will be: Viticulture in the BeNeLux and surrounding countries.
Conveners: L. Wietor and F. Kraus (ASTA Luxembourg).
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