[Mitarbeiter.zoologie] the 14th Symposium on the Hazards of Pesticides to Bees

[Julia Osterman]

Maybe interesting for people working with pesticides:


Good news: the next international meeting of the *ICPPR* *Bee Protection
Group (BPG)*,* i.*e.,

*– the 14th Symposium on the Hazards of Pesticides to Bees –*

is coming up- from 23rd-25th of October 2019, in Bern, Switzerland.
Beginning today, early bird registration and abstract submission are
welcome.









Organisational things:

*1)      **Registration and hotel booking: *



https://bern.e-vent.online/web/3CA3138ED5C441D985E43E3747089C25/EN



o   15.8. End Early Bird Registration (participant fees 319 CHF normal
early bird; 239 CHF for Students early bird); fees paid in CHF.

o   After 15.8 registration fees increase to 368 CHF (normal) and 264 CHF
(student) late birds; fees payed in CHF

o   Please prepare for an early start of the symposium on Wednesday October
23rd (~9 am); the symposium will end on the 25th around 4.30 pm. Further
details will be provided when abstract submission is closed.



*2)      **Abstract submission: *



https://bpg-meeting.julius-kuehn.de/index.php?menuid=45



o   Deadline for abstract submission: 15.8.2019

o   Please find detailed instructions on the site (such as instructions for
authors)

o   Streams include: Risk assessment/Risk management, Honeybee Brood
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_1490955415581515027__Toc495485567>
Testing, Laboratory/Semi-field/Field Testing
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_1490955415581515027__Toc495485568>,
Non-Apis
bee Testing
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_1490955415581515027__Toc495485569>,
Monitoring
<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#m_1490955415581515027__Toc495485570>,
Testing of Micro-organisms (microbial pesticides), other.

o   Please indicate your preference for Oral or Poster; depending on the
number of submissions for oral presentations it may not be possible to
provide slots for every talk. In this case the Steering Committee (SC) may
need to ask you to present a poster instead.

o   For (full) article submission for Proceedings, the BPG site will be
used after the meeting in October. Prepare for sharp deadline of December
31st, 2019!



*3)      **Further information - Symposium*



o   *The* *meeting Location*: Zentrum Paul Klee; www.zpk.org
*, *Monument im Fruchtland 3, 3006 Bern, Switzerland;

o   More information on the venue, local transport etc. is provided on the
bpg-meeting & abstract submission site.

o   You could plan your trip using https://www.rome2rio.com/

o   For information on local public transport: www.bernmobil.ch

o   Thursday evening: Social Event and Dinner



*Local organiser is Lukas Jeker (Agroscope, Swiss bee research center) *

Schwarzenburgstrasse 161, CH-3003 Bern; Phone: +41 (0)58 463 51 85
lukas.jeker at agroscope.admin.ch



*4)      **Working groups / Chairs*



o   Please indicate to Lukas Jeker and Jens Pistorius (
jens.pistorius at julius-kuehn.de) if you need rooms for breakout
groups/working group meetings during or before the meeting.

o   If you are not part of working group(s) yet but would like to
contribute and provide active input and collaborate in ring testing etc.,
please contact the chairs of the working groups (or the SC if you need
assistance)



*5)      **ICPPR*



The BPG is a very active working group of the ICPPR (International
Commission Plant-Pollinator Relationship), but there are also other very
interesting working groups. The ICPPR membership is free- and you will get
information on a lot of other interesting and important Pollinator-related
activities- so sign up now if you are not a member yet. The membership form
and more information on other working groups can be downloaded on
www.ICPPR.com





Looking forward to see you in Bern!



On behalf of the Steering/Organising Commitee

Anne, Lukas, Tom, Jens





Anne Alix, Lukas Jeker, Tom Steeger, Jens Pistorius


-- 
Julia Osterman
PhD candidate
General Zoology
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
jul.osterman at gmail.com

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ
Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig, Germany
julia.goss at ufz.de
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