Past

- 2009


Date

Title

Location

12/7/2009-12/18/2009

United Nations Climate Change Conference: UNFCCC
- COP15 and COP/MOP5 - Conference of the Parties
(COP), Fifteen session and Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (COP/MOP), Fifth session

Copenhagen, Denmark

11/16/2009-11/21/2009

16th COPAL Cocoa Research Conference

Bali, Indonesia

11/16/2009-11/18/2009

World Summit on Food Security
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Rome, Italy

11/10/2009-11/12/2009

The Third International Barcode of Life Conference

Mexico city, Mexico

11/9/2009-11/15/2009

Eighth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 8)
(Tentative)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

11/9/2009-11/12/2009

International Conference on Horticulture (ICH-2009): “Horticulture for Livelihood
Security and Economic Growth”

Bangalore, India

11/9/2009-11/13/2009

2009 TDWG Annual Meeting: e-knowledge on biodiversity and agriculture
Announcement (PDF, 1.9 MB)

Montpellier, France

11/4/2009-11/6/2009

Seventh Symposium on Plant Genetic Resources for Latin America and the Caribbean (SIRGEALC)

Pucon, Chile

11/2/2009 11/6/2009

15th Triennial Symposium of the International Society for Tropical Root Crops (ISTRC)
Download here the first announcement (PDF, 102 KB)

Lima, Peru

11/2/2009-11/6/2009

Sixth meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Article 8(j) and Related Provisions (WG8J 6) (Tentative)

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

11/1/2009-11/6/2009

7th International Congress on Education in Botanic Gardens

Durban Botanic Gardens, South Africa

10/19/2009-10/23/2009

Regular Session of the Commission on Genetic
Resources for Food and Agriculture (12th Session)

Rome, Italy

10/18/2009-10/25/2009

XIII World Forestry Congress

Buenos Aires, Argentina

10/13/2009-10/16/2009

DIVERSITAS: Second Open Science Conference: Biodiversity and society: understanding connections, adapting to change
Symposium Brochure (PDF, 529 KB)

Cape Town, South Africa

10/12/2009-10/14/2009

High-Level Conference (HLC) on "How to Feed the World in 2050"
Download the Agenda (DOC, 92 KB) and the Concept Note (DOC, 146 KB)

Rome, Italy

10/12/2009-10/16/2009

Plant Conservation for the Next Decade

London, UK

10/11/2009-10/16/2009

Interdrought III: The 3rd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to improve crop production under Drought-prone environment

Shanghai, China

10/6/2009-10/8/2009

Tropentag 2009 - Biophysical and Socio-economic Frame Conditions for Sustainable Management of Land Resources and Water Bodies
Call for papers (PDF, 62 KB)

Hamburg, Germany

10/4/2009-10/9/2009

19th International Congress of Nutrition 2009 “Nutrition Security for all”

Bangkok, Thailand

9/21/2009-9/22/2009 

11th Annual BioEcon Conference – Biodiversity
and Economics for Conservation

Download here the Call for papers (PDF, 33 KB) 

Venice, Italy 

9/14/2009-9/18/2009 

International Banana Symposium: Global Perspectives on Asian Challenges 

Guang Dong, China 

9/8/2009-9/10/2009 

2nd World Seed Conference 

Rome, Italy 

9/1/2009-9/4/2009 

CIGR V Conference  - Technology and Management to Increase the Efficiency in Sustainable Agricultural Systems
Download here the brochure (PDF, 81 KB) 

Rosario, Argentina 

8/31/2009-9/3/2009 

1st All Africa Horticulture Congress "Grown
Under the Sun"

Nairobi, Kenya 

8/28/2009-8/31/2009 

2nd International on Agricultural
Research
Symposium 

Athens, Greece 

8/25/2009-8/28/2009 

1st International IFOAM Conference on Organic
Animal and Plant Breeding: BREEDING DIVERSITY
 

Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA 

8/23/2009-8/29/2009

2nd World Congress of Agroforestry 

Nairobi, Kenya 

8/16/2009-8/21/2009 

10th International Congress of Ecology “Ecology in a Changing Climate - two hemispheres one globe” 

Brisbane, Australia 

7/18/2009-7/22/2009 

Plant Biology 2009 

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA 

7/15/2009-7/17/2009 

Fourth Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture of the
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and
Agriculture
 

Rome, Italy 

7/13/2009-7/14/2009 

Conference on Intellectual Property and Global Challenges 

Geneva, Switzerland 

7/11/2009-7/16/2009 

2009 Annual meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology 

Beijing, China 

7/11/2009-7/16/2009 

Salzburg Global Seminar: “Preparing for Climate
Change: Creating Effective Strategies for Adaption and Resilience”

Download here the program (PDF, 482 KB) 

Salzburg, Austria 

78/2009-07/10/2009 

Future Agricultures Consortium International
Conference on Seasonality

Download here the Call for Papers (DOC, 1,5 MB) 

Brighton, UK 

7/6/2009-7/9/2009

International expert workshop on the 2010 biodiversity indicators  

Reading, UK 

7/5/2009-7/8/2009 

15th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference “Taking up the Global Challenge: Analysing the implementation of innovations and governance for Sustainable
Development”

Download here the Call for Papers (PDF, 88 KB) 

Utrecht, The Netherlands 

6/29/2009-7/3/2009 

Fourteenth session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic
Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
 

Geneva, Switzerland 

6/24/2009-6/26/2009 

Expert Meeting (EM) in preparation of the High-Level Conference (HLC) on "How to Feed the World in 2050"  

Rome, Italy 

6/21/2009-6/24/2009 

XXI MAIZE AND SORGHUM SECTION OF EUCARPIA Conference “Maize and Sorghum Breeding in the Genomics Era”
Download here the final announcement (PDF, 77 KB) 

Bergamo, Italy 

6/16/20096/19/2009 

Access and Benefit-sharing: Expert Group on
traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources
 

To be determined 

06/16/2009-6/17/2009 

Science Forum 2009 

Wageningen, The Netherlands 

6/16/2009- 6/19/2009 

7th International Symposium on Artichoke,
Cardoon and their Wild Relatives – CYNARA 2009

Download here the second announcement (PDF,728 KB) 

Saint-Pol de Léon, France 

6/12/2009-6/13/2009 

International Symposium: Developing Countries facing Global Warming: a Post-Kyoto Assessment
Download here the Call for Posters (DOC, 49 KB) 

Brussels, Belgium 

6/8/2009-6/12/2009

Fifth European Botanic Gardens Congress – EuroGard V – Botanic Gardens in the age of climate change 

Helsinki, Finland 

6/1/2009-6/3/2009 

E-Biosphere 09 Conference “International Conference on Biodiversity Informatics” 

London, UK 

6/1/2009-6/12/2009 

30th sessions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
– Subsidiary Body for Implementation (SBI) and
SBSTA, 6th session of the AWG-LCA and 8th
session of AWG-KP
 

Bonn, Germany 

6/1/2009-6/5/2009

6th International Triticeae Symposium 

Kyoto, Japan 

6/1/2009-6/5/2009 

Third Session of the Governing Body of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
for Food and Agriculture

Download here a provisional agenda (PDF, 69 KB) 


 Tunis, Tunisia 

5/31/2009-6/4/2009 

Society for Economic Botany (SEB) 2009 - 50th Annual Meeting 

Charleston, South Carolina, USA 

5/26/2009-5/29/2009 

19th EUCARPIA Genetic Resources Section meeting 

Ljubjlana, Slovenia 

5/26/2009-5/28/2009 

Sustainable development: a challenge for European research 

Brussels, Belgium 

5/22/2009

International Day for Biological Diversity

A tribute to the Guardians of Diversity in the Mediterranean 

Multiple locations

Rome, Italy 

5/19/2009-5/22/2009 

1st African Organic Conference 2009 "Fast tracking sustainable development in Africa through harnessing Organic Agriculture and Biotechnology"
Download the programme here (PDF,46 KB) 

Kampala, Uganda 

5/08/2009-5/12/2009 

Malaysian International Cocoa Fair 2009 

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 

5/6/2009  

Workshop on a “Network of Knowledge on Biodiversity: a contribution from Europe”  

Brussels, Belgium 

4/23/2009-4/24/2009

Hunger and Markets in a Time of Crises

Washington, DC, USA

4/22/2009-4/25/2009

21st Session of the Committee on Agriculture

Rome, Italy

4/22/2009

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Finance Seminar

Sao Paolo, Brazil

4/21/2009-4/22/2009

International Conference on Socioeconomic and Environmental Impact Assessment of Genetically
Modified Crops"

Bangkok, Thailand

4/20/2009-4/24/2009

Indigenous People’s Global Summit on Climate
Change

Anchorage, Alaska

4/18/2009-4/22/2009

Second Meeting of the Second Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group (AHTEG) on Biodiversity and Climate Change

Helsinki, Finland

4/7/2009

Hunger & Climate Change: some Practical Answers?

London, UK

4/5/2009-4/8/2009

1st International Symposium on Cryopreservation in Horticultural Species

Leuven, Belgium

4/5/2009

2nd Annual World Congress of Industrial Biotechnology - 2009

Seoul, South
Korea

4/2/2009-4/8/2009

Seventh meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing (WG ABS 7)

Paris, France

4/2/2009-4/3/2009

Fourteenth annual biodiversity symposium
"Exploring the Dynamic Relationship Between
Health and the Environment"

New
York, USA

3/30/2009-4/3/2009

FAO Fourth Session of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures

Rome, Italy

3/22/2009-3/27/2009

2009 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers

Las Vegas,
Nevada

3/22/2009-3/26/2009

GREENHOUSE 2009: “Climate change and resources”

Perth, Western Australia

3/16/2009-3/20/2009

FAO Nineteenth Session of the Commission on Forestry and World Forest Week

Rome, Italy

3/14/2009-3/20/2009

Discussion meeting on the subject "Ethnobotany networks in Europe 2009”

Ghent, Belgium

3/11/2009-3/13/2009

Fourth Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on the Funding
Strategy

Rome, Italy

3/10/2009-3/12/2009

International Scientific Congress on Climate Change: Climate change – Global risks, challenges and decisions

Copenhagen, Denmark

3/09/2009-3/11/2009

Fifth Coordination Meeting for Governments and Organizations Implementing or Funding Biosafety Capacity-Building Activities

San José, Costa Rica

3/2/2009-3/6/2009

28th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI)

Rome, Italy

3/1/2009-10/31/2009

Exhibition "Biodiversity and Food"

Bioparco, Rome, Italy

2/26/2009-2/26/2009

CINI Conference "Aid Effectiveness: Perspectives from the South and the North”

Rome, Italy

2/23/2009-2/27/2009

Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting for the  Seventeenth Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD)

New York, USA

02/22/2009-02/26/2009

The Third International Conference on Community
Based Adaptation (CBA) to Climate Change

Dhaka, Bangladesh

2/17/2009-2/19/2009

International Conference on “Quality Seed and Food Security”

Mymensingh, Bangladesh

2/14/2009-2/16/2009

International Conference on Grain Legumes: Quality Improvement, Value Addition and Trade – ICGL 2009

Kanpur, India

2/4/2009-2/7/2009

4th World Congress on Conservation Agriculture:
Innovations for improving efficiency, equity and
environment

New Delhi, India

1/28/2009-1/30/2009

Fifth Session of the Intergovernmental Technical Working Group on Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

Rome, Italy

1/21/2009-1/22/2009

The permanent oil crisis: challenges and opportunities

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1/15/2009-1/16/2009

World Tapioca Conference

Bangkok, Thailand

1/13/2009-1/14/2009

Annual Meeting of the Agriculture and Health
Research Platform (AHRP)

Nairobi, Kenya

1/10/2009-1/14/2009

Plant and Animal Genome XVII Conference

San Diego, California

Conferences and Meetings