XIV International Botrytis Symposium, 2007 Cape Town : Programme

Symposium Programme

The Scientific Programme of Botrytis2007 was structured into carefully selected sessions that would ensure a balanced portfolio of topics on basic and applied research. For each session, one or more prominent researchers were invited as keynote speakers, who will also introduce and conclude the respective session, as well as serve on the Scientific Committee. On instruction from the organisers, the keynote lectures are intended to provide a general overview of the topic and should be pitched to involve both specialists in that particular field as well as people not familiar with all the concepts and latest developments.

To view/download Preliminary Symposium Programme, please click here - MS Word (210kb) or PDF (223kb)

The Scientific Programme of the 14th International Botrytis Symposium will include the following sessions:

Session 1: BOTRYTIS, INDUSTRY AND THE FOOD CHAIN (Peter H. Schreier)

Session 2: BOTRYTIS IDENTIFICATION AND DETECTION (Frances M. Dewey (Molly))

Session 3: BIOLOGY AND GENETICS OF BOTRYTIS (Matthias Hahn)

Session 4: ECOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY (Yigal Elad)

Session 5: DISEASE MANAGEMENT (1) (Maarten de Waard)

Session 6: BOTRYTIS”-OMICS” (Sabine Fillinger)

Session 7: HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS (Jan A.L. van Kan)

Session 8: BOTRYTIS MANAGEMENT, INDUSTRY AND THE FOOD CHAIN (Paul Fourie)

BOTRYTIS GENOME ANNOTATION MEETING
Break-away meeting on Thursday October 25 (11h00-15h00)

The annotation of the Botrytis cinerea genome sequence is in full swing. Symposium participants involved in the annotation process will get together for a brief jamboree-like session at Stellenbosch University. Computers will be available, providing opportunity for hands-on practice and for discussing and resolving problems that individual annotators may have encountered. By working in small teams, pitfalls and useful tricks may be uncovered, which will be helpful for the annotators in future annotation tasks.

Symposium participants who are not involved in the annotation process have an opportunity to get some understanding of the process and the various steps undertaken in genome analysis.

Registration for the annotation meeting is required in order to provide transportation and computer facilities.

ORAL AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Presentation will be either oral or by posters. No parallel sessions will be organised.
At least one author of each paper must register and pay their registration fee in order for their paper to be included in the Symposium Programme.

Oral presentations
Oral presentations will be restricted to 10 minutes and 5 minutes discussion per speaker will be allowed.

Poster presentations
Posters should be prepared on A0-size (83 x 118 cm) posters in portrait layout. Poster boards and necessary adhesive material will be provided.

SYMPOSIUM BOOK OF ABSTRACTS
A book of abstracts of all presentations will be handed out to all registered participants at the beginning of the meeting.

LANGUAGE
The official language of the meeting is ENGLISH. English will be used in the abstracts, in the poster and oral presentations and in the discussions.

Instructions to submit an abstract(s)

1. Abstracts should be submitted in English (spelling in UK English).
2. The content of the abstract should be clear, concise and have been revised by an experienced English editor.
3. The abstract must be submitted as an attached file by e-mail to Conferences et al. It should be prepared as a Microsoft Office Word file.
4. The abstract should not exceed one page.

The abstract should include:
1. Title, authors’ names (presenter underlined), addresses, e-mail address of presenting author.
2. A short introduction, objectives, methods, results and conclusions. Please note the style in the example below.
3. When submitting your abstract, please indicate in your email whether you would like to present your abstract as an oral or poster. Please note, the final decision will be made by the scientific committee.
4. Please advise under which session topic your abstract should be included.

Abstract format:

Paper format: A-4; Line spacing: 1 (single)
Margins: 25mm all the way around with a 5mm gutter
Font: “Times New Roman” or ”Times”
Title: 16 pt bold with 14pt space after, centered
Authors: (presenting author underlined) 12 pt bold with 12pt space after, centered
Address(es) E-mail address 11 pt italics with 11pt space after, centered
Running text: 12pt with 6pt space after, justified
All lines should be justified. Single-spacing. Excluding the first paragraph, first line of the paragraphs indented (with a tab command – 0.8 cm and not with spaces) except for the first line of the text. Line space before and after the authors line(s) and after the addresses. Altogether not more than one page.
Please follow the instructions. We regret that we will have to send abstracts back to the authors for corrections if they will not be prepared according to all the organizer’s instructions.

Abstract example : MS Word format / PDF format
(right mouse click and "save target as..." or left mouse click to open/view within your browser)

Last date for arrival of abstracts is 30 July 2007
Acknowledgement of abstract acceptance will be e-mailed to the presenting author.

Abstracts will be included in the book of abstracts only if registration of the presenting author is fully paid by 7 September 2007.

Preliminary Symposium schedule (Sunday 21 Oct – Friday 26 October 2007) (Download PDF version)
TIME	SUN, 21 Oct	MON, 22 Oct	TUE, 23 Oct	WED, 24 Oct	THU, 25 Oct	FRI, 26 Oct
Morning	Exhibitors to dress exhibitions	Full day Conference, starting at 08:30	Full day Conference, starting at 08:30	Full day Conference, starting at 08:30	Open Session (CTICC) ending after lunch at ± 14:30 Botrytis Genome Annotation Meeting (University of Stellenbosch – 11:00 to 15:00)	Half day Conference Conference closes
Midday	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch	Lunch
Afternoon	Delegates arrive and register from 4pm. Registration desk will be open throughout the Cocktail Function		Sessions stop earlier at 16:00		Official Excursion departs for the Winelands at ± 14:30
Evening	Cocktail Function	No official meetings	Official “African” Dinner	No official meetings	Evening Cocktail in the Winelands

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