IPI Events

In September 2008:

IPI Satellite Colloquium during the Chinese Soil Science Congress: "Potassium in Sustainable Development of Chinese Agriculture", 26th September 2008, Beijing, China.
This satellite event is jointly organized with the Institute of Soil Science, Nanjing, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ISSAS) and the Chinese
Agriculture University (CAU). Nine speakers will deliver presentations on issues of efficient use of natural resources to enable food security, soil
fertility, K fertilization and stresses, K use patterns and response, and reports from IPI experiments in China.

All presentations will uploaded to the IPI website after the event.

In November 2008:

Workshops in Bayindir, Izmir and Nusaybin, Mardin, Turkey.
IPI and the EGE University, Izmir, will hold two one-day workshops for farmers and extension workers. Topics to be discussed will include the main
uses of potassium in various crops, K deficiency symptoms, K in soil and plant physiology. See more on the IPI website.

In July 2009:

IPI-Corvinus University Budapest international symposium on "Nutrient management and nutrient demand of energy plants", 6-9 July 2009, Budapest, Hungary.
The symposium will be jointly organized by IPI and Corvinus University Budapest. Venue: Mercure Budapest, Hungary. Topics will include quality requirements of crops for biofuels, new and traditional crops for biofuel, energy and CO₂ balance of crops grown for biofuels, and optimal crop rotation and nutrient balance for biofuel plants. The post-symposium tour will be to a biofuels plant and farmers growing energy crops. Registration fee will cover participation at all oral and poster presentations, welcome reception, lunch, morning and afternoon coffee break during the two symposium days, and symposium dinner. The post-symposium tour will be charged separately. For more details see IPI web site or contact IPI Coordinator Dr. T. Popp.

In November 2009:

IPI-OUAT-IPNI international symposium on "Potassium role and benefits in improving nutrient management for food production, quality and reduced environmental damages", Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, 5-7 November 2009.
The symposium is be co-sponsored by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Fertilizer Association of India (FAI), Bangladesh Fertilizer
Association (BFA) and the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC). The Scientific Committee, chaired by Dr. J.S. Samra, has selected the
following sessions: 1) Nutrient management to meet challenges of food security; 2) Potassium and nutrient use efficiency; 3) Role of potassium and
mineral nutrition in alleviation of stress; 4) The effect of quality and nutritional value of agricultural products on human health: the role of potassium; 5) Spatial variability of soil properties and Site Specific Nutrient Management (SSNM); 6) The role of extension in increasing agricultural productivity; 7) Potassium and the environment; and 8) Nutrient mining and input output balances.

More details will appear regularly on IPI and IPNI websites, or contact Dr. M. Assaraf, IPI Coordinator India.

Other Events

In November 2008:

17th International Symposium of CIEC, 24-27 November 2008, Cairo, Egypt.
The International Scientific Centre for Fertilizers (CIEC) is organizing a symposium titled "Plant nutrient management under stress conditions", hosted by the National Research Center (NRC), Egypt. For more details contact nrc-mic@link.net or oeabk@yahoo.com. Details also on IPI website.

In December 2008:

Second International Symposium on Papaya, 9-12 December 2008, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
This symposium is being jointly organized by the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), Leuven, Belgium in collaboration with Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India and other scientific organizations. The theme of the symposium is "Papaya for nutritional security". For further details, please contact the organizing secretary, Dr. N. Kumar, Professor (Horticulture), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 003, India. E-mail: kumarhort@yahoo.com, Phone: +91 422-6611310/6611377, (R): +91 422-2436046; Fax: +91 422-6611399, Mobile: +91 936 312 1916. Web: www.ishs-papaya2008.com. Details also on IPI website.