This international conference provides an opportunity to discuss pesticide (and biopesticide) application issues in an informal setting with platform and poster presentations. Key workers from research institutes, industry and regulatory authorities provide a unique mix of biological and engineering sciences.
Invited speakers include:
Prof. Xiongkui He (China Agricultural University, Beijing, PR China)
Jeremy Boxall (Leaf, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth, UK)
Hamilton Ramos (Brazil)
Key topic areas for sessions include:
- Pesticide application in developing countries
- Vector control
- Handheld application techniques
- International Regulations and Standards
- Application of biopesticides/biocontrol agents/pheromones
- Spray measurement techniques
- Formulation/adjuvants
- On target deposition
- Efficacy
- Bystander/resident exposure
- Spray drift
- Post application emission
- Operator/re-entry exposure
- Exposure mitigation and PPE
- Operator exposure and regulatory requirements
- Control systems for sprayers/GPS
- Fruit/vine/vegetable spraying
- Precision crop spraying/target sensing techniques
- Crop adapted spraying,
- Sprayer loading and cleaning/point source pollution
Seed treatments
Accepted papers will be published in the Aspects of Applied Biology series and available as part of the conference pack. Primary authors of accepted papers will be notified by session organisers in April 2009, and sent instructions for the papers (maximum 4–6 pages for platform and 2–4 pages for poster presentations).
Accommodation will be available at Robinson College from 4 January 2010. Booking forms are now available.
Registration fees for the conference (which includes attendance at the conference, coffee, lunch and tea on all days, buffet dinner at the poster sesion on Tuesday, conference dinner on Wednesday, a copy of Aspects of Applied Biology 99, and VAT, are as follows:
AAB Members £325
AAB Retired Members £275
AAB Student Members £200
AAB Member Speakers £275
Non Members £380
Student Non Members £230
Non Member Speakers £330
Please note that the reduced registration fees for speakers are for the actual presenter of the platform presentation. Other authors who wish to attend the conference can register in the normal way.
The main conference will be followed on Thursday afternoon by the final outcome workshop for the BREAM project from 2.30 pm-5.00 pm. Delegates from the main conference can attend this workshop free of charge. Please indicate on the booking form if you wish to attend.
