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- What if South American Leaf Blight reaches Southeast Asia and threatens to destroy the Hevea brasiliensis plantations, source of 80% of the world production of natural rubber?
- What if climate change causes drastic reductions in natural rubber production in Southeast Asia? (Production in 2009 was 6% down due to droughts and flooding attributed to climate change)
- What if natural rubber production from Hevea brasiliensis cannot keep up with demand from rapidly developing countries in Asia and South-America?
- What if we wait and do nothing?
" The future of natural rubber ", organized by the EU-PEARLS consortium, aims to answer these questions in bringing together researchers, industry representatives, and policymakers, interested in the development of alternative sources of natural rubber as strategic fall-back options and additional sources of natural rubber. The meeting is an excellent opportunity for research organizations and industry to report, discuss and obtain information on alternative sources of natural rubber, with themes including germplasm collection, breeding, biochemistry and genetics of rubber biosynthesis, agronomy, processing, product development, by-products, socioeconomic aspects (policies, consequences for labor market, rural areas, factors affecting the introduction and market chances of alternative crops).
Date: October 14-15, 2010
Venue: Agropolis International, Montpellier, France
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* REGISTRATION * ABSTRACT SUBMISSION * COMMITTEES * PROGRAMME * SPONSORING * USEFUL INFORMATION * : please scroll down.
REGISTRATION
For registration please go the Coralys registration website.
The registration fees are:
- € 250 before July 31, 2010 (new deadline!)
- € 300 in case of late registration
and include:
- access to the conference
- registration package
- welcome reception
- coffee/tea and lunches
- conference dinner on October 14, 2010
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts containing the information below can be submitted to Jan van Beilen:
- Name, E-mail address, phone number and affiliation of lead author
- Other authors with affiliation
- Title, keywords
- Abstract (no more than 3000 characters)
- Bibliographic information (no more than 300 characters)
Please indicate your preference for presenting a poster or a talk at the meeting. The deadline for abstract submission is July 31, 2010. Abstracts will be evaluated and accepted by August 31, 2010 (new deadlines!).
ORGANISING COMMITTEE - Serge Palu, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
- Daniel Pioch, CIRAD, Montpellier, France
- Jan van Beilen, Université de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Hans Mooibroek, WUR, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Brigitte Cabantous, Agropolis International, Montpellier, France
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
- Hans Mooibroek, A&F, Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
- Serge Palu, CIRAD, France
- Daniel Pioch, CIRAD, France
- Thierry Chapuset, CIRAD, France
- Robert van Loo, Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
- Hans Helsper, Plant Research International B.V., Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands
- Jan van Beilen, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Yves Poirier, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
- Dirk Prüfer, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
- Jan Kirschner, Institute of Botany (IBOT), Pruhonice, Czech Republic
- Enrique Ritter, Instituto Vasco de Investigación y Desarrollo Agrario (NEIKER), Spain
- Peter van Dijk, Keygene, The Netherlands
- Dennis Ray, University of Arizona, USA
PROGRAMME
The programme will cover topics including: - alternative sources of natural rubber
- germplasm collection
- breeding
- biochemistry
- genetics of rubber biosynthesis
- agronomy
- processing
- product development
- by-products
- socioeconomic aspects
Keynote speakers:
- Dennis Ray (University of Arizona, USA)
- Mark Finlay (Armstrong Atlantic State University, USA)
- Thomas Bach (University of Strasbourg, France)
Other speakers include:
- Katrina Cornish (Ohio State University, biochemistry of rubber biosynthesis and many other aspects of guayule development)
- Franck Rivano (CIRAD, threats to the production of natural rubber from rubber tree)
- Marc Seguin (CIRAD, genetic and genomic analyses of SALB resistance in the rubber tree)
- Dirk Prüfer (University of Münster, genetics and biochemistry of rubber production in Russian dandelion)
- Serge Palu (CIRAD, growing guayule in Europe, processing)
- Terry Coffelt (USDA, guayule agronomy)
- William Schloman (University of Akron, guayule processing)
- Nico Gevers (Apollo Vredestein, natural rubber in tyres: present status and future trends)
- Peter van Dijk (KeyGene, genetic variation and rubber traits of Russian dandelion)
- Jacques Noordermeer (University of Twente, Energy-saving tyres based on natural rubber)
- Anvar Buranov (Kok Technologies, Russian dandelion seeds and processing)
- Matt Kleinhenz (Ohio State University, agronomy of Russian dandelion, member of PENRA: Program of Excellence in Natural Rubber Alternatives)
- Hidde Smit (Rubberforecasts, rubber market developments)
- Michel Petit (Institut Agronomique Méditerraéen, EU policy, strategic commodities)
SPONSORING OPPORTUNITIES
More than 150 conference delegates are expected: scientists, engineers, stakeholders, decision makers, students. The conference will combine plenary sessions with prominent invited speakers, sessions on a wide range of topics, and a poster session.
Sponsors will have the opportunity to reach a broad international audience with posters or by sponsoring a session. The poster area will be opened from Thursday afternoon to Friday, October 14-15. As a session sponsor, you will have your logo on official documents (website, program, proceedings), and receive acknowledgements at the start of the meeting and the sponsored session. You will also have the possibility to include promotional material in the registrations package.
USEFUL INFORMATION
Montpellier is the capital of the region of Languedoc-Roussillon in Southern France, midway between Spain and Italy, and 7 km from the Mediterranean Sea. You will find detailed information on Montpellier, its restaurants and its shops on the Tourist Office website and on the website of the city of Montpellier .
Weather
Early October is often the best time of the year in France with the evenings still warm. The average daytime temperatures are around 21°C (70F). It may be rainy.
Local transportation
For information on how to reach Agropolis International, please consult the access-page of Agropolis.
Montpellier offers a comprehensive network of buses and trams, available
from 5 am to 1 am (Montpellier local transports: TAM ).
Taxis are also available upon call, or at the railway station.
Tram Taxi: 04 67 58 10 10
Blue Taxi: 04 67 03 20 00
Radio du Midi Taxi: 04 67 10 00 00
Languedoc Taxi: 04 67 10 03 04
2000 Taxi: 04 67 04 00 60
Banks
Banks are open generally from 9:00 to 16:30 with a break at lunch time, from Monday to Friday. Cash machines can be found almost everywhere.
Insurance
French health care does not cover visitors to France. Please ensure that you have a suitable insurance coverage for the event of illness or accident. The organizing committee will not accept liability for personal injuries sustained by or for loss or damage to property belonging to the participants.
Emergency numbers:
15: Emergency ambulance service
17: Police
18: Fire Brigade
Travel by Air
The Montpellier Méditerranée Airport is the 9th French airport with five regular airlines (Air France, Ryanair, Easyjet, Iberia, Transavia). Montpellier airport is 10 kilometers from the centre of Montpellier (15 minutes drive), between the city and the sea. The cost of a taxi is around € 20, the shuttle service (11 times/day) is about € 5.
- Paris Orly: 9 daily flights
- Paris Charles de Gaulle: 4 daily flights
- Lyon: 3 daily flights
- Brussels, Frankfort, London Gatwick: 4 weekly flights
- Madrid, London Stansted and Amsterdam: 3 weekly flights
It is also possible to fly to Marseille-Provence International Airport , and then take a direct train from the airport to Montpellier (150 km)
Travel by Train
Montpellier can be reached by high-speed TGV: 15 TGVs daily from downtown Paris (3.5 h), and 4 daily trains from Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport (4 h). There are also direct trains from other destinations in France (e.g. Bordeaux, Nice, Lyon), Spain (Barcelona), and Switzerland (Geneva). The train station is located downtown Montpellier. More information on the SNCF website .