International Ragweed Society

Please find below the program of the conference which will be held October 28th, Friday (8h30-13h00) at the Congress Centre “Padri Oblati”, Room “Mantovani Furioli”, Rho (MI) – C.so Europa 228

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In case of technical problem to register yourself by using the dedicated website, it’s possible to fulfill this form and send it to the following e-mail address: formazioneparabiago@ats-milano.it before October 21st.

During SMARTER meetings in Vianden was held the IRS General Assembly.

   

During 5 days (between 18th and 22nd of July 2016) was held the 6th European Symposium on Aerobiology in Lyon (France). One afternoon was dedicated to ragweed during a IRS-COST SMARTER joint session.
1 lecture, 10 oral presentations and 7 posters were scheduled:

Bruno Chauvel: Has allergy to pollen not increased the spread of common ragweed? Estimating the economic effects of Ophraella communa on common ragweed pollen risks in South-Eastern France.
Matt Smith: Analysis of airborne Ambrosia pollen in Europe within the framework of Cost SMARTER.
Heinz Müller-Schärer: Risk assessment of the leaf beetle Ophraella communa, a biological control candidate for Ambrosia artemisiifolia.
Suzanne Lommen: The potential impact of an exotic beetle on ragweed pollen in Europe.
Maira Bonini: Ophraella communa and ragweed pollen reduction in the air of Northern Italy. Relationships between ragweed and mugwort pollen seasonal parameters and assessment of their potential impact on health.
Carsten Skjoth: Italian ragweed pollen inventory.
Branko Sikoparija: Results of the European Quality Control exercise for Ambrosia pollen.
Elena Severova: Stability of ragweed populations in Central Russia: self-maintenance or seed import?
Chantal Déchamp: 2015: evolution of Ambrosia pollen concentration in 5 traps in the Rhone-Alpes Region by AFEDA.
Olga Ritenberga: Temporal Changes of Ragweed (A. artemisiifolia, A. trifida, A. psilostachya) Pollen Concentration In Latvia.
Dieter Ernst: Effects of NO2 on the pollen/seed production and flavonoid amount of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.). Pollen of common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia L.): Illumina-based de novo sequencing and differential transcript expression upon elevated NO2/O3.
Iuliia Posevina: First volumetric data on ragweed pollen in Ryazan’ (Central Russia).
Franziska Zemmer: Regional pollen counts reflect local loads of Ambrosia spp. but not of Xanthium ssp.
Milica Atalgic: Can pollen concentrations measured at roof level represent local exposure to Ambrosia pollen in an urban area?
Samuel Monnier: The interactive platform ‘Signalement-Ambroisie’ a participative tool for the fight against ragweed.

The 9th International Conference on Biological Invasions will take place from 14th to 16th September 2016 in Vianden (Luxembourg).
Biological invasions are one of the components of global change, causing dramatic impacts on biodiversity and ecosystems. NEOBIOTA 2016 will provide an international high-level forum to discuss how invaders respond to environmental change and their feed-backs. For more details, click here.

Conference announcement

The two-day conference of the EU funded project Atopica will take place in Brussels on March 5-6th, 2015.

The conference is about the combined impact of changes in climate, land use and air pollution on the highly invasive weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) and its consequences on health.

It will take place at the Committee of the Regions, with the Atopica consortium reporting to journalists, policy makers, members of parliament and interested citizens. The conference will be a two-day event featuring talks by Atopica members, invited speakers and will include workshops, posters and round table sessions. Registration is now open on http://conference.atopica.eu or on www.atopica.eu/conference. Registration and attendance for the conference are free! For updated information please visit the conference website.