2015: 2nd International Conference on Photorespiration - Key to Better Crops

It is our great pleasure to invite you to the next international meeting specifically devoted to the fascinating world of photorespiration. This event coincides with the sixth Annual Meeting of the Promics Photorespiration Network of the German Research Council (DFG). The last circular is available for download here.

Registration has ended. Apologies - the number of participants has to be limited due to space limitation. You are invited to inquire at promics2015@uni-rostock.de or stefan.timm@uni-rostock.de if attending is still possible.

The meeting will commence mid-afternoon June 1 and be finished early-afternoon June 4, 2015.

Confirmed speakers:

Douglas Allen (USDA Agricultural Research Service, USA)

Inger Andersson (University of Uppsala, Sweden)

Marco Betti (Universidad de Sevilla, Spain)

Per Gardeström (University of Umea, Sweden)

David T. Hanson (University of New Mexico, USA)

Michael Hodges (Université Paris-Sud, FRance)

Cheryl A. Kerfeld (University of California, Berkeley)

Martha Ludwig (University of Estern Australia)

Adriano Nunes-Nesi (Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Brazil)

Donald Ort (University of Illinois, USA)

Martin A.J. Parry (Rothamsted Research, UK)

Christine Raines (University of Essex, UK)

Agepati S. Raghavendra (University of Hyderabad, India)

Roc Ros (Universitat de València, Spain)

Sanja Roje (Washington State University, USA)

Rowan Sage (University of Toronto, Canada)

Tammy Sage (University of Toronto, Canada)

Susanne von Caemmerer (Australian National University, Australia)

Yong Wang (Nankai University, China)

Xinguang Zhu (CAS Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, China)

Organizing Committee: Hermann Bauwe, Alisdair R Fernie, and Andreas PM Weber

Commissioned original and thought provoking review papers by the participants will be published in a Special Issue of the Journal of Experimental Botany provided that a sufficient number of articles can be collected. Joint papers will be most welcome. The organizers invite your contribution and would appreciate if you indicate your interest as soon as possible and provide a tentative title.

Conference Venue will be the Strand Hotel Hübner in the lovely town of Warnemünde, which is located directly on the Baltic Sea coast close to Rostock.

Registration has ended. Apologies but the number of participants has to be limited due to space limitation.

The meeting is free of charge. Please send all inquiries to promics2015@uni-rostock.de.

The organizers will be happy to assist in making accomodation arrangements. A number of rooms has been prebooked at the conference venue.

Attendants must make their own travel arrangements. An extensive range of flight connections is available to Hamburg Airport or Berlin-Tegel Airport. Trains will then bring you directly to the Warnemünde beach. More information and assistance in planning your journey will be given.