First Announcement
2nd International Wheat Congress - Future Wheat: Resilience and Sustainability
The International Wheat Congress (IWC) was merged from two original wheat international conferences，the International Wheat Genetics Symposium and the International Wheat Conference. IWC is a biennial event and the 1st IWC was held in July 2019 in Saskatoon, Canada. The 2nd IWC was planned for 2021 in Beijing, but was delayed to 2022 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2nd IWC, will be jointly hosted by the Crop Science Society of China (CSSC) and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) under the supervision of the International Organizing Committee. The theme of the 2nd IWC is “Resilience and Sustainability” and will provide excellent opportunities for participants from around the world to share the latest progress and to develop recommendations for future wheat in terms of research, technology, and transfer. A hybrid form of on-site lectures and online broadcast will be adopted.
International Organizing Committee
The International Organizing Committee is composed of 15 individuals representing different wheat growing countries and is in charge of developing the scientific program.
Curtis Pozniak, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, IOC Chair
Hermann Bürstmayr, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
Parveen Chhuneja, Punjab Agricultural University, India
Fernanda Dreccer, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Australia
Susanne Dreisigacker, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico
Silvia German, National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA), Uruguay
Carlos Guzman, University of Cordoba, Spain
Zhonghu He, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) /CIMMYT, China
Julie King, University of Nottingham, UK
Francois Koekemoer, SENSAKO (PTY), South Africa
Jacques Le Gouis, French National Institute of Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE), France
Elena Salina, Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS, Novosibirsk
Taner Sen, United States Department of Agriculture, USA
Gabriela Tranquilli, Research Institute Biological Resources (INTA), Argentina
Hisashi Tsujimoto, Arid Land Research Center, Tottori University, Japan
Hosts
Crop Science Society of China (CSSC) and Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Organizer
Institute of Crop Sciences, CAAS
Co-organizers
China Agricultural University
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
National Innovation Centre for Bio-breeding Industry, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Nanjing Agricultural University
Northwest A&F University
China National Seed Group Co., LTD.
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)
Contact:
Crop Science Society of China
Qin Xu, e-mail: zwxh@caas.cn; Tel.: +86-10-82108616.
Crop Science Society of China/Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Address: 12 Zhongguancun South Street, Haidian District, Beijing 100081, China