The 33rd Annual Meeting of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) and DSI/NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB)

The annual meeting of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) and DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB) has become one of the most important meetings relating to forest tree health in South Africa and globally. The 2022 TPCP/CPHB meeting will take place on the 10th of May. This event is open to staff of member companies of the TPCP and other stakeholders in the TPCP and CPHB.

As has been the case in the past, the 33rd annual meeting of the TPCP will focus on key issues relating to forest tree health in South Africa. Importantly, the meeting will again seek to provide feedback to forest industry and other stakeholders on programmes focused on dealing with threatening pest and disease problems following an integrated pest management approach.

Registration information

Please fill in the registration form below for the 33nd TPCP and CPHB meetings on Tuesday 10 May 2022. This meeting will happen virtually via Zoom and Team platforms. Detail on how to join the meeting will be communicated in due course using the email you provided in the registration form. Please make sure that you provide us with the correct email address.

The TPCP related events are only open to staff of member companies of the TPCP and other invited stakeholders in the TPCP and CPHB, and will be free of charge. If you are not sure whether you may attend, please contact bernard.slippers@fabi.up.ac.za and cc madelein.vanheerden@fabi.up.ac.za

Registration closes: 9 May 2022

 

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED

Programme and Location Map

Please click here to view the programme for the 33rd Meeting of the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (TPCP) and the DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Plant Health Biotechnology (CPHB).

A map of the Innovation Africa @UP campus can be viewed here or a PDF file of this map can be downloaded by clicking here. Please note that The Future Africa campus is number 17 on this map.

 

Speakers:

Prof. Emma Steenkamp, Director of the CPHB, FABI, University of Pretoria

Prof. Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Pretoria

Mr Danny Knoesen, General Manager, NCT Forestry Co-operative Ltd.

Prof. Bernard Slippers, Director of the TPCP

Prof. Treena Burgess, Murdoch University, Australia

Dr Stuart Fraser, Scion, New Zealand

Dr Rodrigo Ahumada, Bioforest SA, Chile

Dr Jeff Garnas, University of New Hampshire, USA

Dr ShuaiFei Chen, Chinese Academy of Forestry, China 

Dr Brett Summerell, Director Research & Chief Botanist at the Australian Institute of Botanical Science, Australia

Prof. Irene Barnes, University of Pretoria

Prof. Abdoulaye Diallo, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)

Prof. Almuth Hammerbacher, University of Pretoria

Prof. Sanushka Naidoo, University of Pretoria

Dr Carlos Rodas, Forest Health Protection Programme, Smurfit-Kappa, Colombia

Prof. Brett Hurley, University of Pretoria

Dr Trudy Paap, University of Pretoria

Dr Ilaria Germishuizen, ICFR, University of KwaZulu-Natal

Prof. Caterina Villari, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, University of Georgia

Prof. Brenda Wingfield, University of Pretoria

Dr. Tuan Duong, University of Pretoria

Prof. Martin Coetzee, University of Pretoria

Prof. Cobus Visagie, University of Pretoria

Prof. Wynand Steyn, Engineering 4.0, Head of the School of Engineering, University of Pretoria

Prof. Wynand Steyn, University of Pretoria

Prof. Abdoulaye Diallo, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM)

Prof. Wouter Maes, University of Ghent

Prof. Trudi Joubert, University of Pretoria

And postdocs and PhD/MSc students from TPCP and CPHB.