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Join the APLU-ICA Conference, hosted alternately in the US and Europe, focusing on the pivotal theme of doctoral and post-doctoral professional development in Agricultural and Life Sciences. This conference will address the challenges facing these fields over the next decade. The 2010 edition, following 2008 at the University of Missouri, will take place at Ghent University, Belgium. Engage with experts on institutional policies and educational issues. Submit your abstracts by November 30, 2009, and register online beginning September 1, 2009.
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APLU - ICA • Tradition of holding a bi-annual Conference • Focus on institutional policy and educational issues • Hosted alternately in the US and Europe • 2008: University of Missouri (US) • 2010: Ghent University (Belgium)
CONFERENCE THEME Doctoral and post-doctoral professional development in Agricultural and Life Sciences Challengesfor the next decade
SCIENTIFIC INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE • Guido Van Huylenbroeck, GhentUniversity (chair) • Koen Dewettinck, GhentUniversity • Ian Maw, APLU Vice President, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources • David Acker, Iowa State University • Frank Monahan, University College Dublin • Maurice Boland, University College Dublin • Simon Heath, ICA secretarygeneral • Tom Payne, University of Missouri-Columbia • Andrea Bohn, University of Illinois • John Ferrick, Univeristy of Wisconsin + LOCAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (chair : Koen Dewettinck)
PRACTICAL INFORMATION • Callfor abstracts: deadline 30 November 2009 • Special sessionfor Prof. Roland Verhé • Conference website: http://www.fbw.ugent.be/APLU_ICAconference2010/ • Registrations: online from 1 September 2009