The University of Saskatchewan in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers Association is organizing a joint conference of the 6th International Food Legumes Research Conference (IFLRC VI) and the 7th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG VII) at TCI Place, Saskatoon, Canada on 7-11 July 2014.
The conference includes a central scientific program and great opportunities for networking among participants. There will be many opportunities to establish new partnerships among the academic, biotech, applied and commercial agriculture communities that will have positive effects on the future of the legume industry internationally.
The scientific program is structured around plenary talks from the world’s leading legume scientists in major important disciplines including:
- legume genomics
- human nutrition
- agronomy
- molecular breeding
- trait improvement
- physiology
Important Date
Early Bird Registration: Nov 10, 2013 – April 30, 2014
Registration with late fee: May 1, 2014 – June 22, 2014
Abstract Submission: Nov 10, 2013 – April 30, 2014
Notification for selected oral presentations: After May 25, 2014
Hotel booking at guaranteed conference rate: Nov 10, 2013 – June 6, 2014
Further information regarding the conference is available at http://knowpulse2.usask.ca/iflrc-iclgg/
Contact:
Barbara Hoggard-Lulay
IFLRC VI & ICLGG VII Local Organizing Committee
University of Saskatchewan
Crop Development Center, 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A8, Canada
Tel: +1 306 966-2372 Fax: +1 306 966-5015
