FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT Dear Colleagues

EWAC – The European Cereals EWAC Genetics Co-operative

www.ewac.eu EUCARPIA Cereals Section www.eucarpia.org

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to invite you to participate in the joint EWAC-EUCARPIA Cereals Section Conference which will be held in Novi Sad, Serbia, November 7-11, 2011. This 15th EWAC Conference returns to the place where, in fact, the idea of creating the co-operative was born in 1966. EWAC - formerly standing for ‘European Wheat Aneuploid Co-operative’ is a platform for researchers developing and using cereal stocks for genetic studies including the localisation and mapping of genes/QTLs by employing molecular techniques. Please indicate your interest in receiving EWAC-EUCARPIA 2011 conference registration and hotel accommodation information by completing the form below and returning it to Mrs Caroline Munnings at the address below. It is anticipated that the Second Announcement with further information and a call for abstracts will follow in February 2011. All the information will become available on the EWAC and EUCARPIA web sites. Deadlines for registration and submission of abstracts for oral or poster presentations will be around the end of May 2011.

Papers are welcome on your newest research, and any new ideas that you may wish to bring to the discussions! Please email any ideas or suggestions concerning the conference to Andreas Börner, [email protected] Please entitle your email ”EWAC-EUCARPIA 2011”.

We look forward to welcoming you to Novi Sad!

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The International Organising Committee Andreas Börner, Borislav Kobiljski, Victor Korzun, Tatyana Pshenichnikova, John Snape, Zbyněk Milec, Heike Ballhausen Please fill in the details below to register your interest in attending EWAC-EUCARPIA 2011: Family Name…………………………….. First Name…………………………… Title……………………………………… Institution …………………………………………………………………………………………… Address……………………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… Post Code………………………………….. Country…………………………...... Telephone…………………………………. Fax…………………………………… E-mail Address…………………………………………………………………………………….. Please complete and return this form by 31 January 2011, for further information and registration details to:

Mrs Heike Ballhausen Genebank Department Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research Corrensstr. 3 D-06466 Gatersleben Germany

Or e-mail the completed form to [email protected]

Please entitle your email ”EWAC-EUCARPIA 2011”.