Joint Meeting of the 17th International Cereal Rusts and Powdery Mildews Conference and Annual Meeting of the Canadian Phytopathological Society
The 17th International Cereal Rusts and Powdery Mildews Conference (ICRPMC2025) is scheduled for June 15-20, 2025 in Vancouver, British Columbia. This meeting will take place as a joint meeting with the Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) Annual Meeting. Additionally, the meeting with host two technical workshops.
CPS Workshop (Agenda)– Scheduled for June 15, 2025 and registration ($30CAD) is completed using the Registration link.
BGRI Workshop – Details coming soon.
The ICRPMC’s mission is to promote and disseminate the latest scientific advances in research on cereal rusts and powdery mildews, and facilitate discussions and collaborations toward globally sustainable cereal disease management.
Please visit the conference website here for more details: https://icrpmc2025.ca/
Registration Details
Early Bird registration for the 17th ICRPMC will open on January 1, 2025 and close on April 15, 2025. There will be no extension of deadlines.
As this is a joint meeting with the Canadian Pathological Society (CPS) Annual Meeting, members will receive discounted registration pricing. All registrants are encouraged to apply for membership to the CPS.
CPS Memberships: Regular Academic – $100; Emeritus – Free; Students -$15; PDF and Research Technician – $25.
Call for Abstracts
You are invited to submit abstracts to the Joint Meeting of 17th ICRPMC, Annual Meeting of the CPS, and BGRI Technical Workshop 2025. Please note the submission deadline for oral presentations has been extended to April 15, 2025. The deadline for poster abstracts remains at May 15, 2025. Participants can choose to submit an abstract for oral presentation consideration or for poster presentation. All abstracts will be reviewed by the Organizing Committee to ensure the abstracts are relevant to the meeting. Authors of abstracts selected for regular or keynote (keynote speakers will also be selected through peer-review) oral presentation will be contacted in by April 10, 2025. All abstracts will be included in the final program which will also be available online after the conference. Abstracts are limited to 250 words within the “abstract text” section and must be submitted using the “Abstract Template”. If you have more than one abstract, each one will need to be submitted separately.
Abstracts must be provided to the Conference Organizer in electronic format. Send to Tracy Gartner at tgartner@ualberta.ca.
Poster specifications:
Posters must measure a maximum of 36 inches wide X 48 inches high (91 cm X 121 cm). Each will be mounted vertically and occupy one-third of one side of a freestanding poster display board. The poster board will accommodate pushpins and will be Velcro-receptive. Presenters will be provided with Velcro or pushpins for hanging their posters.
Poster content should include:
Title, author(s) name(s) and their affiliation(s). Text should be not less than 1 inch (2.54 cm) high and preferably 2 inches (5 cm) high.
Introduction, materials and methods, results, and discussion. Presenters should select a font and letter size to allow viewers to read the poster from a distance of 4 feet (1.2 meters) or more. (Note: A matte finish on the posters provides better visibility as it reduces glare).
Consider less rather than more words within your poster, and refrain from using very small font for your poster.
Posters will be on display during the conference and should carry your message without requiring any additional comment.
Material presented must be based on the abstract previously submitted and should be novel, not previously published material.Poster setup
You are invited to setup your poster starting at 3:00 pm on Monday, June 16. Posters will remain on display for the entire length of the conference and must be taken down no later than 3:00 pm Thursday, June 19. Posters remaining on site will not be retained or returned.
Presenting authors are expected to be available near their poster to answer questions and engage in discussions. Poster session times can be found on the conference agenda.
If your plans change and you cannot attend and/or will not be displaying your poster, kindly inform us by sending an email at tgartner@ualberta.ca