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PLANT CANADA 2024

CPS was the hosting society for the 2023 Tri-society Joint Conference in Ottawa, involving CPS,
the Canadian Society of Agronomy (CSA), and the Canadian Society for Horticultural Science
(CSHS). This meeting brought together researchers under the theme “Agroecosystem
Resiliency Under a Changing Climate,” including two symposiums, 14 sessions of talks, and two
sessions of posters, covering a wide range of topics on agronomy, disease, and horticultural
crops. The Local Arrangements Committee (LAC) was led by Dr. Guillaume Bilodeau, and the
conference was a huge success. CPS also sponsored the Glenn Anderson Lectureship,
awarded to Dr. Bram Govaerts, the current Director General of the International Maize and
Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) in Mexico, during the 12th International Congress of
Plant Pathology held in Lyon, France (Aug 20-25, 2023). Dr. Lone Buchwaldt introduced Dr.
Govaerts on behalf of the CPS. Additionally, CPS invited and sponsored Dr. Fiona Doohan from
University College Dublin, Ireland, to give a talk in the same session.

CPS will again be the hosting society for the Plant Canada Conference, to be held in Winnipeg
from July 7-10, 2024. The LAC, led by Drs. Tom Fetch, Barry Saville, and Dilantha Fernando,
with participation from all Plant Canada societies, has been working tirelessly to put together an
incredible program for the conference. This year, CPS will celebrate its 95th anniversary during
the Plant Canada meeting. We will have an awards banquet on Tuesday evening (July 9th),
where our 2024 major award winners will be recognized. CPS will be organizing the following
workshops/symposia/activities during the conference:

1. Sun, July 7: Workshop: Metabarcoding for Phytopathogens (2:30 - 4:30pm)
2. Mon, July 8: ALL SOCIETY Student Social (8:30 – 10:30pm)
3. Tues, July 9: CropLife Symposia: Resistance Management (11:15am - 1:00pm)
4. Tues, July 9: CPS 95th Anniversary and Awards Banquet -York 2-3 (7:00 - 11:00pm)
5. Wed, July 10: CPS Plenary Session 3 - Emerging Technologies in Plant Health Hall C (East)
with three invited speakers: Drs. Jan Leach, Colorado State University, Martina Stromvik,
McGill University and Brent McCallum, AAFC Morden Research and Development Center
(8:30 -11:00am).

We look forward to meeting colleagues and students from all Plant Canada societies at the
conference in Winnipeg. For more information on the CPS, including membership, publications,
awards and committees, please visit our website at https://phytopath.ca/.

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