2016 2nd International Plant and Algal Phenomics Meeting (IPAP 2016)

We are very proud to invite you to the SECOND INTEGRATED PLANT AND ALGAL PHENOMICS MEETING (IPAP)), to be held this year in the beautiful and historic city of Prague between September 4th and 7th.

The conference will focus on the rapidly expanding field of high throughput plant and algal phenotyping, and will feature an excellent program with speakers presenting data from laboratory and field studies derived using a variety of phenotyping platforms and techniques.

A key feature of the conference will center on the challenges of integrating data from imaging sensors and environmental sensors to predict the responses of plant and algae to changing environments, and how data collected under controlled conditions in the growth room and greenhouse may help to predict the growth patterns of plants in the field. Experimental protocols, image acquisition, environmental sensing and control, data analysis and trait elucidation will be considered in relation to the application of plant phenotyping to the acceleration of breeding programs for agronomically important crops , and the selection of algal strains for high yielding commercial culture. The meeting will last 3 full days with 9 plenary sessions, each introduced by the keynote of an invited speaker. This will be followed by high quality oral contributions, selected from submissions by the scientific committee.

Conference delegates will be given the opportunity to visit the new plant phenotyping center near Brno, designed, built and operated by Photon Systems Instruments (PSI). This state of the art center is located in the beautiful Moravian countryside, and incorporates novel technologies for numerous aspects of lab and field phenotyping. The center will offer complete phenotyping services, as well as allow visiting scientists to conduct proof-of-concept experiments. The PSI facility also houses a research centre for the study of algal physiology and biotechnology, with numerous large and small scale photobioreactors of various designs.

The IPAP Meeting will occur very soon after the EUCARPIA meeting to be held in Zurich between August 29thand September 1st, allowing delegates to attend both meetings and to spend several days in two of Europe’s most beguiling cities.