5^th International Allelopathy Congress

“Growing Awareness of the Role of Allelopathy in

Ecological, Agricultural, and Environmental Processes”

 

September 21- 25, 2008

The Saratoga Hotel and Conference Center

www.saratogahotel.com

Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

　

We encourage all of you to begin planning for the 5^th International Allelopathy Congress in 2008. Attending will allow you to catch up on all that has happened in our field since our last congress in Wagga Wagga, Australia and meet and interact with a diverse group of biologists, chemists, and ecologists.

　

Scientific Program

A program committee has been formed with representation from all parts of the world. The meeting will consist of 3.5 days of scientific program, preceded by a welcoming reception on Sunday evening, September 20, 2008. Several symposia, including one on the role of allelopathy in the success of invasive species, are planned along with poster sessions to compliment the oral communications. Keynote speakers who have impacted the field of chemical ecology research will be asked to present current, state-of-art research findings.

　

Tentative Program Topics

The role of allelopathy in the success of invasive species

Allelopathy in agriculture

Chemistry of allelochemicals

Ecology of allelopathy

Allelochemicals in soil and water

Role of endophytes and rhizosphere organisms in allelopathy

Allelopathy mechanisms

Methods and approaches to study of allelopathy

Forest allelopathy

Genetics and biochemistry of allelochemical production

Papers from FATECHEM and other aspects of allelopathy

 

Location

Saratoga Springs is a small but very pretty and culturally diverse city located in upstate New York, near Albany New York, bordering on the beautiful Adirondack Mountains and the large Adirondack State Preserve. It is home to Skidmore College, the NY City Ballet in summer months, many spas and medicinal springs. It is most famous for its thoroughbred horse racing in August of each year. The autumn in Saratoga Springs is warm and sunny, and less crowded than the busy summer season. The Hotel Saratoga is a newly remodeled, state-of-the art conference facility, with restaurants, large hotel rooms, exercise facilities, and high speed internet access, located conveniently on the main street in downtown Saratoga. We strongly recommend all participants stay at this hotel and conference facility during the IAS congress. For more information on the hotel and town of Saratoga Springs, please see

www.thesaratogahotel.com. Participants visiting from international locations are encouraged to arrive early and enjoy the scenic surroundings. Discounted room rates will be available both before and after the IAS Congress to meeting participants.

 Venue and Social Program

 

 Members of the IAS board of directors toured Saratoga Springs in late October 2005 and in February 2006 to visit facilities associated with the Hotel Saratoga in downtown Saratoga Springs, NY. We found the host hotel to be attractive. Meeting facilities are plentiful, and the hotel is within easy walking access of shopping, restaurants and points of interest. The hotel has a full service restaurant and catering service, but many luncheons and dinners will be included in the registration fee for meeting participants. Hotel rooms at the Hotel Saratoga are spacious and can be reserved as single or double accommodations. Room rates will not be more than 150.00 US dollars in 2008. We strongly encourage all participants to stay at the host hotel, for convenience and to help IAS meet its room quota. The town of Saratoga Springs has considerable historical charm, with shopping, art galleries, museums, state parks, spas, lakes and hiking within a few kilometers of town or in the town center. Since the meeting will be held during the 3^rd week in September in 2008, from Sunday through Thursday, we are expecting the weather to be generally sunny and warm (ca. 20-24 C) during the day, with low humidity.

We are planning an optional half day of field trips with expeditions to Lake George and the Adirondack Mountains to observe plant, wildlife and bird ecology, as well as a tour of the Adirondack preserve and study of invasive species establishment in the protected parklands. One can observe native forest species as well as lakes and streams which support excellent fishing as well as invasive non-native species. This area is a very popular vacation destination in the summer and fall and offers kayaking, fishing, camping, hiking, and boating as well as golfing. Reasonable off season hotel rates are available for those wanting to stay on and vacation in the area, and the weather is generally very pleasant at this time of year.

Travel Saratoga Springs is easily accessible by direct flight to Albany NY from a number of major airports within the U.S. and Canada (Atlanta, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Newark, New York (JFK), Orlando, Philadelphia, Toronto, Montreal and Washington (Dulles) ). Saratoga Springs and Albany NY are also accessible directly by train from Boston, Newark, Montreal, New York or Philadelphia. The hotel has the capacity to pick up guests in Albany and deliver them to the hotel, a distance of about 30 kilometers. The train station is located within 0.75 km of the Hotel Saratoga. Both train stations in Albany NY and Saratoga Springs are brand new. Trains arrive hourly in Albany from surrounding areas and several times per day in Saratoga Springs. We will make arrangements to pick up most participants at the airport in Albany upon arrival.

Leslie Weston, Chair of Local Arrangements Committee, law20@cornell.edu

Stephen Duke, Chair of Program Committee, sduke@olemiss.edu