PRE-REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.  YOU MAY REGISTER AT THE CONFERENCE.  CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEE MUST BE IN U.S. CURRENCY.

WHEN                     November 16-18, 2009

WHERE                   McAllen Convention Center (website)

                              700 Convention Center Blvd., McAllen (map)

FEE                        $175 - through October 20

                              $225 - October 21 - November 6 

Mission of Conference

• Stimulate communication and cooperation between the HLB and ZC communities
• Transfer research results to growers and other stakeholders
• Discuss effective, economical methods for controlling the vectors and diseases

Conference Venues

• McAllen International Airport is served by Continental and American Airlines and is within 5 miles of hotels
• Conference Hotels are within 5 miles of Convention Center
• Hotels provide complimentary shuttle service from airport to hotels
• Bus service will be provided from hotels to Convention Center in morning and back to hotels in evening

Translation service from English to Spanish will be provided

Poster Sessions

• A poster session will be held during the reception on November 16 that is open to all attendees
• If interested in presenting a poster, first submit an abstract of your poster concept for consideration.  Send your abstract/proposal on citrus HLB to John da Graca, TAMUK Citrus Center, JDaGraca@ag.tamu.edu, and on potato ZC to Dennis Gross, Plant Pathology at TAMU, D-Gross@tamu.edu.

Target following audiences in the U.S., Mexico and certain countries concerned about HLB

• Scientists working on citrus HLB and potato ZC and/or their vectors
• State and federal administrative agencies
• Citrus and potato growers

Sponsors

• PROCINORTE and its Plant Health Task Force is a Cooperative Program in Agricultural Research and Technology that facilitates cooperative actions of mutual interest to the three countries of IICA's Northern Region (Canada, U.S., and Mexico).
• McAllen Convention and Visitors Bureau (MCVB)
• Valley Agricultural Research and Development Corporation (VARDC)

Hosts

• Frito-Lay, Inc.
• Texas A&M University AgriLife Research and Extension
• Texas A&M University-Kingsville Citrus Center
• Texas Citrus Mutual 

For more information about the conference, please contact Karen Hodges at 979-845-7313 or by email. 

If a cancellation becomes necessary, please send notification to agrilifevents@ag.tamu.edu.  Cancellations received by November 6, 2009 will receive a refund, minus a $20 administrative fee.