EUCARPIA Cereals Section Wrocław University of Environment and Life Sciences International Conference on Rye Breeding and Genetics 24th - 26th June 2015, Wrocław, Poland FIRST CIRCULAR Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce that the joint EUCARPIA Cereals Section International Conference will be held in Wroclaw, Poland, from June 24 to 26, 2015. The conference will be a platform to share and exchange scientific experiences with researchers from different countries, focused on rye genetic and breeding studies. During last years we can observe the impressive progress in researches concerning plant genetics and genomics and we hope that this meeting will be an opportunity to discuss where we are now and where we are going to be in the future. In this first circular we present basic information about the Conference. All details will be published in the second circular (anticipated date of release is November 2014). Please indicate your interest in receiving further information about Conference registration and accommodation by filling in the pre-registration form (in separate file) and returning it to the Conference Office via e-mail: [email protected] by 31st October 2014. Estimated deadline for registration and abstract submission will be March 2015. All details will be published consistently at the official Conference website: http://eucarpia2015.up.wroc.pl . The conference will be held in Wroclaw – the main scientific and cultural center in South-Western Poland. If you would like to find more information about the city, please visit the official website: http://www.wroclaw.pl/en The conference venue will be in The Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences (http://up.wroc.pl/en) and accommodation place will be Hotel im. Jana Pawła II (http://www.hotel-jp2.pl/en) and students hotel. The travelling information will be published in details in second circular. The citizens of majority of countries do not need visa to enter Poland, however if you would like to be sure if you are eligible, please visit Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs website at: http://www.msz.gov.pl/en/p/msz_en/travel_to_poland/entering_poland/. We hope you will save the date and look forward to welcoming you to Wroclaw next year! The International Scientific Committee EUCARPIA Cereals Section Wrocław University of Environment and Life Sciences International Conference on Rye Breeding and Genetics 24th - 26th June 2015, Wrocław, Poland Arseniuk E. Radzikow, Poland Banaszak, Z., Choryń, Poland Bauer, E., Freising, Germany Börner A, Gatersleben, Germany Bujak H., Wroclaw, Poland (Chairman) Fromme F.J., Kleptow, Germany Geiger, H.H., Hohenheim, Germany (Honorary Member) Goncharenko, A.A., Nemchinowka-1, Russia Hackauf B., Gross Luesewitz, Germany Kobyljanski V.D., St. Petersburg, Russia (Honorary Member) Korzun, V., Einbeck, Germany Pomomareva, M.L., Tatarstan, Russia Larsen, J., Lethbridge, Canada Manninen O., Jokioinen, Finland Masojc, P., Szczecin, Poland Miedaner, Th., Hohenheim, Germany (Vice -Chairman) Ruzgas V., D., Dotnuva, Lithuania Urban, E., Zhodino, Belarus Wilde, P., Bergen, Germany The Local Organizing Committee Bujak Henryk, Wroclaw, Poland Dopierała Anna, Kondratowice, Poland Dopierała Pawel, Kondratowice, Poland Kuriata Rafał, Wroclaw, Poland Nowosad Kamila Wroclaw, Poland In case of any questions concerning Conference, please do not hesitate to contact us at: [email protected]