5th Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM) Lucerne, Switzerland October 25-26, 2010

At the fifth ABIM-Lucerne Conference, the prime international meeting of the biocontrol industry, novel and safe biological crop protection products have been presented and new trends in the global market were discussed.

The 5th Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM-Lucerne 2010) was held at the KKL Culture and Convention Center Lucerne, Switzerland on October 25th-26th 2010. The meeting is organised in cooperation by the International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL). ABIM-Lucerne provides an annual meeting place specifically adapted to the needs of the biocontrol industry.

Plant protection with natural and biological systems allows for the sustainable production of healthy foods while refraining from the use of chemical pesticides. The biocontrol industry is based on many years of research and development

During the two days of the last conference in 2010, over 480 delegates representing more than 260 companies and organisations from all over the globe exchanged experience and obtained information on the latest products and developments on the world market. The vast majority of company representatives stated that they were highly satisfied with the outcome of the conference. In the scientific programme, 32 presentations covered the latest developments in market development, regulatory affairs and novel products for plant protection. In addition to the presentation, information was at display in stands and posters in the exhibition hall. In the 6 professional group meetings (access exclusively to IBMA members) key issues of the industry were discussed and strategies common interest were developed.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

From - To	Programme
16.00 - 16.30 Clubroom 8	IBMA 2010+ meeting (Sunday) (Organisation 2010+ members only)
17.00 - 19.00 Clubroom 8	IBMA ECM meeting (Sunday) (ECM members only)

Monday, October 25, 2010

From - To	Programme
08.00 - 10.00 Clubroom 8	IBMA Microbial Biocontrol Agents (MBCA) Professional Group Meeting
9.00 - 10.00 Clubroom 3	IBMA Semiochemicals Professional Group Meeting
10.00 - 11.30 Clubrooms 7	IBMA Integrated Pest Management Working Group Meeting
10.00 - 12.30 Clubrooms 8	IBMA Semiochemicals TASK FORCE Meeting (task force members only)
11.30 - 12.30 Clubroom 5	IBMA Natural and Biochemical Products (excluding Semiochemicals) Professional Group Meeting
11.30 - 12.30 Clubroom 6	IBMA Invertebrate Biocontrol Agents (IBCA) Professional Group Meeting
13.30 - 13.45 Auditorium	Welcome to ABIM 2010 Denise Munday (President IBMA): Objectives of IBMA and ABIM 2010 Lucius Tamm (FiBL): Welcome on behalf of the organizing committee
13.45 - 15.00 Auditorium	Plenary session 1: (Chair: Denise Munday) New developments in regulation and policy Ulf Heilig (IBMA): National Action Plans Iain Weatherston (BPIA): US-Perspective on Biocontrol Regulation Patrizia Pitton (DG Sanco): New Developments in EU Regulations Karel Bolckmans (IBMA-IPM working group): IBMAs IPM Strategy Podium/Question Time
15.00 - 15.45 Auditorium	Plenary session 2: (Chair: Bernhard Blum) Market development opportunities and threats for biocontrol Joop van Lenteren (Wageningen University): Implications for Biocontrol of Access and Benefit Sharing under the Convention for Biodiversity Anita Maric (Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture): Further Implications for the Biocontrol Industry of Access and Benefit Sharing Gilles Delhove and Sabine Helbig (COLEACP): The PIP2 Project
15.45 - 16.45	Coffee break in the Lucerne Hall
16.45 - 18.45 Auditorium	Plenary session 3: (Chair: David Cary) Gaps and new market opportunities Roma Gwynn (Rationale): New Market Opportunities and Gaps Ralf-Udo Ehlers (e-nema): Entomopathogenic Nematodes – Step Outside! Mike Miille (AgraQuest): Going Beyond Mainstream Crop Protection Hadyn Parry (Oxitec): Sterile Insects Technology Clare Storm (Exosect/Sylvan): Seed, Grain and Food Storage Pam Marrone (Marrone Bio Innovations): Novel Microbial Bioherbicides Felix Wäckers (Biobest): Bumble Bees - a Dispersal Agent for Biocontrol Products
19.00 - 20.30	Apéritif, offered by IBMA in the Lucerne Hall

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

From - To	Programme
08.00 - 10.00 Auditorium	Plenary session 4: (Chair: Sergio Franceschini) New Products: Microbials Julie Versman (Marrone Bio Innovations): Zequanox a Microbial Molluscicide Qiang Xiao (TRI CAAS): Application of EoNPV Against Tea Looper Ectopis obliqua in China Edith Ladurner (Intrachem Italia): Naturalis Beauveria bassiana: Effective Against Tetranychid Mites and Harmless to Predatory Phytoseillid Mites Shawn Semones (Novozymes): Metarhizium anisopliae on Thrips, a Biological Tool for IPM Dirk Avé (Valent BioSciences): Quality of Bacillus thuringiensis Products Rodolphe Royer (Becker Underwood): Biological Seed Treatments Kartik Laijawala (Nico Orgo Manures): Trichoderma viride and Paecylomyces lilacinus Sara Reiter (AgraQuest): Soil Applications of Serenade for Disease Control, Crop Yield and Quality Enhancement Margareta Hökeberg (MASE Laboratories): A New Biological Seed Treatment Against Pea Diseases.
10.00 - 10.30	Coffee break in the Lucerne Hall
10.30 - 12.00 Auditorium	Plenary session 5: (Chair: Johanette Klapwijk) New products: Macrobials, Botanicals, Natural Substances and Semiochemicals Jürgen Köhl (Plant Research International): Screening Criteria for the Development of Commercial Products for Biocontrol of Plant Pathogens Vanda HP Bueno (Federal University of Lavras): BioControl in Brazil Nicolas de Menten (Viridaxis): Fresa Protect: A Case Study of the Use of a Cocktail of Parasitoids Against Aphids in Strawberries Marco Mosti (BioPlanet): New Parasitoids of Tuta absoluta Danilo Scacalossi Pedrazzoli (Bug Agentes Biologicos): Trichogramma pretiosum and Apanteles gelechiididoris for Control of Tuta absoluta Nayem Hassan (Russel IPM): Tuta absoluta Pheromone-Mediated Strategy Venkatesh Devanur (AgriLife): Biopesticides – an Emerging Business Opportunity Wolfgang Vaas-Ruchti (Organics International): Natural Products in Germany Pre- and Post New Legislation Moshe Reuveni (Stockton-Biomor): New Generation of Plant Extract Fungicides
12.00 - 13.30	Exhibition in the Lucerne Hall
13.30 - 15.30 Auditorium	IBMA Annual General Assembly Meeting

Poster presented at ABIM 2010

Possibilities of using virus product Madex for control of codling moth, Cydia pomonella L., in Bulgaria
Hristina KUTINKOVA, Vasiliy DZHUVINOV, Jörg SAMIETZ, Daniel ZINGG, Philip KESSLER