IASPRR Congresses

Since 1963 the scientific community of plant reproduction biologists organizes biannual conferences. In 1990 the organization and responsibility of this conference series was taken over by the International Association of Sexual Plant Reproduction Research (IASPRR).  More detailed history

Future Conferences

• Due to the COVID-19 situation worldwide, the organizers of the 26th IASPRR conference have decided to postpone it to 2022. It will take place in Prague (Czech Republic), from June 20-24, 2022.​

All the information will be available here: www.prague2020.eu

This hashtag will gather all tweets related to the congress before, during and after its celebration.

​Organizing Committee:

David Honys Institute of Experimental Botany Academy of Sciences 165 02 Prague 6 - Lysolaje Czech Republic E-mail: david@ueb.cas.cz         Thomas Dresselhaus Cell Biology and Plant Biochemistry University of Regensburg 93051 Regensburg Germany E-mail: thomas.dresselhaus@ur.de

Past Meetings

• 25th ICSPR, Gifu, Japan, 11-16 June 2018

  • Conference Photos are available here; download group photo
  • Awards at the 25th IASPRR Congress here
  • Congress Program - The full Abstract Book is only available to members
  • Minutes of Fourteenth General Assembly, 15 Juny 2018: [see member login]
  • Website: http://forum.nacos.com/icspr2018/index.html​

• 24th ICSPR, Tucson, USA, 18-23 March 2016

• A joint meeting with Frontiers in Sexual Plant Reproduction IV
• Conference Photos are available here
• Congress Program and Abstracts
• General Assembly, 22 March 2016: part of slides is available after member login.
• Website: http://cals.arizona.edu/pr2016/

• 23nd ICSPR, Porto, Portugal, 13-18 July 2014

  • Theme of the conference: Seeds for the Future
  • Conference Photos are available here; download group photo
  • Awards at the 23nd IASPRR Congress [Photo]
  • Congress Program - The full Abstract Book is only available to members
  • Minutes of Twelfth General Assembly, 15 July 2014: [see member login]
  • Website: http://www.fc.up.pt/sprporto2014/index.html

• 22nd ICSPR, Melbourne, Australia, 13-17 February 2012

  • Theme of the conference: Plant Reproduction for Food
  • Conference Photo taken 16 February 2012: [Medium Format] [Native Format 5.2 MB]
  • Flickr link to other images of the Melbourne ICSPR
  • Awards at the 22nd IASPRR Congress [Photo]
  • Congress Program - The full Abstract Book is only available to members
  • Minutes of Eleventh General Assembly, 16 February 2012: [see member login]
  • Website: http://plantreproductionforfood2012.org/

• 21st ICSPR, Bristol, UK, 2-6 August 2010

  • Conference Photo taken 2 August 2010: [Medium Format] [Large Format] [Native Format 7.7 MB]
  • Awards at the 21st IASPRR Congress
  • Congress Overview of Speakers at start of Congress
  • Congress Program - Full Abstract Book is only available to members
  • Flower Power in the 21st Century - a look at sexual plant reproduction for the public, supported by BBSRC
  • Minutes of Tenth General Assembly, August 6, 2010: [see member login]
  • Website: http://www.sebiology.org/management/meetings/ICSPR/SexualPlantReproduction.html

• 20th ICSPR, Brasilia, Brazil, 4-8 August 2008

  • We were pleased to hold our first conference in South America in Brasilia, the modern and beautiful capital of Brazil
  • Conference Photo taken 6 August 2008: [Medium Format] [Large Format]
  • Awards at the 20th IASPRR Congress
  • Congress Overview of Speakers at start of Congress
  • Congress Abstracts and Full Program
  • Minutes of Ninth General Assembly, August 8, 2008 [see member login]
  • Website: http://www.cenargen.embrapa.br/XXICSPR/ - has images (if you are a member or participant, please ask for password by email)

Past, Past Meetings

19th ICSPR, Budapest, Hungary, 11-15 July 2006

• Conference Photo taken 12 July 2006: [Medium Format] [Large Format]
• Photos from the conference: Panoramas of Budapest [View 1: Parliament to Chain Bridge] [View 2: Elizabeth Bridge to Buda Hills] [View 3: North Danube from Chain Bridge]
• Awards at the 19th IASPRR Congress
• Minutes of Eighth General Assembly, July 14, 2006, in HTML or in WORD format
• Final Programme

18th ICSPR, Beijing, China, August 20-24, 2004

• Conference Photo taken 21 August 2004
• Photos from the conference: Photos from [whole conference] [Meeting, Awards, Banquet I] [Banquet II, Ming Tombs I] [Ming Tombs II, Great Wall I] [Great Wall II]
• Awards at the 18th IASPRR Congress
• Minutes of Seventh General Assembly, August 24, 2004, in HTML or in WORD format
• Minutes of Executive Board Meeting, August 21, 2004, in HTML or in WORD format

17th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Lublin, Poland, July 9-13, 2002

• Conference Photos: taken 10 July 2002, taken 11 July 2002
• Other photos from the conference: Photos from [scientific sessions] [excursions around Lublin (7/13/02)] [post-congress excursion to Krakow/Warsaw]
• Scientific Program: Talks
• Proceedings of the Congress of Sexual Plant Reproduction will appear in the Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica as a separate issue in volume 45/1 (2003). The journal is indexed in Science Citation Index, Current Contents (Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences), Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Data
• Awards at the 17th IASPRR Congress
• Minutes of Sixth General Assembly, July 11, 2002, in HTML or in WORD format
• Minutes of Executive Board Meeting, July 10, 2002, in HTML or in WORD format

16th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction, Banff, Canada (April 1-5, 2000)

• Conference Photo, at three resolutions: survey view, medium resolution, high resolution
• Other photos from the conference: [April 2] [April 3] [April 4] [April 5]
• Talks
• Awards at the 16th IASPRR Congress
• Minutes of Fifth General Assembly, 3 April 2000, in HTML or in WORD format
• Minutes of Executive Board Meeting, 2 April 2000, in HTML or in WORD format

15th ICSPR, Wageningen, Netherlands (August 16-21, 1998)

• Conference Photo
• Talks
• Awards for Scientific Accomplishment at the 15th IASPRR Congress

14th ICSPR, Lorne, Australia (Feb 18-22, 1996):

• Conference Photo
• Talks
• Poster Presentations
• Minutes of Third General Assembly, 22 Feb 1996
• Awards for Scientific Accomplishment at the 14th IASPRR Congress

13th ICSPR, Vienna, Austria (July 10-14, 1994)

12th ICSPR, Columbus (Ohio), USA (1992):

• The first congress under the auspices of the IASPRR

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