28 July 1995 International spotlight on Lincoln

Global attention in the areas of plant pathology and international student exchanges will focus on Lincoln in August as the University hosts two major conferences drawing participants from many overseas countries.

Close to 300 scientists from a dozen different countries will be at Lincoln over 28-30 August for the 10th Australasian Plant Pathology Society Conference.

Associated with the conference will be seven workshops covering biological control, botrytis, epidemiology, molecular identification of plant pathogens, nematology, sclerotial fungi and grapevine disease management.

There will also be four symposia within the conference programme and these will deal with disease resistance, molecular plant pathology, biological control and plant disease management.

For full information about the conference you can contact Lincoln University's Centre for Continuing Education.

The growth and diversification of international student exchanges in recent years is reflected in the expanding significance of an organisation set up in 1991 with the name University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific (UMAP).

Essentially UMAP is a consultative body on exchange programmes for the chief executive officers and staff of Asia-Pacific universities. Its purpose is to increase exchanges of students, teachers and researchers in the Asia-Pacific region and it exists as a co-operative body among university institutions keen to sustain the area's rapid development, enhance its educational opportunities and achieve a better understanding of local cultures, economies and societies.

Lincoln University is hosting UMAP's Working Party Conference for 1995 and attending it will be representatives from at least seven Asia-Pacific countries.

The gathering opens with a reception on the evening of 15 August and runs over the following two days. It will be officially opened by New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister, Don McKinnon.

For further information about the UMAP conference you can contact Lincoln University's International Centre.

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