17th Slovenian Consultation on Plant Protection with International Participation
The Plant Protection Society of Slovenia, which has been based at the Faculty of Biotechnology in Ljubljana since its inception, announces that the 17th Slovenian Consultation on Plant Protection with International Participation will be held on 3 and 4 March 2026 at the Radin Hotel Congress Centre in Radenci. The co-organisers of this year's consultation are the Department of Agronomy of the Faculty of Biotechnics and KGZS - Agricultural and Forestry Institute Maribor.
CONFERENCE PROGRAM
The Conference will take place in Radenci in the Congress Center of hotel Radin from Tuesday, 3rd March, beginning at 9 a.m., until Wednesday, 4th March 2026 in the afternoon. Scientific and professional contributions will be presented as 30 minutes invited lectures, short 15 minutes papers and posters. The organiser reserves the right to change the proposed way of presentation.
MAIN TOPICS and OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
The program of the Conference will cover all fields of plant protection. Presentations will be classified according to adequate thematic groups. The official languages on the Conference will be Slovenian and English.
TITLES AND ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS
Deadline for the titles and abstracts of papers is 12th December 2025. They should be written in Slovenian and English language and consist of 300 words at the most. Abstracts should be sent to e-mail address stanislav.trdan@bf.uni-lj.si.
PUBLICATION OF PAPERS
Reviewed and presented scientific and professional papers will be published in the Proceedings of lectures and papers of the 17th Slovenian Conference on Plant Protection with international participation. The complete text of the papers of a volume not exceeding 6 pages, with Slovenian and English abstract shall be submitted by the participants at the Conference or shall be sent to organiser by the 31st March 2026 (detailed instructions for the preparation will be published in the 2rd announcement).
DEADLINES (registrations, abstracts and papers must be sent to e-mail address: stanislav.trdan@bf.uni-lj.si)
· Registrations with abstracts of papers will be accepted until 12th December 2025,
· Papers ready for publication will be submitted at the Conference or until 31th March 2026 at the latest.
All registrations, abstracts and papers must contain the name(s) and family name(s), institution(s), address(es), phone(s) and e-mail(s) of the first author and the coauthors, the title of the presentation and information about the mode of presentation (oral, poster, participation without presentation).
REGISTRATION FEE
150,00 EUR (VAT incl.) - full registration fee
(includes one issue of Proceedings, banquet, coffee break meals and drinks for two days)
115,00 EUR (VAT incl.) - daily registration fee
(includes one issue of Proceedings, coffee break and meals for one day)
Undergraduate students are exempted from payment of registration fee.
PAYMENTS
On the account of Slovenian Plant Protection Society. IBAN: SI56 0400 1004 7459 567 at benificiary bank – NKBM d.d (SWIFT: KBMASI2X). VAT number: SI69752982. On payment document the name of the participant is obligatory. Payment is also possible at the registration.
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT
Will be sent in the second half of January 2026 and will contain among other things the following information:
· Instructions for the preparation of papers for publication in the Proceedings of the Conference,
· Instructions for the preparation of posters,
· Conference programme.