It is proposed that the tenth International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP2013) in Beijing from August 25th to 31 st, 2013.The proposed theme of the 10th ICPP will be “Bio-security, Food Safety and Plant Pathology: The Role of Plant Pathology in a Globalized Economy”. We envision that the Congress will include traditional plenary sessions, symposia, and oral, poster, discussion and workshop sessions. The program will cover the most crucial topics in applied and basic plant pathology from all over the world. This Congress will concurrently sponsor the Annual Meeting of the Chinese Society for Plant Pathology.
Proposed keynote themes are:
1) The role of plant pathology in bio-security and food safety;
2) Biotechnological applications in plant pathology;
3) Host-pathogen interactions and molecular plant pathology;
4) Recent developments in disease management;
5) Plant pathology in Asia.
Specific themes to be considered include Host-pathogen interactions, Fungal diseases, Viral diseases, Prokaryote diseases, Nematode diseases, Post-harvest diseases, Vascular diseases, Tropical plant diseases, Mycotoxins, Molecular diagnostics for plant pathology, Ecology and Disease epidemiology, Disease management, biological control, Chemical control, Genetic manipulation, Resistance breeding, Bio-security and quarantine, etc. The Congress Scientific committee will work with the ISPP Subject Matter Committees to develop a program to incorporate the most current international perspective. Special sessions and Associated Workshops will be organized. We will guarantee that the needs of both developed and developing countries are well represented through the theme of global perspectives.
Commercial exhibitions and displays by professional and non-profit organizations will be arranged as these needs arise.

Social Program and Technical Tours
A social program will be prepared to welcome the participants and to help them better understand China and Beijing's culture, including Chinese food. The welcoming reception and a "Beijing Night" dinner show (Farewell Banquet) will be part of the Social Program. Pre- or Post Congress Tours will also be prepared to enable the participants to see with their own eyes the agricultural and rural life of China. Scenic and cultural sites will be included in the proposed routes of the technological tours, such as the Great Wall, the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, etc. in Beijng, Xian, Guilin, Hangzhou and Suzhou, which are among China's most popular tourist destinations. With daily flights from Beijing to these cities, as well as to all major international cities, travel is very convenient (http://old.cnta.gov.cn/lyen).