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

We are pleased to announce that the 27^th International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction will take place in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. The conference program will be scheduled over four days, from Sunday July 7^th to Wednesday July 10^th, 2024 and will be held on the campuses of the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University, which are located on College Hill.

For further details, please visit the Congress website: 27th ICSPR 2024 Providence – July 7-10, 2024 (brown.edu)

This hashtag will be used to gather in Twitter - currently X - all the information before, during, and after the meeting. Feel free to use it!

The Organizing Committee:

Mark A. Johnson

Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
Brown University

RI 02912 Providence
USA

Daphne Goring

Department of Cell and Systems Biology
University of Toronto

M5S 3B2 Toronto
Canada

Ravi Palanivelu

School of Plant Sciences
University of Arizona

AZ 85721 Tucson
USA

Past Meetings

26th ICSPR, Praga, Czech Republic, 20-24 June 2022

Conference Photos are available here; download group photo
Awards at the 26th IASPRR Congress here
Congress Program - The full Abstract Book is only available to members
Minutes of Fourteenth General Assembly, 23 Juny 2022: [see member login]
Website: prague2020.eu

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
Second Announcement (in PDF) [WORD format
First Announcement
Preliminary Registration Form

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