IUFRO's Poplar and Willow Genetics Working Party 2.08.04, convenes the International Poplar Symposium (IPS) every four years for the presentation and discussion of the most recent and important scientific findings in Populus and Salix genetics, molecular biology, physiology, ecology, wood science, etc.

The Working Party 2.08.04 is pleased to announce that the folliwng venues have been selected to host the IX and the X International Poplar Symposium (IPS-IX and IPS-X).

• IPS-IX: Starkville, Mississippi, USA; 2026
• IPS-X: Palencia, Spain; 2030

2024 Short Rotation Woody Crops International Conference - The Future is Green: Integrating Short Rotation Woody Crops (SRWC), Agroforestry, and Ecosystem Services for Sustainable, Productive Landscapes; Columbia, MO, USA; 13-16 May 2024. Units involved: 1.03.00, 1.06.01, 2.08.04. Save the date! - Conference homepage - Call for Abstracts with extended deadline   

The Poplar and Willow Genetics Working Party, 2.08.04 arranges for the International Poplar Symposium (IPS) every four years for the presentation and discussion of the most recent and important scientific findings in Populus and Salix genetics, molecular biology, physiology, ecology, etc.  

• Eighth International Poplar Symposium (IPS VIII): Poplars and Willows in the Era of Global Change: Agroforestry, Environmental Improvement, and Ecosystem Services to Enhance Livelihoods ; online; 4-6 October 2022. Conference homepage   
   
• 2022 13th Short Rotation Woody Crops International Conference; Mills River, North Carolina, USA; 2-4 May 2022. Units involved: 1.03.00, 2.08.04. Conference homepage - Call for Abstracts  
   
• Seventh International Poplar Symposium - New Bioeconomies: Exploring the Potential Role of Salicaceae; Buenos Aires, Argentina; 28 October - 4 November 2018. Conference homepage - Conference announcement  
   
• 15th International Phytotechnology Conference; Novi Sad, Serbia; 1-5 October 2018. Units involved: 2.08.04, 2.00.00. Conference homepage
   
• WOODY CROPS 2018 - International Short Rotation Woody Crops Conference; Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA; 23-25 July 2018. Units involved: 1.03.00, 2.08.04. 1st announcement           
   
• Sixth International Poplar Symposium (IPS-VI); Vancouver, British Columbia (B.C.), Canada; 20-28 July 2014. Website - Presentations - News item - Photo gallery - Report

• 2012 IUFRO All-Division 5 Conference: Joint session of 5.01.00 - Wood quality and 2.08.04 - Poplars and willows; Estoril, Portugal; 8-13 July 2012
  Conference homepage: http://www.iufro2012.org/
  Proposed program: http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=38
  Topics: http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=61  
  Instructions and submissions: http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=37 
  Conference themes: http://www.iufro2012.org/nm_quemsomos.php?id=63
  Third announcement: http://www.iufro2012.org/show_newsletter.php?ID=32&bk=1&DumpCache=4e7b28e96b04f
   
• Fifth International Poplar Symposium (IPS-V); Orvieto, Italy; 20-25 September 2010. Report
   
• Opening Ceremony of the Poplar Technology Center, University of Talca, Talca, Chile; 2007 (supported by 2.08.04 but not an official IUFRO Working Party meeting)
   
• Fourth International Poplar Symposium (IPS-IV) "Meeting the Needs of a Growing World through Poplar and Willow Science: Combining Traditional and Novel Approaches in the Genomic Era"; Nanjing, China; 5-9 June 2006. Units involved: 2.08.04, 7.01.04. Report

• Poplars and Willows on the Prairies; Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; 18-24 September 2011. Conference homepage - 1st announcement
  
  
• 23rd Session, International Poplar Commission (IPC); Beijing, P. R. China; 26-30 October 2008; Theme: Poplars, Willows and People’s Wellbeing
  FAO IPC website: www.fao.org/forestry/site/ipc2008 - E-mail: IPC-Secretariat(at)fao.org
  China Host Website: www.ipc2008bj.com.cn or Email: ipc2008(at)bjfu.edu.cn