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Conferences and Events

Provides upcoming Conferences and Events related to invasive species. The calendar displays events for previous years (by selecting dates) which can be helpful in finding relevant experts and papers.

See also: Calendars and Meetings for invasive species-related conference calendars on other Web sites, and Public Awareness Campaigns for additional awareness-related events.

Please Note: If you would like to suggest an invasive species-related conference or event for inclusion on our calendar, please Contact Us.

  • 2023 Native Seed Conference - Cultivating the Restoration Supply Chain

    • Date
      Mar 27, 2023 - Mar 30, 2023
    • Location
      Washington D.C. Metro Area
    • Notes

      The 2023 National Native Seed Conference is dedicated to the science, practice, and policy of producing and effectively using native seed. The conference supports the America the Beautiful Executive Order, National Seed Strategy for Rehabilitation and Restoration, and the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.

  • 2023 68th Annual Conference on Soilborne Plant Pathogens

    • Date
      Mar 28, 2023 - Mar 30, 2023
    • Location
      Salinas, California
  • 2023 Coastal Invasive Species & Exotic Pest Workshop

    • Date
      Apr 06, 2023
    • Sponsor

      Western Invasives Network and Washington Invasive Species Council

    • Venue
      The Loft at the Red Building
    • Location
      Astoria, Oregon
    • Notes

      This all day, cross-training event, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Protection and Quarantine will focus on invasive species and pests of the Oregon and Washington coasts.

  • 2023 Mid-Atlantic Panel on Aquatic Invasive Species - Spring Meeting

    • Date
      Apr 19, 2023 - Apr 20, 2023
    • Venue
      Hybrid - EPA Chesapeake Bay Program Office / Virtual
    • Location
      Annapolis, MD
  • 2023 13th National Monitoring Conference - Working Together for Clean Water

    • Date
      Apr 24, 2023 - Apr 28, 2023
    • Sponsor

      North American Lake Management Society

    • Venue
      Virginia Beach Conference Center / Virtual
    • Location
      Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • Invasive Snail and Slug - Virtual Workshop

    • Date
      Apr 27, 2023
    • Sponsor

      Hosted by the Washington Invasive Species Council and is funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ).

    • Location
      Virtual
    • Notes

      The Invasive Snail and Slug Virtual Workshop will provide a deep dive into the world of mollusks. Speakers from across the country are excited to teach you about pathways of introduction, risks, impacts, and identification. You will leave the workshop with a more thorough understanding of invasive mollusks that are already in the Pacific Northwest as well as those that are on the horizon. This workshop is open to a national audience; these pests are an issue across the whole country, and everyone has a role to play in prevention.

  • 2023 XVI International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds

    • Date
      May 07, 2023 - May 12, 2023
    • Venue
      Iguazú Events and Conventions Center – Amérian Hotel
    • Location
      Puerto Iguazú, Argentina
  • 2023 IAGLR's 66th Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research

    • Date
      May 08, 2023 - May 12, 2023
    • Venue
      Hilton Toronto
    • Location
      Toronto, Canada
  • 2023 Species on the Move International Conference

    • Date
      May 14, 2023 - May 19, 2023
    • Venue
      Hyatt Regency Coconut Point
    • Location
      Bonita Springs, Florida
    • Notes

      An International Conference series on climate change covering marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. The conference brings together scientists and natural resource managers working in the disciplines of global change, biogeography and evolution, and relevant in contexts of natural resource management, biodiversity management and conservation, and theoretical ecology.

  • 2023 Society for the Study of Marine Bioinvasions (SSMB) 11th International Conference (ICMB XI)

    • Date
      May 15, 2023 - May 19, 2023
    • Sponsor

      Hosted by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center’s Marine Invasions Lab and the Society for the Study of Marine Bioinvasions

    • Venue
      Columbus Center, University System of Maryland's Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET)
    • Location
      Baltimore, Maryland
    • Notes

      ICMB is the principal international forum where scientists and policy makers from around the world meet to review current challenges in the global management of invasive marine organisms and to share new developments in science and policy.