Calendar

Upcoming activities

• Distance learning course: Key concepts in food and nutrition security January 1, 2013 - Course - A rights-based approach is a different way to address food and nutrition insecurity. It emphasises the rights of human beings to food and it obligates...
• Course ‘Safe Handling of Radioactive Materials and Sources’ May 13, 2013 - Course
• International symposium “we’ll 2013”: How to feed the world in 2050? May 15, 2013 - Symposium - A two-day event entitled “we’ll 2013” will bring together scientists, trend watchers, visionary farmers and market specialists to contribute their...
• Integrated pest management and food safety June 3, 2013 - Course - In recent decades, consumers have become increasingly concerned about the quality and safety of their food. Public and private standards for pesticide...
• Monitoring, evaluation and impact assessment of food and nutrition security programmes June 3, 2013 - Course - Funding agencies, NGOs, government and other stakeholders put demands on accountability and transparency. They also need to know the impact of...
• Seed potato technology, certification and supply systems June 3, 2013 - Course - The potato is a major food security crop, and a source of income for a wide range of farmers. It is highly productive per unit area in a short time....
• Exhibition Colourful Wageningen 750 June 3, 2013 - Exhibit - “Colourful Wageningen 750” shows the history of Wageningen and its surroundings in rare and exceptional publications, prints, maps and aerial photos...
• Plant variety protection (PVP) June 17, 2013 - Course - This course aims at facilitating the introduction and practical implementation of Plant Breeders’ Rights in countries where legislation on this matter...
• Strengthening research capacity in conflict-affected societies June 17, 2013 - Course - In conflict-affected areas objective assessments of secure livelihoods are both necessary and extremely difficult. Lack of data, insecurity and social...
• GroSci 2013 June 17, 2013 - Symposium - The International Symposium on Growing Media and Soilless Cultivation.
• WIAS Introduction Course June 18, 2013 - Course
• BBQ for WIAS PhD Candidates June 19, 2013 - Meeting
• Discussion workshop on sensitivity analysis of Agent-Based Models June 19, 2013 - Workshop - Sensitivity analysis is an important tool to analyze the behaviour of agent-based models. However, existing methodologies for sensitivity analysis are...
• Maarten Verlaan: Characterization of major resistance genes to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus June 19, 2013 - PhD defence
• Cuba’s medical diplomacy: From revolutionary idealism to political and economic pragmatism June 19, 2013 - Seminar - A lecture by Dr. Julie Feinsilver, School of International Service, American University, USA.
  This Cultural Geography Chair Group lecture is a WASS...
• TQ Trinh: Optimization of selective breeding program for GIFT Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) June 19, 2013 - PhD defence
• Microbiology Seminar June 19, 2013 - Seminar - Every month a new interesting microbiology-related topic is presented by a speaker from outside our own microbiology group.
• Stairway to Heaven Run June 19, 2013 - Sporting event - Join this pre Veluweloop activity and run to heaven!
• Transnational Health Care: A Cross-Border Symposium June 20, 2013 - Symposium - Regions & Development (20-21 June 2013, Wageningen, NL) & Itineraries & Transformations (24-25 June 2013, Leeds, UK)
  
  An international...
• reSITE June 20, 2013 - Conference - reSITE Conference 2013 aims to be a catalyst, a driver for a new generation of thinkers and doers in Central Europe. reSITE Conference takes aim at...
• Thinking the Contemporaty Landscape - Positions & Oppositions June 20, 2013 - Conference
• Claudia Agudelo Vera: Dynamic water resource management for achieving self-sufficiency of cities of tomorrow June 20, 2013 - PhD defence - Current global urbanization urges for new approaches to manage urban resources. We propose the Urban Harvest Approach (UHA), as a tool for sustainable...
• Presentation: "Bottleneck continued" June 20, 2013 - Lecture
• Si Wang: Toxicogenomics-based in vitro alternatives for estrogenicity testing June 20, 2013 - PhD defence - Testing chemicals for their endocrine-disrupting potential, including interference with estrogen receptor signaling, is an important aspect to assess...
• Official opening of Wageningen in’to Languages June 20, 2013 - Reception - As of 2013 the language centre at Wageningen UR is continuing under the name Wageningen in’to Languages.
• 9th annual World in Denmark conference June 21, 2013 - Conference
• 5th Southeast Asia Update June 21, 2013 - Symposium - Organized by the Rural Development Sociology Group, the 5th Southeast Asia Update on 21 June in Orion provides a unique opportunity to get a quick...
• 5th Southeast Asia Update June 21, 2013 - Conference - The 5th Southeast Asia Update will take place on the 21st June in Wageningen.
• Internship colloquium Herman Haaksma June 21, 2013 - Colloquium
• Christiaan Biemond: Seed quality in informal Seed Systems June 21, 2013 - PhD defence