Announcement From: Faculty of Sustainable Agriculture, UMS

Dear Prof./Dr./Sir/Madam,       

It is our pleasure to announce that Persatuan Genetik Malaysia (Genetics Society of Malaysia) and Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), in collaboration with WMIT Group Pte Ltd (WMIT), will be organizing the following conference:

THE 5TH INTERNATIONAL PLANT BREEDING CONFERENCE (IPBC2022)
Website: https://www.pgm-my.org/event/ipbc2022
Physical & Online Conference

Date: 8 – 10 March 2022
Venue: Bangi Resort Hotel, Selangor, Malaysia
Website: http://www.bangiresorthotel.com

This 2-day conference and 1 day educational visit will address the latest advances in various plant breeding activities and achievements with the theme ‘Emerging Trends in Plant Breeding towards Sustainable Bioeconomy’. More than 20 key papers and invited speakers will be presenting their views and findings in this conference. IPBC2022 aims to gather scientists, academicians and postgraduate students involved in various aspects of plant breeding to share their latest findings and achievements. We will also include a special symposium related to COVID-19. This special symposium will cover topics related to ‘Innovation of Plant Breeding in the Post Pandemic COVID-19 Era’.

Confirmed Speakers:

Norman Borlaug Lecture

1. Prof. Dr. Richard Visser
Chair & Head Plant Breeding
Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
Challenges and Opportunities in Breeding Future Proof and Sustainable Solanaceous Crops

Plenary Speakers

2. Prof. Dr. Daniel Tan Kean Yuen
University of Sydney, Australia
Pre-Breeding Methods for Heat Tolerant Cotton and Okra

3. Prof. Dr. Nigel Maxted 
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
How to Double the Genetic Diversity Available to Breeders

4. Prof. Dr. Richard M Trethowan
University of Sydney, Australia
Experiences from Trait Focused Pre-Breeding

5. Dr. B P Mallikarjuna Swamy
International Rice Research Institute, Philippines
Development of Healthier Rice oo Achieve Global Nutritional Security

6. Prof. Dr. Rony Swennen
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Nigeria
Accelerated Breeding and Delivering Plantain and Cooking (Matooke and Mchare) Banana Hybrids for Africa and Contributions from Asia

7. Prof. Dr. Paul Arens
Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
Developments within Genetics and Genomics of Ornamental Plants: Breeding in Ornamentals is Coming of Age

8. Prof. Dr. Hou Yu
National University of Singapore
Breeding for Urban Farming Crops

The conference organizer cordially invites academics, practitioners, scholars, researches and policy makers of related government agencies to participate or to present their papers in IPBC2022. Papers should be submitted through online and will be blind reviewed by two reviewers. We also welcome and highly encourage postgraduate students to present their research proposal, literature review, findings or issues in this conference with special registration fee.

Authors are invited to submit papers for oral and poster presentations.

Submission of the abstract/paper can be made via online registration through this link:
https://submit.confbay.com/conf/ipbc2020

or email the registration form that can be obtained from PGM website to the conference Secretariat:
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Abstract submission date is by 30 December 2021. Further details can be obtained from https://www.pgm-my.org/event/ipbc2022

The abstract and/or full paper will be reviewed and notification of acceptance will be emailed within 2 weeks of submission.

All accepted extended abstracts or full papers will be offered to be published in the conference proceedings or in the Transactions of PGM, in short the tPGM with ISBN. The Transactions is the Society’s scientific publication. It is published periodically and will be freely downloadable from PGM website (https://www.pgm-my.org/)

Selected full papers will be offered to be published in:

1.      Malaysian Journal of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (MJBMB) E-ISSN 2600-9005, indexed by SCOPUS and MYCITE with a publication fee
2.      Malaysian Journal of Genetics (MJG), e-ISSN: 2811-3594 with a publication fee

Shall you have any enquires, feel free to contact the organizing committee at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Best regards,
Secretariat IPBC2022,
+017-2132785 (WhatsApp)
+603-89280577

Announcement From: Faculty of Tropical Forestry, UMS

Tropical Forestry 2021 (TF2021) (Virtual Conference)

14th-15th December 2021 - Universiti Malaysia Sabah

Dear Prof./Assoc.Prof./Ir./Dr./Mr./Mrs.,

May this invitation find you at your peak health.

The Faculty of Tropical Forestry (FPT) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) is organizing the ‘Tropical Forestry (TF2021)’, which will be conducted in an all-virtual web-conference. The conference will bring together researchers and academics in the field of forestry science, to share knowledge and present the latest research results, as well as exchange ideas and forge collaborative relationships.

The TF2021 organizing committee cordially invites all foresters and the public to attend the:-

🍀Opening Ceremony, Keynote and Invited Speakers🍀

Date : 14 December 2021 (Tuesday)

Time : 0800 - 1100 MYT

🌳Webex link:

https://ums-edu-my.webex.com/ums-edu-my/j.php?MTID=m26c4851a88f942a78dbf4a5bd2976512 

🌳FB live link:                                               

https://www.facebook.com/fakultiperhutanantopikaUMS

🌳Programme Book:

https://tf-2021.ums.edu.my/ss

Kindly visit the ‘TF2021’ website at https://tf-2021.ums.edu.my/ for more details and updates on the conference. For further inquiries, please do not hesitate to send us an email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

🌳Be there. Your presence in enlivening and making this program a success is greatly appreciated.🌳

Publicity Committee,

TF2021,

Faculty of Tropical Forestry,

Universiti Malaysia Sabah.

Announcement From: U-Science UMS

In collaboration with U-Science UMS and Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation (IBTP), Prof/Assoc. Prof.Dr./Dr/Sir/Madam/Ms are invited to join our STEM Speaker Series as listed in the attached poster via Youtube Live platform (Channel : Pusat UScience UMS).

Date : 06th December 2021 (Monday)

Time : 02.30pm

Youtube live link : https://youtu.be/f7VyoFZiAv8

E-certificate, IDP/ SDP will be provided to all participants.

Thank you

Announcement From: U-Science, UMS

In collaboration with U-Science UMS and Faculty of Science and Natural Resources (FSSA), Prof/Assoc. Prof.Dr./Dr/Sir/Madam/Ms are invited to join our STEM Speaker Series as listed in the attached poster via Youtube Live platform (Channel : Pusat UScience UMS).

Date : 02nd December 2021 (Thursday)

Time : 02.30pm

Youtube live link : https://youtube.be/xd6FOyS3NEc

E-certificate, IDP/ SDP will be provided to all participants.

Thank you.