It is our pleasure to inform you about the upcoming ’4th International conference on the organic sector development in Central/Eastern European and Central Asian countries’.

The conference will take place in Izmir, Turkey on April 13 - 14, 2012 followed by excursions on April 15, 2012.

Organizers: Organic Federation of Ukraine, «Organic Servises" (Germany), «Ekolojik Tarım Organizasyonu Derneği» (Turkey).

This year’s conference will focus on organic farming and how to maintain and improve its integrity. Quality assurance in production, processing and trade, residue monitoring, anti fraud activities, traceability as well as education and training regarding these issues will be conference themes. As Turkey is one of the leading organic cotton and textile producers, sustainable textiles will be included in the conference.

We invite you to submit your proposal and become a speaker of the 4th conference. The call for contributions is open until February 10, 2012. Please find all necessary information attached.

The conference will present practical and scientific knowledge and allow exchange of experiences among practitioners in the fields of Black Sea and Mediterranean organic products like hazelnuts, seedless raisins, figs and apricots, grain, rice and seed production, animal husbandry, cotton growing and wild collection. It will broaden participants’ understanding of quality issues and aims at bridging obstacles from production throughout the value chain to companies having to cope with consumers concerns.

Please note the following dates:

-  Conference website online: January 20, 2012
-  Early Bird registration until: February 29, 2012
-  Call for contributions open until: February 10, 2012
-  Notification of speaker acceptance / refusal until: March 2, 2012
-  Submission of full papers until: March 9, 2012

For more information and sponsoring opportunities, please contact one of the organizers.