13th International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar

The Organizing Committee of the International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar (IPCHS) is pleased to launch this website for all who are planning to participate or who are interested in this conference which will be held in Clermont-Ferrand (France) from August 26 to 30, 2024. We cordially invite all of you to join these vital and fruitful discussions in the field of plant cold hardiness research. 

​Since the first meeting in St. Paul, USA, in 1977, IPCHS had been held in many cities in different countries. And this time, it will be held in France for the first time.

​Further understanding of fundamental aspects of the nature of plant cold hardiness will likely contribute to the advancement of science well as to the welfare of human and other lives on Earth. At the IPCHS, participants will bring recent findings together and present up-to-the-minute views of active research programs in plant cold hardiness or related fields. The Seminar will include lectures, selected presentations and poster sessions by any one who want to share his point of view in this field.

Are you willing to join ?

See below important information (click on read more)

Nota bene For young researchers (students and recent PhDs), a lecture series by senior researchers for will be held, aiming to transfer knowledge and promote free and vigorous discussions, the week before the meeting. More information here

Additional information: Job vacancies
PhD thesis in PIAF Lab, Clermont-Ferrand, France
https://eng-piaf.clermont.hub.inrae.fr/training/thesis

Post doctoral research associate in UW-Madison Horticulture, USA
https://plantresilience.cals.wisc.edu/people/join-us/

The organizing committee

Guillaume Charrier, INRAE France
Thierry Ameglio, INRAE France
Nadia Arias, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Argentina
Amaya Atucha, University of Madison Wisconsin, USA
Katline Charra Vaskou, INRAE France
Nicolas Dusart, INRAE France
Jun Kasuga, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Japan
Isabelle Lejeune, INRAE France
Annette Nassuth, University of Guelph, Canada
Gilbert Neuner, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Rebecca Roston, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA
Muhamad Shahid, University of Florida, USA
Daisuke Takahashi, Saitama University, Japan
Karen Tanino, Saskatchewan University, Canada
Matsuo Uemura, Iwate University, Japan
Yann Vitasse, Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research WSL, Switzerland
Ian Willick , Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Registration & abstract submission for oral and poster presentation:
Open January 1st 2024
Deadline April 30th 2024

Early fees:
Deadline 31st March 2024

Registration for lecture series: Deadline May 31st 2024
Registration without presentation: Deadline June 30th 2024

Lectures for young scholars by senior researchers:
20-23 August 2024

13th IPCHS
26-30 August 2024