CIOSTA 2026 conference has been cancelled
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Dear Colleagues,
We regret to inform you that the CIOSTA 2026 conference has been officially cancelled.
This was a difficult decision for us and we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and disappointment this may cause. We recognize the considerable time and effort many of you have already dedicated to this gathering.
We remain committed to the CIOSTA community and look forward to sharing updates about future opportunities to meet.
Chairs of the 41st CIOSTA Conference
Avital Bechar, Yael Salzer
Organizing Committee
Dr. Yael Salzer (Chair) – Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Prof. Avital Bechar (Co-chair) - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Dr. Victor Alchanatis - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Dr. Sefi Vernick - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Dr. Amihai Horesh - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Dr. Ran Lati - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Dr. Elena Vitoshkin - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Scientific Committee
Prof. Avital Bechar (Chair) - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Dr. Yael Salzer (Co-chair) – Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Prof. Ricardo Bartosik - National Institute of Agricultural Technology, Argentina
Prof. Sigal Berman - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Prof. Remigio Berruto - The University of Turin, Italy
Prof. Dionysis Bochtis - Centre for Research & Technology Hellas, Greece
Prof. Anna Brook – University of Haifa, Israel
Prof. Pietro Catania - University of Palermo, Italy
Prof. Amir Degani – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Prof. Yael Edan - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Dr. Ilan Halachmi - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Katja Heitkämper - Agroscope, Switzerland
Prof. Tadeusz Juliszewski – University of Agriculture, Krakow, Poland
Prof. Novruz Kasumov - Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, Russia
Dr. Iftach Klapp - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Dr. Noam Koenigstein - Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Prof. Rafi Linker – Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Prof. Tal Oron-Gilad - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Prof. Yisrael Parmet - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
Prof. Elisabeth Quendler - BOKU University, Austria
Prof. Gilad Ravid – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Prof. Thiago Romanelli - University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Offer Rozenstein - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Dr. Giorgi Shtenberg - Agricultural Research Organization - Volcani Institute, Israel
Dr. Avishai Sintov - Tel-Aviv University, Israel
Prof. Claus Sørensen - Aarhus University, Denmark
Prof. David Zarrouk – Ben Gurion University, Israel
Contact Us - Conference Secretariat
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