Abstracts are invited from researchers, practitioners, and postgraduate students working anywhere across plant protection and pollination science.
2026 theme
Topics of Interest
The 2026 edition of ICPS is built on the Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management (IPPM) framework. Work that bridges two or more topics is particularly welcome.
Integrated management of crop pests and diseases
Ecological and cultural control, monitoring and forecasting, resistance management, decision thresholds.
Biology and ecology of pollinating insects
Diversity and abundance surveys, foraging behaviour, pollination efficiency, habitat requirements, managed and wild pollinators.
Pesticide impacts on non-target organisms
Lethal and sub-lethal effects, exposure routes, residue dynamics, risk assessment, natural enemy conservation.
Biopesticides and biological control
Entomopathogenic viruses, fungi, bacteria and nematodes; parasitoids and predators; botanical extracts; formulation and field efficacy.
IPPM strategies in tropical farming systems
Field-scale integration, landscape approaches, smallholder adoption, on-farm demonstration, economics of IPPM.
Biotechnology for sustainable plant protection
RNAi and gene silencing, CRISPR-based approaches, molecular diagnostics, DNA barcoding, transgenic crops, nanotechnology.
Plant protection policy and biodiversity conservation
Regulatory frameworks, phytosanitary policy, invasive species governance, pollinator protection policy, conservation planning.
Formats
How you can present
Oral presentation
15 minutes presentation plus 5 minutes discussion, in a parallel session grouped by topic. Available on site and online.
Poster presentation
Displayed for the duration of the conference with a dedicated discussion slot. On-site posters are printed by the presenter; online posters are shown digitally.
Non-presenting participant
Attend all sessions, the keynote lectures, and the IPPM workshop without submitting an abstract.
Requirements
Abstract guidelines
- Language: English only.
- Length: 250–300 words, excluding title, authors, and keywords.
- Structure: a single unstructured paragraph covering background, objective, method, key results, and conclusion.
- Keywords: three to five, separated by semicolons.
- Title: sentence case, no full stop, maximum 20 words.
- Authors: full names, affiliations, and the corresponding author’s email.
- Format: Microsoft Word (.docx), Times New Roman 12 pt, single spacing.
- Content: no figures, no tables, no references in the abstract.
- Originality: the work must not have been presented or published elsewhere.
Topic selection. Nominate one primary topic when you submit. The scientific committee may reassign your abstract to a better-fitting topic and will tell you if it does.
Review. Every abstract is reviewed by the scientific committee. Outcomes are accept for oral, accept for poster, or decline. You will be notified by 25 September 2026.
Presenting author. Each accepted abstract needs one registered, fee-paid presenting author. One author may present a maximum of two abstracts.
After the conference
Full paper submission
Presenting a paper does not by itself place it in the proceedings. To be considered, submit a full manuscript by 20 October 2026.
- Full papers undergo double-blind peer review by internal and international reviewers.
- Manuscripts must follow the template supplied with your acceptance letter.
- Papers are screened for similarity before review.
- Accepted papers appear in a Scopus-indexed proceedings.
The proceedings publisher is being finalised. The manuscript template and formatting rules will be issued to registered authors together with the acceptance notification.
A number of selected papers may be recommended for submission to affiliated journals in plant protection and entomology. Recommendation is not acceptance; each journal applies its own editorial process independently.