Dear Colleagues, Guests, and Friends, 

We are very pleased to offer to you this official invitation to come and join us at the International Conference 'Molecular Mapping & Marker Assisted Selection', one of four VIPCA Conferences being organized in beautiful Vienna in 2012! 

Vienna is the capital of Austria located in the heart of Europe on the banks of the Danube river, and considered as one of the three most important economic, cultural and touristic large cities of central Europe: besides Budapest and Prague. Apart from providing top science the Conference will capture the spirit of the city thanks to the central location of the venue offering a multitude of cultural events.

The International Conference 'Molecular Mapping & Marker Assisted Selection' (February 8 - 11, 2012) will cover the recent advances in following research areas:

- Plant Genome Organization and Analysis
- Genome Based Mapping
- Quantitative Trait Loci
- Molecular Markers
- Marker Assisted Selection/Breeding
- Reverse Genetics & Mutants Technologies
- Emerging Technologies: Zinc Finger Nucleases & Gene Targeting

Amongst the invited speakers are internationally known names such as J.L. Jannink, D. Kliebenstein, J. Snape, N. Jones, H. Bürstmayr, A.H. Paterson, J. Saez-Vasquez, R. Waugh, J. Salse, J. van Dongen, M. Steinfath, E. Paux, C. Feuillet, S. Xu, B.D. Kim, N.A. Tinker, M. Matsui, B. Usadel, J.R. Russell and others. Approximately 300-350 participants are expected including almost 40 speakers and many presentations selected from abstracts. The program combines plenary lectures, poster sessions, and sightseeing tours.