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 'Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance II', 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 'Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance II' (February 22 - 25, 2012) will cover the recent advances in following research areas:

- Plant Response to Cold and Heat Stresses
- Plant Response to Drought, Salt and Osmotic Stresses
- Plant Response to Oxidative Stress
- Plant Response to Nutrient and Flooding Stresses
- Signal Transduction of Stress Tolerance
- Functional Genomics of Abiotic Stress Tolerance
- Modelling and Systems Biology of Abiotic Stress Tolerance
- Breeding & Biotechnology of Abiotic Stress Tolerance
- Plant Abiotic Stress Signaling

Amongst the invited speakers are internationally known names such as H. Hirt, J-K. Zhu, R. Bressan, J. M. Pardo, J. Zhu, M. Uemura, R. Munns, D. Golldack, R. Mittler, Zh. Gong, K.J. Dietz, M. Tester, N. G. Halford, M. B. Jackson, D. Liu, R. Tuberosa, R. Hedrich, M. Teige, S. Komatsu, J. R. Witcombe, O. Loudet 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.