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 Growth, Nutrition & Environment Interactions', 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 Growth, Nutrition & Environment Interactions' (February 18 - 21, 2012) will cover the recent advances in following research areas:

- Signalling in Plant Growth and Development
- Hormones in Plant Growth and Development
- Environmental Regulation of Plant Growth & Development
- Plant Nutrition: Physiology and Mechanism
- Plant Nutrition: Symbiotic Interactions
- Plant Nutrition: Acquisition, Homeotasis
- Plant Nutrition: Crop Quality/Productivity
- Management of Plant Nutrition/Fertilizers
- Management of Heavy Metals in Plants and Soil
- Plant - Environment Interactions

Amongst the invited speakers are internationally known names such as S. Schubert, H. Rennenberg, M. Stitt, K.H. Mühling, N. von Wirén, A.J. Bloom, A. Amtmann, W.J. Horst, W.W. Wenzel, S. Weise, G. Krouk, F. Martin, Z.Y. Wang, A.T. Classen, Y.F. Tsay, G. Vert, J.C. Davidian, I. Kovalchuk, M.J. Crabbe 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.