Bioacademy 2008 – Scientific Conference Conclusions
Since 2000, Bioacademy has become a meeting point not only for workers in agriculture but also for specialists and researchers. This led the organizers to make a change in the character of the conference with the introduction of a scientific part dealing with the current issues of research in the field of organic agriculture.
The broad topic of New Trends in Science and Research in Organic Farming was chosen for the whole Bioacademy 2008 and, at the scientific conference specialists from various fields exchanged the latest findings from research within this agricultural system including issues of landscape and other elements of the environment. Every lecture and poster presented at the conference was recorded in the form of a 4-page scientific article which was defended before an international team of experts and published in the Bioacademy Abstract Proceedings. This publication comprises of 34 scientific articles (17 of which were presented as lectures, the rest as posters – some of them including a brief verbal summary) divided into 3 sections. The themes of the sections were: Cereal production and cultivar trials, Fertility management and plant protection, and Quality, consumers. Each lecture was followed by a discussion, in which a number of details and uncertainties were explained. Divided according to countries, there were 13 contributions from the Czech Republic, 6 from Austria, 5 from Poland, 2 from Norway, 2 from Slovakia, and 1 each from Estonia, Iran, Lithuania, Germany, Switzerland and the USA.
Participants in the scientific conference, together with those of the conference for practitioners, also took part in the introductory plenary meeting and a closing meeting of all participants of Bioacademy. According to their interests, they could also choose from the excursions on offer (Czech Republic, Austria, Slovakia).
It is clear from discussions at the conference, from participants’ reactions and from consultation with lecturers, that introducing the scientific conference to the format of Bioacademy was a good idea. We believe that it will attract an increasing number of participants from the specialist public, enabling us in future conferences to extend the range of contributions from even more countries, both inside and outside of Europe.
Bořivoj Šarapatka, Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic
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