International Oat Conferences/Hosts
May, 2024
The Chilean group is now using the internationaloat.com website for the 2026 conference. All of the materials related to the 2022 conference in Australia are still available on the site in the OAT2022 section.
September, 2023
Several new countries now have representatives on the IOC committee! Some countries have also designated backup representatives. The new list can be found here.
May, 2023
The IOC country representatives have voted, and Pucón, Chile, has been selected to host the 2026 International Oat Conference (12th IOC). Congratulations to the Chilean group, headed by Karina von Baer! You can find a message from Karina here.
Both the German and Chilean groups submitted excellent, high-quality bids, and the IOC committee would like to thank them for all of their time and effort. The vote was *very* close, so the German group is being encouraged to submit a bid to host the 13th IOC meeting in 2030!
A link to the website for the 2026 conference will be posted here once it has been set up.
IOC Committee structure
As of October 13th, 2022, the IOC chair is Steffen Beuch (NORDSAAT Saatzucht GmbH, Germany) and the secretary is Charlene Wight (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Canada). The list of country representatives is here.
Previous International Oat Conferences/Hosts:
- 2022 Perth, Australia (GIWA)
- 2016 St. Petersburg, Russia (VIR)
- 2012 Beijing, China (CAAS)
- 2008 Minneapolis, MN, USA (UMN)
- 2004 Helsinki, Finland (MTT Agrifood Research Finland)
- 2000 Christchurch, New Zealand (New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research Limited)
- 1996 Saskatoon, SK, Canada (CDC, U. Saskatchewan)
- 1992 Adelaide, Australia
- 1988 Lund, Sweden
- 1985 Aberystwyth, UK (University College of Wales)
- 1982 State College, PA, USA (Penn State) (Proceedings published as part of the Oat Newsletter)