Programme

28. August 2019 – DAY 1

08:30-9:00 Arrival to ARC, Saku. Welcoming coffee, registration

09:00-9:15 0pening. Introduction from ARC Director - Pille Koorberg: "Lab activities in 2018" session: labs should concentrate only to really new activities (new methods, new tasks etc.) and new pest findings

09:15-9:40 Overview of programme and Lab activities 2018 in Estonia - Karme Petrutis

09:40-10:05 Lab activities 2018 in Finland - Jukka Tegel

10:05-10:30 Lab activities 2018 in Latvia (Acute Oak Disease) - Gunita Bokuma, Laura Celam

10:30-10:55 Lab activities 2018 in Lithuania - Lina Jankuvienė

10:55-11:20 Lab activities 2018 in Norway - Hanne Skomedal

11:20-11:45 Lab activities 2018 in Poland - Janina Butrymowicz

11:45-12:10 Lab activities 2018 in Denmark - Regin Rønn

12:10-13:00 Lunch in ARC, Saku

13:00-14:00 Excursion to the Plant Health and Microbiology laboratory / Greenhouse

14:00-14:30 Presentation: Challenges and experience in respecting of implementation of ISO17025:2018 - Silvija Pupelienė

14:30-15:00 Coffee break

15:00-16:00 Presentation: Challenges and experience in respecting of implementation of ISO17025:2018 - Johanna Santala

Discussion/Round table: Challenges and experience in respecting of implementation of ISO17025:2018 and other topics

16:00 Practical information and departure to the train station to Tallinn (train at 16:37)

19.00 Dinner at F-hoone (Telliskivi 60a)

29. August 2019 – DAY 2

08:30-9:00 Welcoming coffee

09:00-9:40 Discussion forum: of verification, validation and accreditation - Finland

09:40-10:20 Discussion: Methods accreditation, scope for National reference laboratories, EU reference laboratories according Reg.2017/625 - Silvija Pupelienė (Lithuania) and Poland

10:20-10:35 Presentation/discussion: Ralstonia solanacearum  proficiency test 2018 - Valentina Ermakovich

10:35-11:00 Presentation: Recent experiences with Xanthomonas fragariae on strawberry in Norway - Juliana Perminow

11:00-11:25 Presentation: Official testing for the presence of Meloidogyne spp. in Poland - Joanna Guenter

11:25-12:00 Presentation: Plant parasitic nematodes found on the Surveillance program for nematodes and Phytophthora spp on imported, woody ornamental plants trees - Ricardo Holgado

12:00-12:45 Lunch in ARC, Saku

12:45-13:15 Presentation / discussion: Erwinia amylovora testing and problems - Jekaterina Aida

13:15-13:45 Presentation / discussion: Agrilus planipennis detection and identification from sticky traps - Gabriela Uffert, Valentina Kotsetova

13:45-14:15 Presentation: Phytophthora spp., found on the Surveillance program for nematodes and Phytophthora spp on imported, woody ornamental plants trees - Ricardo Holgado

14:15-14:45 Coffee break

14:45-15:15 Proficiency test "Detection and identification of Diaporthe vaccinii from artificially infested cranberry (Vaccinium oxycoccos) twigs". Findings and activities in bacteriology 2018/2019  (Ring test C. michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus, new findings) - Dace Saulīte, Gunta Bondare

15:15 Closing words. (Next meeting place decision)

16:00    Departure to Tallinn