Conference Sarajevo, Bosna and Hercegovina
by Jozef Polák
In the period of 25-27. 4. 2018 the conference ““ International Conference on Advances in Plant Sciences ICAPS 2018” was held in Sarajevo, Bosna and Hercegovina. The conference, in which participated scientists in plant biology from 14 countries of Europe, Asia and was organized by the International University of Sarajevo. On the organization of the conference participated also Dr. Oksana Sytar from FAPZ SPU Nitra, which was a member of Organizing Committee and she was also moderating one of the section of the conference. In addition, the SAU was represented by prof. Ing. Marián Brestič, CSc. and doc. Ing. Marek Živčák, PhD. The last mentioned presented the activities of the Department in Plant Phenotyping within the keynote oral presentation. In addition to participants from the host country and from EU, the most numerous were the scientists from Turkey, Arabian countries, North Africa and Indonesia, which enabled to propagate the activities of the Department and the University beyond the usual geographic zone. The conference provided also forum for scientific discussions and non-formal meetings with a good atmosphere. Thus, in addition to new knowledge, attendants took home new contacts and offers for international cooperation. As a part of the conference, we attended an excursion to the new-built Research Center of the hosting university.