ISAA stands for International Society for Agrochemical Adjuvants. This society is under development to provide a backbone for the successful ISAA Symposia. These symposia are organised once in the three years and the next one, ISAA 2010, is in 2010 in Munich, Germany.
Previous symposia were held in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada (1986); Blacksburg, Virginia, USA (1989); Cambridge, UK, (1992); Melbourne, Australia (1995); Memphis, Tennesee, USA (1998); Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2001); Cape Town, South Africa (2004) and in Columbus, Ohio, USA (2007).
Objectives ISAA Society
The objectives in brief of the ISAA Society are:
- Supporting the ISAA symposium committee's with the organisation of the ISAA symposia, including technical sessions and a Trade Exhibition.
- Providing a non-commercial platform for exchange of information and ideas regarding the development, testing and application of adjuvants for agrochemicals and related topics.
- Maintaining and development of standards for technical issues.
- Publishing ISAA Symposium proceedings and other publications on adjuvants for agrochemicals.
- Stimulating innovative research on adjuvants for agrochemicals.
Organisation and membership
The ISAA Society will have individual members and an Advisory Group with representatives of the agrochemical industry and various institutions. On August 10, 2007, the following officers were selected for the board of the Society.
Hans de Ruiter, President, SURfaPLUS, The Netherlands
Peter Baur, Vice-Chairman, Bayer CropScience, Germany
Heleen Le Grand, Secretary, SURfaPLUS, The Netherlands
Timothy Figley,Treasurer, Stepan Company, USA
The ISAA Society's secretariat is currently located in Wageningen, The Netherlands . The Society has been registered with the Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands under no. NL 09153768.
Information for applying to individual memberships will be made available via this website soon. Pre-registration without any (financial or other) commitment is possible by sending us just your name and e-mail address.