Symposium secretariat

Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP
Schwarzenburgstasse 161
3003 Bern
Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)26 407 72 54
Fax: +41 (0)26 407 73 00
E-mail: adelheid.boschung@alp.admin.ch

Addresses of programme and organization committee

Ueli Bütikofer
Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP
Schwarzenburgstasse 161
3003 Bern
Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)31 323 84 82
Fax: +41 (0)31 323 82 27
E-mail: Ueli.Buetikofer@alp.admin.ch

Hans-Peter Bachmann
Agroscope Liebefeld-Posieux Research Station ALP
Schwarzenburgstasse 161
3003 Bern
Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)31 323 84 91
Fax: + 41 (0)31 323 82 27
E-mail: Hans-Peter.Bachmann@alp.admin.ch

Jörg Seifert
IDF Head Office
Diamant Building 80
Boulevard Auguste Reyers
1030 Brussels
Belgium

Phone: +32 (0)27 068 646
Fax: +32 (0)27 330 413
E-mail: JSeifert@fil-idf.org

I've already been to ALP in Liebefeld. Ueli and Hans-Peter - those really are two crazy guys - took me round, and I was very impressed by the work they're doing there. I specially liked their pilot plants and culture production, though found the various items of analytical equipment rather bewildering. I was struck by the enthusiasm of the many creative young people working there. ALP is really keen to use research for practical purposes. Even I was able to implement one or two good Liebefeld developments.

Their home page www.alp.admin.ch is very user-friendly, but unfortunately mostly only available in German or French. But things won't change much as long as the EU refuses to join Switzerland. Check out ALP's Annual Report: www.alp.admin.ch/dokumentation/