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International Seed Testing Association
Richtiarkade 18
8304 Wallisellen, CH
+41 44 838 60 00
ista.office@ista.ch

Calendar

2026

January	OECD TWG January 27 - 29, 2026 Location: Paris, France
February	Webinar: ISTA Universal List of Species and its Identification References: ISTA Project 20-2 February 04, 2026 Location: Online
March	QA Webinar: Critical Suppliers Evaluation March 03, 2026 Location: Online ISTA Workshop on Seed Sampling and Quality Assurance in Seed Sampling March 17 - 20, 2026 Location: Budapest, Hungary AFSTA Congress March 23 - 25, 2026 Location: Cape Town, South Africa
April	OECD Forest Seeds TWG April 28 - 29, 2026 Location: Poland
May	ISTA Rules Proposals for 2027 Discussion Session May 13, 2026 Location: Online ISF World Seed Congress 2026 May 16 - 28, 2026 Location: Lisbon, Portugal ISTA Workshop: Multispectral imaging for seed quality assessment – focus on use for other seeds and purity determination May 27 - 29, 2026 Location: Rødvig, Denmark ISSS-ISTA Webinar: Wild Seeds in Focus - Science and Digital Innovation May 28, 2026 Location: Online
June	AOSA/SCST Annual Meeting June 05 - 11, 2026 Location: Rochester, New York ISTA Workshop on Seed Health Testing, a deep dive into mycology method execution and validation June 15 - 17, 2026 Location: Edmonton, Canada OECD Annual Meeting June 15 - 19, 2026 Location: Paris, France ISTA Workshop on Seed Identification Resources and Methods June 16 - 18, 2026 Location: Edmonton, Canada ISTA Annual Meeting 2026 June 22 - 25, 2026 Location: Calgary, Canada
August	ABRATES Congress 2026 August 25 - 28, 2026 Location: Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
September	ISF Forest Meeting September 08 - 11, 2026 Location: Galicia, Spain
October	OECD Forest Seeds TWG October 06 - 07, 2026 Location: Paris, France ISTA Workshop: Imaging Technologies for Seed Testing October 20 - 22, 2026 Location: Buenos Aires, Argentinas EuroSeed Congress October 25 - 28, 2026 Location: Valencia, Spain ISTA Workshop on Quality Assurance and ISTA Accreditation - Advanced Level October 27 - 30, 2026 Location: Saskatoon, Canada
November	ISTA Workshop on Seed Sampling and Quality Assurance in Seed Sampling November 02 - 05, 2026 Location: Taşkent, Republic of Uzbekistan ISTA Workshop on Germination and Tetrazolium Seed Testing November 03 - 05, 2026 Location: Oudtshoorn, South Africa ISTA Workshop on Quality Assurance and ISTA Accreditation - Advanced Level November 17 - 20, 2026 Location: Palmerston North, New Zealand
December	APSA Congress December 01 - 05, 2026 Location: Antalya, Turkiye ASTA Field Crop Convention December 17 - 19, 2026 Location: Orlando, United States

2027

July	ISTA Annual Meeting July 05 - 08, 2027 Location: Angers, France

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