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ISSCT Bulletin August 2023

The August Bulletin includes news on the XXXII Congress, and the latest news, research and events re...
A summary of Factory Commission activities at the XXXI ISSCT Congress in Hyderabad

The Factory Commission had a full programme of 33 technical papers for oral presentation. Unfortun...
2023 ASSCT Conference

The 44th annual conference of ASSCT was held at the Cairns Convention Centre over four days during A...
Instructions to Authors & Intent to Submit Form : XXXII Centennial Congress

Instructions to authors wishing to submit a paper or poster for the XXXII Centennial Congress, set t...
XXXII Congress Newsletter No.1

The Newsletter No. 1 for the ISSCT XXXII Centennial Congress which will be held from 21 to 31 August...
ISSCT Bulletin June 2023

The June Bulletin includes news on the XXXII Congress, workshops and the latest news, research and e...
ISSCT Bulletin April 2023

The April Bulletin includes news on the XXXI Congress and the latest news, research and events relat...
Obituary: Michel Hoarau

(1 November 1933 – 20 February 2023) Mr. Michel Hoarau, a leading personality of sugarcane res...
XXXI Congress 2023

The XXXI ISSCT Congress was held in Hyderabad, India from 20 to 23 February 2023 and ...
Governance Update

Following the XXXI Congress in Hyderabad, India, a number of updates were made to the governance of ...
Honorary Life Members – Update

Honorary life members are elected by Council on the recommendation of the Executive, following nomin...
XXXII Congress 2025

The next XXXII Congress, the Centennial one, is scheduled for August 2025 in Cali, Colombia. Find ou...
Membership Fees – Update

Membership of the Society is open to all persons and organisations involved in the study, applicatio...
ISSCT Bulletin January 2023

The first Bulletin of 2023 looks ahead to the XXXI Congress, including its programme, plus the lates...
ISSCT Bulletin December 2022

The December Bulletin includes news on the XXXI Congress and the latest news, research and events re...
ISSCT Bulletin November 2022

The November Bulletin includes the latest Congress Newsletter, an obituary for Michael Camm Bennett,...
In Memoriam: Michael Camm Bennett

(29 September 1929 – 2 October 2022) Mike was born in Bath and educated there at King Edward VI Sc...
ISSCT Bulletin October 2022

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes the latest ISSCT webinar announcements, news on the ISSCT X...
ISSCT Bulletin September 2022

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes the latest ISSCT webinar announcements, news on the ISSCT X...
Agriculture Commission Webinar

Tuesday 27 September 2022, 11:00 a.m. GMT “Aspects of agro-ecological approaches in sugarcane farm...
Factory Processing Webinar

Thursday 29 September, 2022 11:00 a.m. GMT “Current Factory Processing Challenges for the Internat...
ISSCT Bulletin August 2022

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes the latest ISSCT webinar announcements, news on the ISSCT X...
ISSCT Bulletin July 2022

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes the latest ISSCT webinar announcements, as well as the late...
Entomology Webinar

“Advances in Proactive and Non-chemical Sugarcane Insect Management” Thursday 18 August 2022...
Co-products Commission Webinar

Theme: Value adding to bagasse The webinar is planned for 28 July 2022 from 11:00am GMT – 1:00pm G...
ISSCT Bulletin June 2022

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes the Germplasm & Breeding Section Webinar and the other ...
Germplasm & Breeding Section Webinar

BIOLOGY COMMISSION THEMETechnology use in advancing progress in Germplasm use for the developmen...
ISSCT Bulletin May 2022

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes the website for the XXXI Congress, the Pathology Section we...
ISSCT XXXI Congress Website

The Congress website is now operational and may be accessed through the link below. The website cont...
ISSCT Pathology Section Webinars

Language The Webinar will be conducted in English. Registration The Registration Form for the Webina...
ISSCT Bulletin April 2022

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes the first newsletter for the XXXI Congress and information ...
Register for ISSCT Molecular Biology Webinar

Tuesday 2 August 2022, 11 a.m. GMT “Genome Editing of Sugarcane” As part of the series of ...
Management Commission Workshop: First Announcement

The Management Commission Workshop will take place during the XXXI International Society of Sugar Ca...
ISSCT March Bulletin

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes more information on the upcoming ISSCT webinar and workshop...
ISSCT February Bulletin

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes an update on ISSCT webinars, important dates for the next C...
ISSCT January Bulletin

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes a message on copyright infringement as well as, as usual, t...
ISSCT December Bulletin

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes a message to ISSCT members, an invitation from the Sugar Te...
Call for papers and posters – 2023 ISSCT Hyderabad Congress

The 2023 ISSCT Congress will be held in Hyderabad, India, during 20-23 February 2023. Now is the tim...
Invitation To Attend XXXI ISSCT Congress – 20-23 February 2023, HICC, Hyderabad

I am pleased to announce that the XXXI Congress of the International Society of Sugar Cane Technolog...
ISSCT November Bulletin

The Society’s latest Bulletin includes an update on the XXXI Congress and ISSCT strategic init...
ISSCT October Bulletin

October’s ISSCT Bulletin continues to examine the impacts of Covid-19 on sugar cane industries...
ISSCT September Bulletin

The ISSCT Bulletin, published monthly, collects the latest news on sugar cane technology and researc...
ISSCT August Bulletin

The ISSCT Bulletin, published monthly, collects the latest news on sugar cane technology and researc...
Announcement on ISSCT Workshops

Dear ISSCT Members We wish to inform you that a virtual meeting of the Executive Committee and TPC w...
ISSCT July Bulletin

The ISSCT Bulletin, published monthly, collects the latest news on sugar cane technology and researc...
ISSCT June Bulletin

The ISSCT Bulletin, published monthly, collects the latest news on sugar cane technology and researc...
Follow ISSCT on LinkedIn

The International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists now has a LinkedIn page. ISSCT will use this p...
ISSCT XIII Pathology Workshop

*Update (15 July 2021): A virtual meeting of the Executive Committee and TPC was held on Thursday 8 ...
4th Agricultural Engineering, Agronomy And Extension Workshop, Cali, 22 – 25 November 2021

*Update (15 July 2021): A virtual meeting of the Executive Committee and TPC was held on Thursday 8 ...
ISSCT Co-Products Workshop – Queensland, Australia – Dec 2021

*Update (15 July 2021): A virtual meeting of the Executive Committee and TPC was held on Thursday 8 ...
XVI International Congress on Sugar and Sugarcane by-products (DIVERSIFICACIÓN 2021) – Cuba

Sugar Group AZCUBA, the Cuban Association of Sugar Technologists (ATAC) and the Cuban Institute of S...
Circular to ISSCT Members: December 2020

Dear ISSCT Members, As we are approaching the end of 2020, we would like to give you an update on th...
XXX Congress 2019

The XXX ISSCT Congress was held in Tucumán, Argentina from 2 to 5 September 2019 and was attended b...
Webinar – ISSCT, Bonsucro & ISO

On 20 July 2020, the International Society of Sugar Cane Technologists, Bonsucro and the Internation...
In Memoriam: Dr Jaap Bruijn

It is with sadness that the sugar cane community in South Africa and internationally has learned of ...
ISSCT Circular October 2019
Dear ISSCT Members We wish to convey to you the following elements of information concerning the ISS...
In Memoriam: Dr. Denver Thomas Loupe

(1927-2019) Denver Thomas Loupe passed away on 8 July 2019. A beloved father and grandfather, he is ...
In Memoriam: Dr. Erik Mirkov (1959 – 2018)

The sugarcane research community has lost a brilliant and vibrant scientist. Erik Mirkov, an outstan...
In Memoriam: John Rhys Williams (1925 – 2017)

John Rhys Williams was born in Wales in 1925. He was educated at Pentre Secondary School from 1936 t...
In Memoriam: Michael John Way (1962-2017)

It is very difficult to write an obituary for a colleague and/or friend of the same age as one gets ...
In Memoriam: Philip Gwyther Atherton (1931-2017)

It is with deep sadness that we have learned on 3 September that Philip Gwyther Antherton had passed...
In Memoriam: Jacques René Albert-Thenet (1940 – 2017)

Jacques René Albert-Thenet was born on Beau Champ Sugar Estate, Mauritius on 18 October 1940. He fi...
In Memoriam: Stanley “John” Pearce (1937-2017)

Stanley “John” Pearce was born in Ayr, North Queensland, Australia on 5th January 1937 to a suga...
In Memoriam: Sh. Shivajirao G. Patil (1925 – 2017)

Dear ISSCT Members Sh. Shivajirao G. Patil, Honorary Life Member of the ISSCT passed away on 22nd Ju...
In Memoriam: Dr Rodney Maud

By Jan Meyer The late Dr Rodney Maud enjoyed a very lustrous career that was strongly linked to suga...
In Memoriam: Dr. Benjamin Leighton Legendre (1943 – 2017)

Dr. Benjamin Leighton Legendre, Ben for short, an internationally renowned sugar technologist passed...