Meetings and events

Meetings

Participation in UPOV meetings is based on UPOV Member and Observer status.

Meeting documents are freely accessible to all.

Meeting Documents

Unless otherwise agreed by the Council of UPOV, only documents that have been adopted by the Council of UPOV and that have not been superseded can represent UPOV policies or guidance.

UPOV sessions: Program of the week

C	Council
CC	Consultative Committee
C(EXTR.)	Council (Extraordinary Sessions)
CAJ	Administrative and Legal Committee
TC	Technical Committee
TC-EDC	Enlarged Editorial Committee
TWA	Technical Working Party for Agricultural Crops
TWC	Technical Working Party on Automation and Computer Programs
TWF	Technical Working Party for Fruit Crops
TWM	Technical Working Party on Testing Methods and Techniques
TWO	Technical Working Party for Ornamental Plants and Forest Trees
TWV	Technical Working Party for Vegetables
BMT	Working Group on Biochemical and Molecular Techniques, and DNA-Profiling in Particular
EAF	Meeting on the Development of an Electronic Application Form
EAM	Meeting on Electronic Applications
WG-DUS	Working Group on DUS Support
WG-EDV	Working Group on Essentially Derived Varieties
WG-HRV	Working Group on harvested Material and Unauthorized use of Propagating Material
WG-SHF	Working Group on Guidance concerning Smallholder Farmers in relation to private and non-commercial use
UPOV	Seminars & Symposia
UPOV/DC	Diplomatic Conferences
UPOV/INACTIVE	Currently inactive

Future meeting dates

Month	Dates	Meeting	Type
January	Tuesday, 13 and Thursday, 15	Enlarged Editorial Committee	(virtual meetings)
March	Tuesday, 17 and Thursday, 19	Enlarged Editorial Committee	(virtual meetings)
October	Monday, 19 and Tuesday, 20	Technical Committee	Geneva, Switzerland
	Monday, 19 (evening)	Enlarged Editorial Committee	(hybrid meeting)
	Wednesday, 21	Administrative and Legal Committee	Geneva, Switzerland
	Thursday, 22	Consultative Committee	Geneva, Switzerland
	Friday, 23	Council	Geneva, Switzerland
	Date to provided	Seminar on [title to be provided]	Geneva, Switzerland

Month	Dates	Meeting	Type
January	Monday, 18 and Wednesday, 20	Enlarged Editorial Committee	(virtual meetings)
March	Tuesday, 23 and Wednesday, 24	Enlarged Editorial Committee	(virtual meetings)
October	Monday, 25 and Tuesday, 26	Technical Committee	Geneva, Switzerland
	Monday, 25 (evening)	Enlarged Editorial Committee	(hybrid meeting)
	Wednesday, 27	Administrative and Legal Committee	Geneva, Switzerland
	Thursday, 28	Consultative Committee	Geneva, Switzerland
	Friday, 29	Council	Geneva, Switzerland
	Date to provided	Seminar on [title to be provided]	Geneva, Switzerland

Seminars & Symposiums

Participation in UPOV seminars and symposiums are in general open to the public.

Unless otherwise agreed by the Council of UPOV, only documents that have been adopted by the Council of UPOV and that have not been superseded can represent UPOV policies or guidance.

UPOV/SEM/GE/25: Seminar on cooperation with breeders in DUS examination
October 22, 2025 (Geneva, Switzerland)
UPOV/SEM/GE/23: Seminar on the interaction between plant variety protection and the use of plant breeding technologies
March 22, 2023 (Geneva, Switzerland)
UPOV/SEM/GE/22: Seminar on the role of plant breeding and plant variety protection in enabling agriculture to mitigate and adapt to climate change
October 11, 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland) | October 12, 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland) | October 26, 2022 (Geneva, Switzerland)
UPOV/SEM/GE/2/21: Seminar on strategies that address policies involving plant breeding and plant variety protection
October 20, 2021 (Geneva, Switzerland)
UPOV/SEM/GE/21: Seminar on the breeder’s right in relation to harvested material
May 27, 2021 (Geneva, Switzerland)
UPOV/SEM/GE/19: Seminar on the Impact of Policy on Essentially Derived Varieties (EDVs) on Breeding Strategy
October 30, 2019 (Geneva, Switzerland)
UPOV-ITPGRFA/SYM/GE/16: Symposium on Possible Interrelations between the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) and the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV Convention)
October 26, 2016 (Geneva, Switzerland)
UPOV/SEM/GE/16: Seminar on Propagating and Harvested Material in the Context of the UPOV Convention
October 24, 2016 (Geneva, Switzerland)
UPOV/SEM/GE/13: Seminar on essentially derived varieties (EDVs)
October 22, 2013 (Geneva, Switzerland)
UPOV/SYM/GE/12: Symposium on the Benefits of Plant Variety Protection for Farmers and Growers
November 2, 2012 (Geneva, Switzerland)

Webinars

No webinars currently scheduled.

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Date: August 26, 2025

Time of session: 11:00 - 12:00 Geneva time

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Meetings and Events