Meetings and events
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agreed by the Council of UPOV, only documents that have been adopted by the Council of UPOV and that have not been superseded can represent UPOV policies or guidance.
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Future meeting dates
Month |
Dates |
Meeting |
Type |
| January | Tuesday, 13 and Thursday, 15 | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | (virtual meeting) |
| March | Monday, 16 | Meeting on Electronic Applications (EAM) | (virtual meeting) |
| Thursday, 19 | Working Group on harvested Material and Unauthorized use of Propagating Material (WG-HRV) | (virtual meeting) | |
| (date to be confirmed) | Consultative Group on UPOV Resources Strategy (CG-URS) | (virtual meeting) | |
| May | Monday, 18 to Thursday, 21 | Technical Working Party for Vegetables (TWV) | Pacific Grove, California, United States of America (hybrid meeting) |
| June | Monday, 1 to Thursday, 4 | Technical Working Party on Testing Methods and Techniques (TWM | (Cambridge, United Kingdom) (hybrid meeting) |
| Monday, 15 to Thursday, 18 | Technical Working Party for Agricultural Crops (TWA) | [city to be confirmed], Republic of Korea (hybrid meeting) | |
| (date to be confirmed) | Consultative Group on UPOV Resources Strategy (CG-URS) | (virtual meeting) | |
| July | Monday, 6 to Thursday, 9 | Technical Working Party for Ornamental Plants and Forest Trees (TWO) | Geneva, Switzerland |
| September | Monday, 7 to Thursday, 10 | Technical Working Party for Fruit Crops (TWF) | Leipzig, Germany (hybrid meeting) |
| October | Tuesday 13 and Wednesday 14 (evenings) | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | (virtual meeting) |
| Sunday 18 (to be confirmed) | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | (hybrid meeting) | |
| Monday 19 and Tuesday 20 | Technical Committee | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Monday 19 (evening) | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Tuesday 20 (evening) | Meeting on Electronic Applications | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting)) | |
| Wednesday 21 (morning) | Administrative and Legal Committee | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Wednesday 21 (afternoon) | Seminar [title to be decided] | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Thursday 22 | Consultative Committee | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Friday 23 | Council | Geneva, Switzerland | |
| Date to provided | Seminar on [title to be provided] | Geneva, Switzerland |
Month |
Dates |
Meeting |
Type |
| January | Tuesday 12 and Wednesday 13 | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | (virtual meetings) |
| March | Tuesday 16 and Wednesday 17 | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | (virtual meetings) |
| October | Tuesday 18 and Wednesday 19 | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | (virtual meeting) |
| Sunday 24 (to be confirmed) | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Monday 25 and Tuesday 26 | Technical Committee (TC) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Monday 25 (evening) | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Wednesday 27 | Administrative and Legal Committee (CAJ) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Thursday 28 | Consultative Committee (CC) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Friday, 29 | Council (C) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) |
Month |
Dates |
Meeting |
Type |
| October | Tuesday 17 and Wednesday 18 | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | (virtual meeting) |
| Sunday 22 (to be confirmed) | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 | Technical Committee (TC) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Monday 25 (evening) | Enlarged Editorial Committee (TC-EDC) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Wednesday 25 | Administrative and Legal Committee (CAJ) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Thursday 26 | Consultative Committee (CC) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) | |
| Friday 27 | Council (C) | Geneva, Switzerland (hybrid meeting) |
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
(Geneva, Switzerland)
- UPOV/SEM/GE/23: Seminar on the interaction between plant variety protection and the use of plant breeding technologies
(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
(Geneva, Switzerland) | (Geneva, Switzerland) | (Geneva, Switzerland)
- UPOV/SEM/GE/2/21: Seminar on strategies that address policies involving plant breeding and plant variety protection
(Geneva, Switzerland)
- UPOV/SEM/GE/21: Seminar on the breeder’s right in relation to harvested material
(Geneva, Switzerland)
- UPOV/SEM/GE/19: Seminar on the Impact of Policy on Essentially Derived Varieties (EDVs) on Breeding Strategy
(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)
(Geneva, Switzerland)
- UPOV/SEM/GE/16: Seminar on Propagating and Harvested Material in the Context of the UPOV Convention
(Geneva, Switzerland)
- UPOV/SEM/GE/13: Seminar on essentially derived varieties (EDVs)
(Geneva, Switzerland)
- UPOV/SYM/GE/12: Symposium on the Benefits of Plant Variety Protection for Farmers and Growers
(Geneva, Switzerland)
Webinars
No webinars currently scheduled.
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Presenter: NAME name
Date: August 26, 2025
Time of session: 11:00 - 12:00 Geneva time