9th Conference on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Southeast European Countries

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, it is my pleasure to invite you to participate in the 9th CMAPSEEC, the biannual event organized by the Association for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Southeast European Countries AMEPSEEC. The conference will be hold in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, on 26-29 May 2016. As usual, although the title specifies the region of Southeast Europe, the Conference will be international platform open to scientist from all over the world.

The scientific program focuses on the latest developments as well as the future outlook of all related aspects of MAPs, such as agriculture, botany, ethnobotany, herbal medicines, plant biotechnology, phytopharmacology, pharmacognosy, plant biology, phytochemistry, metabolomics. Selected papers will be published in Natural Product Communications after scientific evaluation. A rich social program throughout the conference will be also provided for informal interactions, including a fascinating tour to the Valley of Roses in the season of rose flowers harvesting.

The host city of the Conference Plovdiv is one of the oldest living cities in the world, a place of ancient history and modern research and innovation activities. Plovdiv was elected to be European Capital of Culture 2019.

Please visit our website cmapseec2016.cim.bg

Looking forward to seeing you in Plovdiv in 2016

Vassya Bankova, PhD, DSc

Chair of the Organizing Committee