The World Cotton Research Conference (WCRC-7) has been delayed by a year for a second time due to ongoing pandemic uncertainty.
The seventh edition of the event, which is usually held every four years, was cancelled last year after it became clear it would not be possible to hold an in-person event during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“We waited as long as we could before making this decision, especially after the disappointment over last year’s postponement,” said Dr Keshav Kranthi, chief scientist of the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC). “But with uncertainty about vaccines and possible new variants, we came to the conclusion that delaying the event again in 2021 was our best choice.”
As a result, the WCRC has been rescheduled for 2022 in the same place and at the same time as the 2021 conference was supposed to be held: 3-7 October in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. The organisers announced that they will reconvene to evaluate the situation in March or April of next year. It was agreed that it was important to keep the event as an in-person event as this was where the maximum benefit could be gained from cotton researchers interacting with their peers.
Because the 2021 WCRC Proceedings has already been completed, it will be released in June 2021 as Volume 1 and a new set of Proceedings – Volume 2 — will be created for the 2022 WCRC. An announcement will be made when Volume 1 of the Proceedings are available.
The ICAC is an association of cotton producing, consuming and trading countries. It helps member countries maintain a healthy world cotton economy, provides transparency to the world cotton market by serving as a clearinghouse for technical information on cotton production, and serves as a forum for discussing cotton issues of international significance.
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