A joint conference of the Australasian Plant Pathology Society and the Plant Biosecurity Cooperative Research Centre, it will present an exciting and invigorating scientific programme that will appeal to a broad audience of researchers, students, educators and policy makers. Conference themes will focus on the latest science, research and practice from leaders in their fields encompassing all the disciplines of plant biosecurity, plant pathology and entomology. Recent developments, as well as future advances, will be showcased at this peak event, with presentations by international, national and local speakers in a well-rounded program augmented by poster presentations and an exciting social schedule. Field trips, including to the spectacular “Carnival of Flowers” in Toowoomba on the Darling Downs, are currently being planned, as is a series of workshops by expert presenters on specific disciplines.