The International Phytotechnology Conference organised by the International Society of Phytotechnology took place on 1-5 October 2018 in Novi Sad, Serbia. As every year, the conference was an opportunity for scientists and practitioners from around the world to present the latest results of research and implementation in the field of phytotechnology.

Strengthening of organic farming in Europe, cultivation of biomass for bioenergy production, possibilities of cultivating perennial crops on poor soils and soils contaminated with heavy metals, innovative approaches to agricultural management - these are the key topics addressed during the international scientific conference: Novel and Sustainable Pathways of Biomass Production, which was held on 19-20 September 2018 in Szczecin-Kobylanka.

On the 27 of September 2018 at the Institute for Ecology of Industrial Areas scientists and practitioners discussed the possibilities of growing energy crops on soils contaminated with lead, cadmium and zinc and on post-industrial wastelands. The workshops took place as part of the MISCOMAR project.

Second newsletter of the MISCOMAR project is now available on our webpage in "Downloads" section. In this issue stakeholders will find Project's Coordintator brief description of the project and consortium as well as articles written by project partners:

• First results of biogas and combustion quality
  
• Data management is as crucial as the data
  
• Progress so far
  
• Workshop, Marginal land can be useful, 26 September 2018, Katowice, Poland
  

The Newsletter#2 [EN] is also available here.

The Newsletter#2 [PL] is also available here.