Dear colleagues,

On behalf of Mango2023 organizing committee, we are delighted to invite you to the XIII International Mango Symposium that will take place from September 29th to October 3th, 2023 under the auspices of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS).

The conference is organized by the Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea La Mayora (IHSM La Mayora), a joint venture between the University of Malaga and the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) and will be held at the NH Hotel in Malaga Spain, in the heart of the only significant mango producing area in continental Europe. The venue for the symposium is located in the center of the city of Malaga, a city with more than 3,000 years of history. The venue is easily accessible for all attendees travelling to Malaga airport or high speed train station. This Symposium follows successful previous meetings recently held in Dominican Republic in 2013, Australia in 2015 and China in 2017. Due to the pandemic caused by covid19, we have decided to postpone its celebration, initially scheduled for 2020 in order to have an in person symposium that could gather together the International scientific, technical, producing and marketing community.

The aim of this Symposium is to provide a platform for discussing and sharing fundamental and applied research related to mango, discuss with international experts from academia and industry, exhibit products and services, participate in social events and join technical tours to visit the unique mango production systems of Southern Europe. Simultaneous translation English/Spanish and Spanish/English will be offered to all the participants. As an added bonus, the congress will take place during the same month as the celebration of the annual Fruit Attraction exhibition in Madrid, an international Trade Show for the Fruit and Vegetable Industry with the participation of close to 2000 companies from around the world, as well as one week before the International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Horticulture in Mediterranean climate that will take place in Palermo (Italy) also under the auspice of the ISHS.

Your participation in this symposium is essential to its success. We look forward to welcome you in the cosmopolitan city of Malaga in 2023!

The Conveners,

Iñaki Hormaza

Víctor Galán Saúco