b'ASSOCIATION NEWS Didier DemillyMember-at-LargeDIDIER DEMILLY COORDINATESbeen a member of the Moisture, Nomenclature, EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT,and Bulking and Sampling Committees. His METROLOGY AND THE ADOPTION OFmain focus has been with the Referee Committee NEW DIGITAL IMAGING TECHNOLOGIESsince 1995, followed by the Proficiency Test AT GEVES (a public-interest research group forCommittee (PTC) since its creation in 2001. plant varieties and seed quality) in France. He isHe has organised 13 Proficiency Tests within Vice-Director of the seed and plant phenotypingthe Committee, and has been Chair of the PTC platform PHENOTIC within the French Plantsince 2017. He contributed to the ISTA Congress Phenomic Research Infrastructure. in Angers in 2001 and continues to support working groups, workshops and webinars for the Didier is an agricultural engineer who joinedAssociation.GEVES and INRAE (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment) 35 yearsDidier became a Member-at-Large of the ISTA ago. He began his activities with ISTA in 1992 asExecutive Committee in 2025.a member of the Purity Committee. He has also Vanessa SosaMember-at-LargeVANESSA SOSA, FROM URUGUAY,Annual Meeting and two associated workshops. IS CURRENTLY THE LABORATORYIn 2018, she coordinated the ISTA Quality MANAGER AT THE INSTITUTO NACIONALAssurance for Advanced Laboratories workshop, DE SEMILLAS (INASE), Uruguays officialheld in Uruguay with the participation of 22 seed seed testing laboratory. The laboratory has beenanalysts from Latin America and Africa.ISTA accredited since 2001, with a scope that includes sampling, traditional testing methodsIn 2024, she organised the ISTA Tetrazolium and GMO testing. Test in Different Crop Groups, a hands-on ISTA workshop, which brought together 32 She holds a degree in biochemistry, a Mastersparticipants from seven countries. This year, degree and a PhD in biological sciences, asshe is leading the organisation of another ISTA well as a specialisation in seed science andworkshop on Seed Identification and Purity technology. Since 2011, she has also been activelyAnalysis, with attendees from various countries. involved with the Uruguayan Accreditation Body. In addition, Vanessa has conducted multiple training sessions for seed analysts in Uruguay, Vanessa is strongly committed to capacityboth at the national and international level.building and training activities. Since joiningbecame a Member-at-Large of the ISTA Executive INASE, she has organised various events inShe serves as Uruguays designated votingCommittee in 2022 and was re-elected to this cooperation with ISTA, including the 2015 ISTAmember at ISTA Annual Meetings. Vanessaposition in 2025.20 SEED TESTING INTERNATIONAL www.seedtest.org'