- Biodiversity: Past, Present, Future
- Peter R. Crane (USA), Osvaldo E. Sala (Argentina)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Robert May (TBA)
- ii.
TBA
- iii.
Ana Scopel (TBA)
- iv.
Peter Crane (TBA)
- v.
Ovslado Sala (TBA)
- Phylogeny of Life
- V. A. R. Huss (Germany), Brent Mishler (USA)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Mitch Sogin "The Overall Big Picture of Life"
- ii.
Max Hommersand "Red Plants"
- iii.
Charles O'Kelly "Brown Plants (and relatives)"
- iv.
John Taylor "Fungi"
- v.
Brent Mishler "Deep Green: Recent Results on Phylogenetic Relationships of the Green Plants and their Evolutionary Significance"
- Biogeography and Patterns of Diversity
- Michael D. Crisp (Australia), Mary K. Arroyo (Chile)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Peter Linder and Michael Crisp "Comparison of African and Australian Patterns of Richness and Endemism Related to the Biogeographical Histories of the Two Continents"
- ii.
Mary K. Arroyo and P. Williams "Biogeographical Patterns and Conservation of the Mediterranean Flora of Chile"
- iii.
Hubert Turner and Peter Hovenkamp, et al "The Tropics, Especially the Old World and Pacific"
- iv.
Michael Donoghue "Northern Hemisphere Biogeography"
- v.
Matt McGlone and collaborator "Palaeoecology, Recent Radiations and 'Neoendemics'"
- Plant/Microbe Interactions
- Sharon L. Long (USA), Alastair H. Fitter (UK)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Ann Hirsch "TBA"
- ii.
Ian Sanders "TBA"
- iii.
Peter Young "TBA"
- iv.
"TBA"
- v.
"TBA"
- Plant Sex: Molecular Biology, Genetics and Ecology
- Spencer C. H. Barrett (Canada), Adrienne E. Clarke (Australia)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Ed Newbigin "Gametophytic Self-incompatibility"
- ii.
Hugh Dickinson "Evolution of the Molecular Mechanisms Underpinning Pollen Stigma Recognition in the Angiosperms"
- iii.
Horst Lörz "Approaching Hidden Cells: Egg Cells, Zygotes, and Early Embryogenesis of Maize and Wheat"
- iv.
Marcy K. Uyenoyama "Evolutionary Genetics of Self-incompatibility"
- v.
Spencer C. H. Barrett "Evolution and Ecology of Heterostyly"
- Role of Plants in Controlling Biogeochemical Cycles: Past, Present, Future
- Pamela Matson (USA), Heinz Rennenburg (Germany)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Katsu Minami "The Role of Plants in Methane Emission: Mechanisms, Regulation, and Consequences for the Atmosphere"
- ii.
Thomas Sharkey "Volatile Organic Carbon Emissions from Plants: Controls at the Cell, Plant, and Ecosystem Level, and Atmospheric Consequences"
- iii.
James R. Ehleringer "The Evolution of C3/C4 Plants and Their Interactions with Climate Change - Past, Present, and Future"
- iv.
Andrea Polle "Plants, Carbon Cycling, and Climate Change: Species to Biome Scales, Cells to Global Scales"
- v.
Heinz Rennenberg "Plant-Microbe Interactions and the Nitrogen Cycle: Responses to Anthropogenic Change"
- Plant/Animal Interactions
- Ignacio H. Chapela (USA), Rodolfo Dirzo (Mexico)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Rodolfo Dirzo - "Tropical plant-animal interactions in the light of current land use patterns"
- ii.
Carol C. Horvitz "Plant-animal Interactions in Tropical Herbs: Demographic Analysis of the Selective Effects of Animals on Plants in Variable Environments"
- iii.
Thomas G. Whitham "Herbivory and the Genetic Basis of Community Structure: Examples from Temperate Systems and Hybrid Zones"
- iv.
Anurag Agrawaal - "Induction of Plant Defenses by Herbivory: Basic and
Applied Perspectives
- v.
Phyllis D. Coley "Plant defenses, herbivory and the third trophic level: present patterns and future predictions for tropical rain forests"
- Genome Evolution
- Masahiro Sugiura (Japan), Susan McCouch (USA)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Susan Wessler "Transposable Elements and Nuclear Evolution in Plants"
- ii.
William Martin "Origins of genes in eukaryotic genomes: some come from organelles, but what about the rest?"
- iii.
Susan McCouch "Comparative Genome Analysis in the Grass Family"
- iv.
Jeffrey D. Palmer "Mitochondrial Genome Evolution"
- v.
Michael Gray "Mitochondrial Genome Evolution"
- The Sensory Ecology of Plants: New Developments and Perspectives
- Carlos L. Ballare (Argentina), Elaine M. Tobin (USA)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Winslow Briggs "Sensing and Responding to Blue Light"
- ii.
Garry Whitelam "Sensing the Photoenvironment by the Phytochrome Family of Proteins"
- iii.
Carlos Ballare "Sensing Plant Neighbors"
- iv.
Marcel Dicke "Sensing and Responding to Herbivore Attack"
- v.
Jack C. Schultz "Sensory phenomena, signalling systems, and ecological consequences"
- Evolution of Plant Development
- Mitsuyasu Hasebe (Japan), Elizabeth Kellogg (USA)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Hirokazu Tsukaya "Molecular mechanisms related to the evolution of leaf shape"
- ii.
John Doebley "The Evolution of Plant Form: Examples from Zea"
- iii.
Robert Schmidt, TBA
- iv.
Elizabeth Kellogg "The Molecular Basis of Morphological Systematics"
- v.
Mitsuyasu Hasebe and Motomi Ito "Evolution of MADS, LFY and homeobox genes in plants"
- Plant Speciation
- Richard J. Abbott (UK), Douglas W. Schemske (USA)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Richard Abbott "Hybridization and the Evolution of New Plant Taxa"
- ii.
Loren Rieseberg "Experimental and Historical Investigations of Hybrid Speciation"
- iii.
Michael L. Arnold "Natural Hybridization and Evolution"
- iv.
Douglas W. Schemske "Ecological Genetics of Pollinator-Mediated Reproductive Isolation"
- v.
Scott Hodges "Floral Nectar Spurs, Reproductive Isolation, and Speciation in Aquilegia"
- Plant Conservation Biology
- Jose Sarukhan (Mexico), Anthony H.D. Brown (Australia)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Kingsley Dixon "Endangered species and the role of botanic gardens in their conservation"
- ii.
Outi Savolainen "Biodiversity indicators and the genetic conservation of boreal forests"
- iii.
Awegechu Teshome "Farmers' selection, environmental variation and the maintenance of the genetic diversity of crops"
- iv.
John N. Thompson "The challenge of coevolved interactions in plant conservation"
- v.
Arturo Gomez-Pompa "Conservation of biological diversity by ethnic groups: a case study from the Maya"
- Fragmentation of Natural Systems
- Barbara Schaal (USA), William J. Bond (South Africa)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
William J. Bond "Dealing with Disturbance in Fragmented Landscapes"
- ii.
Barbara A. Schaal "Genetic Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation: Theory
and Practice"
- iii.
Don Waller "Direct and Indirect Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on
Plant Populations"
- iv.
Richard J. Hobbs "Management of Fragmented Landscapes: Moving from Theory
to Practical Solutions"
- v.
Suzanne Koptur "Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Generalized vs.
Specialized Pollination Systems"
- Feeding the World: Past, Present, Future
- Luis Herrera-Estrella (Mexico), Gurdev Khush (Philippines)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
M. Hossain "Population explosion, changing consumption patterns and demand for food"
- ii.
Rattan Lal, "Soils, plants, pests: increasing sustainable crop production"
- iii.
Jim Holland "Breeding crops for higher yield potential"
- iv.
Luis Herrera-Estrella "Biotechnology approaches for crop improvement"
- v.
Thomas R. Sinclair "Physiological approaches for increasing crop yield potential"
- Cellular and Metabolic Engineering
- Natasha V. Raikhel (USA), Chris Somerville (USA)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Natasha Raikhel "Protein Targeting"
- ii.
Chris Somerville "Genetic Modification of Lipid Composition"
- iii.
Lothar Willmitzer "Carbohydrate Engineering"
- iv.
Keith Roberts "Cell Wall Structure and Function"
- v.
Marilyn A. Anderson "Structure and Function of Novel Proteinase Inhibitors"
- Plant Community Dynamics through Space and Time
- J. Philip Grime (UK), G. David Tilman (USA)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Frank Berendse "Plant induced soil changes and the long-term dynamics of ecosystems"
- ii.
Sandra Diaz "Plant functional types and traits as links between vegetation structure and ecosystem processes"
- iii.
Johannes M. H. Knops "Biodiversity impacts on carbon and nitrogen cycling: pools, productivity and decomposition"
- iv.
David Wardle "Plant species effects in ecosystems - the role of biotic interactions and feedbacks"
- v.
J. Philip Grime "Plant traits and ecological processes: some conclusions"
- Intra-/Intercellular Communications
- Bernard L. Epel (Israel), Clarence A. Ryan, Jr. (USA)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
John Rogers "TBA"
- ii.
Youji Sakagami "TBA"]
- iii.
Shaul Yalovsky "Regulation of intracellular protein localization and signaling pathways by protein prenylation"
- iv.
William Lucas "TBA"
- v.
Bernard Epel "Biochemistry and molecular biology of plasmodesmata"
- Plant Stress Responses: Plasticity for Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors
- Heinrich Sandermann (Germany), Eva Pell (USA)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Eva Pell "Regulation of Ozone-Induced Accelerated
Foliar Senescence"
- ii.
Barbara Zilinskas "Activated Oxygen Species: Inducing Agents and Protective Systems"
- iii.
Francis Durst "Stress and Defense Responses: the Role
of Cytochrome P450"
- iv.
Robert Edwards "The Protective Roles of Glutathione Transferases in Plant Stress"
- v.
Heinrich Sandermann "Relationships Between Plant Stress Response Networks and Pathogen Susceptibility"
- Mechanisms of Plant Development
- Elliot Meyerowitz (USA), Ben Scheres (Netherlands)
- Program Speakers:
- i.
Ralph Quatrano "Establishment of Cell Polarity in Zygotes and Its Role in Embryonic Development"
- ii.
Thomas Berleth "Genetic Analysis of Plant Cell Axialization"
- iii.
Ben Scheres "Cell Signaling in Arabidopsis Root Development"
- iv.
Elliot Meyerowitz "Cellular Communication in Shoot and Floral Meristem Function"
- v.
Charles Gasser "Ovule Development:Genetics and Phylogeny Illuminate Ontogeny"
A major portion of the Scientific Program of the Congress will consist of General Symposia, organized broadly within the disciplinary areas of the Program. Each will consist of seven 20-minute presentations and a concluding 10-minute discussion period, and numerous symposia will be presented concurrently. Following an Open Call for symposia, the Scientific Program Committee will select and organize the symposia into a program representative of the interests of botanists worldwide.
- Each symposium should have two (or more) organizers, ideally no more than one of whom should
be from the United States. A person may be listed as organizer of only ONE symposium, and
may or may not choose to speak in that symposium
- Organizers are responsible for: contacting their speakers to obtain their agreement to speak,
scheduling the order of their speakers, providing speakers with information about the symposium,
and communicating to the Secretariat any special needs of their speakers.
- In preparing a final roster of speakers, organizers should emphasize broad international
participation and appropriate gender balance.
- General Symposia will be held on the following schedule: On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday (August 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, 1999), sessions for General Symposia will run from
1:00-3:30pm and 4:00-6:30pm, with no breaks. On Saturday, August 7, a session will run from
9:00-11:30am.
- Each symposium will consist of SEVEN 20-minute presentations, followed by a 10-minute
discussion period. Because as many as 15-20 symposia will run concurrently , we must ask that
organizers and speakers adhere strictly to this program. This will mean that all concurrent
symposia, and to the degree possible all talks, begin and end at the same time, which will allow
participants to move between symposia for specific talks. Organizers (or their designated session
moderator) and speakers are strongly urged to respect this schedule.
- See additional sections of the Congress website for more details about the
Scientific Program and other aspects of the Congress.
- All Congress participants will be limited to ONE oral presentation at the Congress. The only
exceptions are those delivering Plenary Lectures; since they have been specifically invited to speak
by the Congress organizers, they may give one additional oral presentation if they so desire.
Symposium organizers may speak in their own session or in another, but are limited to one talk.
- Congress participants may also present up to two posters in the Contributed Poster section of the
Congress, which will be held on Wednesday morning (posters will be displayed throughout the
Congress). Poster guidelines are available in another section of the Congress' website or by
request from the Secretariat Office.
- Speakers should prepare their presentations to last no more than 20 minutes, including a short
question period. Rooms for the symposia will be moderate to large in size, so there will be a
premium on clear enunciation (microphones available) and on concise, clear, and easily read
visuals. Standard slide and overhead projectors and pointers will be available in all rooms; any
special requests regarding visuals should be communicated in detail to the session organizers and
to the Congress Secretariat.
- Abstracts are required for all Congress presentations (oral and poster); guidelines and an
Abstract Submission Form can be found in another section of the Congress' website. Abstracts
may be submitted online from that site. Abstracts are due on or before 1 April 1999.
GENERAL:
Posters may be submitted by any paid registrant of the XVI International Botanical Congress. Each person is limited to two (2) poster presentations as presenting author, irrespective of whether he/she will give an oral symposium presentation at the Congress. No poster may be presented unless the author has registered and paid for attendance at the XVI IBC.
Posters are presented to help facilitate discussion of results and to stimulate the exchange of ideas between authors and interested parties. Posters are generally composed of four parts: Objectives and Methods, Results (including figures, tables and their legends), Conclusion or Discussion, and References.
All materials should be self-explanatory and described in clear, concise English. Use figures whenever possible, avoiding complex or unnecessary tables. "One picture is worth a thousand words."
Poster panels will be available for mounting starting at 12:00 noon on Sunday, 1 August 1999. Posters will be displayed through the entire period of the Congress until 12:00 noon on Friday, 6 September and must be removed by 1:00 p.m. (13:00) of that day. Poster panels will be disassembled after that time and any remaining materials will be discarded.
Numbers for poster panels will be assigned only if abstract is received by the deadline of 1 April 1999. If you do not receive an assigned panel number for your submitted abstracts by 30 June 1999, please advise the Secretariat office via fax, e-mail or airmail.
POSTER SPACE:
Each poster panel will measure 120 cm x 120 cm (approximately 4 feet x 4 feet). The distance from the bottom of the panel to the floor will be approximately 30 cm (c 2 feet, 5 inches). The panel number will be placed in a 15 cm x 15 cm (6 inches x 6 inches) block in the upper left corner of the panel. If presenter intends to bring a pre-formatted poster, its width cannot exceed 120 cm.
CONTENTS:
- Title and author(s)
Title of poster, name(s) of author(s), institutional affiliation and e-mail address (if available) must be posted at the top of the panel. The name of the presenting author should be underlined.
Example:
Chloroplast DNA Structure in the Poaceae. K. W. Hilu and J. L. Johnson. Department of Biology and Department of Anaerobic Microbiology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA
- Objectives and Methods of research
- Results (Figures and Tables)
- Conclusion or Discussion
Itemize main conclusions that can be drawn directly from the data presented, and discuss.
- Literature Cited (brief)
- Authors are encouraged to bring a small photograph of themselves to attach to the lower left corner of their poster. This will help people to recognize the author.
- Authors are encouraged to provide handouts (abstracts and/or other information). "Pockets" for such materials should be attached to the poster board. No tables will be provided.
SIZE OF LETTERS:
Typefont for the title and author(s) should be very large, about 30 mm (c 1.25 inches) high; all other lettering should be clear and legible. Posters should be readable at a distance of 2 m (c 6 feet, 6 inches).
MOUNTING OF POSTER:
Use the panel with the number assigned to you. Authors who submit abstracts will be informed of their assigned panel number for each abstract by 30 June 1999.
Materials must be attached to the panels, preferably with pushpins or thumbtacks. Presenters should bring their own method of attaching posters; nothing will be available on site. No tape, paste or other adhesive may be used to attach posters, nor any method which will permanently damage the panels.
POSTER SESSION:
The Poster Session(s) will take place in the Exhibition Hall of America's Center on Wednesday, 4 August 1999 from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. Authors will be advised of the exact time when they should be at their poster during this period. Authors are requested to stay by their posters to answer questions for their entire assigned time during the Poster Session.
POSTER DESK:
Before setting up your poster, please check in at the Poster Desk at the entrance of the hall.
