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As with previous International Botanical Congresses, the scientific program covers all fields
of botanical science, including research on plants, algae and fungi.
The program structure will consist of up to 225 general symposia (allowing 1350 presentations).
Proposals for general symposia are now sought. For convenience, six broad themes have been identified for the submission of symposium proposals. Symposia covering more than one theme are welcomed and encouraged.
Themes and Scientific Program Committee representatives
Themes |
Representatives |
Institution |
Systematics, evolution, biogeography & biodiversity informatics |
Bob Hill
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University of Adelaide, South Australia
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| Margaret Byrne |
Dept of Environment & Conservation, Western Australia |
| Ecology, environmental change & conservation |
Hans Lambers |
University of Western Australia |
| Andrew Young |
CSIRO, Canberra, ACT |
| Structure, development & cellular biology |
John Bowman |
Monash University, Victoria |
Anna Koltunow |
CSIRO, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Genetics, genomics & bioinformatics |
Peter Waterhouse |
University of Sydney, New South Wales |
Ed Newbigin |
University of Melbourne, Victoria |
| Physiology & biochemistry |
Christine Beveridge |
University of Queensland |
Tony Bacic |
University of Melbourne, Victoria |
| Economic botany including biotechnology, agriculture & plant breeding |
Snow Barlow |
University of Melbourne, Victoria |
Rudi Appels |
Murdoch University, Western Australia |
| Keynote symposia |
Graham Farquhar |
Australian National University, Canberra, ACT |
Frank Gubler |
CSIRO, Canberra, ACT |
Chair |
Tim Entwisle |
Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, New South Wales |
Keynote Symposia
Keynote Symposia will bring together innovative and ground-breaking research, focussing on emerging issues in plant science. Some of the topic areas under consideration are:
- Climate change and adaptation
- Epigenetics and small RNA
- Evolutionary biology of land plants (the impact of genome sequences and comparative biology)
- Fertilisation
- Food production: challenges and solutions
- Modelling and plant development
- New models of signalling
- Origins of Australian and southern flora
- Plant biotic interactions (including plant–insect–fungi)
- Plant diversity and ecology
- Plant systematics in the 21st Century
This list is under review by the Scientific Program Committee, but gives some indication of the scope of these keynote symposia.
Plenary and Public Lectures
Plenary and public lectures will be chosen to showcase the best of the world’s plant science, and the best presenters. Ideas for inclusion in the plenary or public lecture program should be sent to plenary@ibc2011.com
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