Keynote Symposia
We are pleased to announce the following Keynote Symposia and International Chairs. These symposia will bring together innovative and ground-breaking research, focussing on emerging issues in plant science.
KNS01: Epigenomics and small RNA
Chairs: Rob Martienssen and Tony Millar
- Fred Berger - Asymmetries of DNA methyltransferases activity between male and female gametes cause imprinting Arabidopsis
- Olivier Voinnet - A credible molecular framework for small RNA-based transgenerational effects in plants
- Rob Martienssen - Heterochromatin reprogramming by small RNA regulates germ cell fate and transposon silencing in polyploid hybrids
KNS02: Plant Speciation
Chairs: Loren Rieseberg and Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos
- Loren Rieseberg - The nature of species boundaries in plants
- Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos - Divergent natural selection and plant speciation
- Leonie C Moyle - From genes to GIS: The origin of diversity in solanum
KNS03: New Signalling Molecules
Chairs: Christine Beveridge
- Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi - Secreted peptide signals required for maintenance of root stem cell niche in Arabidopsis
- Markus Schmid - The quest for florigen: are we there yet?
KNS04: Reproductive Biology (Eco-Physiology)
Chairs: Thomas Dresselhaus and Anna Koltunow
- Thomas Dresselhaus - Female gametophyte patterning and function in grasses
- Noni Franklin-Tong - Recognition of 'self': Conversations that commit 'self' pollen to suicide
- Mohan Singh - Pollen allergens – molecules with impact beyond plant reproduction
KNS05: Perspectives on Climate Change and Adaptation
Chairs: Guy Midgley
- Guy Midgley - Improving projections of plant species and ecosystem responses to climate and atmospheric change
- William Bond - Environmental change and the rise of flowering plants in evolutionary time
- Wendy Foden - Climate change susceptibility and adaptability: How much is too much change for global species?
KNS06: Food Security in a World with Biophysical Limits
Chairs: Ken Cassman and Richard Richards
- Ken Cassman - Megatrends and ecological intensification of major cropping systems
- Richard Richards - Integrated approaches to accelerate crop genetic improvement
- Jeff Amthor - Can we increase net primary productivity of major food crops?
KNS07: Plant Diversity and Ecology/Invasion Ecology
Chairs: Mark Burgman
- Frank Bisby - BiodiversityWorld & the Catalogue of Life: tools for studying the ecology and behaviour of the entire global biota in a virtual laboratory
- Mark Burgman - Intelligence systems for emerging plant pests and diseases
- Hugh Possingham - A risk assessment protocol for managed relocation
KNS08: The Role of Modern Biology in Reducing Pest and Pathogen Threats to Global Food Security
Chairs: Jeff Ellis and Barbara Howlett
- Paul Birch - Developing durable resistance to potato late blight disease using an understanding of how the pathogen infects its host
- Robert Park - Reducing the threat of wheat rusts to global food security
- Donald Gardiner - The genome of the wheat and barley crown rot pathogen Fusarium pseudograminearum reveals horizontally transferred virulence functions
KNS09: Plant Taxonomy in the 21st Century
Chairs: Sandra Knapp and Kevin Thiele
- Sandra Knapp - Coalescent global communities for species-level plant taxonomy
- Peter Raven - Beyond the plant list: Plant systematics in the 21st century
- John Kress - Plant DNA barcoding: the future of taxonomy, ecology, and species discovery
KNS010: The Past, Present and Future of Plant Diversity
Chairs: Peter Crane and Bob Hill
- Peter Crane - Patterns in the history of plant diversity: Testing, reconciliation and accounting for missing data
- David Coates - The future of plant diversity
- Eimear NicLughadha - Plant diversity today: How well do we know what we have now?
Plenary and Public Lectures
Plenary and public lectures have been selected to showcase the best of the world's plant science, and the best presenters.
Plenary Speakers and their topics include:
- Professor Mike Crisp, Evolution of the Australian flora through the last 65 million years
- Professor Else Friis, The 'abominable mystery' solved - the origin of flowering plants
- Professor Tetsuya Higashiyama, Live cell analysis of plant fertilization
- Dr Gerard Oostermeijer, Integrating genetic and ecological data in plant conservation
- Professor Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Plant modelling
- Professor Peter Quail, Phytochrome photosensory signalling and transcriptional networks
- Professor Chris Somerville, Cellulose synthesis
- Professor Zander Myburg, The Eucalyptus grandis genome sequence
- Professor Jonathan Wendel, Genes, jeans and genomes: exploring the mysteries of polyploidy in cotton
- Dr David Fischhoff, Technological Innovations for Tomorrow's Crops
Public Speakers and their topics are:
- Professor Snow Barlow, Fruits of the vine - future climates and wine
- Dr Peter Bernhardt, Sister Water Lily Meets The Big Bad Banksia Man
- Dr Donald Hobern, Atlas of Living Australia: infrastructure for biodiversity research
- Professor Peter Raven, The world of plants
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