First Circular                                               

Pre-Symposium of the Conference “Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species”

East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation

22-23 October 2009

Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

 

Purpose

The symposium “East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation” was initiated in 2007 by the societies involving plant taxonomy and evolution from Japan (Japanese Society of Plant Taxonomist), China (Taxonomy and Evolution Division of Botanical Society of China) and South Korea (Korean Society of Plant Taxonomist). The symposium aims to provide a forum to share and discuss the latest developments in the field of plant taxonomy and evolution as well as plant biodiversity research and conservation, and to promote the exchange of scientific information among researchers and students in East Asian countries. The first symposium “East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation” was successfully held on August 2, 2008 in Sapporo, Japan. This second symposium will be held in Beijing, China as one of a series of scientific symposia and satellite meetings held in China to celebrate the impact of Darwin’s ideas on current scientific knowledge. The official language is English.

Sessions

Taxonomy and biodiversity inventory

Floristics and plant biogeography

Speciation, breeding system, and adaptive evolution

Conservation genetics of rare and endangered plant species

Plant conservation strategies in East Asian countries

 

Call for Abstracts

Scientific program consists of oral presentation and posters. Anyone planning to present his scientific work is asked to fill-up the registration form and submit an abstract electronically. An abstract (less than 500 words including author name (s) and the title) should be sent to the Symposium Secretariat indicated below before September 20^th, 2009. Detailed information on oral presentation and poster session will be directly sent to the authors after 2^nd circular announcement.

Organizing Committee

Chairman

De-yuan Hong (President of the Botanical Society of China, Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China)

Vice Chairmen

Hang Sun (Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China)

Xiao-quan Wang (Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China)

Members (Alphabetic)

Jin Chen (Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden, CAS, Xishuangbanna, China)

Byoung-Hee Choi (Inha University, Incheon, South Korea)

Cheng-xin Fu (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China)

Song Ge (Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China)

Hong-ya Gu (Peking University, Beijing, China)

Hong-wen Huang (South China Botanical Garden, CAS, Guangzhou, China)

Joo-Hwan Kim (Daejeon University, Daejeon, South Korea)

De-zhu Li (Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China)

Shao-hua Li (Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS, Wuhan, China)

Jian-quan Liu (Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China)

Jin Murata (Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan)

Jae-Hong Pak (College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Korea)

Ki-Ryong Park (Kyung-Nam University, Masan, South Korea)

Hiroaki Setoguchi (Kyoto University, Japan)

Su-hua Shi (Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China)

Yasuyuki Watano (Chiba University, Japan)

Organizers

Taxonomy and Evolution Division, the Botanical Society of China

The Japanese Society of Plant Taxonomist

The Korean Society of Plant Taxonomist

Sponsors

State Key Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, CAS

Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS

 

Registration

Participants are requested to fill the registration form and send it to the Symposium Secretariat listed below. The registration fee, ￥500 Chinese Yuan or $ 75 US dollars, should be paid at the registration desk on site. All the participants are welcome to register for the Conference “Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species”. Detailed information of the conference can be found in the 2^nd circular announcement.

 

Symposium Secretariat

Secretary general   Dr. Min Feng (fengmin@ibcas.ac.cn)

Secretaries        Dr. Jin-Hua Ran (jinhua_ran@ibcas.ac.cn)

                 Miss Yin-ting Le (leyinting@ibcas.ac.cn)

 

Excursion

Half-day excursion to the Beijing Botanical Garden and the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, will be offered during the symposium.

 

Transportation and accommodation

Symposium site is in the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The location is at the foot of the Fragrant Hill, northwestern corner of the Beijing City. There are a few business hotels within walking distance. The detailed map, transportation and hotel information will be provided in the 2^nd circular announcement.

 

                      

 

State Key Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany

Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences

20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan

Beijing 100093, China                    

 

 

 

 

Symposium on East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation

REGISTRATION FORM

 

NAME:                                    GENDER:       

DESIGNATION (POSITION):                           

INSTITUTION:  　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

ADDRESS:                                            

                                                      

E-mail:

Phone:

Fax:

 

*Title of abstract:

 

                                                              

*Abstract should be sent by e-mail to the Symposium Secretariat listed below before September 20^th.

 

 

Symposium on East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation 2009

Secretariat

   Secretary general   Dr. Min Feng (fengmin@ibcas.ac.cn)

   Secretaries        Dr. Jin-Hua Ran (jinhua_ran@ibcas.ac.cn)

                    Miss Yin-ting Le (leyinting@ibcas.ac.cn)

State Key Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany

Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences