SASB Conference News
Upcoming conferences:
International Organization of Plant Biosystematists, 2-4 September 2010, Aurangabad, India
The eleventh meeting of the IOPB will be devoted to the evolution of plants from tropical to high mountain ecosystems, with particular focus on Asia. However, presentations on plant evolution from tropical to high mountain ecosystems from other parts of the world will also be welcome. The range of research presented will include more traditional approaches as well as most recent developments in biosystematics, evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, phylogeography, and ecology. Following the meeting, there will be a few excursions to the dry deciduous and evergreen forests of Western Ghats, India. The previous meeting was held in the Vysoke Tatry Mountains (Slovakia) in July 2008 and the meeting in 2013 will be held in New Zealand. These meetings are an excellent opportunity to share newest research results, to become aware of the most recent developments in the study of evolution of plants, and to interact with the biosystematic community worldwide. IOPB website; conference website.
Posted 17 Feb 2010
Australian Entomological Society, 26-30 September 2010, Perth, Australia
Entomology for Australia's future; 41st AGM and scientific conference. (website)
All intending delegates are encouraged to submit an 'Expression of Interest Form' as soon as possible to assist the organising committee in the early stages of the conference planning. Symposia details will be available in February 2010 together with the Call for Abstracts, Registration and accommodation.
EXPRESSION OF INTEREST form: please click here.
Posted 9 Dec 2009
Australian Systematic Botany Society, 29 November - 3 December 2010, Lincoln, New Zealand
Systematic botany across the ditch: links between Australia and New Zealand. Organised by Landcare Research, Australian Systematic Botany Society, and the New Zealand Plant Radiation Network. Conference will cover palaeobotany, biogeography, phylogeny, algae, hybridisation, and biosecurity/weeds. More information here.
Posted 18 May 2010
Biosystematics Congress, February 2011, Berlin, Germany
Combined conference: 7th International Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology (ICSEB VII), 12th Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Systematics (Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik, GfBS) and 20th International Symposium "Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology" of the German Botanical Society (DBG). The congress will open with a plenary lecture on Paradigm Shifts in Systematics and Evolution. Further plenary talks will be on the following five major conference topics: Trends in Taxonomy; Evolution and Organisms in Time and Space; The Evolutionary Thought: History, Philosophy and Society; Evolution of Form and Function; and Inventorying and Managing Biodiversity. An evening lecture on Alexander von Humboldt's scientific work on tropical biodiversity will be given. Deadline for submission of symposia topics and workshop proposals is 31 May 2010; for abstracts and early registration 30 September 2010. For more information, visit the congress website or contact the congress office: berlin2011@bgbm.org.
Posted 6 May 2010
XVIII International Botanical Congress, 23-30 July 2011, Melbourne, Australia
Call for symposia closes 31 March 2010. Themes are: systematics, evolution, biogeography and biodiversity informatics; ecology, environmental change and conservation; structure, development and cellular biology; genetics, genomics and bioinformatics; physiology and biochemistry; economic botany including biotechnology, agriculture and plant breeding. For more information, visit the congress website.
Posted 21 Mar 2010