Call for Papers - 150 Years/ASBS & AMS Melbourne 2003

[Marco Duretto]

CALL FOR PAPERS:   150 YEARS


A joint conference of the
AUSTRALIAN SYSTEMATIC BOTANY SOCIETY
and
AUSTRALASIAN MYCOLOGICAL SOCIETY
with the
7TH BRYOLOGICAL WORKSHOP
and
ORCHID CONSERVATION FORUM II.

This conference celebrates the sesquicentenary of the ational Herbarium
of Victoria and systematic botany in Australia.

It will be held at The University of Melbourne, 29 September - 3
October 2003.

The conference will include:
* Sessions on Legumes, Myrtaceae, Mycology, Lichens, Bryophytes, Orchid
conservation etc
* Australian Virtual Herbarium workshop/forum: uses and progress
(HISCOM).
* the Australian Systematic Botany Society AGM
* the Australasian Mycological Society AGM
Associated events of the conference will include:
* Orchid Conservation Forum II (25-27 Sept. 2003). For details contact:
Rob.Cross at rbg.vic.gov.au
* 7th Australasian Bryophyte Workshop (4-9 Oct. 2003). For details
contact: Pina.Milne at rbg.vic.gov.au or Niels.Klazenga at rbg.vic.gov.au
* Book launch of Novelty to Rarity - a History of the National
Herbarium of Victoria written by H Cohn
* Botanical Art exhibition highlighting the State Botanical Collection
of the National Herbarium of Victoria.
* Bryophyte Illustration Exhibition

Keynote addresses and other presentations:

150 Years Conference keynote opening address:
Professor P.F. Stevens (Botany, University of Missouri, and Curator,
Missouri Botanical Gardens, USA.)
Tile: 'Higher-level names: What is it about them that make us fight so
much?'

Myrtaceae mini-symposium keynote address:
Professor Pauline Y. Ladiges FAA (School of Botany, The University of
Melbourne)
Title: 'Australian biogeographic connections and phylogeny of
myrtaceous groups'

Nancy Burbidge Memorial Lecture:
Professor Robert S. Hill (ARC Professorial Research Fellow, University
of Adelaide, and
Head of Science, South Australian Museum)
Title: 'Fire, air, water and earth: elemental evolution of the
Australian flora'

Keynote address:
Professor Brent D. Mishler (Department of Integrative Biology,
Director, University and Jepson Herbaria, Associate Director, California
Biodiversity Centre, University of California, USA.)
Title: 'Phylogeny of the land plants, with special reference to
bryophytes'


For further information and brochures please contact:
Conference Management
The University of Melbourne

www.conferences.unimelb.edu.au/150years
ph: +61 3 8344 6389
fax: +61 3 8344 6122
email: bhewitt at unimelb.edu.au




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Dr Marco Duretto
Plant Sciences Manager
National Herbarium of Victoria
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra 3141
Australia
ph: +61 3 9252 2313; fax: +61 3 9252 2350
email: marco.duretto at rbg.vic.gov.au
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