International Symposium on East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation

Second Circular

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

East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation

22-23October 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 inSapporo, 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

Organizers

Taxonomy and Evolution Division, the Botanical Society of China

The Japanese Society of Plant Taxonomist

The Korean Society of Plant Taxonomist

Invited Speakers(Alphabetic)

Shuang-quan Huang (College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, China)

Shingo Kaneko (Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan)

Joo-hwan Kim (College of Natural Science,Kyungwon University, South Korea)

Jin Murata (GraduateSchool of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Koh Nakamura (Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Japan)

Ying-xiongQiu (Institute of Plant Sciences,Zhejiang University, China)

Su-huaShi (School of Life Sciences,Sun Yat-Sen university, China)

Tsuneki Shizuka (Makino Herbarium, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)

Koji Takayama (Department of Biology,Chiba University, Japan)

Yasuyuki Watano (Department of biology, Chiba University, Japan)

Hyosig Won (Deptof Biological Sciences, Daegu University, South Korea)

Dian-xiangZhang (SouthChinaBotanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

Xian-chunZhang (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)

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 (XishuangbannaBotanical Garden, CAS, Xishuangbanna, China)

Byoung-Hee Choi (InhaUniversity, Incheon, South Korea)

Cheng-xin Fu (ZhejiangUniversity, Hangzhou, China)

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

Hong-ya Gu (PekingUniversity, Beijing, China)

Hong-wen Huang (SouthChinaBotanical Garden, CAS, Guangzhou, China)

Joo-Hwan Kim (DaejeonUniversity, 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 (LanzhouUniversity, Lanzhou, China)

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

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

Ki-RyongPark (Kyung-NamUniversity, Masan, South Korea)

Hiroaki Setoguchi (Kyoto University, Japan)

Su-hua Shi (ZhongshanUniversity, Guangzhou, China)

Yasuyuki Watano (Chiba University, Japan)

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 on the website: please check.

Symposium Secretariat

Secretary general Dr. Min Feng ()

Tel: +86-10-62836443

Fax: +86-10-62590843

Secretaries Dr. Jin-Hua Ran ()

Miss Yin-ting Le ()

Excursion

Half-day excursion to the BeijingBotanical Gardenand the Institute of Botany, ChineseAcademy of Sciences, will be offeredduring the symposium.

Transportation and accommodation

Symposium site is in the Institute of Botany, ChineseAcademy of Sciences. The location is at the foot of the Fragrant Hill, northwestern corner of the BeijingCity. There are a fewbusiness hotels within walking distance. The detailed map, transportation and hotel information are listed as below.

The location of the State Key Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany:

 the EAPDC 2009 symposium site

State Key Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany

Institute of Botany,ChineseAcademy of Sciences

20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan

Beijing 100093, China

The location and book information for the hotels:

Notes:

1 Symposium site - Institute of Botany, ChineseAcademy of Sciences

2 Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel(★★★★★)

about 1300m to the meeting site

3 Fragrant Hill Hotel(★★★★★)

about 1900m to the meeting site

4 Xiangquan Hotel

86-10-82595403, about 650m to the meeting site (Only for Chinese attendants)

5 Baoyi Hotel

86-10-62591662, about 1000m to the meeting site (Only for Chinese attendants)

Only Hotel #2 and #3 can host the international guests. Several hotel rooms of the Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel (#2) have been booked for the foreign attendants, the price per room we get will be around RMB 440 Yuan per night ( 65 Us dollars). We will arrange a shuttle bus from the Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel to the symposium site everyday. Please fill the confirm form below carefully and reply to us before October 15th, 2009, we will arrange the airport pick-up, hotel rooms, return tickets and anything more.

Symposium on East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation

Attendance Confirmation

NAME / GENDER
INSTITUTION
EMAIL
PHONE / FAX
PRESENTATION / ORAL or POSTER
Hotel Booking
forFragrantHill Empark Hotel / Arrival Date: Departure Date:
Flight info / Date: Flight No.:
Airport pick-up / YES or NO
Return ticket
booking information

Note: One attendant per form please, to count the reservation number precisely. Please return the form to us before October 15th, 2009.

Symposium on East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation 2009 Secretariat