Acacia 2006 - Knowing and Growing Australian Wattles - Call for papers

[Rob Cross]

Acacia 2006: Knowing and Growing Australian Wattles
Melbourne, Victoria, 25-28 August 2006
Australian Plant Society, Victoria & Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Website: www.rbg.vic.gov.au/acacia2006


The aim of this conference is to bring together those people interested in different aspects of Acacia, including horticulture, systematics and taxonomy, conservation, weed research, or any other topic related to acacias.

The two main days of presentations will be punctuated by a day of touring gardens in and around Melbourne to see a diverse range of cultivated Acacia species.

It is hoped that Acacia 2006 will promote the exchange of information as well as stimulate new research and future collaboration between the many people interested in acacias. It will enable delegates to:

    * learn where progress has been made; 
    * highlight those areas requiring further study;
    * plan effective, complementary, and relevant research projects.

Acacia 2006 will bring together a diverse range of people, all working on different aspects of Acacia research. Mr Bruce Maslin (Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia), the developer of the WATTLE interactive key for identifcation of Australian acacias, will be a keynote speaker. 

Please see the website, www.rbg.vic.gov.au/acacia2006, or contact Sue Guymer (acacia2006.melbourne at netlink.com.au) or Dan Murphy (daniel.murphy at rbg.vic.gov.au) for further details.

Regards,

Rob Cross
Horticultural Botanist
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

Rob Cross
Horticultural Botanist
Royal Botanic Gardens
Birdwood Avenue
South Yarra
Victoria
Australia  3141

Phone:   61 3 9252 2329
Fax:        61 3 9252 2350

Email:     rob.cross at rbg.vic.gov.au