[Taxacom] Systematics Association Biennial Conference August 2007

[Beach, James H]

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From: Elspeth Haston [mailto:E.Haston at rbge.ac.uk] 
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Subject: Systematics Association Biennial Conference August 2007



Systematics Association Biennial Conference

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 28-31 August 2007

Registration now open! Please visit:
http://www.systass.org/biennial2007/
<http://www.systass.org/biennial2007/> 

The Biennial conferences of the Systematics Association provide a forum
for systematists from different disciplines to present and discuss their
research. The Sixth Biennial Conference will be held at Royal Botanic
Garden Edinburgh from 28th to 31st August 2007 (registration opens on
the 27th). The format will be a mixture of both open sessions and
focused thematic symposia.

Speciation symposium confirmed speakers:  Jim Mallet (UC London),
Alfried Vogler (Natural History Museum), Nick Barton (Edinburgh),
Christophe Thebaud (Toulouse), Christian Lexer (Kew), Peter Comes
(Salzburg), John Willis (Duke), Roger Butlin (Sheffield), Mike Ritchie
(St Andrews), Salvatore Cozzolino (Naples), Simon Hiscock (Bristol),
Chris Jiggins (Edinburgh), Peter Linder (Zurich)

UK Research Councils Systematics Symposium confirmed speakers: 

Sandie Baldauf (York), Mark Wilkinson (Natural History Museum), Roger
Thorpe (Bangor), Tim Littlewood (Natural History Museum), Lee Hastie
(Aberdeen)

Programme Overview

Monday 27 August       Registration 

Tuesday 28 August

Morning           Registration, Open session

Afternoon         Concurrent Sessions: (1) Open and (2) Floras & Faunas

Evening            Poster session and drinks reception

Wednesday 29 August

Morning           Concurrent Sessions: (1) Open and (2) Floras & Faunas

Afternoon         UK Research Council systematics symposium

Thursday 30 August

All day             Concurrent Sessions: (1) Open and (2) Speciation
symposium

Evening            Conference Banquet and Ceilidh, Our Dynamic Earth

Friday 31 August 

All day             Open sessions

Dr E M Haston
Assistant Curator
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
20a Inverleith Row
Edinburgh  EH3 5LR 

Tel: 00 44 (0)131 248 2816
Fax: 00 44 (0)131 248 2901
E-mail: e.haston at rbge.org.uk