The XIth INTERNATIONAL AROID CONFERENCE=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
Army Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam, 11.-=C2=AD=E2=80=9013. December, 2013 =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
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Organized by the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources (IEBR), Hanoi.
Supported by the International Aroid Society (IAS).
Recommended arrival date: 10. December, 2013.
Registration fee BEFORE 30. June 2013: Regular =3D US $120. Student =3D US $60.
Registration fee AFTER 30. June 2013: Regular =3D US $140. Student =3D US $70.
Fee covers 3 lunches & 1 banquet at Restaurant Le Bon, No. 1 Pham Ngu Lao Street, Hanoi.
For registration and payment please contact:
Dr NGUYEN Van Du, Institute of Ecology=C2=A0 and Biological Resources (vandu178@yahoo.com), or
Dr Peter J. Matthews, National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan (researchcooperative@gmail.com).=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
See conference updates at: www.aroids.ning.com
PROGRAMME (NB: submissions for presentations are invited; see contacts above):
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2013. =C2=A0
7.30 am: Registration=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
9.00: Welcome presentations=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
10.00: Coffee break=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
10.15: T. Croat (working title): "Review of studies on Araceae"
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Session I: Discovery and Description
10:35: 3 presentations=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
Lunch 12:00 (Provided)=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
Session II: Systematics and Taxonomy
1.30 pm: P. C. Boyce (working title): "Taxonomy of Araceae in Malesia" =C2=A0=C2=A0
2:00:=C2=A0 5 presentations & coffeebreak=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
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THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2013
Session III: Horticulture=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
9.00 am:=C2=A0 6 presentations & coffee break=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
Lunch 12:00 (Provided)=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
Session IV: Ethnobotany, Economic Botany, and Ecology=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
1.30 pm: P. J. Matthews (working title): "Colocasia and ethnobotany"
2:00: 5 presentations & coffee break.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
FRIDAY, Dec. 13, 2013
Session V: IAS activities (to be announced)=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
Lunch 12:00 (Provided)=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
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Session VI: Posters =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
Banquet 7:00 (Provided)
SATURDAY, Dec. 14=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
Conference excursions (choose one):=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
(1) Kenh Ga -=C2=AD=E2=80=90 Hoa Lu: 1-=C2=AD=E2=80=90day tour, US $50.
(2) Halong=C2=A0 Bay: 1-=C2=AD=E2=80=90day tour, US $40.
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