follow the links for specific information
Sunday, July 27, Evening
Solutions
from Nature: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World
Dr. Paul Staments
Monday, July 28, Morning
•
Phylogeography
of northern North America with
insights from paleontological, geological, and molecular
data
• Pollination
to Population Structure - How Understanding Reproductive Biology Can Inform Conservation
of Rare Plants
• Polyploidy:
Genetics, Evolution and Ecology
Monday, July 28, Afternoon
• The Future of Botany Teaching
•
Tropical Biodiversity and Food Security
• Understanding
plant evolution: morphology to molecules
Tuesday, July 29, Morning
• Demand
for Botanists on Public Lands:
Challenges and Solutions
•
From
Gels to Genomics: The Evolving
Landscape of Pteridology
•
Wollemia
nobilis: Modern Studies of an Ancient
Plant
Tuesday, July 29, Afternoon
• Bryophytes
and Lichens of North America:
Diversity, Function and Importance
• Annals of Botany Lecture - Speciation
Genes in Plants, Dr. Loren Rieseberg
•
Past President Symposium - Understanding
the Crisis in Science Literacy: The BSA is Planting
Science in the 21st Century
Wednesday, July 30, Morning
•The
Future of International Botanical Research: possibilities
and strategies for your International collaborations
and research, especially in developing nations
•
The
Utility of Pollen in Systematic and Morphological Studies:
A Celebration of the Life of John J. Skvarla
Wednesday, July 30, Afternoon
• The
flora of Madagascar: research needs and research
progress
•
Plants
and fungi - growing together
• Regional Botany Special Lecture - Science
Education in the 21st Century: Using the tools of
science to teach science. - Dr. Carl Wieman
Wednesday, July 30, Evening
•
Address of Botanical Society of
America President Elect, Dr. Karl Niklas – at the
Banquet for all Botanists
