Programme (download in pdf)
Sunday, 08 September: Commission meetings (restricted)
8:30-18:30 – Meeting Secretariat, Herbarium Mediterraneum, Orto Botanico – Registration of the participants. The Registration desk will remain open as per official programme timings through- out the entire conference.
Monday, 09 September
8:30 – Orto Botanico, Aula Lanza – Executive Council Meeting (restricted)
10:00 – Orto Botanico, Aula Lanza – International Board Meeting (restricted)
12:30 – Palazzo Steri, Sala delle Capriate – Opening ceremony, followed by Plenary Lecture – S. Knapp & al.: “Run for your lives!” – has there been a revolution in publishing and communicating botanical results?
15:00 – Hall A – Symposium 1 - K. Marhold: New frontiers in Plant Systematics (IAPT supported Symposium)
15:00 – Hall B – Symposium 2 - R. M. Ros & M. G. Dia: Mediterranean Bryophytes
18:30 – Guided visit to the Orto Botanico and Welcome Reception (IAPT sponsored)
Tuesday, 10 September
9:00 – Hall A – Symposium 3 - F. M. Raimondo: Taxonomy and floristics in Italy
9:00 – Hall B – Symposium 4 - A. Crespo & A. R. Burgaz: Lichen studies in the Mediterranean area
15:00 – Hall A – Symposium 5 - K. Marhold: Floristic relationships of Italy with the Balkan Peninsula (IAPT supported Symposium)
15:00 – Hall B – Symposium 6 - M. Fennane: Conservation: legal instruments and their application
Wednesday, 11 September
9:00 – Herbarium Mediterraneum – Poster session. The posters will be at display throughout the entire conference.
10:45-11:15 – Coffee break
15:00 – Hall B – Symposium 7 - P. Mazzola: The Mediterranean as source of ornamentals.
Off topic presentations
15:00 – Hall A – Symposium 8 - B. Valdés: The present and future of Mediterranean floristics.
19:00 – Garden Party at the Orto Botanico
Thursday, 12 September
8:00-22:00 – Mid-Congress excursion to Mt. Cofano (N.W. Sicily)
Friday, 13 September
9:00 – Hall A – Symposium 9 - E. von Raab-Straube: Taxonomic data in the information age.
9:00 – Hall B – Symposium 10 - L. Sadori, M. Mariotti, A. M. Mercuri: Palynology for the Mediterranean vegetation history.
15:00 – Hall A – Symposium 11 - E. Vitek: Collection data in the information age.
15:00 – Hall B – Symposium 12 - C. Galán Soldevilla: Mediterranean pollen studies.
20:00 – Conference Dinner at the Orto Botanico
Saturday, 14 September
9:00 – Hall A – Symposium 13 - S. Šiljak-Yakovlev & L. Peruzzi: Progress in Mediterranean karyosystematics and molecular cytogenetics.
15:00 – Hall A – Symposium 14 - S. Šiljak-Yakovlev & L. Peruzzi: Progress in Mediterranean molecular systematics and data bases.
15:00 – Hall B – Symposium 15 - S. L. Jury: Mediterranean Umbelliferae.
Sunday, 15 September
9:00 – Hall A – Symposium 16 - V. H. Heywood: In-situ conservation of target species.
15:00 – Hall A – Closing Ceremony and OPTIMA General Meeting
16:30 – Farewell drinks (offered by OPTIMA)