PROGRAMME

The congress is from Sunday evening 29 June 2008 to Friday noon 4 July 2008.
The outline of the previous 1st World Science Congress has been maintained. The programme consists of key note lectures, selected oral contributions, poster sessions and excursions to research sites. On the last day we plenary discuss the outcomes of the parallel session discussions and recommend resolutions for pressing issues in plant technology, horticultural research and sustainable conservation methods. 
Themes: Climate Change, Conservation, Biodiversity, Bionics, New Systematics, Future Issues

Word of thanks by Bob
Dear participant

Photographs
Pictures of the Congress
Pictures of the Opening Sculptural Exhibition

Programme overview
Time table (pdf)

PROGRAMME
Programme (pdf)

Speakers - and their lectures in pdf (in alphabetical order)

• Ainsley (Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, South Australia)
• Al-Eisawi (Jordan University, Jordan)
• Ammann (Delft University of Technology)
• Aplin (National Botanic Garden of Belgium)
• Bramwell (Botanic Garden Las Palmas, Spain) 
• Chase (Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK)
• Dixon (Perth Botanic Garden and National Parks, Australia)
• Donvez & Ducatillion (Villa Thuret, France)
• Dunn (USA)
• Ducatillion (France)
• Fakir (Turkey)
• Favret (Jardin Botanico 'A. Ragonese', Argentina))
• Fischlin (ETH, co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2007, Switzerland)
• Gomez Mejia (Colombian Botanic Gardens Network, Colombia)
• Groom (National Botanic Garden of Belgium)
• Havens (Chicago Botanic Garden, USA)
• Hawkins (BGCI, UK)
• Heywood (University of Reading, UK)
• del Hoyo (Marimurtra Botanic Garden, Spain)
• Hsu (Taiwan Forestry Research Institute)
• Huntley (South African National Biodiversity Institute Kirstenbosch, Cape Town)
• James (Elsevier)
• Kelleher (National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland)
• Kiehn (Dept. Biogeography and Botanical Garden, University of Vienna, Austria)
• Kramer (Chicago Botanic Garden, USA)
• Laimer (Plant Biotechnology, Vienna, Austria)
• Leal (Central Africa Program - Missouri Botanical Garden, USA)
• Lomborg (author 'The Skeptical environmentalist' and 'Cool it', Denmark)
• Lupton (National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland)
• Maloupa (Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia, Greece)
• Maschinski (Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Florida, USA)
• Niezen (Smiemans Projecten)
• Nkwanga (Uganda)
• Oldfield (BGCI, UK)
• Onyango (University Botanic Garden, Maseno, Kenya)
• Ottele (Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology)
• van Proosdij (Hortus Botanicus University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
• Passalacqua (Museo di Storia Naturale della Calabria ed Orto Botanico, Italy)
• Pence (Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Ohio, USA)
• Persoon (Botanic Gardens University Utrecht, The Netherlands)
• Rodriguez Vazquez (Jardin Botanico de Cienfuegos, Cuba)
• Sharrock (BGCI, UK)
• Tankersley (USA)
• van Uffelen (Hortus Botanicus University Leiden, The Netherlands)
• Ursem (Botanic Garden, Delft University of Technology)
• Waterman (UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education)
• van den Wollenberg (Botanic Garden, Delft University of Technology, Dutch office BGCI)
• Wyse Jackson (National Botanic Gardens of Ireland, Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland)

Workshop Sunday morning 29 June 2008
The workshop by Chuck Miller was on Sunday morning 29 June 2008, 11:00 - 13:00 hours, prior to the start of the congress. 

Social & additional programme
- Sunday evening 29 June 17.00-21.00 hrs: Reception and barbecue in the Botanical Garden
- Monday evening 30 June 18.00-19.00 hrs: Mayor's reception in the 'Prinsenhof' in Delft city
- Wednesday afternoon 2 July 13.30-17.00 hrs: Excursions research sites TU Delft
- Thursday evening 3 July 17.00-24.00 hrs: Conference dinner on conference boat