| Theme 1: The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation - 2010 and beyond |
Cycads |
| Patrick Griffith, Montgomery Botanical Center, USA | Living cycad collections at Montgomery: challenges, opportunities, investment, and outcomes |
| Nan Li, Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden, China | Progress in cycad conservation and researches at the China National Cycad Conservation Centre |
| Dennis Stevenson, New York Botanical Garden, USA | Applying the past 30 years of cycad research to conservation |
| Karin van der Walt, South African National Biodiversity Institute | Ex Situ conservation - the critical difference between extinction and survival of Encephalartos species |
| Andrew Vovides, Instituto de Ecología, Mexico | The Mexican living cycad collection at the Jardin Botánico Francisco Javier Clavijero, Xalapa |
| Andrew Vovides, Instituto de Ecología, Mexico | Cycad collections in botanic gardens: challenges and opportunities |
GSPC |
| Rita Accogli, University of Salento, Italy | Recovery and conservation of the agricultural genetic resources of Salento (Apulia - Italy) |
| Yuri Gorbunov, Main Botanic Gardens of Russian Academy of Sciences | Russian botanical gardens and GSPC |
| M. Patrick Griffith, Montgomery Botanical Center, USA | The cost of conservation: measuring the mission and its economics |
| Adil Guner, Nezahat Gökyigit Botanik Bahcesi, Turkey | Nezahat Gökyigit Botanik Bahçesi: developing ex situ conservation programmes for threatened plants of Turkey |
| Michael Kiehn, University of Vienna, Austrai | Botanic Gardens and the implementation of the GSPC in Austria |
| Gustavo Martinelli, Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden, Brazil | Brazilian National Centre on Flora Conservation: the efforts of Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden in implementing the GSPC targets at national level: some results |
| Marie-Stéphanie Samian, Ghent University, Belgium | PeperomiaReference Collection: an ex situ living plant collection for scientific research |
| Sophie Williams, Bangor University, UK | Botanic gardens and their contribution to the GSPC |
| Marcin Zych, University of Warsaw Botanic Garden, Poland | It takes a flower and a bee to make a meadow: mutualistic plant-pollinator interactions are crucial for plant biodiversity conservation |
The GSPC and Trees |
| M.A.A.B. Dilhan, The Open University of Sri Lanka | Building sustainable botanic gardens: a simple silvicultural method adopted to haven certain wood trees into productive arboretum in the dry zone of Sri Lanka |
| Douglas Gibbs, BGCI | Prioritising threatened tree conservation |
| Marion Mackay, Massey University, New Zealand | Meeting Target 8: Rhododendron subgenus vireya in New Zealand as an example of ex situ conservation |
| Georgina Magin, Fauna & Flora International, UK | Progress with the Global Trees Campaign |
| Dhanya Chemboli Sreenvasan, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, India | Recovery of endangered tree species for large scale restoration in Western Ghats of India |
| Larry Stritch, United States Forest Service | Saving Endangered trees on the US Forest Service Land |
| Xiangying Wen, BGCI, China | Safeguarding China's botanical heritage - BGCI's integrated conservation programme in China |
GSPC Target 1 |
| Bob Allkin, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK | The significance of completing GSPC Target 1 |
| Sebsebe Demissew, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia | The Ethiopian Flora Project: Lessons Learned |
| Christina Flann, Wageningen University, Netherlands | Compiling the Global Compositae Checklist in the age of biodiversity informatics |
| Rafaela Campostrini Forzza, Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | Preparation of a list of Brazilian plant and fungal species: methods and results |
| Laurent Gautier, Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Geneva | Database of African plants |
| Chuck Miller, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA | Using heuristic methods to complete GSPC Target 1 by 2010 |
Oceanic Islands |
| Maarten Christenhusz, The Natural History Museum, UK | The vegetation of Rapa Nui |
| Vincent Florens, University of Mauritius | Status of plant conservation in the Western Indian Ocean |
| Christian W. Torres-Santana, University of Hawai`i, USA | Conservation status of plants in the Caribbean Island biodiversity hotspot |
| Alan Tye, Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme, Fiji | The status of plant conservation on Pacific islands |
| Jay Warren, Pitcairn island | Invasive species on islands- getting rid of the stuff that people like with little or no money |
| Juli-Caujapé-Castells, Jardín Botánico Canario "Viera y Clavijo", Spain | The status of plant conservation on the Macaronesian archipelagos |
| Theme 2: Addressing the threat from invasive aliens, pests and diseases |
Alien Invasive Plants |
| Cristina Armstrong, Matthew Jebb & Noeleen Smyth. The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland | The National Botanic Gardens of Ireland involvement with invasive species, through education and implementing control projects |
| Kristina Bjureke, Natural History Museum, Norway | We have introduced some of them…. Do we take the responsibility to eradicate them? |
| Kerry Britton, USDA Forest Service | Informing pest prevention efforts through Sentinel Plant Monitoring |
| Mike Buffin, National Trust, UK | An assessment of the National Trust's approach to protecting its gardens and plant collection from the threat of major pest and disease outbreaks |
| Colin Clubbe, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK | Role of native species nurseries in mitigating threats from invasive species - case studies from UK Overseas territories |
| Andrew Gapinski, Longwood Gardens, USA | Preparing Plant Collections for Biological Invasions: A Study of the Effects of Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire) through Case Study Analysis |
| Chad Husby, Montgomery Botanical Center, USA | Weed risk assessment for botanic garden decision making |
| Matthew Jebb, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland | Sharing information, and policy, on potentially invasive alien plants in botanic gardens |
| Suzanne Kapelari, University of Innsbruck, Austria | Alien invaders - how teenagers learn about invasive plants while working with scientists |
| Andrea Kramer, BGCI (US) | Next steps in developing an International Sentinel Plant Network |
| Deborah McCullough, Michigan State University, USA | Emerald Ash Borer in the North America: will we kiss our Ash goodbye? |
| Sarah Reichard, University of Washington Botanic Gardens, USA | Preventing the spread of invasive species: botanic gardens have the tools |
| Frank W. Telewski, Michigan State University, USA | The Introduction of Emerald Ash Borer in North America, a case study of invasive species epidemiology and conservation of the host species. |
| Mark Widrichner, US Department of Agriculture | Building a Comprehensive Collection of Ash Germplasm |
| Theme 3: Building sustainable botanic gardens |
Sustainability |
| Samira Omar Asem, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research | Altering desertification through gardening in the Arabian Peninsula Region |
| Jeri Deneen, Deneen Powell Atelier, USA | Water conservation and sustainable education gardens |
| Kevin Frediani, Paignton Zoo, UK | High density vertical growing as a public exhibit at Paignton Zoo |
| Jocelyn Hughes, Tim Entwisle, Julia Willison, Tim Pettitt. | Redefining the role of botanic gardens - towards a new social purpose. The social role of botanic gardens in understanding how they can more effectively reach out to wider audiences. |
| Susanna Lehvävirta, Botanic Garden of the University of Helsinki, Finland | High customer satisfaction with low resource allocation in a small garden |
| Annette Patzelt, Oman Botanic Garden | The Oman Botanic Garden - Design, construction and living collection development of unique desert habitats |
| Tim Pettitt, Eden Project, UK | The challenges and benefits of in-vessel composting our food and catering waste to divert material from landfill and provide Eden Project with a valuable fertiliser |
| Richard V. Piacentini, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, USA | Greening a greenhouse to green the world: the value of environmental stewardship |
| Philippe Richard, Jardin botanique de Bordeaux, France | A big change for botanic gardens in Europe: going from the 19th to the 21st century |
| Dawn Sanders, Gardens For Learning, UK | Building sustainable botanic gardens: beyond architecture |
| Lucy A. Sutherland, Australian National Botanic Gardens | Revealing the 'warts' to build a sustainable Australian National Botanic Garden |
| Christopher K. Willis, South African National Biodiversity Institute | On the rocky road towards sustainability: aspiring towards the Kirstenbosch model |
| Andrew Wyatt, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, USA | Lessons in disaster recovery from a botanic garden perspective |
| Theme 4: Frontiers of science and conservation biology research in botanic gardens |
Cryptogams |
| Christopher Ellis, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland | Global Change & Biodiversity Conservation - Lessons from Lichenology |
| Margaret Ramsey, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , UK | Ex Situ Conservation of Bryophytes at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Noeleen Smyth, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland | Conserving hidden biodiversity - Cryptogamic plants and fungi |
| Uliana Spirina, Botanic Garden of Tver State University, Russia | Conservation ex situ of Bryophytes in the Botanic Garden of Tver State University (Middle part of European Russia) |
Research |
| Haider Abbas University of Karachi, Pakistan | Ex situ conservation of endangered flora using tissue culture technology |
| Mark Chase, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK | Epigenetic variation retains evolutionary signals in allotetraploid species of Dactylorhiza(Orchidaceae) |
| Colin Kelleher, National Botanic Gardens of Ireland | Use of molecular markers in establishing ex situ collections of plants |
| Valerie C. Pence, Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, USA | Phytotissue banking - meeting the challenge of ex situ conservation for species without bankable seeds |
| Jerzy Puchalski, Polish Academy of Sciences | Molecular studies on ex-situ conservation of rare and endangered Polish plants |
| Karin van de Walt, South African National Biodiversity Institute | The population biology and ecology of the critically endangered succulent - Adenium Swazicum - the role of Lowveld National Botanical Garden's threatened plants programme |
Restoration |
| Carly Cowell, South African National Biodiversity Institute | Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden-At the forefront of South Africa's ecological restoration efforts |
| Kingsley Dixon, Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Australia | The role of botanic gardens in global restoration |
| Kern Ewing, University of Washington Botanic Gardens, USA | Academic and community-based restoration based in botanic gardens |
| Qing-Jun Li, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, China | Can tropical botanic gardens play a role in regional biodiversity conservation and ecological restoration? |
| Deanna Rokich, Kings Park and Botanic Garden, Australia | A 'natural' living collection within a botanic garden helps advance ecological restoration research |
| Theme 5: Addressing climate change through botanic gardens |
Climate Change |
| Natasha Ali, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK | The role of botanic gardens in assisting the implementation of national REDD programmes |
| Anna Eglacheva, Petrozavodsk State University, Russia | Diversity and geographic origin of Gymnospermae represented in botanic gardens of Russia in various climatic conditions |
| Caroline Elliot-Kingston, University College Dublin, Ireland | The role of stomata in controlling the physiological responses of plants to rising CO2 levels |
| Tim Entwisle, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia | Sensible seasons |
| Loretta Gratani, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy | Phenotypic plasticity for physiological and life history traits of Quercus ilex L. |
| Elina Haikio, University of Kuopio, Finland | The effects of changing climate on boreal forest species |
| Maria Hällfors, University of Helsinki, Finland | Testing bioclimatic hypotheses with botanic garden collections |
| Kayri Havens, Chicago Botanic Garden, USA | Assisted migration of plants: changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes |
| Belinda Hawkins, BGCI, UK | Communicating climate change: BGCI's on-line education pack |
| Peter Symes & Jenny Steinicke, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Australia | Conserving plants in a changing climate - an Australian perspective |
| Theme 6: Working with local communities towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals |
Africa |
| Mark Nicholson, Plants for Life at Brackenhurst, Kenya | Towards a self-sustaining botanic garden in Kenya |
| David Nkwanga, Nature Palace Botanic Garden, Uganda | The role of African botanical gardens in assisting local communities cope with climate change |
| Jan Rammeloo, National Botanic Garden of Belgium | The GSPC and the opportunities to develop plant related research and conservation activities in and for Africa south of the Sahara |
| Godfrey Ruyonga, Tooro Botanic Garden, Uganda | Addressing climate change through botanic gardens - the case of Tooro Botanical Gardens- Uganda |
| Stella Simiyu, BGCI/SCBD, Kenya | Botanic Gardens in Africa beyond 2010 - surviving or sustainable? |
Local Communities |
| Sarah Miller, Ballymun Regeneration Ltd, Ireland | Incorporating environmental concerns into urban regeneration projects: a case study from Dublin |
| Didier Roguet, Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève, Switzerland | Responsibility and cooperation |
| Mamiyil Sabu, Calicut University Botanical Garden, India | Potential wild ornamental gingers of India, domestication and improvement of agreotechniques and popularization |
| Emiliano Sanchez-Martinez, Cadereyta Regional Botanical Garden , Mexico | Central Mexico native plant horticulture at the Caderyta Regional Botanical Garden |
| Bian Tan | Conservation of Orchids, Medicinals, and Agarwood in Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos |
Botanic Gardens and Society |
| David Bramwell | Sventenius as a pioneer of modern botanic gardens |
| Christopher Dunn, Harold L. Lyon Arboretum, University of Hawai'i, USA | Considering biological and cultural diversity in the context of botanic garden conservation strategies |
| Anna Faggi | Implementation of the action plan in botanical gardens from Argentina |
| Yury Naumtsev, Botanical Garden of Tver State University, Russia | Living in harmony: Botanic gardens and society |
| Katrina Nitschke, Botanic Gardens of Adelaide, Australia | Beyond engagement: Building sustainable partnerships for sustainability and connection |
| Peter Olin | The role of international cooperation among botanical gardens as a tool for the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. |
| Theme 7: Environmental education in botanic gardens |
Education |
| Gail Bromley, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK | Role models in Botanic Garden Education Networks |
| Adriana Burgos, Jardin Botanico Carlos Thays, Argentina | Reaching new audiences |
| Reinout Havinga et al | Plants in the Spotlights: Biodiversity from around the world in the heart of Amsterdam |
| Lorena Martínez, Jardín Botánico de Fundación Xochitla, Mexico | Tropicalizing the environmental education goals of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, the case of Mexican Botanic Gardens |
| Elena Pushay & Yuri Naumtsev | A sustainable garden is an inspiration for a sustainable city |
| Gerda van Uffelen & Hanneke Schreiber, Hortus Botanicus Leiden and Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, Netherlands | Two modern interpretations of old gardens |
Environmental Education |
| Alla Andreeva, Moscow State University, Russia | Botanic gardens as the base for higher education in Russia |
| Sandra Austin, Eden Project, UK | Bantaba - a gathering place at the heart of Eden's Rainforest Biome |
| Phillipe Bardin, French National Natural History Museum | How to get students to conserve plant diversity? The benefits of a new approach of the relationship between scientists and Society. |
| Dilan Bayindir, Nezahat Gökyigit Botanic Garden, Turkey | Education in botanic gardens for young children: the case of Nezahat Gökyigit Botanic Garden (NGBB), Istanbul |
| Maïté Delmas, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, France | A window on the unique and fragile New Caledonian Flora and habitats at MNHN |
| Natalia Hotait | MED-O-MED Cultural Landscapes of the Mediterranean and the Middle East |
| Fabio Ippolito, University of Salento, Italy | Flower Fairies™ by Cicely Mary Barker: a significant experience in education for plant biodiversity. |
| Leigh Morris, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland | Practical certificate courses that will change the way you grow and identify plants |
| Jennifer Schwarz Ballar, Chicago Botanic Garden, USA | The Science Career Continuum: an education ladder program to engage and educate underserved minority students in environmental sciences at the Chicago Botanic Garden |
| Paula Villagra-Islas, Universidad San Sebastian, Chile | Re-growth of vegetation, colour and landscapecComplexity: the role of design in the interpretation of natural systems in botanical gardens |
Islamic Gardens |
| Sophie Gilliat-Ray, Mark Bryant, Emma Clark. Islamic Gardens in the UK | dynamics of culture, conservation and communities. A discussion of the findings of an 8-month research project commissioned by BGCI and undertaken by the Islam-UK Centre, Cardiff University. |
| Theme 8: Botanic garden horticulture |
Access and Benefit Sharing |
| Natasha Ali, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK | Botanic Gardens and the International Regime on Access and Benefit Sharing |
| Kate Davis, BGCI, UK | Non-commercial research and the ABS Protocol: what next? |
| Alan Paton, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK | Access and Benefit Sharing at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |
| Bert van den Wollenberg, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands | The Internatioanl Plant Exchange Network (IPEN) |
| Judy West, Australian National Botanic Gardens | Australian perspective on opportunities arising from Access and Benefit Sharing |
Databases |
| Abby Hird, The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, USA | Collections management for ex situ plant conservation: a North American case study |
| Michael J. O'Neal, BG-BASE, Inc, USA | Mapping Options with BG-BASE Collections Management Software |
| J.G.M. Persoon, Utrecht University, Netherlands | Atlantis-BG a standard for comprehensive, web-based collection management. |
| Bhupinder Pal Singh, Guru Nanak Dev University, India | Creation of a digital database of plant diversity at GNDU Botanical Garden, Amritsar |
| Kerry S. Walter, BG-BASE (UK) Ltd | Pulling it all together: The benefits of data integration |
Horticulture |
| Frank Bisby, University of Reading, UK | The Catalogue of Life - new electronic services in 4D4Life |
| Marcella Corcoran, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK. | Developing horticultural protocols for threatened plants form the UK Oversease Territories |
| Mark Fountain, Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens, Australia | A Basis for Change - a novel way to evaluate and re-align living collections to meet the changing focus of a botanic garden in the modern world |
| Alan Matchett, Dunedin Botanic Garden, New Zealand | Meeting the Challenge Breaking Through the Barriers |
| Edwin van Spronsen, ETI BioInformatics, Netherlands | Species information systems: customizable and dynamically generated identification keys for use in websites and mobile devices. |
