Botany 2016 (Botanical Society of America Annual Meeting)

July 30 – August 3, 2016
International Trade and Convention Center
Savannah, Georgia

Conference Registration and Abstract Submission coming in early February!

The annual Botany Conference is a multiple scientific society conference serving over 7,000 plant scientists and students whose research and practice span the globe. The conference encompasses the diverse scope of botanical study.

Special Lectures

Carl Zimmer will be the Plenary Lecturer – Sunday Evening – July 31st
Zimmer writes books, articles, essays, and blog posts in which he reports from the frontiers of biology, where scientists are expanding our understanding of life. Since 2013 he has been a columnist at the New York Times, where his column “Matter” appears each week.

Annals of Botany Lecture will be presented by Professor Anna Traveset and the title of her talk: “Mutualistic networks in the Galápagos Islands and how alien species modify their structure.” Day and Time to be Announced

Botanical Society of America’s Emerging Leader Special Lecture – Selena Smith

Enhancing Scientist Diversity in Plant Biology Luncheon – Juan Zalapa

 

Email: johanne@botany.org for more information

Source: http://2016.botanyconference.org