Second Circular
Pre-Symposium of the Conference “Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of
Darwin’s On the Origin of Species”
East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation
22-23 October 2009
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Purpose
The symposium “East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation” was initiated in 2007 by
the societies involving plant taxonomy and evolution from Japan (Japanese Society of
Plant Taxonomist), China (Taxonomy and Evolution Division of Botanical Society of
China) and South Korea (Korean Society of Plant Taxonomist). The symposium aims to
provide a forum to share and discuss the latest developments in the field of plant
taxonomy and evolution as well as plant biodiversity research and conservation, and to
promote the exchange of scientific information among researchers and students in East
Asian countries. The first symposium “East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation” was
successfully held on August 2, 2008 in Sapporo, Japan. This second symposium will be
held in Beijing, China as one of a series of scientific symposia and satellite meetings held
in China to celebrate the impact of Darwin’s ideas on current scientific knowledge. The
official language is English.
Sessions
Taxonomy and biodiversity inventory
Floristics and plant biogeography
Speciation, breeding system, and adaptive evolution
Conservation genetics of rare and endangered plant species
Plant conservation strategies in East Asian countries
Organizers
Taxonomy and Evolution Division, the Botanical Society of China
The Japanese Society of Plant Taxonomist
The Korean Society of Plant Taxonomist
Invited Speakers (Alphabetic)
Shuang-quan Huang (College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, China)
Shingo Kaneko (Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Japan)
Joo-hwan Kim (College of Natural Science, Kyungwon University, South Korea)
Jin Murata (Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Koh Nakamura (Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, Japan)
Ying-xiong Qiu (Institute of Plant Sciences, Zhejiang University, China)
Su-hua Shi (School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-Sen university, China)
Tsuneki Shizuka (Makino Herbarium, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan)
Koji Takayama (Department of Biology, Chiba University, Japan)
Yasuyuki Watano (Department of biology, Chiba University, Japan)
Hyosig Won (Dept of Biological Sciences, Daegu University, South Korea)
Dian-xiang Zhang (South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Xian-chun Zhang (Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
Organizing Committee
Chairman
De-yuan Hong (President of the Botanical Society of China, Institute of Botany, CAS,
Beijing, China)
Vice Chairmen
Hang Sun (Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China)
Xiao-quan Wang (Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China)
Members (Alphabetic)
Jin Chen (Xishuangbanna Botanical Garden, CAS, Xishuangbanna, China)
Byoung-Hee Choi (Inha University, Incheon, South Korea)
Cheng-xin Fu (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China)
Song Ge (Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China)
Hong-ya Gu (Peking University, Beijing, China)
Hong-wen Huang (South China Botanical Garden, CAS, Guangzhou, China)
Joo-Hwan Kim (Daejeon University, Daejeon, South Korea)
De-zhu Li (Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS, Kunming, China)
Shao-hua Li (Wuhan Botanical Garden, CAS, Wuhan, China)
Jian-quan Liu (Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China)
Jin Murata (Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Japan)
Jae-Hong Pak (College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Korea)
Ki-Ryong Park (Kyung-Nam University, Masan, South Korea)
Hiroaki Setoguchi (Kyoto University, Japan)
Su-hua Shi (Zhongshan University, Guangzhou, China)
Yasuyuki Watano (Chiba University, Japan)
Sponsors
State Key Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, CAS
Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Biogeography, Kunming Institute of Botany, CAS
Registration
Participants are requested to fill the registration form and send it to the Symposium
Secretariat listed below. The registration fee, ￥500 Chinese Yuan or $ 75 US dollars,
should be paid at the registration desk on site. All the participants are welcome to register
for the Conference “Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Darwin’s On the Origin of
Species”. Detailed information of the conference can be found on the website:
http://www.darwin200.cn/, please check.
Symposium Secretariat
Secretary general
Secretaries
Dr. Min Feng (fengmin@ibcas.ac.cn)
Tel: +86-10-62836443
Fax: +86-10-62590843
Dr. Jin-Hua Ran (jinhua_ran@ibcas.ac.cn)
Miss Yin-ting Le (leyinting@ibcas.ac.cn)
Excursion
Half-day excursion to the Beijing Botanical Garden and the Institute of Botany, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, will be offered during the symposium.
Transportation and accommodation
Symposium site is in the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The location
is at the foot of the Fragrant Hill, northwestern corner of the Beijing City. There are a few
business hotels within walking distance. The detailed map, transportation and hotel
information are listed as below.
The location of the State Key Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany:
 the EAPDC 2009 symposium site
State Key Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany
Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences
20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan
Beijing 100093, China
The location and book information for the hotels:
Notes:
1 Symposium site - Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
2 Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel (★★★★★)
www.empark.com.cn/bj03, about 1300m to the meeting site
3 Fragrant Hill Hotel (★★★★★)
www.xsfd.com, about 1900m to the meeting site
4 Xiangquan Hotel
86-10-82595403, about 650m to the meeting site (Only for Chinese attendants)
5 Baoyi Hotel
86-10-62591662, about 1000m to the meeting site (Only for Chinese attendants)
Only Hotel #2 and #3 can host the international guests. Several hotel rooms of the
Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel (#2) have been booked for the foreign attendants, the price per
room we get will be around RMB 440 Yuan per night ( 65 Us dollars). We will arrange a
shuttle bus from the Fragrant Hill Empark Hotel to the symposium site everyday. Please
fill the confirm form below carefully and reply to us before October 15th, 2009, we will
arrange the airport pick-up, hotel rooms, return tickets and anything more.
Symposium on East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation
Attendance Confirmation
NAME
GENDER
INSTITUTION
EMAIL
PHONE
FAX
PRESENTATION
ORAL
or
POSTER
Hotel Booking
for
Fragrant
Hill Arrival Date:
Departure Date:
Empark Hotel
Flight info
Airport pick-up
Date:
YES
Flight No.:
or
NO
Return ticket
booking information
Note: One attendant per form please, to count the reservation number precisely. Please
return the form to us before October 15th, 2009.
Symposium on East Asian Plant Diversity and Conservation 2009 Secretariat
Secretary general
Secretaries
Dr. Min Feng (fengmin@ibcas.ac.cn)
Tel: +86-10-62836443
Fax: +86-10-62590843
Mobil: 13601081551
Dr. Jin-Hua Ran (jinhua_ran@ibcas.ac.cn)
Miss Yin-ting Le (leyinting@ibcas.ac.cn)
State Key Laboratory of Systematic & Evolutionary Botany
Institute of Botany,Chinese Academy of Sciences