PLANT GENOMICS IN CHINA VI Second Announcement The 6th Conference of Plant Genomics in China will be held on August 17 to 20, 2005 in Kunming, China. This symposium will emphasize the new progresses on plant genomics. Programme August 17: registration August 18 -August 20: Scientific sessions Themes Plant Genome Sequence Analysis Plant Functional Genomics Comparative Genomics Plant Proteomics Bioinformatics Plant Molecular Breeding Abstract The abstracts submitted for the Symposium are expected to contain new information of high scientific standards. The abstracts will be printed before the Conference. An abstract of no more than 500 words should be submitted by June 30th, 2005, by e-mail in a file prepared, preferably, in Microsoft Word, following the template provided on the website Http://croplab.hzau.edu.cn/symposium. Speaking The speaking and discussion for ordinary report in the session meeting will be 15 and 5 minutes. But special invited report will be 40 minutes. Powerpoint set is available. Posters Posters in all the topics are encouraged. The poster board size will be 1.2 meters high by 0.9 meters wide. Symposium Venue The conference will be held at the Longdu Hotel, Kunming 650231, China Registration The registration fee is 600 RMB for regular individuals who register before May 31, 2005, 300 RMB for students. After the date, the fee will be increased to 800 RMB for regular individuals and 400 RMB for students, and there will be no guarantee for the abstract to be included in the printed Abstract Book. Registration by email is encouraged. The registration fee should send to the below account: Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS) Account number: 019801040006488 Bank: Panlong Branch, Kunming Agriculture Bank Purpose: Registration fee for PGCVI (name of delegate) Also you can send the registration fee by mailing, please indicated the use of the fee with “registration fee”, Please follow the address: Hui Wang Biotechnology and Genetic Germplasm Institute,YAAS Kunming 650223 China Registration Form Name: Sex: First Name: Last Name: Institution: Mailing Address: Telephone: Fax: E-mail: I will attend not attend I will attend not attend Title of my abstract: Symposium the post conference tour Return address: genomekm2005@vip.km169.net Zaiquan Cheng Biotechnology and Genetic Germplasm Institute, YAAS Tel: (86-871)5140200 Fax: (86-27) 5160084 Kunming 650223 China Schedule of the conference and the post conference tour To our invited speakers of PGCVI and organizing committee: As the PGCVI is only slightly more than two months away, I would like to make sure that the things are in order: Please book your own ticket all the way to Kunming. You will be reimbursed by the host of the conference. If you encounter difficulty in booking the domestic portion of China (e.g. from Beijing or Shanghai to Kunming), we would be pleased to help. The following is a tentative schedule of the conference and the post conference tour 17 August: Arrival and registration 18 August: Conference 19 August: Conference 20 August: Conference till 17:00 20 August: Kunming to Lijiang, departure at 22:40, stay in Lijiang 21 August: Sightseeing Yulong mountain and Lijiang 22 August: Visit the Traditional Street of Lijiang in the daytime 22 August: Lijiang—Kunming, departure at 19:55, stay in Kunming 23 August: Leave from Kunming