“Pooling Global Professionals for a Better Jiangxi” and Lushan International Symposium on Global Change and Biodiversity Conservation
(Second round of notification)
一、Background
Global changes and unsustainable land management practices threaten regional and global biodiversity. To explore the impact of global changes on biodiversity, address the international challenge of biodiversity loss, and contribute to the construction and sustainable development of national ecological civilization, “Lushan International Symposium on Global Change and Biodiversity Conservation” will be held in Lushan City on September 25th-27th, 2024 on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of the Lushan Botanical Garden. Lushan Botanical Garden will host the conference, focusing on the topic of "Global Change and Biodiversity Conservation", and invite well-known experts at home and abroad to give oral talks, aiming to promote the development of global biodiversity conservation. We warmly welcome scholars in ecology, botany, and related fields to register for the conference. Welcome!
二、Topic and Sessions
Meeting topic: Lushan International Symposium on Global Change and Biodiversity Conservation
Sessions:
1、Forest and grassland ecosystem management and global changes
(Conveners:;Hui Liu hui.liu@scbg.ac.cn;Xin Xiong xiongx@lsbg.cn Guoxiang Niu niuguoxiang15@mails.ucas.ac.cn)
2、Conservation and utilization of plant diversity
(Conveners:Chen Feng fengc@lsbg.cn;Mingkun Huang huangmk@lsbg.cn)
3、Botanical garden construction and development
(Conveners: Zhaoqing Chu chuzhaoq@lsbg.cn;Weiming Hu huwm@lsbg.cn)
Due to the need to produce the conference handbook, the speakers who participated in the sessions must send the English report title and English abstract (within 600 words) to the convener by email before September 15th. To encourage young scholars to participate, the conference committee will award honorary certificates to outstanding young speakers。
三、Meeting organization
Hoster:Lushan Botanical Garden, Jiangxi Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences
Organizer: Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbon Neutrality and Ecosystem Carbon Sink;
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Ex Situ Plant Conservation and Utilization;
Jiangxi Key Laboratory for Sustainable Utilization of Chinese Materia Medica Resources
Jiangxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Resources Innovation and Genetic Improvement
Jiangxi Province Key Laboratory of Wetland Plant Resources Conservation and Utilization, Lushan Botanical Garden, Jiangxi Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiujiang 332900, China
Co-organizer:Jiujiang Xinglin Key Laboratory for Traditional Chinese Medicines
四、Meeting Schedule
Time | Event |
September 25th | Registration |
September 26th, Morning | Opening ceremony+ keynote oral presentations |
September 26th,Afternoon | Session oral presentations |
September 27th,Morning | keynote oral presentation +Closing ceremony |
September 27th,Afternoon | Filed experimental excursions |
五、Registration and fees
(1)Please scan the QR code and complete online registration.
For the preparation of conference materials, participants should complete the online registration before September 15th, 2024; You can also contact the conference committee directly and send the participation information (name + unit + affiliation + phone + email + whether to make a report + accommodation) to the E-mail: wangsl@lsbg.cn.
(2)Fees and Payment:
Registration fee includes entry to scientific sessions, program flyer, conference Handbook, and coffee/tea breaks. Accommodation and round-trip transportation expenses are at the expense of participants Regular Registration before September 5th: 600 CNY for employee; 500 CNY for students; Regular Registration after September 5th: 800 CNY for employee; 700 CNY for students. Payment for this meeting is made by scanning the QR code (below) via WeChat, or by bank account transfer. The conference invoices will be issued by the Lushan Rest House of the National People's Congress Organ Service Center.
Bank transfer:1507250009022504572
六、Regular oral and keynote presentations
Please arrive at your session room at least 30 min in advance of your session. Regular oral presentations are scheduled for a total of 15 min. You should plan to speak for 12 min and leave 3 min for questions. The total time allotted for a keynote presentation is 30 min (plus 5 minutes of discussion). Session conveners are asked to be very strict about respecting time limits.
七、Keynote speaker
Speaker | Affiliation | Report title |
Guoyi Zhou | Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology | Climate effects of ecosystem change converge at the ratio of daytime to daily vapor flux. |
Maihe Li | Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (Switzerland) | Grow fast, die young? |
Elke Bellefroid | Meise Botanic Garden (Belgium) | Botanical Gardens as focal points for plant conservation, research and education. |
Junxian He | Chinese University of Hong Kong | Signaling crosstalks in brassinosteroid-regulated plant growth and development. |
Zhang Ximei | Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development in Agriculture | The maintenance mechanism of soil microbial diversity. |
Juan Antonio García álvarez | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain) | Relevance of HAM1 pyrophosphatases in euphorbiaceae-virus co-evolution. |
Griet Vanden Brande | Meise Botanic Garden (Belgium) | Seedbanking and conservation horticulture for safeguarding plant diversity. |
Kenny Steevens | Meise Botanic Garden (Belgium) | Nature based solutions for a climate resilient Meise Botanic Garden. |
Hui Liu | South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences | Plant water and heat adapataions under global change. |
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八、Accommodation and transportation information(Please contact Ms. Chen 15270181696, 2484979232@qq.com; and Ms. Ke, 18046601599, 519633627@qq.com)
(1)Hotel Price: all types of room prices are less than 380 CNY/per room
(2) Transportation information, please search International Conference Center, No. 11, Pulin Road, Lushan City, Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province.