XII OPTIMA Meeting

Pisa, 10-16 September 2007

• 08:00 - 12:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - registration desk, entrance gallery: :
  
  registration of participants and mounting of posters
• 12:00 - 13:30, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN1 (plenary session): Opening ceremony:
  
  * Welcome by authorities
  * Lecture by Lucia Tongiorgi Tomasi, Deputy Rector of Pisa University - Botanical Sciences and Visual Arts: the flowering of a partnership in early modern Tuscany
  
• 13:30 - 15:00, "Ristorante Universitario" (University Restaurant): :
  
  Welcome lunch with traditional Tuscan food and wines
• 15:00 - 19:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN1 (plenary session): Symposium 1:
  
  Phytotaxonomic studies in Italy - Secretary: S. Pignatti
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  * Introductory lecture by the Secretary
  * S. Brullo - Criteria and techniques in the taxonomic investigation of the Mediterranean Flora
  * M. Labra, F. Grassi - Modern methods of molecular investigation applied to the Mediterranean Flora
  * L. Pignotti - The project of the "Flora critica dell'Italia"
  * R. Guarino - The impact of Information Technology on the identification of species and archiviation of taxonomic and floristic data
  * F. Selvi, L. Cecchi, A. Coppi - Recent advances in the systematics and phylogeny of some groups of Mediterranean Boraginaceae
  

• 09:00 - 13:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN3 (concurrent session): Symposium 3 (concurrent):
  
  Plants and Man: symbiosis and antagonism through the times. Secretary: A. Danin
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  * M. Kislev, O. Simchoni - Juniperus phoenicea in the East Mediterranean in the past and at present
  * D. Zohary- Humans and domestication of plants
  * S. Benhouhou – Human utilization of plants in the Algerian Sahara
  * G. Caneva - The Augustus botanical code
  * A. Danin - Strings and cords from wild plants since 23,000 years ago
  
• 09:00 - 13:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN2 (concurrent session): Symposium 2 (concurrent):
  
  Vegetation and plant landscapes in Italy. Secretary: C. Blasi
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  * Introductory lecture by the Secretary - Landscape heterogeneity and potential vegetation in Italy
  * E. Biondi - Plant biodiversity in Adriatic sector of the Italian peninsula
  * L. Poldini, G. Sburlino, G. Buffa, M. Vidali - Grassland ecology and biodiversity in the south-eastern Alps
  * G. Spampinato - Phytocoenotic diversity in Southern Italy
  * E. Farris, R. Filigheddu - Biodiversity of shrub communities of Northern Sardinia: ecological and chorological aspects
  
• 15:00 - 19:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN1 (plenary session): Symposium 4 (plenary):
  
  Karyology and palynology of Mediterranean plants: case studies. Co-secretaries: S. Siljak-Yakovlev and G. Kamari
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  * G. Kamari, G.P. Mitsainas, P. Bareka, Th. Constantinidis - PhytoKaryon: a karyological database of European and Mediterranean plants
  * S. Siljak-Yakovlev, F. Bogunic, S. Brown, O. Catrice, S. Medjedovic, E. Muratovic, M.E. Solic - Vers une banque de donnée sur la quantité d’ADN des plantes méditerranéennes
  * F. Bogunic - Molecular cytogenetics reveals subspecific differentiation in Pinus nigra despite genome size stability
  * M. Bou Dagher-Kharrat - Contribution des approches cytogénétique et moléculaire à l’étude systématique du genre Cedrus
  * P. Bareka, S. Siljak-Yakovlev, G. Kamari - Molecular cytogenetics of Bellevalia (Liliaceae) species in Greece
  * O. Hidalgo - Extreme environmental conditions and phylogenetic inheritance: cytogenetic and palynological approaches on the systematics of Myopordon and Oligochaeta (Asteraceae, Cardueae)
  * J. Martín, S. Garcia, N. Garcia-Jacas, T. Garnatje, O. Hidalgo, J. Pellicer, A. Susanna, J. Vallès, R. Vilatersana - Palynological studies in Mediterranean plants. An overview and case studies in the Asteraceae
  

• 09:00 - 13:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN3 (concurrent session): Symposium 6 (concurrent):
  
  Invasions and extinctions in man-made and natural habitats. Secretary: M. Vilà
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  * Introductory lecture by the Secretary - Where invaders are and why?
  * P. Lambdon - What characterizes an invasive species? Invader plant traits in Mediterranean basin islands
  * C. Siniscalco, L. Celesti, G. Brundu, I. Camarda, L. Viegi, C. Blasi. Alien plant species in Italy: impact on biodiversity in different climatic regions
  * S. Lavergne - Origin and fate of the rare Mediterranean flora
  * F. Médail, A. Baumel, K. Diadema, B. Fady, R. Verlaque - Importance of refugia in shaping Mediterranean plant biodiversity
  * C. Suehs - The reproductive systems of invasive plants in the Mediterranean Basin
  
• 09:00 - 13:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN2 (concurrent session): Symposium 5 (concurrent):
  
  Herbaria: maintenance, management and digitisation of holdings. Secretary: E. Vitek.
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  * Introductory lecture by the Secretary
  * S. Owens – How well are we managing our collections? The SYNTHESIS Collections Benchmarking Project
  * P. Mergen - Biogeography Spatial Data Infrastructure for Natural Science Collections - Use case: providing itinerary services as tool for visualization and data quality check
  * H. Rainer - Lifting the elephant - databasing the Vienna collections
  * D. Ryan - API and LAPI: International Collaboration for the Digitization of Type Specimens
  
• 15:00 - 18:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - main corridor: :
  
  Poster session. Co-ordinator: G. Venturella
• 19:00 - 22:00, "La Sapienza" Palace - Aula Magna Nuova: Tribute to Carolus Linnaeus:
  
  19:00 - 20:00. Anders Bjurner, the Ambassador of Sweden in Italy, and Claudio Pogliano, science historian: presentation of the volume "Linnaeus in Italy".
  20:00 - 21:00. Cocktail offered by the Swedish Embassy in Italy and "DSU-Diritto allo Studio Universitario".
  21:00 - 22:00. Concert performed by the Chamber Ensemble of the Pisa University Youth Orchestra, with the contribution of Volvo Trucks Italy

• 08:30 - 18:00, : mid-congress excursion:
  
  Mid-congress excursion to:
  1. Monterufoli-Caselli
  2. Apuan Alps
  3. Leghorn Hills

• 09:00 - 13:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN1 (plenary session): Symposium 7:
  
  Tempo and mode of speciation in Mediterranean plants. Secretary: T. Stuessy
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  Introductory lecture by the Secretary
  * M. Coleman, H. P. Comes and R. J.
  Abbott - Recurrent origin of marginal ecological races and (sub)species in
  Mediterranean Senecio (Asteraceae).
  * S. Cozzolino - Pollination strategies and speciation modes in Mediterranean orchids.
  * G. Nieto - Phylogeography of Armeria pungens in relation to niche characterization.
  * E. Conti - Dating the origin of plants endemic to the Corso-Sardinian microplate: a
  window on the biogeography of the Western Mediterranean Basin.
• 15:00 - 19:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN2 (concurrent session): Symposium 8 (concurrent):
  
  The study and inventory of Mediterranean Compositae. Secretary: N. Kilian
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  * Introductory lecture by the Secretary - Research in Mediterranean Compositae: recent progress and perspectives
  * T. Garnatje, M. Á. Canela, S. Garcia, O. Hidalgo, J. Martín, J. Pellicer, O. Robin, S. Siljak-Yakovlev, J. Vallès - A multidisciplinary approach to the systematics of Cheirolophus and Echinops (Cardueae, Asteraceae)
  * M. Galbany-Casals, N. Garcia-Jacas, A. Susanna, L. Sáez, C. Benedí - Systematics and evolution of the Mediterranean and Asiatic Helichrysum (Compositae, Gnaphalieae)
  * P. B. Pelser - Mediterranean diversifications in tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae)
  * R. M. Lo Presti & C. Oberprieler - The temporal, spatial, and ecological differentiation of circum-Mediterranean Compositae-Anthemideae
  
• 15:00 - 19:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN3 (concurrent session): Symposium 9 (concurrent):
  
  Bryofloristics and bryotaxonomy. Secretary: R.M. Ros.
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  * Introductory lecture by the Secretary - Advances in the Mediterranean bryology according to molecular data: present and future
  * M. Sabovljevic - Peculiarities of the Balkan bryophyte flora
  * J.M. González-Mancebo - Evaluation of the Mediterranean component in the bryophyte flora of the Canary Islands
  * H. Kürschner - Bryoflora and bryovegetation of South Arabia and Socotra Island
  * A. Erdag - A case report on bryofloristical researches in Turkey
  
• 20:00 - 23:00, Botanic Garden: Farewell dinner:
  
  Farewell dinner

• 09:00 - 13:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN3 (concurrent session): Symposium 11 (concurrent):
  
  Seaweeds and freshwater algae in and around the Mediterranean. Secretary: G. Furnari.
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  * Introductory lecture by the Secretary and M. Cormaci - Floristic changes in the Mediterranean macroalgal flora
  * M.A.Ribera Siguán, N. Salvador - The Bonnemaisonia genus in the Mediterranean Sea: a multidisciplinary approach
  * M. Moustaka-gouni - Cyanobacterial Blooms in Mediterranean Freshwaters
  * A. Dell’Uomo - Les algues d'eau douce et leur rôle dans la sauvegarde du bassin méditerranéen
  * G.M. Gargiulo & M. Morabito - Reproduction and phylogeny in the systematics of the genus Grateloupia C. Agardh (Rhodophyta)
  
• 09:00 - 13:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN2 (concurrent session): Symposium 10 (concurrent):
  
  Plant-plant and plant-animal interactions. Secretary: J.M. Iriondo
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  * Introductory lecture by the Secretary - Plant-plant and plant-animal interactions in the Mediterranean
  * R. Michalet - Biotic interactions in water-stressed environments
  * K. Tielboerger - Pride or prejudice - how neighbours shape life history evolution in annual plants
  * J. Rodríguez, A. Traveset - What happens to a plant when it loses its main seed disperser? The case of Daphne rodriguezii in the Balearic Islands
  * L. Giménez-Benavides, S. Dötterl, A. Jürgens, A. Escudero, J. M. Iriondo - Conflicting effects of pollination and seed predation by moths on Caryophyllaceae. Insights from a high mountain Silene species
  
• 15:00 - 19:00, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN1 (plenary session): Symposium 12:
  
  Maintaining economically important wild plants and relict crops in the Mediterranean. Secretary: V. Heywood.
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  * Introductory lecture by the Secretary - Perspectives for economically important wild species and neglected crops in the Mediterranean
  * E. Hernández-Bermejo - Neglected crops from Al-Andalus agriculture
  * I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, S. Padulosi - Make the most out of wild and relict species - experiences and lessons
  * K.Hüsnü Can Baser - Underutilized species in the Turkish flora
  * U.Plitmann - Domestication of native Mediterranean spices, with an emphasis on Apiaceous condiments
  
• 18:15 - 20:30, "Porta Nuova" Didactic Center - Hall PN1: closing ceremony:
  

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XII Optima Meeting
Botanic Garden, University of Pisa
via Luca Ghini 5, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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