Sponsored by ISSS, the International Society
for Seed Science
update
of Sep. 21, 2002 ISSS
has partially sponsored the participation of 3 ISSS-junior-members;
the awardees are: Maria Doussi (Athens), Jose Faria (Wageningen) and Petros
Panayiotopoulos (Athens)
The 2002 Annual Meeting of IUFRO 2.09.00 ‘Research Group for Seed
Physiology and Technology’
took place at MAICh, Chania, Crete, Greece, on Sep. 11-15, 2002.
The previous meeting was held at the Philippines (University of the
Philippines, Los Baños), April 30 – May 3,
2001. !Photo Gallery!
update
of Sep. 21, 2002
The 2003 Annual Meeting will take place in
Athens, Georgia (USA) – August 11-14, 2003
Contact: Dr Gary Johnson, National Tree Seed
Laboratory, USA; email wjohnson03@fs.fed.us
MAICh (Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania) is an international, educational and research
institute with excellent conference and lodging facilities. It is situated in
the suburbs of the second major city of Crete, Chania.
Asc Prof Costas A. Thanos, Univ. Athens, Greece
(chair) (http://www.biology.uoa.gr/~cthanos/)
Dr Jack A. Vozzo, Coordinator, IUFRO Seed Physiology and Technology,
USA (co-chair)
Asc Prof Enrique L. Tolentino, Univ. Los Baños,
the Philippines
Dr Gary Johnson, National Tree Seed Laboratory,
USA
Ass Prof Kyriacos Georghiou, Univ. Athens,
Greece
Ass Prof Antonis Skordilis, Univ. Thrace, Greece
Dr Maria Doussi, Univ. Athens, Greece
Ms Christina Fournaraki, MAICh,
Greece
Mr Vasilios Kasiotakis, Directorate of Forests, Chania,
Greece
The final Program covered several aspects of
Tree Seed Science and Technology.
Both oral (25) and poster (30) presentations
were offered.
The opening address was delivered by Professor Michalis Dermitzakis, Vice Rector of the University of Athens (click here)
See the final program updated on Sep. 21, 2002 FINAL PROGRAMME
Wednesday 11 September |
Arrival,
Registration, Gala Dinner |
Thursday 12 September |
Sessions (morning), City Tour (afternoon) |
Friday 13
September |
Excursion day -
Samaria
gorge (all day) |
Saturday 14 September |
Visit to the Chania Archaeological Museum - Sessions
(morning-afternoon) |
Sunday 15 September |
Half-day
Excursion (morning) – Sessions (afternoon) - Farewell
Reception |
THE ‘OFFICIAL
PHOTO’ OF THE MEETING 438K 953K
last
update: November 4, 2002
THE PHOTO GALLERY
OF THE MEETING
Deadline for
submission of Full Manuscripts: April 30, 2002
Deadline for submission of abstracts of posters: June
15, 2002
According to the usual practice of the IUFRO
2.09.00 Research Group, a Book of Proceedings with full papers of both oral and
poster contributions was distributed at the Conference opening.
(pdf 5.5 MB)
updated
on Sep. 21, 2002
The
reference to the Book of Proceedings is:
Thanos C.A., Beardmore T.L., Connor K.F., Tolentino
E.L. Jr (editors), 2002
Book of Proceedings, Tree Seeds 2002 (2002 Annual Meeting of IUFRO RG
2.09.00 ‘Research Group for Seed Physiology and Technology’), Chania, Crete, Greece, Sep. 11-15, 2002
University of Athens Publications, Athens, Greece, pp. 215.
Participant fees:
300 EURO – not
including the excursion fee (50/55 EURO).
Student fees: 150 EURO (a
recommendation letter is required).
Partly
overlapping, MEDPINE 2
(a Conference on Mediterranean Pines) also took place (Sep. 8-13, 2002) and
participants who attended both events paid a combined fee of 400 EURO (students 200 EURO).
ISTA Forest Tree and Shrub
Committee
(Monday, September 16, 2002, 9.00-13.00)
IPGRI/DFSC Final Workshop on
"Effective conservation and use of intermediate and recalcitrant tropical forest tree seeds"
MAICh, Chania, Crete, 16-19
September 2002
The first session of this meeting was devoted to the
ISTA Forest Tree and Shrub Committee
(16th September 2002, 9.00-13.00 hours). For further information please press here.
Reserved by the
participants at either the Student Hall of MAICh (at
very reasonable prices) or at selected hotels (located at distances ca 10-20
min by taxi or bus from MAICh).
To look at the
lodging arrangements and reservations, please press here.
Early Travel Tips and
Links (click here)
Please, forward
all enquiries to Costas Thanos at cthanos@biol.uoa.gr or
Jack Vozzo at jvozzo@cfr.msstate.edu.