XIX International Botanical Congress

We look forward to greeting you at the XIX International Botanical Congress in 2017.

Scientific Program

The scientific program for the XIX International Botanical Congress (IBC 2017) consists of public lectures, plenary lectures, keynote lectures, general symposia sessions and poster sessions, which reflect diverse contributions from the plant research community across a broad range of related sub-disciplines in addressing some significant environmental and social challenges facing the world.

Agenda at a glance

Schedule for the 51 invited lectures
(Public, Plenary and Keynote)

Schedule for General Symposia

Time

Sunday
(July 23)

Monday
(July 24)

Tuesday
(July 25)

Wednesday
(July 26)

Thursday
(July 27)

Friday
(July 28)

Saturday
(July 29)

Time

08:30-10:00

Registration
(08:30-20:00)

Shenzhen
Forum
(14:00-16:00)

Opening ceremony
(08:30-09:15)

Plenary lecture
(2)

General symposia
(19 sessions)
(8:00-10:00)

08:30-10:00

Plenary lecture
(2) (9:15-10:45)

10:00-10:30

Tea break

10:00-10:30

10:30-12:00

Tea break
(10:45-11:15)

keynote lecture
(7)

keynote lecture
(9)

keynote lecture
(8)

keynote lecture
(4)

General symposia
(14 sessions)

10:30-12:00

keynote lecture
(6) (11:15-12:15)

12:00-13:30

Lunch

Lunch & Poster
session
(odd-numbered)

Lunch & Poster
session
(even-numbered)

Lunch & Poster
session
(odd-numbered)

Lunch & Poster
session
(even-numbered)

12:00-12:30

Lunch

12:30-13:30

13:30-15:30

General symposia
(26 sessions)

General symposia
(28 sessions)

Free time

General symposia
(26 sessions)

General symposia
(28 sessions)

13:30-15:30

Plenary lecture
(2) (14:00-15:30)

15:30-16:00

Tea break

15:30-16:00

16:00-18:00

General symposia
(27 sessions)

General symposia
(28 sessions)

General symposia
(27 sessions)

General symposia
(26 sessions)

Closing ceremony
(16:00-17:30)

16:00-18:00

Public lecture
(17:00-17:50)

18:00-19:00

Welcome reception
(18:00-19:30)

Dinner

18:00-19:00

19:00-19:50

Public lecture

Congress gala
(19:00-22:00)

Public lecture

19:00-19:50

20:00-21:00

Welcome
performance

20:00-21:00

Note：Events will be held according to the time given on the table unless specified otherwise.

Room	Floor	Room capacity (# of people)	Sunday 23-Jul	Monday 24-Jul	Tuesday 25-Jul	Wednesday 26-Jul	Thursday 27-Jul	Friday 28-Jul	Saturday 29-Jul	Time
Hall 4	1st	5000		M. Donoghue (09:15-10:00)	J. Ecker	S. C. Barrett	J.-Y. Fang	T. Dresselhaus	P. Soltis (14:00-14:45)	08:30-09:15
Hall 4	1st	5000		J.-Y. Li (10:00-10:45)	L. Rieseberg	E. Meyerowitz	M. Bevan	S. Renner	J.-K. Zhu (14:45-15:30)	09:15-10:00
Hall 4	1st	5000		J. Kress (11:15-11:45) H. Nam (11:45-12:15)	H. Ma	S. Blackmore	B. S. Gaut	H.-W. Huang		10:30-11:00
					D. E. Soltis	P. Wyse Jackson	J. Langdale	D. Widyatmoko		11:00-11:30
					S. Magallón	J. Wen	X. Xu			11:30-12:00
Hall 5	1st	2200		R. Abbott (11:15-11:45) E. Edwards (11:45-12:15)	T. Yahara	C. Körner	K.-P. Ma	E. M. Friis		10:30-11:00
					D.-Z. Li	H. Cornelissen	K. R. Thiele	X.-W. Deng		11:00-11:30
						X.-G. Han				11:30-12:00
Bougainvillea Hall	5th	600		R. Bock (11:15-11:45) X.-F. Cao (11:45-12:15)	X.-Y. Chen		X.-M. Chen			10:30-11:00
					E. Russinova	P. Quail	J. Kudla			11:00-11:30
					B. Han	Y.-X. Zhu	K. Chong			11:30-12:00
Hall 5	1st	2200	P. H. Raven (17:00-17:50)	S. Knapp	H.-M. Yang		P. Crane	B. A. Schaal		19:00-19:50

Room #	Room Name	Floor	Monday July 24		Tuesday July 25	Thursday July 27		Friday July 28	Saturday July 29
C1	Hall 5	1^th	T2-26 (2)		T2-17, T2-42,	T2-47 (2)		T2-36, T2-46	T2-53, T2-55
C2	Meeting room 314	3^rd	T1-18, T1-32		T2-19, T2-29	T1-29, T1-15		T1-19, T1-20	T2-03, T2-14,
C3	Plum Blossom Hall 1	5^th	T2-04, T2-24		T2-62, T2-51	T2-11, T2-20		T2-07, T2-09	T2-64
C4	Plum Blossom Hall 2	5^th	T2-02	T5-15	T2-15, T2-16	T2-08, T2-21		T2-54, T2-22	T2-06, T2-63
C5	Plum Blossom Hall 3	5^th	T2-43, T2-50		T2-23 (2)	T2-39, T2-52		T2-33, T2-66	T2-58, T2-68
C6	Plum Blossom Hall 4	5^th	T2-48, T2-49		T1-11, T1-21	T2-32, T2-65		T2-13, T2-59
C7	Bougainvillea Hall	5^th	T2-05, T2-37		T2-38 (2)	T3-05 (2)		T2-44 (2)	T2-60
C8	Chrysanthemum Hall	5^th	T1-37 (2)		T1-23, T1-38	T1-22, T1-26		T1-10 (2)	T1-28 (2)
C9	Peony Hall	5^th	T2-31 (2)		T2-01 (2)	T2-30, T2-45		T2-27 (2)	T1-27 (2)
C10	Rose Hall 3	5^th	T2-61 (2)		T2-28, T2-41	T2-34 (2)		T1-04, T1-36	T1-16
C11	Rose Hall 1&2	5^th	T3-14, T3-23		T3-07, T3-22	T3-04	T2-40	T3-09, T3-16	T3-18, T3-26
C12	Narcissus 1	6^th	T1-01 (2)		T1-24, T1-25	T1-31, T1-33		T1-13, T1-30	T1-03
C13	Narcissus 2	6^th	T1-34, T1-35		T1-05, T1-06	T1-07, T1-08		T1-09, T1-12
C14	Sweet Osmanthus Hall	6^th	T2-10, T2-56		T2-18 (2)	T2-12 (2)		T2-25, T2-57	T2-35 (2)
C15	Jasmine Hall	6^th	T3-10 (2)		T3-19 (2)	T3-21 (2)		T3-24, T3-25	T3-03, T3-15
C16	Tulip Hall	6^th	T3-08 (2)		T3-01, T3-02	T3-06, T3-17		T3-13，T3-12	T3-11, T3-20

Room #	Room Name	Floor	Monday July 24		Tuesday July 25		Thursday July 27		Friday July 28		Saturday July 29
H1	Wu 1&2	6^th	T5-03 (2)		T5-05 (2)		T5-07, T5-13		T5-27
H2	Jing	6^th	T4-17, T4-30		T4-01, T4-03		T5-10, T5-16		T4-14	T5-31	T5-01, T5-28
H3	Wen 1& 2	6^th	T4-21, T4-31		T4-12 (2)		T4-04, T4-11		T5-06 (2)
H4	Zhou	6^th	T5-33 (2)		T5-26, T5-30		T5-08, T5-20		T5-04, T5-23
H5	Auditorium	6^th	T5-02, T5-29		T4-28 (2)		T4-23, T4-15		T4-29, T4-37		T4-16, T4-36
H6	Xia	6^th	T6-04, T6-06		T6-05, T6-07		T6-14, T6-15		T6-10
H7	Yuan 5	6^th	T6-09	T4-13	T6-02, T6-08		T6-11, T6-12		T6-01 (2)
H8	Tang 4	6^th	T4-18, T4-19		T4-02	T6-13	T4-09, T4-27,		T4-05, T4-06
H9	Ballroom 1	6^th	T4-22 (2)		T4-07, T4-35		T4-20 (2)		T4-25, T4-32		T4-10, T4-38
H10	Ballroom 2	6^th	T5-11, T5-24		T5-22 (2)			T5-18	T4-08 (2)		T4-33, T4-34
H11	Ballroom 3	6^th		T5-17	T5-14, T5-21		T5-09 (2)		T4-26, T4-39		T5-12
H12	Yuan 1&2	6^th			T5-25 (2)		T5-19		T1-17 (2)


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