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2nd Circular 8th Flora Malesiana Symposium The Past, Present and Future of Flora Malesiana |
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The Flora Malesiana Symposium is an important forum for the exchange of taxonomic and systematic ideas and new research findings on the flora of the Malesian region. Today, it has become a large international gathering of botanists and post-graduate students who study the diversity, ecology, biogeography, evolution and conservation of plants from the region, including Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Brunei, East Timor and Papua New Guinea, as well as bordering countries.
Beginning in 1989, the Flora Malesiana Symposium has been held every three years alternating between a country in Malesia and a collaborating country outside the Malesian region. The eighth Flora Malesiana Symposium will be held in Singapore from 23 to 27 of August 2010, and hosted by the Singapore Botanic Gardens. The occasion also celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. The Gardens, with its historic Herbarium and botanical journal, Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore, have contributed significantly to the study of the Malesian flora. The host country and the hosting institution in Singapore are pleased to have the privilege to organise the 8th Flora Malesiana Symposium. Together with the Flora Malesiana Foundation, the Singapore Botanic Gardens welcomes you all to attend the symposium in August 2010.
| Chairman: | Dr. CHIN See Chung, Director of Singapore Botanic Gardens (SBG) |
| Co-Chairman: | Dr. Benito C. TAN, Keeper of SING Herbarium/Library, SBG |
| Finance: | Dr. Chee Len LIM-HO, Assistant Director, SBG |
| Programme Co-ordinator: | Dr. Jana LEONG-ŠKORNIČKOVÁ, Senior Researcher, SBG |
| Secretary: | Ms Serena LEE, Herbarium Manager, SBG |
Dr. Mark HUGHES, Research Associate, SBG
Dr. Hubert KURZWEIL, Senior Researcher, The Herbarium, SBG
Dr. NURA binte ABDUL KARIM, Plant Records Manager, Living Collection, SBG
Dr. YAM Tim Wing, Senior Researcher, Orchid Breeding and Micropropagation, SBG
Dr. Marco ROOS, Flora Malesiana Foundation
Dr. D. DARNAEDI, Flora Malesiana Foundation and LIPI, Indonesia
c/o The Herbarium
Singapore Botanic Gardens
1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569
Fax. +65-64674832
Email: Floramalesiana2010@nparks.gov.sg
Website: http://www.sbg.org.sg/fm8
| Delegate: | SGD$230 (early bird, by 15 May 2010) / SGD$300 (after 15 May 2010) |
| Student: | SGD$200 (with student ID) |
| Accompanying person: | SGD$150 |
| SBG Volunteer: | SGD$200 |
| The registration fee includes conference materials, proceedings (except for accompanying persons), reception, banquet, lunches, welcome and closing dinners, tea breaks and sightseeing tours. Please note no refund will be given after 15 May 2010. |
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| Early bird registration fee: | May 15, 2010 |
| Application for financial support: | May 30, 2010 |
| Abstract submission: | June 15, 2010 |
| Manuscript submission for the proceedings: | September 15, 2010 |
The Flora Malesiana Symposium is an important forum for the exchange of taxonomic and systematic ideas and research findings regarding the flora of Malesia. The symposium consists of sessions on various topics including plant biodiversity, ecology, biogeography, evolution and conservation. For the 8th Flora Malesiana symposium, there will be special sessions on sympetalous dicots not yet treated for Flora Malesiana, Orchidaceae, Zingiberaceae, Gesneriaceae, Begoniaceae, ferns and fungi. Additionally, there will be workshops on the Red-listing of Endangered Plant Species, CBD and CITES, and How to conduct Plant Biodiversity Inventory. Five distinguished and world-renowned botanists have been invited to give plenary talks (see below).
| i. | Prof. Erik SMETS, Director of National Herbarium of The Netherlands, Leiden University Branch; Chairman of Flora Malesian Foundation: “The Past, Present And Future Of Flora Malesiana” |
| ii. | Prof. Sir Peter CRANE (Yale University): “The Origin Of Flowering Plants” |
| iii. | Prof. Robert HALL (University of London): “New Data For The Plate Tectonics Of SE Asian Region” |
| iv. | Dr. Robert MORLEY of Palynova, UK: “Vegetational Changes In SE Asia During The Tertiary” |
| v. | Prof. Jan SLIKKERVEER (Leiden University): “Recent Developments In The Study Of Indonesian Jamus” |
| Session 1: | Taxonomy, Biosystematics and Phylogenetics |
| Session 2: | Ethnobotany and Economic Botany |
| Session 3: | Ecology, Pollination Biology and Biogeography |
| Session 4: | Evolution, Adaptation and Paleobotany |
| Session 5: | Biodiversity and Conservation |
| Special topic sessions: | Sympetalous dicots not yet treated for Flora Malesiana, e.g. Tubiflorae, Orchidaceae, Zingiberaceae, Gesneriaceae, Begoniaceae, ferns and fungi. |
| Workshops: | Red-listing of Endangered Plant Species, CBD/CITES and Plant Biodiversity Inventory. |
| The Committee for Scientific Programme welcomes suggestions of other special topic sessions and workshops. | |
| Day 1: | 23 August (Monday): Registration, opening ceremony, keynote speech, plenary sessions, special topic and poster sessions, and welcome dinner. |
| Day 2: | 24 August (Tuesday): Plenary session, topic and poster sessions, special workshops. |
| Day 3: | 25 August (Wednesday): Sightseeing tours of Singapore Botanic Gardens, Bukit Timah Nature Reserve and Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. |
| Day 4: | 26 August (Thursday): Plenary session, topic and poster sessions, workshops and board meeting of Flora Malesiana Foundation. |
| Day 5: | 27 August (Friday): Plenary sessions, topic sessions, closing ceremony and dinner. |
No oral presentation will be scheduled unless the registration fees have been paid in full. Poster presentations should be printed as A0 size (120 x 80 cm). Display boards and poster pins and tapes will be provided at the symposium site.
The Organizing Committee reserves the right to decide whether the presentation will be in oral or poster format. All abstracts of both oral and poster presentations, special lectures, and selected manuscripts of oral presentations will be published in the proceedings volume after a review process as required by the Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore.
The Symposium will offer small financial subsidies to selected participants to attend the Flora Malesiana meeting. The subsidy can be used to pay the return airfare and the hotel accommodation of the participant in Singapore. The awarding of the subsidy is by competition and the recipients must be presenting an oral presentation. Priority will be given to applicants from SE Asian countries in need of financial support to attend the symposium. Applications for the financial subsidy must include the biodata, the title and abstract of the oral presentation and submit to the Secretariat either by postal mail or email attachment before the 30th May, 2010. Announcement of the grant recipients will be made only at the end of June, 2010.
The following hotels have agreed to offer special discounted room charges (breakfast included) for participants of FM 2010. The hotel rating is indicated by the number of asterisks (*). All prices are in Singapore dollars unless otherwise indicated. From the city center, the Gardens is approximately 10 mins by taxi.
***Metropolitan YMCA Singapore (city center), $100 nett per night (Twin, Standard room), $120 nett per night (Twin, Superior room), $150 nett per night (Single/Twin/Double, Deluxe room)
For reservations: Please fill in this form and fax/email to the numbers/email indicated therein.
***Value Hotel – Thomson (10 min by taxi to city center) $109.00 nett per night (Single/Twin, Superior room)
For reservations: http://orient-explorer.com/2010/Flora%20Symposium/
(Boutique hotel) Link (10 min by taxi to city center) $150.00 nett per night (Single/Twin, Superior room)
For reservations: http://orient-explorer.com/2010/Flora%20Symposium/
****Copthorne Orchid Singapore (city center) $178 nett per night (Single, Superior room), S$188 nett per night (Twin, Superior room)
For reservations: Please fill in this form and fax/email to the numbers/email indicated therein.
****Traders Hotel (city center) $210 nett per night (Single, Superior room), $235 nett per night (Double, Superior room)
For reservations: Please fill in this form and fax/email to the numbers/email indicated therein.
****Orchard Hotel (city center) $281.00 nett per night (Single/Twin, Superior room)
For reservations: http://orient-explorer.com/2010/Flora%20Symposium/
*****Meritus Mandarin (city center) $282.00 nett per night (Single/Twin, Deluxe room)
For reservations: http://orient-explorer.com/2010/Flora%20Symposium/
*****Sheraton Towers (close to city center) $306 nett per night (Single/Twin, Deluxe room)
For reservations: http://orient-explorer.com/2010/Flora%20Symposium/
***Metropolitan YMCA Singapore (city center), $100 nett per night (Twin, Standard room), $120 nett per night (Twin, Superior room), $150 nett per night (Single/Twin/Double, Deluxe room)
For reservations: Please fill in this form and fax/email to the numbers/email indicated therein.
***Value Hotel – Thomson (10 min by taxi to city center) $109.00 nett per night (Single/Twin, Superior room)
For reservations: http://orient-explorer.com/2010/Flora%20Symposium/
(Boutique hotel) Link (10 min by taxi to city center) $150.00 nett per night (Single/Twin, Superior room)
For reservations: http://orient-explorer.com/2010/Flora%20Symposium/
****Copthorne Orchid Singapore (city center) $178 nett per night (Single, Superior room), S$188 nett per night (Twin, Superior room)
For reservations: Please fill in this form and fax/email to the numbers/email indicated therein.
****Traders Hotel (city center) $210 nett per night (Single, Superior room), $235 nett per night (Double, Superior room)
For reservations: Please fill in this form and fax/email to the numbers/email indicated therein.
****Orchard Hotel (city center) $281.00 nett per night (Single/Twin, Superior room)
For reservations: http://orient-explorer.com/2010/Flora%20Symposium/
*****Meritus Mandarin (city center) $282.00 nett per night (Single/Twin, Deluxe room)
For reservations: http://orient-explorer.com/2010/Flora%20Symposium/
*****Sheraton Towers (close to city center) $306 nett per night (Single/Twin, Deluxe room)
For reservations: http://orient-explorer.com/2010/Flora%20Symposium/
A minimum of 6 to 10 people will be needed for the excursion to be organised. Please contact the tour organizer for the latest information.
| Excursion 1 - A Botanical Hunt for Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants in West Sumatra of Indonesia | |
| Date: | Aug 28 (Sat) to Sept 2 (Thursday), 2010 |
| Tour organizer: | Prof. Hernawati Syamsudin, Herbarium of Andalas University in Padang of Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Email address: | sinanalep@hotmail.com |
| This six-day travel from Singapore to Padang in West Sumatra to study in the field indigenous and endemic parasitic and carnivorous plants in lowland rain forests in West Sumatra, which include Rafflesia, Rhizanthes, Balanophora, and Nepenthes. The trip requires long distance travel for 4 days by rented van to selected sites in Barisan Range in West Sumatra and also several one-day hikes through lowland rainforest in search of these elusive plant species. Participants will get a chance to see other indigenous vascular plant species in the area, such as Dipteris lobbiana, Cyathea and Osmunda ferns. Limited collections of botanical specimens along the roads for herbarium documentation are possible. The entire tour including the return budget airfares, rented vehicle transport, hotel accommodation, meals and tour guide fees cost SGD$770 per person tentatively. | |
| Excursion 2 - A Botanical Travel to Northern Highlands in Luzon Island of the Philippines | |
| Date: | Aug 28 (Sat) to Sept 3 (Friday), 2010 |
| Tour organizer: | Prof. Rosario Rubite, Department of Biology at the University of the Philippines in Manila |
| Email address: | rosariorubite@yahoo.com |
| This is a one-week travel from Singapore to Manila to Banaue in northern highlands of Luzon Island in the Philippines via the famous mountain city of Baguio. The trip will bring the participants to scale the second highest mountain in the country, Mt. Pulog, and see the Pinus insularis forest, montane mossy forest and summit grassland at near 2900 m elevation. Participants will get a chance to see also the magnificent rice terraces built by the mountain tribe in Banaue area, as well as their cave burial custom at Sagada town. Plants to be observed include many northern temperate taxa of Himalayan and Asiatic mainland affinities, such as species of Rhododendron, Drosera, Begonia, Impatiens, Curcuma, Nepenthes, Yushania, Pinus, Cyathea, etc. Limited collections of botanical specimens outside the forest reserves are possible. The entire tour including the return budget airfares on Cebu Pacific Airline, bus and vehicle transports, hotel accommodation, and tour guide fees cost SGD$700 per person tentatively. | |
| Excursion 3 - A Botanical Visit to Mt. Kinabalu and Poring Hot Springs in Sabah of Eastern Malaysia | |
| Date: | Aug 28 (Sat) to Sept 1 (Wed), 2010 |
| Tour organizer: | Dr. Monica Suleiman of the University of Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia and Mr. Johnny Cai of BTT Travel Services in Kota Kinabalu. |
| Email address: | monicas@ums.edu.my |
| Mt. Kinabalu is the highest mountain in SE Asia rising to a height of more than 4,000 m. The mountain exhibits zonation from lowland rainforest, montane rainforest to alpine parkland. The five-day visit to Mt. Kinabalu Park will allow the participant to hike up to the summit of the mountain in a two-day and one-night journey and witness the vast plant diversity, including numerous local endemic vascular and non-vascular plants. Plants of southern hemisphere or Gondwana affinity found on Mt. Kinabalu are many. There is a possibility to see the magnificent flower of Rafflesia at Poring Hot Springs. Limited collections of botanical specimens for herbarium documentation outside protected areas are possible. The entire trip including the vehicle transport, hotel accommodation, meals and tour guide fees cost SGD$650 per person tentatively. Participants need to book their own return flight from Singapore to Kota Kinabalu in Sabah on the specified date to join the guided botanical tour. | |
A valid passport is required for travel to Singapore. Participants from US, UK and most European countries, as well as ASEAN member countries, are exempted from visa entry requirement. Please contact the Embassy or Consulate of Singapore in your respective country for more details.
If you require an Official Letter of Invitation, please contact the Secretariat.
Download Registration/Payment Authorization Form. Please complete and return before deadline (see above).