8th International Flora Malesiana Symposium

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The Flora Malesiana Symposium is an important platform for the exchange of taxonomic and systematic ideas and new research findings on the flora of 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. Together with the Flora Malesiana Foundation, the Singapore Botanic Gardens welcomes you all to attend the symposium in August 2010.

•	Organising Committee	•	Submisssion Of Manuscripts For The Proceedings
•	Registration Fees	•	Financial Support
•	Key Dates & Deadlines	•	Accommodation
•	Scientific Programme	•	Post Symposium Excursions
•	Special Speakers & Tentative Titles of Their Talks	•	Passport & Visa
•	Tentative Programme & Session Topics	•	Personal Invitation
•	Language	•	Guidelines for Oral & Poster Presentations
•	Late Payment Of Registration Fees & Symposium Programme Booklet

Chairman:	Dr. CHIN See Chung, Director of Singapore Botanic Gardens (SBG)
Co-Chairman:	Dr. Benito C. TAN, Keeper of SING Herbarium, SBG
Finance:	Dr. Chee Len LIM-HO, Assistant Director, Botanical Research, SBG
Programme Co-ordinator:	Dr. Jana LEONG-ŠKORNIČKOVÁ, Senior Researcher, SING Herbarium, SBG
Secretary:	Ms Serena LEE, SING Herbarium Manager, SBG
Logistics:	Mr. Alan TAN, Assistant Director, Living Collections, SBG
	Ms YAP Siow Hong, Assistant Director, Visitor Management, SBG
	Ms NEO Chee Szu, Operation Manager, SBG
Guided Tour Organization:	Mr. Paul LEONG, Research Officer, SING Herbarium, and Ms. Janice YAU, Head Education, SBG

SBG Committee Members for Scientific Programme:

Dr. George STAPLES, Senior Researcher, The Herbarium, SBG
Dr. Khoon Meng WONG, Senior Researcher, The Herbarium, SBG
Dr. Hubert KURZWEIL, Senior Researcher, The Herbarium, SBG
Dr. NURA binte ABDUL KARIM, Plant Records Manager, Living Collections, SBG
Dr. YAM Tim Wing, Senior Researcher, Orchid Breeding and Micropropagation, SBG
Dr. Mark HUGHES, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, RBGE

Symposium Advisors:

Prof. Dr. E. F. SMETS, National Herbarium of the Netherlands and Flora Malesiana Foundation
Dr. M. ROOS, Flora Malesiana Foundation
Dr. D. DARNAEDI, Flora Malesiana Foundation and LIPI, Indonesia

The 8th Flora Malesiana Symposium Organising Committee
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

Due to overwhelming response, the registration for participation at the 8th Flora Malesiana Symposium is now closed.

The registration fee of Sing$300 per participant includes conference materials, proceedings (except for accompanying persons), lunches, welcome and closing dinners, tea/coffee breaks and sightseeing tours.

Please note no refund of payment will be given after 15 May 2010 for withdrawal/cancellation of registration. All payments are to be made in Singapore dollars before the start of the Symposium on Aug. 23 by credit card (Visa or Mastercard), cash, or bankers draft. We regret that personal cheques cannot be accepted.

Manuscript submission for the proceedings must be made before September 30, 2010

i.	Prof. Dr. Erik F. SMETS (National Herbarium of The Netherlands, Leiden University Branch; Vice-Chairman of Flora Malesian Foundation): "The Past, Present And Future Of Flora Malesiana"
ii.	Prof. Sir Peter CRANE (Yale University, USA): "The Origin and Early Evolution of Angiosperms: an Update"
iii.	Prof. Robert HALL (University of London, UK): "SE Asia: Plate Tectonics and Palaeogeography"
iv.	Dr. Robert MORLEY (Palynova, UK): "The Tertiary Evolution of Freshwater Swamp and Mangrove Vegetetation in the Sunda Region"
v.	Prof. Jan SLIKKERVEER (Leiden University, The Netherlands): "Flora Malesiana: The Need of Bio-Cultural Conservation of Medicinal, Aromatic and Cosmetic (MAC) Plants for Sustainable Development of Jamu in Indonesia"

Tentative Programme & Session Topics:

Day 1: 23 August (Monday)
7.30 am	Registration
8.30 am	Arrival of invited guests and participants
9.00 am	Welcome address by Dr. Chin See Chung, Principal Botanist, SBG, Singapore
9.15 am	Keynote Speech – "Past, Present and Future of Flora Malesiana Project" by Prof. Dr. Erik F. Smets (Flora Malesiana Foundation, The Netherlands)
10.30 am	Morning coffee break
11.00 am	Session 1 – Araceae 1 (convener: P. Boyce, Malaysia) Session 2 – Singapore Plant Study (convener: Dr. B.C. Tan, SBG, Singapore)
12.30 pm	Lunch
1.30 pm	Plenary Talk l –"The Origin and Early Evolution of Angiosperms: an Update" by Prof. Sir Peter Crane (Yale University, USA)
2.30 pm	Session 3 – Araceae II (convener: P. Boyce, Malaysia) Session 4 – Gesneriads I (convener: Dr. R. Kiew, FRIM, Malaysia) Session 5 – Taxonomy and Systematics I
4.00 pm	Afternoon coffee break
4.30 pm	Session 6 – Fungi (convener: Dr. V. Demoulin, Belgium) Session 7 – Gesneriads II (convener: Dr. R. Kiew, FRIM, Malaysia) Session 8 – Taxonomy and Systematics II
6.00 pm	End of first day programme
7.00 pm	Welcome dinner

Day 2: 24 August (Tuesday)
8.00 am	Plenary Talk 2 –"SE Asia: Plate Tectonics and Palaeogeography" by Prof. Robert Hall (University of London, UK)
9.00 am	Session 9 – Palmae I (convener: Dr. W. Baker, Kew Herbarium, UK) Session 10 – Begonia I (convener: Dr. M. Hughes, RBGE/SBG, UK) Session 11 – Taxonomy and Systematics III
10.30 am	Morning coffee break
11.00 am	Session 12 – Palmae II (convener: Dr. W. Baker, Kew Herbarium, UK) Session 13 – Begonia II (convener: Dr. M. Hughes, RBGE, UK) Session 14 – Taxonomy and Systematics IV
12.30 pm	Lunch
1.30 pm	Plenary Talk 3 – "The Tertiary Evolution of Freshwater Swamp and Mangrove Vegetetation in the Sunda Region" by Dr. Robert Morley (Palynova, UK)
2.30 pm	Session 15 – Zingiberaceae I (convener: Dr. J. Skornickova, SBG) Session 16 – Sympetalous Dicots I (convener: Dr. G. Staples, SBG) Session 17 – Taxonomy and Systematics V
4.00 pm	Afternoon coffee break
4.30 pm	Session 18 – Zingiberaceae II (convener: Dr. J. Skornickova, SBG) Session 19 – Sympetalous Dicots II (convener: Dr. G. Staples, SBG) Session 20 – Taxonomy and Systematics VI
6.00 pm	End of second day programme

Day 3: 25 August (Wednesday)
Free guided tour limited to one choice per participant. Register the chosen trip on the first day of the Symposium. Lunch is self-paid

8.00 am	Group photo. Meet at Function Hall, SBG

Tour package 1	(9am to 2 pm) - Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. See the largest patch of primary forest left in Singapore. Lunch and walk-about at Tekka Market (near the Little India).
Tour package 2	(9am to 2 pm) - Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. See the mangrove biotic community in Singapore, its rich flora and fauna. Lunch at Bollywood Veggies, a well known organic farm in Singapore and mini tour within the premise.
Tour package 3	(9am to 2 pm) - Singapore Botanic Gardens: visit Ginger Garden, National Orchid Garden and Evolution Garden. Lunch at Inside Green, Botany Centre, SBG.

4.00 pm	Board Meeting of Flora Malesiana Foundation (Meeting Room 1, third level, SBG)

Day 4: 26 August (Thursday)
8.00 am	Plenary speaker 4 – "Rumphius and His Flora Amboinensis" by Dr. J.-F. Veldkamp (Leiden Herbarium, The Netherlands)
9.00 am	Session 21 – Malesian Biogeography I Session 22 – Orchidaceae I (convener: Dr. H. Kurzweil, SBG)
10.30 am	Morning coffee break
11.00 am	Session 23 – Malesian Biogeography II Session 24 – Orchidaceae II (convener: Dr. H. Kurzweil, SBG)
12.30 pm	Lunch
1.30 pm	Poster session 1
2.30 pm	Session 25 – E-Taxonomy workshop I (convener: Dr. W. Berendsohn, Botanical Garden & Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germany) Session 26 – Plant Ecology I Session 27 – Malesian Plant Conservation
4.00 pm	Afternoon coffee break
4.30 pm	Session 28 – E-Taxonomy workshop II (convener: Dr. W. Berendsohn, Botanical Garden & Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germany) Session 29 – Plant Ecology II Session 30 – Malesian Plant Conservation II
6.00 pm	End of fourth day programme

Day 5: 27 August (Friday)
8.00 am	Special topic – "Flora Malesiana: The Need of Bio-Cultural Conservation of Medicinal, Aromatic and Cosmetic (MAC) Plants for Sustainable Development of Jamu in Indonesia" by Prof. J. Slikkerveer (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
9.00 am	Session 31 – Ethnobotany and Medicinal Plant Study in Malesia Session 32 – Malesian Pteridophytes I (convener: Prof. M. Kato, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan) Session 33 – Malesian Bryophytes I (convener: Dr. B.C. Tan, SBG)
10.30 am	Morning coffee break
11.00 am	Session 34 – Plant Biodiversity & Floristics I Session 35 – Malesian Pteridophytes II (convener: Prof. M. Kato, National Museum of Nature and Science, Tsukuba, Japan) Session 36 – Malesian Bryophytes II (convener: Dr. B.C. Tan, SBG)
12.30 pm	Lunch
1.30 pm	Poster session 2
2.30 pm	Session 37 – Plant Biodiversity & Floristics II Session 38 – IUCN Conservation Assessment Workshop (convener: Dr. M. Hughes, RBGE, UK)
4.00 pm	Afternoon coffee break
4.30 pm	General meeting; announcement of the location of 9th Flora Malesiana Symposium
5.30 pm	Closing remarks (Dr. B.C. Tan, SBG)
5.45 pm	Welcome message from 9^th Flora Malesiana Symposium
6.00 pm	Presentation of attendance certificates
6.30 pm	End of fifth day programme and 8^th Flora Malesiana Symposium
7.00 pm	Closing Dinner

Language:

The official language for the symposium is English.

Guidelines for Oral & Poster Presentations:

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to decide whether the presentation will be in oral or poster format.

Oral presenters must provide one day before their presentation a power point file saved in a thumb drive/ CD/ DVD to the Secretariat office (Meeting Room 1, Level 3, Botany Centre) for prior installation. No oral presentation will be scheduled unless the registration fees have been paid in full. Each presenter has 15 min (inclusive of Q & A) to present.

Poster presentations should be printed as A1 size (594 x 841 mm). Display boards and velcro tapes will be provided at the symposium site. Posters will be displayed at the Gardens' Library of Botany and Horticulture. Poster presenters should stand by their posters during the two poster sessions scheduled on Aug. 26 & 27 (Thursday & Friday) to answer questions and for discussion.

Submisssion Of Manuscripts For The Proceedings:

The proceedings of 8th Flora Malesiana Symposium will be published in the Gardens' Bulletin Singapore (GBS). Manuscript preparation should follow instructions to authors printed in the latest volume of the GBS. Final manuscripts must be submitted, for publication consideration, in two 'hard'/printed copies, including any tables and figures (the latter referring to photographs, line-illustrations, maps, and graphs presented as complete, final compositions), as well as in electronic form as a digital file, to the Editor, Gardens' Bulletin Singapore, Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569 (E-mail: gbs@nparks.gov.sg) by 30 Sept 2010 at the latest. The GBS prefers digital versions be saved as Word 97-2003 documents or earlier (.doc files), as Word 2007 may not be fully stable across some editing platforms. Black-and-white line drawings should be scanned at 600 dpi and photographs at 300 dpi. Following manuscript review, corresponding authors will be duly informed of both reviewers' comments and journal's acceptance. COPYRIGHT. Please note that by submitting a manuscript for publication in the GBS, authors agree that copyright to the entire manuscript accepted for publication is transferred to the Singapore Botanic Gardens / GBS. Authors who require special permission for reproduction of material should first obtain written permission to use such material in their manuscripts meant for publication in the GBS.

Financial Support:

The Symposium, with help from the Flora Malesiana Foundation in the Netherlands, offers partial financial subsidy to selected participants to attend the 8^th Flora Malesiana meeting. The subsidy can be used to pay the registration fees, return airfare and/or, in part, the hotel accommodation in Singapore. Successful applicants must go to the Secretariat office (Meeting Room 1, Level 3, Botany Centre) on the first day of the symposium to show their passport identity and get the cash award. For more information, please write to the Secretariat Office of 8th FM Symposium at SBG.

Accommodation:

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 and about 20 min by bus ride.

(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/

Post Symposium Excursions:

Three post symposium botanical excursions are offered. Please contact the tour organizer for the latest information. Excursion participants are urged to buy individual travel insurance.

Excursion 1 - A Botanical Hunt for Parasitic and Carnivorous Plants in West Sumatra of Indonesia
Date:	Aug 28 (Sat) to Sept 2 (Thursday), 2010 [Fully booked]
Tour organizer:	Prof. Hernawati Syamsudin, Herbarium of Andalas University in Padang of Sumatra, Indonesia
Email address:	sinanalep@hotmail.com

Excursion 2 - A Botanical Travel to Northern Highlands in Luzon Island of the Philippines
Date:	Aug 28 (Sat) to Sept 3 (Friday), 2010 [Fully booked]
Tour organizer:	Prof. Rosario Rubite, Department of Biology at the University of the Philippines in Manila
Email address:	rosariorubite@yahoo.com

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.

Passport & Visa:

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.

Personal Invitation:

If you require an Official Letter of Invitation, please contact the Secretariat Office.

Late Payment Of Registration Fees & Symposium Programme Booklet:

A table will be set up for late payment of registration fees at the Green Pavilion, Botany Centre on 22 August (Sunday) from 2 to 6 pm, and also on 23 August (Monday) from 8 to 10 am.

Participants will receive a symposium souvenir bag that contains a copy of symposium programme/abstract booklet and also complimentary copies of the latest issue of the Gardens' Bulletin Singapore journal and Gardenwise magazine. Participants are welcome to visit the Botany Centre in the afternoon of Aug 22 (Sunday) to collect the souvenir bag.