The congress was held in June 8 - 12, 2009.

General schedule

See daily schedules below for exact times.

T1 keynote1 = first keynote of theme 1, T1 keynote2 = second keynote of theme 1, etc. (see main themes), WS = workshop

Sunday 7	Monday 8		Tuesday 9		Wednesday 10	Thursday 11			Friday 12
	8.00– Registration (at Valkoinen Sali)				8.00–14.10 Excursions: Windows to Finnish Nature Coffee and lunch included
	9.00– Opening		9.00– T3 keynote1 Announcement			9.00– T4 keynote1			9.00– T5 Instructions
	9.00– T1 keynote1								T5 Workshops 1-8 in parallel
			T2 talk 8	T3 talk 1		T4 keynote2
	T1 keynote2		T2 talk 9	T3 talk 2
			T2 talk 10	T3 talk 3		Coffee break and conversation
	Coffee break and conversation		Coffee break and conversation						Coffee break and conversation
						T4 talk 8	T4 talk 18
	T1 talk 1	T1 talk 5	T3 talk 4	T3 talk 8		T4 talk 9	T4 talk 19		T5 Workshops 1-8 in parallel
	T1 talk 2	T1 talk 6	T3 talk 5	T3 talk 9		T4 talk 10	T4 talk 20
	T1 talk 3	T1 talk 7	T3 talk 6	T3 talk 10		Lunch break and posters			T5 Summary session
	T1 talk 4	T1 talk 8	T3 talk 7	T3 talk 11
	Lunch break and posters		Lunch break and posters						Lunch break and posters
						T4 talk 21	T4 talk 25	T4 Database demo
						T4 talk 22	T4 talk 26
	T2 Keynote1		T3 Keynote2			T4 talk 23	T4 talk 27		Closing discussion and presentations Resolutions of EG V, Presentation of EG VI, Presentation of 4GBGC
					Free time c. 1 h 15 min	T4 talk 24	T4 talk 28
	T1 talk 9	T2 talk 1	T4 talk 1	T4 talk 11		T5 Keynote1
	T1 talk 10	T2 talk 2	T4 talk 2	T4 talk 12
	T1 talk 11	T2 talk 3	T4 talk 3	T4 talk 13		Poster session including coffee break (total 2 h 30 min)		T4 database demo	Closing –15.30
	Coffee break and conversation		Coffee break and conversation		15.30– Transport from hotels
					15.50– Inauguration of Kumpula Botanic Garden including meal
	2009-08-18	T4 talk 4	T4 talk 14
	T4 talk 5	T4 talk 15
	T2 talk 4	T2 talk 6									T4 talk 6	T4 talk 16
	T2 talk 5	T2 talk 7									T4 talk 7	T4 talk 17
	17.30– Free time c. 1 h 30 min		17.55– Free time								18.00– Free time
18.00– Registration and poster mounting (at Valkoinen Sali)
–21.00 Snacks and wine	19.00– Welcome dinner

Monday

8.00-9.00	Registration
9.00-9.20	Opening: Chair of Organizing Committee, Dr. Leif Schulman
	THEME 1 starts: Biological theory in ex situ conservation
9.20-10.00	T1 keynote1: prof. Ilkka Hanski
10.00-10.40	T1 keynote2: prof. Susanne Renner
10.40-11.15	Coffee break and conversation
	T1, Session 1: Population ecology	T1, Session 2: Genetic theory
11.20-11.40	T1 talk 1 Marko Hyvärinen: Can population sensitivity analyses be used to predict the success of ex situ conservation and subsequent replanting?	T1 talk 5 Maria Pohjamo: DNA barcoding: a tool for improved taxon identification and management of species diversity
11.40-12.00	T1 talk 2 Jerzy Puchalski: Comparative molecular studies on the genetic diversity of ex situ and in situ populations of critically endangered Polish endemic plant Cochlearia polonica E. Fröhlich	T1 talk 6 Inka Juntheikki-Palovaara: Development of microsatellite (SSR) markers for characterization of genetic resources in Syringa vulgaris
12.00-12.20	T1 talk 3 Matthew Jebb: Rare Arctic-Alpine Willows in Ireland – Ex situ Collections and Population Diversity	T1 talk 7 Elena Bazhina: Specific Features of Meiosis in the Siberian Fir (Abies sibirica Ledeb.) in the the V.N.Sukachev Institute of Forest Arboretum
12.20-12.40	T1 talk 4 Vince Zsigmond: Grassland on the roof - observations of a transplantation	T1 talk 8 Tea Huotari: Genetic population structure of an invasive aquatic weed, Elodea canadensis, in Finland
12.40-13.45	Lunch break and posters
	THEME 2 starts: Linking ex situ conservation with in situ conservation
13.45-14.25	T2 keynote1: prof. Georg Grabherr
	T1, Session 3: Floristics and Ecology	T2, Session 1: Regional case studies
14.30-14.50	T1 talk 9 Mari Miranto: Special characteristics and the seed collecting plan of the boreal bioregion	T2 talk 1 Kate Hardwick: Opportunities for linking ex-situ conservation to ecological restoration: case studies from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
14.50-15.10	T1 talk 10 Leif Schulman: Linking bioclimatic theory with botanic garden collection policy - the Kumpula case	T2 talk 2 Cornelia Löhne: Factors influencing the long term success of combined ex situ and in situ measures – A case study from Berlin
15.10-15.30	T1 talk 11 Stephen Hopper: OCBIL theory and ex situ plant conservation	T2 talk 3 Trevor Adams: Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden: Threatened Plants Programme and Capacity Building
15.30-16.05	Coffee break and conversation
16.05-16.45	T2 keynote2: Director Rauno Väisänen
	T2, Session 2: Twinning and Planning - different approaches	T2, Session 3: Species case studies
16.50-17.10	T2 talk 4 Martin Bauert: Twinning a National Park: Masoala Rainforest links Zurich Zoo and Madagascar	T2 talk 6 Ruth Aguraiuja: Experimenting the reintroduction and recovery of endangered fern species: case study of Woodsia ilvensis (L.) R. Br. (1998 - 2008)
17.10-17.30	T2 talk 5 Jan Rammeloo: In situ conservation in an ex situ environment: Towards an ecological Master Plan for the National Botanic Garden of Belgium	T2 talk 7 Erzsébet Mihalik: Conservation of the pannon endemic Dianthus diutinus Kit. with ex situ and in situ methods
17.30-19.00	Free time c. 1 h 30 min
19.00-	Welcome dinner

Tuesday

	THEME 3: Botanic garden horticulture as a resource in ex situ conservation
9.00-9.40	T3 keynote1: Prof. Vernon Heywood
9.40-9.45	Announcement by Bengt Jonsell: network of botanic gardens in the Baltic Sea region
	T2, Session 4: Examples of Botanic Garden programmes	T3, Session 1: Seedbanking
9.50-10.10	T2 talk 8 Natasha de Vere: The development of a native species and habitat conservation and research programme at the National Botanic Garden of Wales	T3 talk 1 Ruth Eastwood: ENSCONET – European Native Seed Conservation Network
10.10-10.30	T 2 Talk 9 Eleni Maloupa: Propagation and ex situ conservation of important plants from the Ionian Islands in the Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia, in Greece	T3 talk 2 Constantino Bonomi: A joint curation protocol to maximise seed longevity in the ENSCONET seedbank network
10.30-10.50	T2 talk 10 André van Proosdij: Dutch Red List Species	T3 talk 3 Carly Cowell: The value of Seed collections versus Living collections
10.50-11.25	Coffee break and conversation
	T3, Session 2: From seed to thriving plant	T3, Session 3: Conservation of economic plants
11.30-11.50		T3 talk 8 Heiki Tamm: Conservation of ornamental and medicinal plants in the Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu
11.50-12.10	T3 talk 5 Olivia Pekeur: Comparison of germination media using Fynbos species	T3 talk 9 Petr Hanzelka: Botanic Gardens and Ornamental Plants Conservation
12.10-12.30	T3 talk 6 Bob Ursem: Plant Mycorrhiza and its importance in horticulture	T3 talk 10 Jože Bavcon: Different New Types of Sowbread (Cyclamen purpurascens Mill.) in Slovenia
12.30-12.50	T3 talk 7 Bernhardt Karl-Georg: Soil samples as "containers" for ex situ seed conservation	T3 talk 11 Alexandre Rappoport: The collection of ornamental and fruit apple-trees of the Botanical Garden of M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU): perspective an age of climate change
12.50-14.00	Lunch break and posters
14.00-14.40	T3 keynote2: Dr. David Rae
	THEME 4 starts: Botanic gardens conservation work in the age of climate change
	T4, Session 1a: Plants and IT	T4, Session 2: Botanic gardens and international conventions
14.45-15.05	T4 talk 1 Suzanne Sharrock: Networking botanic gardens for conservation - the role of BGCI's databases	T4 talk 10 Bert van den Wollenberg: Implementation of the CBD using the IPEN Code of Conduct and procedures
15.05-15.25	T4 talk 2 Jouko Rikkinen: Living collections and web-resources: blended learning at the Botanic Garden	T4 talk 11 Marko Hyvärinen: Finnish ex situ plant conservation network in pursuit of a more balanced approach in the national implementation of global plant conservation strategies
15.25-15.45	T4 talk 3 Julia Willison: Communicating Climate Change: BGCI’s on-line education pack	T4 talk 12 Michael Kiehn: Contributions of Botanic Gardens to the GSPC-implementation in Austria
15.45-16.25	Coffee break and conversation
	T4, Session 1b: Plants and IT	T4, Session 3a: Collection and research policies
16.30-16.50	T4 talk 4 Hanna Koivula: On-line field journal for harvesting observational data	T4 talk 13 Gennady Firsov: Peculiarities of introduction of arboreal plants at the North-Western Russia during the age of climate change
16.50-17.10	T4 talk 5 Bert van den Wollenberg: The future prospects of electronic seed lists	T4 talk 14 Suzanne Sharrock: Saving Europe’s threatened flora – Progress towards GSPC Target 8 in Europe
17.10-17.30	T4 talk 6 Ruth Eastwood: A virtual seed bank for European native species: the ENSCONET database	T4 talk 15 David Aplin: Prickly challenges: conservation or delusion?
17.35-17.55		T4 talk 16 Clare Trivedi: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: addressing the challenges of Climate Change
17.55-	Free time

Wednesday

Excursions: Windows to Finnish Nature

Thursday

9.00-9.40	T4 keynote1: Chief Executive Victoria Chester
9.40-10.20	T4 keynote2: Secretary General Sara Oldfield
10.20-10.55	Coffee break and conversation
	T4, Session 1c: Plants and IT	T4 Session 3b: Collection and research policies
11.00-11.20	T4 talk 7 André van Proosdij: Atlantis-BG, a standard for comprehensive, web-based collection management	T4 talk 17 Sandrine Godefroid: Seed banking of species threatened by climate change: are we conserving the right species? A case study from Belgium
11.20-11.40	T4 talk 8 Havard Ostgaard: Plant Collection management made easy	T4 talk 18 Maïté Delmas: Rethinking the links between systematics studies and ex situ living plant collections as a contribution to the GSPC
11.40.-12.00	T4 talk 9 Tapani Lahti: Atlas of the distribution of vascular plants in Finland	T4 talk 19 Glynn Anderson: A review of the effects of climate change in Ireland and the development of an institutional policy and role of the institution, in its mitigation
12.00-13.05	Lunch break and posters
	T4, Session 4: Botanic garden answers to the climate challenge	T4, Session 5: Public education considerations	T4 session 1d
13.10.-13.30	T4 talk 20 Karl-Georg Bernhardt: Monitoring population and gene pool dynamics of the annual model species Capsella bursa-pastoris (Brassicaceae)	T4 talk 24 Joke 't Hart: Role of botanical gardens in the raise of public awareness of the effects of climate change	In-depth demonstration of Atlantis Botanic Garden, a database solution by DEVENTit
13.30-13.50	T4 talk 21 Bob Ursem: Climate change, entering a new era? Or… plant based solutions to halter the effect of climate change	T4 talk 25 Alla Andreeva: Urban Botanic Gardens: Aspects of Climate Change in Educational Programmes
13.50-14.10	T4 talk 22 Matthew Jebb: Climate Change and Planting for the Future	T4 talk 26 Liv Borgen: Great-granny’s Garden - a living archive and a sensory garden
14.10-14.30	T4 talk 23 Dalila Espírito-Santo: Climatic models and the outdoor regional living plant collections in botanic gardens	T4 talk 27 Adil Güner: A Botanic Garden in a motorway intersection: Nezahat Gokyigit Botanik Bahcesi, Istanbul, Turkey
	THEME 5: The global and European strategies for plant conservation: how beyond 2010?
14.30-14.50	Short coffee break
14.50-15.30	T5 keynote1: Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson
15.30-16.30	poster session including coffee break (total 2 h 30 min)		In-depth demonstration of Atlantis Botanic Garden, a database solution by DEVENTit (repeated)
16.30-18.00
18.00-	Free time

Friday

9.00-9.20	Instructions for T5
9.20-9.40	T5 Workshop 1 Conservation and Sustainable Use – How can Botanic Gardens and their Collaborators contribute to the Achievement of  GSPC Target 3	T5 Workshop 2 Encouraging and Enabling Seed Conservation in Botanic Gardens	T5 Workshop 3 How Can Botanic Gardens and Seed Banks Strengthen Their Contribution To Ecological Restoration?	T5 Workshop 4 Managing the Invasive Alien Plants Problem	T5 Workshop 5 Botanic Gardens and their Contribution to Target 14 of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation: How can we be More Effective?	T5 Workshop 6 Reconciling In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation through Networking among Protected Areas Management, Botanic Gardens, Non-Governmental Organizations, and Other Actors	T5 Workshop 7 Gardens in peril
9.40-10.40	T5 Workshops 1-7 in parallel
10.40-11.20	coffee break and conversation
11.20-12.00	T5 Workshops 1-7 in parallel
12.00-12.40	Summary session of T5
12.40-13.50	Lunch break and posters
13.50-15.10	Closing discussion, Resolutions of EG V, Presentation of EG VI, Presentation of 4GBGC
15.10-15.30	Closing

 

Special workshops

Congress theme five will be treated mainly in a series of simultaneous workshops, and the programme will also include separate workshops, as parallel session or evening events. The following topics will be covered (more to be added later):

• How can botanic gardens and seed banks strengthen their contribution to ecological restoration? (PDF)
• Gardens in peril (PDF)
• Hands-on presentation of various databases and database programs relating to Botanic Garden work
• Cooperation of Botanic Gardens in the Baltic Sea region CANCELLED

Wednesday Excursions: Windows to Finnish Nature

During the excursion we will visit a few representative nature sites close to Helsinki. The specialty of Finland is that we still have wilderness within half an hour drive from the centre! We will take a look at typical coniferous and primeval forests, peat bogs, the archipelago, and features of the last ice age still visible in Finnish nature. To avoid crowding the busses will take different routes, but still show everybody the most fascinating nature sites in the Helsinki metropolitan area, e.g. Nuuksio or Sipoonkorpi.

The busses will depart from the centre of Helsinki (Senaatintori, Senate Square) at 8 a.m. and return at 14 p.m. The excursion includes walks in semi-difficult forest terrain. Please bring along appropriate clothing (trekking shoes and coat/raincoat)

Lunch and coffee is included.

Post Congress Tours

Two post-congress tours will be offered (subject to additional payment): a Midnight Sun Tour to Finnish Lapland and a Garden & Tour to Tallinn and Tartu in Estonia. More information about the tours.

• About the congress
• Program
• Call for papers
• Venue & Travel Info
• Registration

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