Society / Sectional Programs at a Glance

| ABLS | AFS | ASPT | BSA | IAPT |

American Bryological and Lichenology Society / Bryological and Lichenological Section, BSA

Sunday, 6 August

7:30 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip to Columbia River Gorge
4:30 pm - 7:00 pm ABLS Executive Committee Meeting
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Plenary Lecture
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm All Society Mixer

Monday, 7 August

7:00 am - 8:30 am ABLS Breakfast (Ticketed Event)
9:00 am - 11:45 am Papers: Bryophyte Systematics (Session 6)
1:00 pm - 4:15 pm Symposium: Scientific outreach for the next millennium (Session 11)
1:30 pm - 4:15 pm Papers: Conservation, ecology and morphology (Session 13)
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Bryophyte Flora of North America Meeting
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Public Outreach Lecture

Tuesday, 8 August

9:00 am - 12:00 pm Papers: A. J. Sharp Student Papers (Session 23)
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Posters (Session 27)
2:30 pm - 4:45 pm Papers: A. J. Sharp Student Papers (Session 36)
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm ABLS Social

Wednesday, 9 August

9:00 am - 11:15 am Papers: Bryophyte and lichen ecology and floristics (Session 43)
11:30 am - 12:30 pm ABLS Business Meeting

Thursday, 10 August

9:00 am Field Trip (return to Portland on Monday, 14 August, 1:00 pm)

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American Fern Society / Pteridological Section, BSA

Sunday, 6 August

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm AFS Council Meeting
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Plenary Lecture
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm All Society Mixer

Monday, 7 August

9:00 am - 11:45 am Papers (Session 7)
12:00 pm - 1:30pm AFS Luncheon (Ticketed Event)
1:00 pm - 4:15 pm Symposium: Scientific outreach for the next millennium (Session 11)
2:00 pm - 4:15 pm Papers (Session 15)
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm BSA Pteridological Section Business Meeting
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Public Outreach Lecture

Tuesday, 8 August

8:30 am - 12:00 pm Symposium: Biology and conservation of the Ophioglossaceae: A tribute to Warren "Herb" Wagner – Part I (Session 21)
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Posters (Session 27)
1:30 pm - 6:00 pm Symposium: Biology and conservation of the Ophioglossaceae: A tribute to Warren "Herb" Wagner – Part II (Session 31)

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American Society of Plant Taxonomists / Systematics Section, BSA

Sunday, 6 August

8:30 am - 4:00 pm ASPT Council Meeting
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Plenary Lecture
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm All Society Mixer

Monday, 7 August

8:00 am - 12:00 pm Papers: Rosaceae, Phylogenetic Methods (Session 2)
8:00 am - 11:45 am Papers: Lamiaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Parasitic Plants (Session 3)
8:15 am - 11:45 am Papers: Monocots, other than Orchidaceae or Poaceae (Session 4)
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Papers: Gymnosperms, LVPs, Bryophytes, Fungi, Floras (Session 9)
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Papers: Miscellaneous Families (Session 10)
1:00 pm - 4:15 pm Symposium: Scientific outreach for the next millennium (Session 11)
5:15 pm - 6:00 pm ASPT/BSA Systematics Section Business Meeting
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Public Outreach Lecture

Tuesday, 8 August

8:00 am - 12:15 pm Papers: Gentianaceae, Cactaceae, Plumbaginaceae, Bio-informatics (Session 17)
8:00 am - 12:15 pm Papers: Miscellaneous families (Session 18)
8:00 am - 12:00 pm Papers: Biogeography, Islands (Session 19)
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Posters (Session 27)
1:00 pm - 4:15 pm Papers: Asteraceae, Malvaceae (Session 28)
1:00 pm - 4:45 pm Papers: Floral evolution, Breeding Systems, Anatomy (Session 29)
1:30 pm - 5:15 pm Symposium: New frontiers in plant systematics: The next 50 years (Session 30)
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm ASPT Mixer and Banquet (Ticketed Event)

Wednesday, 9 August

8:00 am - 11:45 am Papers: Orchidaceae, Poaceae (Session 37)
8:30 am - 11:45 am Papers: Angiosperm phylogeny (Session 41)
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Papers: Miscellaneous families (Session 47)
1:00 pm - 5:15 pm Symposium: Historical Biogeography of the Northern Hemisphere (Session 48)

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Botanical Society of America

| BSA-Wide Events | Bryological and Lichenological | Developmental and Structural | Ecological | Economic Botany | Genetics | Historical | Paleobotanical | Phycological | Physiological | Phytochemical | Pteridological | Teaching | Systematics |

BSA-Wide Events

Saturday, 5 August

3:30 pm - 6:30 pm Financial Advisory Committee Meeting
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm Executive Committee Meeting

Sunday, 6 August

9:00 am - 5:00 pm Council Meeting
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Plenary Lecture
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm All Society Mixer

Monday, 7 August

8:00 am - 10:00 am Past-President’s Symposium: New Frontiers in Botany (Session 1)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm American Journal of Botany Associate Editors’ Luncheon
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Public Outreach Lecture

Wednesday, 9 August

4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Business Meeting
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Mixer
7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Banquet (Ticketed Event)

Thursday, 10 August

8:30 am - 12:00 pm Executive Committee Meeting

Bryological and Lichenological Section, BSA - See ABLS

Developmental and Structural Section, BSA

Monday, 7 August

10:00 am - 11:45 am Papers: Development in primitive tracheophytes (Session 8)
1:30 pm - 3:15 pm Papers: Floral Ontogeny (Session 14)

Tuesday, 8 August

9:00 am - 11:00 am Papers: Stems and Roots (Session 24)
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Posters (Session 27)
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Papers (Session 32)
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Mixer and Business Meeting

Wednesday, 9 August

9:00 am - 11:00 am Papers: Leaf structure and development (Session 44)
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm Symposium: Open space (Session 49)

Ecological Section, BSA

Tuesday, 8 August

8:15 am - 12:00 pm Papers (Session 20)
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Posters (Session 27)
2:00 pm - 5:15 pm Papers (Session 33)

Wednesday, 9 August

8:00 am - 12:00 pm Papers (Session 38)
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Luncheon and Business Meeting

Economic Botany Section, BSA

Tuesday, 8 August

11:30 am - 1:00 pm Luncheon and Lecture (Ticketed Event)

Genetics Section, BSA

Tuesday, 8 August

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Posters (Session 27)
2:15 pm - 4:00 pm Papers: Evolutionary and Population Genetics (Session 35)

Wednesday, 9 August

9:30 am - 11:15 am Papers: Genetics of Economically Important Species (Session 45)
11:15 am - 12:30 pm Business Meeting

Historical Section, BSA

Wednesday, 9 August

8:15 am - 8:30 am Papers (Session 40)
8:30 am - 11:15 am Symposium: Botany in the Age of Mendel: A Symposium in Honor of the Centennial of the Rediscovery of Mendel, and the 50th Year Anniversary of the Publication of G.L. Stebbins' Variation and Evolution in Plants (Session 42)
11:30 am - 12:00 pm Business Meeting

Paleobotanical Section, BSA

Monday, 7 August

8:40 am - 11:30 am Papers: Isabel Cookson Student Award Session (Session 5)
1:00 pm - 4:45 pm Papers (Session 12)
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Mixer
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Banquet (Ticketed Event)

Tuesday, 8 August

9:15 am - 12:00 pm Papers (Session 26)
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Posters (Session 27)
2:00 pm - 4:15 pm Papers (Session 34)

Wednesday, 9 August

8:30 am - 9:30 am Business Meeting

Pteridologial Section, BSA - See AFS

Phycological Section, BSA

Tuesday, 8 August

8:30 am - 9:00 am Papers (Session 22)
9:15 am - 9:45 am Business Meeting
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Posters (Session 27)

Physiological Section, BSA

Tuesday, 8 August

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Posters (Session 27)

Wednesday, 9 August

11:00 am - 12:00 pm Papers: Physiology and Biotechnology (Session 46)
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Business Meeting and Luncheon

Phytochemical Section, BSA

Monday, 7 August

3:00 pm - 3:45 pm Papers: Phytochemistry (Session 16)
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm Business Meeting

Systematics Section, BSA - See ASPT

Teaching Section, BSA

Monday, 7 August

1:00 pm - 4:15 pm Symposium: Scientific outreach for the next millennium (Session 11)

Tuesday, 8 August

9:00 am - 11:15 am Papers: Teaching botany 2000 (Session 25)
11:15 am - 12:00 pm Business Meeting
12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Posters (Session 27)

Wednesday, 9 August

8:00 am - 12:00 pm Symposium: Using educational technology to foster learning centered pedagogies (Session 39)

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International Association for Plant Taxonomy

Sunday, 6 August

9:00 am - 12:00 pm Council Meeting
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Plenary Lecture
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm All Society Mixer

Monday, 7 August

6:00 pm - 6:30 pm Business Meeting
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm Public Outreach Lecture

Tuesday, 8 August

1:30 pm - 5:15 pm Symposium: New frontiers in plant systematics: The next 50 years (Session 30)