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MEDI-PALMS 2010

Organisation of an international workshop on Mediterranean palms (MEDI-PALMS 2010)

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Abstract

• November 2011 : contacting of putative speakers and definition of the overall conference programme
• Décembre 2009 : first announcement/call for contributions and inauguration of conference website
• January-May 2010 : processing of abstracts and definition of detailed programme ; handling of conference fees and organisation of travel for participants receiving travel funding
• May 2010 : Palms 2010 Symposium at the Corum conference centre, Montpellier
• May-Juiy 2010 : Discussions with speakers for the publication of a special "Palms" edition of the Annals of Botany ; finalisation of expenditure related to the travel funding of Palms 2010 participants

Perspectives

• Publication in 2011 of a special "Palms" edition of the Annals of Botany "Palms" consisting of 11 articles written by Palms 2010 participants
• At the European level, the annual EUNOPS (European Network of Palm Scientists) meeting will be held in St Petersbourg, Russia in April 2011
• Following discussions at the Montpellier Palms symposium, the next world "Palms" meeting will be held in 2015, in Denmark (to be confirmed)

• From the Montpellier perspective, the various collaborations initiated or reinforced thanks to the Palms 2010 symposium will be pursued in the coming years

Project Number : 0901-019

Year : 209

Type of funding : AAP

Project type : AAP

Research units in the network : AGAP

Start date :
15 Jul 2009

End date :
30 Jun 2011

Flagship project :
Non

Project leader :
James Tregear

Project leader's institution :
IRD

Project leader's RU :
DIADE

Budget allocated :
15000 €

Total budget allocated ( including co-financing) :
15000 €

Funding :
RTRA