PLANT GENOMICS IN CHINA VI

Second Announcement

The 6th Conference of Plant Genomics in China will be held on August 17 to 20, 2005 in Kunming, China. This symposium will emphasize the new progresses on plant genomics.

Programme

August 17: registration

August 18 -August 20: Scientific sessions

Themes

Ø         Plant Genome Sequence Analysis

Ø         Plant Functional Genomics

Ø         Comparative Genomics

Ø         Plant Proteomics

Ø         Bioinformatics

Ø         Plant Molecular Breeding

Abstract

The abstracts submitted for the Symposium are expected to contain new information of high scientific standards. The abstracts will be printed before the Conference. An abstract of no more than 500 words should be submitted by June 30th, 2005, by e-mail in a file prepared, preferably, in Microsoft Word, following the template provided on the website http://www.croplab.org/pgcv/index_en.html.

Speaking

The speaking and discussion for ordinary report in the session meeting will be 15 and 5 minutes. But special invited report will be 40 minutes. Powerpoint set is available.

Posters

Posters in all the topics are encouraged. The poster board size will be 1.2 meters high by 0.9 meters wide.

Symposium Venue

The conference will be held at the Longdu Hotel, Kunming 650231, China

Registration

The registration fee is 600 RMB for regular individuals who register before May 31, 2005, 300 RMB for students. After the date, the fee will be increased to 800 RMB for regular individuals and 400 RMB for students, and there will be no guarantee for the abstract to be included in the printed Abstract Book. Registration by email is encouraged. The registration fee should send to the below account：

 

Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (YAAS)

Account number: 019801040006488       

Bank: Panlong Branch, Kunming Agriculture Bank

Purpose: Registration fee for PGCVI (name of delegate)

 

Also you can send the registration fee by mailing, please indicated the use of the fee with “registration fee”, Please follow the address:

 

Hui Wang

Biotechnology and Genetic Germplasm Institute,YAAS

Kunming 650223

China

 

Registration Form

Name:         

Sex:

First Name:

Last Name:

Institution:

Mailing Address:

Telephone:

Fax:

E-mail:

I will attend ___  not attend ___    Symposium

I will attend ___  not attend ___    the post conference tour

Title of my abstract:

 

Return address: genomekm2005@vip.km169.net

Zaiquan Cheng

Biotechnology and Genetic Germplasm Institute, YAAS

Tel: (86-871)5140200

Fax: (86-27) 5160084

Kunming 650223

China

 

Schedule of the conference and the post conference tour
To our invited speakers of PGCVI and organizing committee:

As the PGCVI is only slightly more than two months away, I would like to make sure that the things are in order: Please book your own ticket all the way to Kunming. You will be reimbursed by the host of the conference. If you encounter difficulty in booking the domestic portion of China (e.g. from Beijing or Shanghai to Kunming), we would be pleased to help. 

 
The following is a tentative schedule of the conference and the post conference tour
17 August: Arrival and registration
18 August: Conference
19 August: Conference
20 August: Conference till 17:00
20 August: Kunming to Lijiang, departure at 22:40, stay in Lijiang
21 August: Sightseeing Yulong mountain and Lijiang
22 August: Visit the Traditional Street of Lijiang in the daytime
22 August: Lijiang—Kunming, departure at 19:55, stay in Kunming
23 August: Leave from Kunming