From: pat toolan <pattoolan@hotmail.com>
Subject: [ARILROBIN] FW: Moscow Iris Symposium
To: "aril robin" <arilrobin@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 5:07 AM
I have copied and paste the attachment so that you may all think about this symposium. The cost is very reasonable - it is just getting there that is the problem for me.
Pat T
I have left Sergey Loktev's email address in case you want to attend.
There is also an application form - get back to me if you want that.
From: tvochto@gmail.com
To: pattoolan@hotmail.com
Subject: Moscow Iris Symposium
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 10:42:24 +0300
Hi Pat,
This is the second information message concerning Moscow International Iris Symposium.
Best regards,
Sergey Loktev
The second information message
Dear colleagues!
It is our pleasure to invite you to take part in the II Moscow International Symposium âIris-2011â which will take place in the Botanical garden of Lomonosov Moscow State University ( Moscow , Russia ) in 14th-17th June 2011.
Wide range of topics concerning representatives of genus Iris L. are planned to be discussed at the following sections:
1. Taxonomy, conservation and investigation of genus Iris L. representatives
2. Introduction and acclimatization of different groups of irises
3. Educational and enlightening activities based on collections of genus
Iris L.
The program of the Symposium will consist of plenary and sectional sessions as well as poster presentations. The languages of the Symposium are Russian and English.
Registration fee is supposed to be 500 Russian rubles plus approximately 1000 rubles fee for each of your abstracts (paid onsite at the beginning of the Symposium).
Requirements for abstracts:
1.Total size of abstract, including title, name of author(s), text and references should not exceed 10 000 symbols including spaces. The name of the author, who is going to give the presentation should be underlined. The short summary should not exceed 150 words.
2. For the text of abstract use Times New Roman, 12 pt. type and 1,5 intervals between lines. Please, do not use italicizing, underlines, hyphens, tabulations etc., use left margin leveling. The language is Russian or English.
3. Bibliography should be prepared according to the following example:
Mavrodiev E.V., Alekseev Y.E. Morphologo-biological features of Cryptobasis (Iridaceae) and its systematics // Bot. j., 2003. V. 88. â 10. P. 50-55.
Rodionenko G.I. Genus Iris. M.-L.: publ. house AS USSR, 1961. 215 p.
Please send abstracts by e-mail iris2011-msu@yandex.ru as attached files, typed in Microsoft Word and saved in RTF or Word 97-2003. The name of the attached file should contain the name of the author, who is going to give the presentation.
The Organizing Committee will review all abstracts.
Provisional Program of the Symposium
June, 14
9.00-18.00 Registration of the Symposium participants at â Oranjereiniy Corpus MGUâ, building 32 (watch the attached scheme). Accommodation.
13.00-14.00 Lunch (for your cost, approximately 150-200 rubles at MSU canteen)
14.00-15.30 Excursion to the MSU History Museum ; Intelligent Center (Main library)
16.00-18.00 Excursion to MSU Botanical Garden
June, 15
9.00-10.00 Registration of the Symposium participants at â Oranjereiniy Corpus MGUâ, building 32 (watch the attached scheme)
10.00-11.00 Opening of the Symposium. Plenary presentations
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.30 Plenary presentations
13.30-15.00 Lunch
15.00-17.00 Sectional presentations (Section I)
17.00-17.30 Coffee break
17.30-18.30 Sectional presentations (Section I)
June, 16
10.00-11.00 Sectional presentations (Section II)
11.00-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.30 Sectional presentations (Section II)
13.30-15.00 Lunch
15.00-17.00 Excursion to MSU Physical Geography Museum
17.00-18.30 Poster presentations (Section III)
18.30-19.00 Conclusions and closure
19.00 â Gala dinner (500 rubles, payment on registration)
June, 17
10.00-19.00 Excursion and study tour (1200 rubles).
Excursion to the Savvino-Storozhevsky monastery near Zvenigorod, visiting of Zvenigorodsky biological station of the Moscow State University, the flood-lands of Moscow-river and the reserve territory â the peat bog "Sima".
The RIS 2011 Convention will be hold June, 17-19 by its Moscow regional branch. Visiting gardens of I. Gutova, S. Loktev, Y. Pirogov, A. Treshchenkov, L. Shumitskaya, MSU Botanical Garden is on the programme.
The registration fee is 2500 r. (being paid before May, 1) or 2700 r. (if in May) or 3000 r. (if in June). We ask potential Convention participants for sending us (to Sergey Loktev, tvochto@gmail.com) an advance (if possible) notice concerning your wish to participate. The registration fee should be sent to our Convention responsible person, Liudmila Rozanova ( P. O. Box 55 ,
Moscow , 129226).
Departure.
Accommodation.
Participants of the Symposium can be accommodated at âUniversitetskayaâ Hotel (**) (http://maps.yandex.ru/-/CZtfipC), situated in 10 minutes foot walk from place of Symposium. You can book a number at http://www.universitetskaja.ru/.
How to find us
The Symposium will take place at Lomonosov Moscow State University , building 32 (marked at scheme).
Please, confirm your participation urgently for visa support.
We appreciate you sharing this information with interested colleagues!