Plant Conservation Events at Chicago Botanic Garden (September 29 - October 2, 2009)

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Botanical Capacity Assessment Workshop

When: September 29th, 2009 (9am - 5pm) & September 30th (9am – noon)
Where: Chicago Botanic Garden's new Plant Conservation Science Center
Who: invited non-profit organizations, university faculty and administration, and government agencies involved in plant science research, education and/or natural resource management in the United States.
Purpose: 1) To discuss results of a recent nationwide survey of the collective ability of U.S. institutions and individuals to advance plant science education, research, and application, 2) identify gaps in capacity, and 3) recommend a plan of action to fill these gaps in the future. *Results will be included in a report to be distributed to organizations and individuals throughout the United States and freely available online in mid-2010.
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Global Strategy for Plant Conservation Workshop

When: September 30th, 2009 (1pm - 5pm) & October 1st (9am - 5pm)
Where: Chicago Botanic Garden's new Plant Conservation Science Center
Who: invited individuals involved in plant conservation locally, nationally, and internationally. All participants in the Botanical Capacity Assessment Workshop are invited to attend this workshop.
Purpose: This is one of a series of regional workshops BGCI is conducting on updating the GSPC, with a particular focus on addressing the impacts of climate change. Organized with support from the Boeing Company, these workshops will cover Europe, the Americas, Asia and Africa. Workshop goals are to build on the outcomes of the recent GSPC Liaison Group meeting, and provide regional-specific input on reporting to and updating the GSPC post-2010. *A summary report will be presented to the Convention on Biological Diversity's 2010 Conference of the Parties in Nagoya, Japan.
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Janet Meakin Poor Research Symposium: Global Plant Conservation Science and Outreach

When: October 2, 2009 (9am - 6pm)
Where: Chicago Botanic Garden's Alsdorf Auditorium, with evening reception in the new Plant Conservation Science Center
Who: anyone interested in conserving the world's plants
Purpose: to celebrate the opening of the Chicago Botanic Garden’s new Plant Conservation Science Center, the Chicago Botanic Garden and the Botanic Gardens Conservation International partner to highlight some of the best plant conservation research, practice, and outreach from around the globe and discuss how we keep moving forward from here, particularly in the context of climate change.

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Click here to see presentation to the Plant Conservation Alliance on September 9, 2009.