First Notice and Call for Papers for the Second International Wood Biotechnology Symposium to be held in Canberra, Australia on March 10-12, 1997 Background The first International Wood Biotechnology Symposium was held in Tokyo in August 1994, with major input and support from the large Japanese paper company, Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd.. The first IWBS meeting was open to a limited number of researchers, but its success quickly prompted planning for the next symposium and the intent now is to "re-visit" this expanding technical area about once every three years. Second IWBS The second IWBS will be hosted by the Co-operative Research Centre for Plant Science located on the campus of the Australian National University in Canberra. The Plant Science Centre is directly supported by staff from the ANU Research School of Biological Sciences and the Division of Plant Industry within Australia's largest research organisation, CSIRO. Dr Jim Peacock, head of this Division, will be the Symposium Chairman. The second IWBS will have industry support from North Forest Products, the company which has established Australia's largest eucalypt plantation estate and which conducts advanced research through North Eucalypt Technologies (NET), located at Ridgley in Australia's' island state of Tasmania. NET already sponsors research at the Plant Science Centre and at the Division of Plant Industry. Nippon Paper Industries, through Dr Kunio Hata, has given its support to the arrangements for this second IWBS. Organisation Organising committees are being formed, current members of which are: Toby Bradshaw Univ. of Washington, USA Chris Buller Plant Science Centre, Australia Hiroyasu Ebinuma Nippon Paper Industries, Japan Brian Ellis Univ. of British Columbia, Canada Kunio Hata Nippon Paper Industries, Japan Allan Jamieson North Eucalypt Technologies, Australia Atsushi Komamine Japan Women's Univ., Japan Mark van Montagu Universiteit Gent, Belgium Noriyuki Morohoshi Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technology, Japan Jim Peacock CSIRO Div'n of Plant Industry, Australia Wolfgang Schuch Zeneca Plant Science, UK Ron Sederoff NC State Univ., USA These committees will take care of the local arrangements and the program for the symposium. Themes Three themes have been chosen: A Advances in biotechnology techniques B Application of biotechnology to wood C Regulation of wood biotechnology (trials and outcomes) It is intended to have a collection of high quality papers presented at the symposium. If possible, "parallel" sessions will be avoided, so that all attendees can participate fully in the whole symposium. A "Poster Session" will be arranged if the demand is sufficient. Papers This first notice is also a call for papers. Anyone wishing to present a paper is required to submit a title by July 31, 1996; and indicate which theme (A, B or C) that the paper will develop. A 250 word abstract will then need to be submitted by October 31, 1996. The language at the symposium will be English. There will be six sessions during the three days of the symposium. Authors will be allowed a total time of 30 minutes for presentation, but this is to include 10 minutes for questions at the end. I.e., each paper must not take more than 20 minutes to deliver. Other information a) Some climatic data for Canberra in March: Rainfall: 54 mm for month. (seven rainy days on average). Humidity: 41% relative (at 3 p.m.). Temperature: 17.5 oC mean (24.4 max., 10.7 min.) Sunshine: 7.8 hours daily b) Visits to several research laboratories will be arranged in conjunction with the symposium. c) Accommodation of a high standard has been reserved for up to 80 persons on the ANU campus at University House, just 5 minutes walk from the Plant Science Centre; however, there are several good quality hotels in and near the city. ******************************************************************************** Titles and abstracts (and any queries about the second IWBS) are to be forwarded: a) by mail to: Second IWBS Attn: Mr A. Jamieson P.O Box 63 RIDGLEY, Tas. 7321 AUSTRALIA or b) by fax: Second IWBS Attn: Mr A. Jamieson Fax: 61-04-343400 or c) by Internet Allan.G.Jamieson @ north.com.au Subject: Second IWBS ********************************************************************************
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