2010 3rd International Metasequoia Symposium Osaka Museum of Natural History, Japan August 3-8, 2010
The organizing committee is pleased to invite you to participate in the 3rd International Metasequoia Symposium. The organizing committee has selected Japan as the location to hold the 3rd International Metasequoia Symposium because it has a history rich in the study of fossil plants and one of its most notable scientists is Professor Shigeru Miki who was the first person to describe Metasequoia fossils. The symposium is taking place at the Osaka Museum of Natural History (OMNH) where Professor Mikis collection resides, and symposium participants will have an opportunity to observe Mikis collection. Preliminary program August 3 (Tuesday) - Registration Welcome Dinner August 4 (Wednesday) - Opening, Session I, and Dinner August 5 (Thursday) - Session II and Closing August 6 (Friday) - 8 (Sunday) Field Trip: Metasequoia fossil localities in the vicinity of Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Shiga, and Nagoya as well as opportunities for sightseeing (e.g., Visit to sake factory, public bath house, hot spa). Venue: Osaka Museum of Natural History (OMNH) http://www.mus-nh.city.osaka.jp/english/index.html Transportation: Private bus and Bullet Train. ***Registration: For planning purposes, we request all interested colleagues to send back this registration form to [email protected] or [email protected] by December 31st 2009: 1. Name, address, phone, and email; 2. I intend to participate in the 3rd International Conference; 3. I intend to participate to the field trip; 4. I intend to present a lecture (tentative title); 5. I intend to present a poster (tentative title). 6. Interested area (choose one, details see below): A, B, C, and/or D Topics: In an effort to expand the breadth of Metasequoia research the organizing committee is expanding the focus of this symposium to include Metasequoia and allied genera and we are requesting oral and poster presentations from the following programmatic areas: A. Evolution and physiology of the redwoods 1) The origin, expansion, and decline of the redwoods. i. Paleoecology of redwoods with a focus on the European and Asian Neogene. ii. Wood taxonomy of taxodiaceous fossil wood from Europe, North America, and Asia. iii. Paleobiogeography of the redwoods. iv. Quaternary history of the Taxodiaceae. v. Habitat partitioning of the landscape. vi. Past/present ecological similarities and differences. 2) Redwood physiology and genetics. i. Genetics of Metasequoia. ii. Secondary metabolites and extractives. iii. Plant scale carbon allocation or balance. iv. Decay resistance or decomposition of the redwood tissue. v. Water balance in redwoods. vi. Climate plant compound relationships (paleoclimate proxies). vii. Ecophysiology. B. Community, ecosystem, and biome-scale topics. i. Impact of global warming on the distribution and abundance of the redwoods in relict stands. ii. Biomass and productivity of redwoods. iii. Carbon balance of tropical and temperate forested peatlands as analogs for the paleoecosystems? iv. Conservation. v. Land use-land cover change in redwood habitats. C. Forestry systems i. Forestry and wood science of Metasequoia and allied genera. ii. Horticulture. D. Historical and cultural aspects of the Taxodiaceae i. Work of S. Miki. ii. Work of John Kuser. iii. Conservation of rare species in herbaria and botanical gardens. Mitsuo Suzuki (Secretary General) Director, Botanical Gardens, Tohoku University Kawauchi 12-2, Aoba, Sendai 980-0862, JAPAN & Ben LePage (Program) Academy of Natural Sciences and PECO Energy Company & Chris Williams (Program) Dept. of Earth and Environment, Franklin and Marshall College
