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Dear Colleagues and Friends,

Two years ahead of the XX IBC, we are pleased to launch the Call for Symposia. We encourage researchers worldwide to submit symposium proposals on a variety of topics through the IBC website. The call for symposia will remain open until December 30th, 2022. Symposia constitute a very important component of the XX IBC, please submit a proposal and help shape the meeting’s program! Also note that diversity of speakers in terms of gender, career stage, and geography will be one of the criteria for selecting proposals. Symposium proposals that bridge two or more of the 31 proposed topics , including novel views and/or multi-disciplinary research perspectives, are especially encouraged.

Best regards,
The Organizing Committee of the XX IBC.

Call for symposia

Proposal submission now available!
The scientific committee will evaluate symposium proposals based on potential audience interest, scientific quality, and diversity of speakers in terms of gender, career stage, and geography, among others. Symposium proposals that bridge two or more of the 31 proposed topics, including novel views and/or multi-disciplinary research perspectives are especially encouraged. We will make an effort to accept as many proposals as possible. Each symposium will last for 2 hours and will consist of six 20-minute oral communications (15 min presentations + 5 min Q&A). To maximize the interchangeability of participants among concurrent symposia, changes to this schedule will not be allowed.

Proposal Submission

Topics

1. Agroforestry Systems	16. Global Change Ecology
2. Bioinformatics	17. Hybrids and Hybridization
3. Biogeography / Phylogeography	18. Mycology and Lichenology
4. Botanical History	19. Macroevolution
5. Bryology	20. Paleobotany / Archaeobotany
6. Comparative Genomics / Transcriptomics	21. Phycology
7. Conservation Biology	22. Phylogenetics and Phylogenomics
8. Crops and Wild Relatives	23. Physiology
9. Development and Structure	24. Plant, Animal, and Microbe Interactions
10. Ecology and Plant Communities	25. Plant Biotechnology
11. Ecophysiology	26. Palynology
12. Education and Outreach	27. Population Genetics
13. Ethnobotany	28. Pteridology
14. Floristics	29. Restoration Ecology
15. Functional Genetics	30. Reproductive Biology
	31. Systematics