
Program (tentative)
Thursday, 15 September 2022
07h45 | Door opening | Registration |
08h30 | Workshop & discussions | Beyond the state-of-the-art in herbarium-based research This workshop will facilitate exchange among all stakeholders of herbarium-based research, from researchers- and curatorial perspectives. In smaller, interdisciplinary discussion groups, in which you actively participate, you will discuss (unrealized) potential of herbarium-based research, and discover other participants' perspective on how to realize them. The workshop represents a marker of ideas prior to the conference' talks, and also functions as ice-breaker. In the plenary discussion at the end of the meeting, we will revisit ideas that surfaced in the workshop, and assess whether we should update them. |
10h45 | Message of greeting | Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Andrea Schenker-Wicki, president of the University of Basel |
11h00 | Keynote talk | Richard B. Primack, Boston University, USA: Mobilizing herbarium specimens, botanical gardens, historical data sets and citizen science observations to investigate the biological effects of climate change** |
11h35 | Further talks | Speakers and titles tbd |
12h00 | Lunch break | |
13h30 | Further talks | Speakers and titles tbd |
17h15 | conference day 1 | End of conference day 1 |
18h15 | Public lecture | Prof. Richard B. Primack, Boston University, USA: Climate change effects on wildflowers, trees and birds. Building on the observations of the famous American environmental philosopher Henry David Thoreau, author of «Walden» Henry David Thoreau is America’s most famous environmental philosopher and author of the book Walden. For the past 18 years, Professor Richard Primack and his team have been building on Thoreau’s records from the 1850s and other Massachusetts data sources to investigate the earlier flowering and leafing out times of plants, the earlier flight times of butterflies, and the more variable response of migratory birds. Plants are also changing in abundance due to a warming climate. This work is now being extended to the neglected autumn season. What would Thoreau tell us to do about global climate change if he were alive today? |
Conference dinner |
Friday, 16 September 2022
08h30 | Keynote talk | Hernán A. Burbano, University College London, UK: A retrospective view on plant genetic diversity using ancient DNA** |
09h05 | Further talks | Speakers and titles tbd |
12h00 | Meeting summary | |
12h30 | Lunch Break | |
14h00 | Tours | Guided tour in the Botanical Garden of the University of Basel |
Caspar Bauhin and the historic treasures of the Basel herbaria | ||
17h00 | End of symposium |
Contact
Program summary (tentative)
Thursday, 15 September 2022
08h30 Workshop & discussions
10h45 Welcome
11h00 Keynote talk
11h35 Talks, morning
13h30 Talks, afternoon
17h15 End day 1
18h15 Public lecture
Friday, 16 September 2022
08h30 Keynote talk
09h05 Talks
12h00 Meeting summary
14h00 Tours (Bauhin herbarium, Botanic Garden)
17h00 End of symposium