Network Conference 2006

When: Monday 20th –Wednesday 22nd November 2006 (including field trip) Where: Conference Centre, University of Auckland Click here: for a map showing the conference venue (File size 59K) Click here: for Conference programme (File size 949K) This years Network conference will be the Cheeseman Symposium 2006 – to celebrate the centenary of the publication of the first full flora treatment to be published by a resident New Zealand botanist, Thomas F. Cheeseman’s Manual of the New Zealand Flora (1906). This will be held in conjunction with the New Zealand Botanical Society, Auckland Museum, Auckland Botanical Society, Landcare Research and the University of Auckland. Background Thomas Cheeseman (1845-1923) was the Auckland Institute and Museum botanist and sole curator for 50 years (1874-1923).  He was one of New Zealand’s greatest botanists, and the first with a New Zealand education. During his career, Cheeseman described over 130 species and three plant genera. Sixteen plant species from New Zealand and Rarotonga are also named after him.  He published the Manual of the New Zealand Flora (1906, 2nd ed. 1925) and Illustrations of the New Zealand Flora (1914), as well as countless scientific articles, primarily on botany, but also including zoology and ethnology.  Cheeseman’s herbarium numbered some 10,000 specimens. He was elected fellow of the Linnean Society of London and received their prestigious gold medal in 1923. He was president of the New Zealand Institute in 1911 and later became a fellow; in 1918 he was awarded the Hector Memorial Medal and Prize. Conference session headings Early botanists New Zealand and Pacific Floras Biodiversity informatics Plant systematics, plant phylogeny and biogeography Plant morphology, cytology and function Pollination and reproductive biology Science, conservation and conservation management The Network will also offer concurrent sessions, presentations and workshops on the implementation of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, plant propagation, ex-situ conservation and other areas of plant conservation (to be announced in 2006). Further information No financial commitment is needed at this stage. If you are interested in receiving the second circular please post your contact details (please supply an email contact if possible) to: Cheeseman Symposium 2006 c/- Mei Nee Lee Botany Department Auckland Museum PB 92018 Auckland Alternatively put “Cheeseman Symposium” in the subject line and email your contact details to: mnlee@aucklandmuseum.com Can you help? Help with sponsorship, organisation and running of the conference would be very welcome – please contact the Network at info@nzpcn.org.nz Organising committee The organising committee consists of: Ilse Breitwieser, Ewen Cameron, Peter Heenan, Peter de Lange, David Norton, Mei Nee Lee, Brian Murray, John Sawyer, and Mike Wilcox.