Handbook Part 2 - International Mycological Association

WELCOME TO IMC8 CAIRNS 2006
On behalf of the organising committee, it is our pleasure
to welcome you to the first International Mycological
Congress to be held in the southern hemisphere, IMC8 in
Cairns, Australia.
It has been a challenge to design and bring to fruition a
congress that can meet the high standards set by
previous Congresses. We hope to provide you with a
congress experience that is stimulating, rewarding and
enjoyable.
We have developed an outstanding program, thanks to
our national and international scientific program
organising committee, and to your scientific input and
participation. There are nine pre-congress workshops to
choose from, and within the congress program, there is
an invited internationally recognised plenary speaker
each day. The daily program encompasses five
concurrent sessions of scientific symposia that include a
combination of invited speakers and presenters chosen
from submitted abstracts, and an extensive range of
scientific poster presentations for your perusal. We trust
that there will be something of interest to all mycologists
in our large and varied scientific program.
We invite you to attend the social events. On Monday
evening, the Mycological Society of America and the
British Mycological Society host a reception on the
waterfront at the Cairns Hilton Hotel. Everyone is invited
to attend.
Building on a previous successful IMC convention, please
join us for a ‘Wines of the World’ evening on Tuesday
night. You bring a bottle of wine to share with your friends
and colleagues, and in an atmosphere of joviality, we
challenge you to approach as many people as possible
to taste and judge your wine. Prizes go to the best and
worst wines of the world! This is a great networking
experience/opportunity? and a great way to make new
friends.
The Congress dinner will be held on Thursday evening at
‘The Tanks’. This will be a unique Cairns dining experience,
within the Botanic Gardens precinct.
During the Congress, ‘The Clamp Connection Café/Bar’
will be open to meet your ‘between break’ beverage
and snack needs. Feel free to take advantage of this
relaxed space to catch up with colleagues and friends,
and to develop new research collaborations and
partnerships.
A number of mycology-orientated tours and forays have
been organised, and we encourage you to take the
opportunity to explore Cairns and ints hinterland on these
tours.
We promise you an outstanding scientific program and a
memorable social experience in Australia. The Congress
will be the biggest mycology meeting ever held in
Australia. It will provide a forum for the sharing of
information on all aspects of mycology and foster
constructive interaction between participants from all
over the world.
With its combined World Heritage-listed attractions of the
Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropic Rainforests, Cairns
has a lot to offer. We hope that you are able to take
some time to visit the area and discover the natural
wonders of tropical northern Australia.
Thank you for coming, we trust you find your visit
enjoyable and rewarding.
Wieland Meyer
Ceri Pearce
Chair
Vice-Chair
IMC8 Organizing Committee
IMC8 2006 ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Wieland Meyer, Chair
Sydney University, Australia
Ceri Pearce, Vice-Chair
Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Australia
David Ellis, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Australia
Paul Gadek, James Cook University, Australia
Cheryl Grgurinovic, AQIS, Australia
Keven Hyde, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Eric McKenzie, Landcare Research, New Zealand
John Pitt, CSIRO, Australia
Geoff Ridley,
New Zealand Forest Research Institute, New Zealand
Roger Shivas,
Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Australia
Brett Summerell, Royal Botanic Gardens, Australia
MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Teun Boekhout, CBS, The Netherlands,
Peter K. Buchanan, Landcare Research, New Zealand,
Alvano Fonseca, University Nova Lisboa, Portugal,
Jens Frisvad, Biocentrum-DTU, Denmark,
Barbara Howlett, University of Melbourne, Australia
M. Kakishima, University of Tsukuba, Japan,
Cletus Kurtzman, USDA, USA,
Lene Lange, Novozymes A/S, Denmark,
Francois Lutzoni, Duke University, USA,
Rosely Zancope-Oliveira, FIOCRUZ, Brazil,
Gioconda San-Blas, IVIC, Venezuela,
Richard Summerbell, CBS, The Netherlands,
Akira Suzuki, Chiba University, Japan,
John Taylor, UC Berkeley, USA,
Brenda Wingfield, FABI, South Africa,
Mike Wingfield, FABI, South Africa,
Members of the Local Scientific Committee
Wieland Meyer
John Pitt
Brett Summerell
Cheryl Grgurinovic
Jack Simpson
Secretariat
Ms Lesley K Woods
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Abstracts appear as they have been submitted by the authors. The
IMC8 Organising and Scientific Committee take no responsibility for
any errors.