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O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R organised by Giuseppe Venturella. In the evening, the volume “Linnaeus in Italy” was presented by Andres Bjurner, Ambassador of Sweden in Italy, and Claudio Pogliano, science historian. The evening was enlivened by a cocktail, offered by the Swedish Embassy in Italy and “Diritto allo studio universitario”, and a concert performed by the Chamber Ensemble of the Pisa University Youth Orchestra, with a financial contribution by Volvo Trucks Italy. Thursday 13 September had been set aside for the three mid-Congress excursions: one to the Apuan Alps, guided by Fabio Garbari; one to the Monterufoli-Caselli Nature Reserve, guided by Federico Selvi; and the third to the Leghorn hills, guided by Pier Virgilio Arrigoni. Symposium 7 on “Tempo and mode of speciation in Mediterranean plants”, organized by Tod Stuessy, was held on Friday morning. In the afternoon, concurrently, Symposium 8 on “The study and inventory of Mediterranean Compositae”, organised by Norbert Kilian, and Symposium 9 on “Bryofloristics and bryotaxonomy”, organised by Rosa María Ros, took place. Two more concurrent sessions ran on Saturday morning, Symposium 10 on “Plant-plant and plant-animal interactions”, organised by José María Iriondo, and Symposium 11 on “Seaweeds and freshwater algae in and around the Mediterranean”, organised by Giovanni Furnari. The plenary Symposium 12 on “Maintaining economically important wild plants and relic crops in the Mediterranean”, organised by Vernon H. Heywood, took place on Saturday afternoon, followed by the Closing Ceremony, the last official act of Werner Greuter in his function of President. The assembly warmly thanked him for his outstanding services during the past terms, and at the same time heartily welcomed Francesco Maria Raimondo as newly elected President, who was to benefit of the ongoing support of Greuter in his new capacity of Secretary. At the Closing Ceremony, it was officially announced that the XIII OPTIMA Meeting will take place in spring 2010 in Turkey. Tuna Ekim presented the invitation on behalf of himself and his Turkish colleagues, receiving a warm applause. Also, reports from the various Commissions who had met prior to the Congress were summarised; and the OPTIMA Silver Medals, awarded to the authors of the best work on Mediterranean plant taxonomy published in each of the three foregoing years, were presented as follows: For 2004, to Ilana Herrnstadt for the book, jointly authored by Clara C. Heyn and herself, “The bryophyte flora of Israel and adjacent regions” (Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Section of Sciences, Jerusalem). – This volume summaries over 20 years of research in Israel, a small area with an unexpectedly high bryophyte diversity, as pointed out by Uzi Plitmann who presented the Medal. For 2005, to Toni Nikolić and Jasenka Topić for their book “Crvena knjiga vaskularne flore Hrvatske” (Ministarstvo Kulture, Državni Zavod za Zaštitu Prirode, Republika Hrvatska, Zagreb). – This sizeable and heavy new Red Data Book presents, in monographic detail, the treatment of 760 plant species and subspecies that are at risk, nearly threatened or potentially under threat in Croatia. In the absence of the awardees the Medal, presented by Vernon H. Heywood, was handed over to Dražena Papeš. For 2006, to Pier Virgilio Arrigoni for the first volume of his “Flora dell’isola di Sardegna” (Società Botanica Italiana & Carlo Delfino, Sassari, 2006). This is the first of a series of volumes summarising the results the author’s floristic research of more than 30 years in Sardinia. The Medal was presented by Francesco Maria Raimondo. During the following three days, from 16 to 18 September, about 20 participants took part in the post-congress excursion to the Elba and Pianosa islands in the Tuscan Archipelago, guided by Fabio Garbari and Bruno Foggi. The Meeting in Pisa was attended by 236 delegates from 25 countries (Algeria, Armenia, Austria, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Herzegovina, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco, Montenegro, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, United 26 OPTIMA Newsletter No. 38 May 2009
O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R O P T I M A N E W S L E T T E R Kingdom, United States, Switzerland, and Turkey). Invited speakers gave 62 symposium lectures, other participants presented 77 posters: 37 on the systematics, phytogeography, biodiversity, ecology, biology, and conservation of phanerogams, 8 on cryptogams (bryophytes, fungi and lichens), 22 on floras, check-lists, herbaria, databases and botanic gardens; and 10 in the applied botany, ethnobotany and phytochemistry section. For about 30 % of these contributions, the authors submitted their texts to the editors of the Proceedings, Fabio Garbari and Gianni Bedini. The Proceedings, a Bocconea volume scheduled for release by the end of 2009, will include at least 42 papers, corresponding to 12 lectures and 30 poster presentations. The Congress took place under the auspices of an Honorary Committee with Anders Bjurner, Ambassador of Sweden in Italy; Luciano Modica, Vice Minister for the Universities and Research; Marco Pasquali, Chancellor of Pisa University; Andrea Pieroni, President of Pisa Province; Paolo Fontanelli, Major of Pisa; Amedeo duca d’Aosta, President of the Pro Herbario Mediterraneo Foundation; and Werner Greuter, President of OPTIMA. The Scientific Programme Committee consisted of Fabio Garbari, President; Gianni Bedini, Secretary; and Carlo Blasi, Avinoam Danin, Giovanni Furnari, Vernon H. Heywood, José María Iriondo, Georgia Kamari, Norbert Kilian, Sandro Pignatti, Rosa María Ros, Sonia Šiljak-Yakovlev, Tod Stuessy, Montserrat Vilà, and Ernst Vitek, Members. The following formed the Organising Committee: Fabio Garbari, President, Guido Moggi, Vice President; Gianni Bedini, Secretary; Alessandro Chiarucci and Federico Selvi, Members. The Organisers are grateful to the following Sponsors: Pisa University, Pisa Chamber of Commerce, Volvo Trucks Italy, Natural Park of Migliarino San Rossore Massaciuccoli, Pro Herbario Mediterraneo Foundation, Municipality of Pisa, and Club Alpino Italiano of Carrara. The University of Pisa kindly cared for logistics and administration. May 2009 OPTIMA Newsletter No. 38 27
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