Organization:
Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS (Russia)
Far Eastern Federal University (Russia)
Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)

Partners:
(Russia)

Chair:
Pavel Krestov, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia

Local Organizing Committee:
Pavel V. Krestov, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia (co-chair)
Alexander A. Sergievich, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia (co-chair)
Alexander I. Vovnenko, Pushkin Theater of the Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok, Russia
Elena A. Marchuk, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Olga V. Nesterova, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
Elena A. Tyurina, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
Svetlana Yu. Gataullina, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
Victoria A. Semal, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
Irina N. Krestova, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Valentina A. Kalinkina, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Dmitri E. Kislov, PhD, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Kirill A. Korznikov, PhD, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Natalia V. Labetskaya, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Larissa V. Lokhova, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Ekaterina A. Petrunenko, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Sergei V. Romantsov, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Irina A. Osetskaya, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
Anna S. Vozmishcheva, PhD, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia


Scientific Committee:
Alessandro Chiarucci, Dr. Prof., University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Milan Chytrý, Dr. Prof., Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Jürgen Dengler, Dr. Prof., Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, Switzerland
Martin Diekmann, Dr. Prof., Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Nikolai B. Ermakov, Dr. Prof., Nikitskii Botanical Garden RAS, Nikita, Russia
Monika Janišová, Dr. Prof., Institute of Botany Slovak Academy of Sciences, Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic
Javier Loidi, Dr. Prof., University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain
Peter Minchin, Dr. Prof., Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, U.S.A.
Ladislav Mucina, Dr. Prof., Murdoch University, Perth, Australia
Yukito Nakamura, Dr. Prof., Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
Vladimir G. Onipchenko, Dr. Prof., Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Meelis Pärtel, Dr. Prof., University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
Robert K. Peet , Dr. Prof., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, U.S.A.
Valério De Patta Pillar, Dr. Prof., Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Cindy Q. Tang, Dr. Prof., Institute of Ecology and Geobotany, Yunnan University, Kunming, China
Susan Wiser, PhD, Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, Lincoln, New Zealand
David Zelený, PhD, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

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Susan Wiser

President, IAVS

Dear IAVS members,

It is with great sadness that I tell you that the IAVS Governing Board and the local organizers for the Vladivostok symposium have decided we must cancel the symposium due to the global pandemic of COVID-19. The future is simply too uncertain to proceed.

The situation is changing daily with isolation requirements and travel restrictions increasing. Even if there is a miracle and the pandemic is controlled by July, we feel organizing visas alone is likely to be a barrier. Also, we expect that many participants will not feel comfortable travelling far from home and mixing with people from many countries. Finally, all meetings planned before June 30th were cancelled by the Ministry of Science of Russia just a couple days ago and with time this is likely to extend to July and beyond. As far as I am aware, this is the first time in our history that we have had to cancel our annual symposium. Unfortunately, postponing until 2021 is not an option for the local organizers, but we are hopeful that a symposium in Vladivostok or elsewhere in Russia will be a possibility at some future time. For now, our plans for the 2021 symposium in Madrid will proceed.

I will work with the local organizers to send an email within the next week about how refunds of registration and excursion fees will be handled.

I will work with the rest of the Governing Board to organize the annual meeting of Council for some time in July, using technology for remote participation. We will be in touch with Council members in due course.

I know that IAVS members are supportive of each other and that you will all support Pavel Krestov and the rest of the local organizing committee. They have put a considerable amount of effort into organizing the symposium and are very disappointed to not have the opportunity to both host it and share their beautiful and interesting plant communities with all of us.

I know IAVS members will keep in touch over the coming year through our journals, the Vegetation Science Blog, the IAVS Facebook page and our working groups and regional sections. We hope that the EVS and EDGG meetings, which are both planned for September, will be possible and the gap between the annual symposia will be filled in part by these regional events. It is more important than ever that you send your contributions to the IAVS Bulletin to our editor Monika Janišová to help us all keep in touch with each other until July 2021. As Riccardo Guarino wrote to me today “I am sure that we will meet the following year with renewed enthusiasm, even more united, even more friends.” In the meantime, I wish all the best to you, your family, friends and colleagues in these challenging times.

All the best,

Susan Wiser

President, IAVS

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IMPORTANT DATES

15/11/2019 - detailed itineraries for excursions will be provided
30/11/2019 - registration, abstract submission and excursion forms will be provided
31/12/2019 - deadline for special session submissions
01/02/2020 - notifications of special session acceptance/rejection
30/03/2020 - deadline for abstract submissions
30/03/2020 - deadline for submissions of travel grant applications (DETAILS)
20/04/2020 - decisions on IAVS travel grant applications and abstract acceptance
15/05/2020 - deadline for submissions of documents for invitation

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REGISTRATION FEES:

The fees include the welcome reception in the Pushkin Theatre centre on Sunday, plenary and poster sessions, lunches and coffee breaks during the lecture days, the mid-week symposium excursion and conference materials (list of participants, program overview, pdf of abstract book).

All fees are in USD. Early rates apply up until 11:59 PM on 10 May. A student is defined as an undergraduate or graduate student (evidence of enrolment must be provided on request). If you are not a current member of IAVS, we strongly urge you to join or renew, since membership is much less than the difference in fees.

		Early	Standard
	IAVS member (non-student)	430 USD	530 USD
	IAVS non-member (non-student)	530 USD	630 USD
	IAVS member (student)	290 USD	320 USD
	IAVS non-member (student)	390 USD	420 USD
	Accompanying person (18+)	200 USD	300 USD
Information about terms and conditions of registration is available HERE. Please follow this instruction for registration: 1) fill the registration form; 2) wait for the invoice from organizing committee, it will be sent by e-mail within two working days after registration completed; 3) transfer the amount of registration fee according to the account of symposium (details will be provided in the invoice). IF YOUR BROWSER DOES NOT SUPPORT FORMS WE USE, please download the excel form from HERE, fill it up and send to symposium organizing committee by e-mail

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