Early Land Plants to Encyclopedia of Life. Chicago meeting

Chicago meeting: ELPT TO EOL: Early Land Plants to Encyclopedia of Life

Conveners: Matt von Konrat (Dept. of Botany, The Field Museum, Chicago); Lars Söderström (Dept. of Biology, NTNU, Norway); Anders Hagborg (Dept. of Botany, The Field Museum, Chicago)

Venue: Biodiversity Synthesis Center, The Field Museum, Chicago, U.S.A.

Dates: Tuesday May 26 to Friday May 29, 2009.

Synopsis of meeting (preliminary)

Day 1, Tuesday, May 26.

• Introductions
• Individual/group brief presentations
• Encyclopedia of Life

Day 2. Wednesday, May 27.

• Targeted taxonomic groups [break-a-way groups]

Day 3. Thursday, May 28.

• Targeted taxonomic groups - continued [break-a-way groups]
• Targeted taxonomic groups – brief reporting [full participation]
• Preliminary world liverwort checklist [full participation]

Day 4. Friday, May 29.

• Preliminary world liverwort checklist - continued [full participation]
• General Geography [full participation]
• Geography [break-a-way groups]
• Recap, review, regroup [full participation]

Contacts: Anything relating to the content and subject matter of the meeting, or general questions, please contact Matt von Konrat (mvonkonrat@fieldmuseum.org). Anything relating to logistics, such as travel, accommodation etc. please contact either Audrey Aronowsky (aaronowsky@fieldmuseum.org) or Darolyn Striley (dstriley@fieldmuseum.org).