Handbook Part 2 - International Mycological Association
Handbook Part 2 - International Mycological Association
Handbook Part 2 - International Mycological Association
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WELCOME TO IMC8 CAIRNS 2006<br />
On behalf of the organising committee, it is our pleasure<br />
to welcome you to the first <strong>International</strong> <strong>Mycological</strong><br />
Congress to be held in the southern hemisphere, IMC8 in<br />
Cairns, Australia.<br />
It has been a challenge to design and bring to fruition a<br />
congress that can meet the high standards set by<br />
previous Congresses. We hope to provide you with a<br />
congress experience that is stimulating, rewarding and<br />
enjoyable.<br />
We have developed an outstanding program, thanks to<br />
our national and international scientific program<br />
organising committee, and to your scientific input and<br />
participation. There are nine pre-congress workshops to<br />
choose from, and within the congress program, there is<br />
an invited internationally recognised plenary speaker<br />
each day. The daily program encompasses five<br />
concurrent sessions of scientific symposia that include a<br />
combination of invited speakers and presenters chosen<br />
from submitted abstracts, and an extensive range of<br />
scientific poster presentations for your perusal. We trust<br />
that there will be something of interest to all mycologists<br />
in our large and varied scientific program.<br />
We invite you to attend the social events. On Monday<br />
evening, the <strong>Mycological</strong> Society of America and the<br />
British <strong>Mycological</strong> Society host a reception on the<br />
waterfront at the Cairns Hilton Hotel. Everyone is invited<br />
to attend.<br />
Building on a previous successful IMC convention, please<br />
join us for a ‘Wines of the World’ evening on Tuesday<br />
night. You bring a bottle of wine to share with your friends<br />
and colleagues, and in an atmosphere of joviality, we<br />
challenge you to approach as many people as possible<br />
to taste and judge your wine. Prizes go to the best and<br />
worst wines of the world! This is a great networking<br />
experience/opportunity? and a great way to make new<br />
friends.<br />
The Congress dinner will be held on Thursday evening at<br />
‘The Tanks’. This will be a unique Cairns dining experience,<br />
within the Botanic Gardens precinct.<br />
During the Congress, ‘The Clamp Connection Café/Bar’<br />
will be open to meet your ‘between break’ beverage<br />
and snack needs. Feel free to take advantage of this<br />
relaxed space to catch up with colleagues and friends,<br />
and to develop new research collaborations and<br />
partnerships.<br />
A number of mycology-orientated tours and forays have<br />
been organised, and we encourage you to take the<br />
opportunity to explore Cairns and ints hinterland on these<br />
tours.<br />
We promise you an outstanding scientific program and a<br />
memorable social experience in Australia. The Congress<br />
will be the biggest mycology meeting ever held in<br />
Australia. It will provide a forum for the sharing of<br />
information on all aspects of mycology and foster<br />
constructive interaction between participants from all<br />
over the world.<br />
With its combined World Heritage-listed attractions of the<br />
Great Barrier Reef and the Wet Tropic Rainforests, Cairns<br />
has a lot to offer. We hope that you are able to take<br />
some time to visit the area and discover the natural<br />
wonders of tropical northern Australia.<br />
Thank you for coming, we trust you find your visit<br />
enjoyable and rewarding.<br />
Wieland Meyer<br />
Ceri Pearce<br />
Chair<br />
Vice-Chair<br />
IMC8 Organizing Committee<br />
IMC8 2006 ORGANISING COMMITTEE<br />
Wieland Meyer, Chair<br />
Sydney University, Australia<br />
Ceri Pearce, Vice-Chair<br />
Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Australia<br />
David Ellis, Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Australia<br />
Paul Gadek, James Cook University, Australia<br />
Cheryl Grgurinovic, AQIS, Australia<br />
Keven Hyde, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong<br />
Eric McKenzie, Landcare Research, New Zealand<br />
John Pitt, CSIRO, Australia<br />
Geoff Ridley,<br />
New Zealand Forest Research Institute, New Zealand<br />
Roger Shivas,<br />
Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Australia<br />
Brett Summerell, Royal Botanic Gardens, Australia<br />
MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC<br />
ADVISORY COMMITTEE<br />
Teun Boekhout, CBS, The Netherlands,<br />
Peter K. Buchanan, Landcare Research, New Zealand,<br />
Alvano Fonseca, University Nova Lisboa, Portugal,<br />
Jens Frisvad, Biocentrum-DTU, Denmark,<br />
Barbara Howlett, University of Melbourne, Australia<br />
M. Kakishima, University of Tsukuba, Japan,<br />
Cletus Kurtzman, USDA, USA,<br />
Lene Lange, Novozymes A/S, Denmark,<br />
Francois Lutzoni, Duke University, USA,<br />
Rosely Zancope-Oliveira, FIOCRUZ, Brazil,<br />
Gioconda San-Blas, IVIC, Venezuela,<br />
Richard Summerbell, CBS, The Netherlands,<br />
Akira Suzuki, Chiba University, Japan,<br />
John Taylor, UC Berkeley, USA,<br />
Brenda Wingfield, FABI, South Africa,<br />
Mike Wingfield, FABI, South Africa,<br />
Members of the Local Scientific Committee<br />
Wieland Meyer<br />
John Pitt<br />
Brett Summerell<br />
Cheryl Grgurinovic<br />
Jack Simpson<br />
Secretariat<br />
Ms Lesley K Woods<br />
SAPMEA Conventions<br />
200 Greenhill Rd EASTWOOD SA 5063<br />
Australia<br />
Phone: +61-8-82746055<br />
Fax: +61-8-82746000<br />
e-mail: imc8@sapmea.asn.au<br />
webpage: www.sapmea.asn.au/imc8<br />
Disclaimer: Every effort has been made to present as accurately as<br />
possible all the information contained in this brochure. The Organising<br />
Committee, SAPMEA Incorporated and its Agents act only to procure<br />
and arrange these activities and do not accept responsibility for any<br />
act or omission on the part of the service providers. No liability is<br />
accepted for any inaccuracy or misdescription, nor for delay or<br />
damage, including personal injury or death, howsoever caused<br />
resulting from or arising out of reliance upon any general or specific<br />
information published in this brochure. In the event of unforeseen<br />
circumstances, the Organising Committee reserves the right to<br />
change any or all of these details.<br />
Abstracts appear as they have been submitted by the authors. The<br />
IMC8 Organising and Scientific Committee take no responsibility for<br />
any errors.