Sponsoring sections:

Developmental and structural section

• Plant morphology - Theory and practice. A tribute to Rolf Sattler and his work. (half-day, Aug 4).
  • Principal organizer: Timothy A. Dickinson, Royal Ontario Museum (tim.dickinson@utoronto.ca, 416/586-8032).
  • Co-organizers: Jean M. Gerrath, University of Northern Iowa (gerrath@cobra.uni.edu, 319/273-7152) and Usher Posluszny, University of Guelph (uposlusz@uoguelph.ca, 519/824-4120 ext 2745.

• Plant gametes and fertilization [Morning Session] [Afternoon Session]. (full-day, Aug 5)
  • Organizers: Scott Russell, University of Oklahoma (srussell@ou.edu, 405/325-6234), and Darlene Southworth, Southern Oregon State College (southworth@wpo.sosc.osshe.edu, 541/552-6865).

• The inflorescence: New perspectives. (half-day, Aug 6)
  • Organizers: Shirley Tucker, UC Santa Barbara (legume2@aol.com, 805/898-0908) and James Grimes, New York Botanical Garden (jgrimes@nybg.org, 718/817-8642).

Teaching section and AIBS

• WIRED Biology: Using computers and the internet to enhance teaching and learning [Morning Session] [Afternoon Session]. (full-day, Aug 4).
  • Organizer: David W. Kramer, Ohio State University (kramer.8@osu.edu, 419/755-4344).

Ecology and genetics sections

• Genetics of adaptive phenotypic plasticity. (half-day, Aug 6)
  • Organizers: Massimo Pigliucci, University of Tennessee (pigliucci@utk.edu, 423/974-6221) and Carl Schlichting, University of Connecticut (schlicht@uconnvm.uconn.edu, 203/241-4866).

Economic botany section

• Models of working with indigenous communities: New paradigms for Botany. (half-day, Aug 5)
  • Organizers: David Lentz, New York Botanical Garden (dlentz@nybg.org, 718/220-8799) and Jim Miller, Missouri Botanical Garden (miller@mobot.org, 314/577-9503).

Pteridology, paleobotany, and systematics sections and AFS and ASPT

• Relationships and fossil history of ferns. (half-day, Aug 5)
  • Principal organizer: Kathleen Pryer, The Field Museum (kpryer@fmppr.fmnh.org, 312/922-9410 ext. 724).
  • Co-organizers: Alan Smith, UC Berkeley (smith@ucjeps.herb.berkeley.edu), Gar Rothwell, Ohio University (rothwell@ouvaxa.cats.ohiou.edu), and Paul Kenrick, Swedish Museum of Natural History (pb-paul@nrm.se).

Pteridology section and AFS

• Changing perceptions on Quillwort. (half-day, Aug 5)
  • Organizers: R. James Hickey, Miami University (hickeyrj@muohio.edu, 513/529-6000) and W. Carl Taylor, Milwaukee Public Museum (ct@mpm1.mpm.edu, 414/278-2760).

BSA past-president's symposium

• Future trends in plant molecular evolution. (half-day, Aug 4)
  • Organizer: Barbara Schaal, Washington University (schaal@biodec.wustl.edu, 314/935-6822).