Opening Session

Wellcome: Marco Antonio Teixeira Zullo - Director Instituto Agronômico – IAC, Brazil

Lecture: Carlos Eduardo Ferreira de Castro - Palms and Bamboo collections at IAC - Brazil

Cocktail

22/11 - MONDAY

Session1 Palms:  Characterization and Identification – Morphology and Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Anatomy

Chair person:

Lecture: Harri Lorenzi - Brazil - Brazilian Palms

Coffee Break

Session 2 Palms:  Conservation in situ, ex situ and Regeneration - Propagation Vegetative, Seeds and micropropagation, Breeding, Physiology

Chair person:

Lecture: Hugh Pritchard - UK - Palm seed and embryo conservation

Lecture: Marcilio de Almeida - Brazil -  Peach palm micropropagation; before and after bacteriossomes 

Short communication:

Lunch

Session1 Bamboo:  Characterization and Identification – Morphology and Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Anatomy

Chair person:

Lecture: Antonio Salgado - Brazil - Bamboos in Brazil: now, here and there

Lecture: Ximena Londoño - Colombia - Genetic diversity of the bamboos of America and specifically of the genus Guadua

Short communication: Laura Van Hoyweghen - Phytochemical characterization of different bamboo species

Short Communication: Maria Tereza Grombone Guaratini - Allelopathic potential of Chusquea meyeriana Rupr. ex Döll , Merostachys speciosa Spreng . and Chusquea heterophylla Nees

Coffee Break

Session 2 Bamboo:  Conservation in situ, ex situ and Regeneration - Propagation Vegetative, Seeds and micropropagation, Breeding, Physiology

Chair person:

Lecture : Yang Yuming - China - A study on the techniques of cultivation and integrated development of sympodial bamboo species

Lecture : Umesh Kabade - India - In vitro propagation of some economically important bamboo species of India - an overview

Short communication: Juan Carlos Camargo - Approaches to define culm maturity of Guadua: a contribution to improve the quality of bamboo products in the coffee region of Colombia

23/11 - TUESDAY

Session 3 Palms: Cultural Techniques – Planning and cultivation, plagues and diseases, harvesting

Chair person

Lecture: Ondino Cleante Bataglia - Brazil - Nutrition and fertilization of palms

Lecture: Olga Maria Ripinskas Russomanno - Brazil - Palm fungi diseases

Lecture: Claudio Marcelo Gonçalves Oliveira - Brazil - Nematodes parasites of palms in Brazil

Coffee break

Session 4 Palms: Ecology – reforestation, environment impact, carbon uptake, protection of water resources, threatned species, associated fauna and flora, biodiversity conservation

Chair person

Lecture: Michael D. Ferrero - Australia - Observations of endemic palms in Cuba.

IAC garden tour

Lunch

Session 3 Bamboo: Cultural Techniques – Planning and cultivation, plagues and diseases, harvesting

Chair person

Lecture: Raymond Frederick Townsend - UK - Bamboos at Kew

Short communication: Geert Potters Bamboo as a crop in Western Europe – options for the future

Short communication: Davina Van Goethem - Bamboo growth under Irish skies: pushing the limits of a sturdy plant

Coffee Break

Session 4 Bamboo: Ecology – reforestation, environment impact, carbon uptake, protection of water resources, threatned species, associated fauna and flora, biodiversity conservation]

Chair person

Lecture : Fu Jinhe - China - Some innovative uses of bamboo

Lecture: Tito Schiva - Italy - The Bamboo Onward !

Short  communication: Coosje Hoogendoorn - Genetic diversity of bamboos around the world

Short communication: Hans Jurgen Kleine - Bamboo cultivation to recover downgraded land in South Brazilian coal mining areas

24/11 – WEDNESDAY – TECHNICAL VISIT - OPTIONAL

25/11 – THURSDAY

Session 5 Palms: Uses – valoration, architecture, food, landscape, handcraft

Chair person:

Lecture: Carlos Alex Lima Guimarães – Brazil – Piassava (Attalea funifera martius) from the Bahia State: from extraction to crop production

Lecture: Ricardo Marinho – Brazil – Palm trees in the landscape – Brazil

Lecture: Manoel Teixeira Souza Júnior – Brazil – Palms for biofuels

Coffee Break

Session 6 Palms: Marketing and Economy – production

Chair person:

Lecture : Newton Erbolato Júnior – Brazil – Market for palms

Lecture : Valéria Modolo – Brazil -  Commercial production of peach palm for extraction of heart of palm

Palm Poster Session

Lunch

Session 5 Bamboo: Uses – valoration, architecture, food, landscape, handcraft

Chair person

Lecture : Jaime Almeida – Brazil – Architecture

Lecture : Antonio Ludovico Beraldo – Brazil – Decay evaluation of giant bamboo strips treated by Boucherie Modified Method

Short communication: Patricia Luna – Guadua angustifolia Kunth as a structural material for design

Short communication:: Mustafa Var – Bamboos landscape use

Coffee break

Short communication: Regina Monteiro – Treatment of Bambusa vulgaris with fungi and yeasts for sugar, oil and fiber production

Short communication: Caori Takeuchi – Glued laminated Guadua columns

Session 6 Bamboo: Marketing and Economy – production

Chair person

Lecture : Etsuzo Uchimura – Japan – Bamboo resources with a worldwide view and changes of the utilization

Bamboo Poster Session

Closing Session