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ELPT TO EOL: Early Land Plants to Encyclopedia of Life
We are pleased to announce that the the ELPT project will be holding a meeting dedicated to liverworts as part of a synthesis meeting with the kind support of the Encyclopedia of Life Biodiversity Synthesis Center based at The Field Museum, Chicago, U.S.A. Other sponsors include the National Science Foundation, the Global Biological Information Facility (GBIF), The Field Museum, Chicago, U.S.A., and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.

Please check this site regularly for updates.

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.

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).

ELPT wants to give a special thanks to both Audrey and Darolyn for all their efforts with logistics and organization.

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]


Full list of participants
This will be a unique meeting with 28 liverwort specialists from thirteen countries gathering to discuss nomenclature, taxonomy and geography. For part of the meeting there will also be four representatives from the Encyclopedia of Life as well as two onsite guests who undertake large databasing and web projects.

Full list of participants (click here).

Detailed agenda
We are currently working on a detailed agenda and preparing materials to be distributed prior to the meeting. We hope that the distribution of preliminary data for review prior to the meeting will facilitate the taxonomic review of process of selected groups.
 
 
 
Targeted taxonomic groups
We are currently preparing materials for targeted taxonomic groups. You should have all been contacted by us where we asked for specific taxonomic groups of interest. These groups and interested parties can be accessed at the link below. Specific objectives to be achieved are also outlined.
 
 
 
Proposal submitted to Biodiversity Synthesis Center 
Please feel free to read the full proposal that was submitted to BioSynC, which successfully received funding for the present meeting.