• The Best thing about Botany.....is the people.....Images of Botany 2003
• The Forum Program Book (2.11mb .pdf)
• Scientific Meeting Program Book - Part 1 (3.34mb .pdf)  Part 2 (7.12mb .pdf)
• Scientific Meeting Abstracts (1.44mb .pdf)
• Thank-You to our Forum and Meeting Sponsors and Exhibitors
• Begin Planning Now for Botany 2004

Information for Contributors

Audio Visual Information
Poster Information

Conference Wide

• Conference Planning - the Meeting Team

• General Meeting Information (478 K .pdf)

  • Conference Overview - everything you need to know about the program at a glance. (106 K .pdf)

  • Speakers, Symposia and Colloquia  (600 K .pdf)

  • Field Trips - Complete Information  (227 K .pdf)- Field Trip Grid  

  • Workshops- Complete Information  (171 K .pdf)- Workshop Grid

  • Local Tours (99 K .pdf)

Educational Forum - July 25-27, 2003

• Forum Overview (99K .pdf)

• Keynote Speaker:  Dr. Bruce Alberts-  "Science Education and the National Science & Education Standards: The Challenges Ahead

  • Program and Abstracts
    - The complete Forum Program and Abstracts (226K .pdf)- includes the separate files listed below
    - Program At-A-Glance (187K .pdf)
    - Program (187K .pdf)
    - Session Summary (184K .pdf)
    - Abstracts (226K .pdf)
    - Workshops - 8 Workshop Options for Sunday, July 27

  • Call for Sessions

  • Forum Planning Committee 

Scientific Meeting - July 27-30, 2003

Call for Recent Topics Posters
                         - SUBMIT ABSTRACTS FOR RECENT TOPICS POSTERS (Deadline: July 17)

Special Lectures
               - Plenary Lecture: Dr. E. O. Wilson-"The All-Species Initiative and the Future of Life"
               - Special Lecture: Dr. Paul A. Keddy-"Wet and Wild: Conserving and Restoring Plant Diversity in Wetlands 

- Complete list of Symposia and Colloquia
- Recent advances in restoration of aquatic and wetland habitats (Click to view abstracts)
- Transgenic crops: Science, policy, politics (Click to view abstracts)
- Dating in the 21st Century: Theory and reality in finding a date for your clade (Click to view abstracts)

- Scientific Program At-A-Glance  (201K .pdf)
- Symposia, Colloquia, Addresses and Discussion Sessions (118K .pdf)
- Societal / Sectional Programs At-A-Glance (218K .pdf)
- Meetings At-A-Glance (186K .pdf)
- Social Events At-A-Glance (184 K .pdf)
- Full Scientific Program (635K .pdf)

• Browse and Search Abstracts
• Sectional and Societal Program Organizers - 14 sections and 4 societies represented

Financial Assistance for Students and K-12 Teachers

• Apply to serve as a Student Projectionist - Help us by serving 2-3 sessions as a projectionist and have your early registration fee refunded.  Application (.pdf)
• Minority Undergraduate Participation Grants - Student Mentorship Opportunities
        Call for Applications 
         Application Cover Page (as pdf or word doc) - Deadline to file - May 1, 2003
• Student Travel Grants- Available from the Deep Gene Research Coordination Group - Click icon for more information - Deadline to file April 15, 2003
• Free Workshop - Sponsored by the Deep Gene Research Coordination Group.

Information for Exhibitors

This conference will bring together a wide variety of plant biologists from throughout North America and from numerous countries in Europe and the Pacific Rim.  For More information:

• Download the (Exhibitor Prospectus.pdf)  

• The Exhibitor Application form. 

• Don't forget to read the Fine Print!  

Exhibits will be held in the East and West Ballrooms of the Arthur G. Outlaw Convention Center.  Complimentary conference-wide coffee breaks will held in the hall insuring your company much exposure to all conference attendees.

Experience the flavor of the old South...a city rich in tradition, beauty and charm mixed with all the elements of a successful fast-growing community.  

• Conference will be held in the Arthur G. Outlaw Convention Center.  

• Host hotel for the meeting will be the Adam's Mark, across the street from the Convention Center

• More hotel rooms available at the Radisson Admiral Semmes Hotel.

• Dormitory accommodations available at Spring Hill College.

• Planes, Trains and Automobiles - Getting to Mobile

 Societies Meeting Jointly at Botany 2003

American Bryological and Lichenological Society (ABLS)

American Fern Society (AFS)

American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT)

Botanical Society of America (BSA)

  Water lily pictures Compliments of Larry O. Gay, Birmingham, Alabama     

For More Information Contact: 
Johanne Stogran
Botany2003
Meeting Manager
1735 Neil Avenue
Columbus, Ohio  43231
Phone: (614) 292-3519
Fax:  (614) 247-6444

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