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Notice of 2023 Conference

 

ASBS Annual Conference


26–30 November 2023

The Australasian Systematic Botany Society, the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists and the Australian Biological Resources Study are presenting a joint conference for 2023. This special combined systematics and taxonomy conference will also celebrate the 50th birthdays of both the ASBS and ABRS. The in-person component will be held at the Kambri Cultural Centre, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. An online participation option will be available. Registration and welcome mixer will be held on the evening of Sunday 26 November, with the conference running from Monday 27 November to Thursday 30 November. See the conference website for more detail.




Last General Meeting of the Society 

Wednesday 1 February 2023, 2:00 PM AEDT

Special general meeting via online conferencing

Last ASBS Conference

14–17 November 2022 [Virtual conference]

The Society's 2022 conference, "Student and Early Career Researcher Conference", was held in a hybrid manner, with both in-person and virtual participation. The in-person portion was hosted at the Australian Botanic Garden in Mount Annan, New South Wales, Australia. The conference focused on SECRs in botanical, mycological, and phycological systematics.

 

History of ASBS Meetings and Conferences

Month Year  Location  Conference Title  Associated groups and meetings Annual General Meeting Number  Newsletter where published Burbidge lecture Newsletter where published
November 2022 Mt Annan, NSW, Australia Student and Early Career Researcher conference   44      
July 2021 Virtual conference Biodiverse futures: systematics in a changing world   43
[held 5 Oct. 2021]
189: 4–23 Kevin Thiele 188: 16–20
2020 Conference scheduled to be held in Cairns, Queensland, Australia, was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic. 42
[held 18 Nov. 2020]
185: 8–29 Wendy Nelson n/a
[see note]
Nov 2019 Wellington, New Zealand Taxonomy for Plant Conservation
New Zealand Plant Conservation Network 41 181: 10–27 Barry Conn 181: 5–8
Dec 2018 Brisbane, Qld, Australia Mind The Gap
  40 178: 5–20 I. Breitwieser 177: 4–14
Nov 2017 Adelaide, SA, Australia Systematics 2017: Integrating Systematics for Conservation and Ecology

Conference proceedings available as a supplement to the journal Swainsona
Society of Australian Systematic Biologists 39 173: 2–18 P.J. Brownsey n/a
[see note]
Sep 2016 Alice Springs, NT, Australia Systematic botany—a view from the Centre

Conference proceedings available as a supplement to the journal Swainsona
  38 168–9: 2–19 A.E. Orchard 168–9: 21–30
Nov–Dec 2015 Canberra, ACT, Australia Building Our Botanical Capital   37 165: 4–24 G. Kantvilas
(on behalf of Jack Elix)
165: 33–43
Nov 2014 Palmerston North, New Zealand Next-generation Systematics   36 161: 3-17 P.H. Weston 161: 31-34
Dec 2013 Sydney, NSW, Australia Systematics Without Borders Invertebrate Biodiversity & Conservation and the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists 35   P.J. Garnock-Jones 157: 29 31
Sept 2012 Perth, WA, Australia Local knowledge, global delivery   34 153:24-25 B.R. Maslin
(A Nancy Burbidge Memorial Speech)
153: 25-30
Nov 2011 Melbourne, Vic, Australia (not held with conference)     33 149: 2-14    
July 2011 Melbourne, Vic, Australia   Part of International Botanical Congress (IBC) No associated AGM   M.D. Crisp (Evolution of the Australian Flora)  
Nov-Dec
2010

Lincoln, Canterbury, New Zealand

Systematic botany across the ditch: links between
Australia and New Zealand

New Zealand Plant Radiation Network 32 144: 2-15    

Dec 2009

Armidale, NSW, Australia

Systematic botany: from science to society

 

31

141: 3-13

 

 

Sep-Oct 2008

Adelaide, SA, Australia

Systematics in a changing environment

 

30

136: 2-12

S.D. Hopper (Old Australian landscapes yield new perspectives on biodiversity evolution and conservation)

136: 15-16 (Abstract)

Sep 2007

Darwin, NT, Australia

Australian Plant Taxonomy

 

29

133: 1-13

 

 

Nov 2006

Cairns, Qld, Australia

Plant Diversity in the Tropics

 

No associated AGM

 

 

 

Mar 2006

Canberra, ACT, Australia (not held with conference)

   

28

126: 1-16    

Nov 2005

Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Plant Systematics in Australia - Where is it Going?

 

No associated AGM

 

 

 

May 2005

Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

 

27

123: 2-14

 

 

Jul 2004

Canberra, ACT, Australia

Handbook on Families of Australian Vascular Plants

 

26

119: 1

 

 

Sep-Oct 2003

Melbourne, Vic, Australia

150 Years of Systematic Botany in Australia

 

25

117: 1-13

R.S. Hill (Fire, air, water and earth: elemental evolution of the Australian flora)

 

Sep 2002

Adelaide, SA, Australia

 

Australian Institute of Biology conference: "Evolution of the Australian Biota"

24

113: 3-11

 

 

Sep 2001

Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Flora Malesiana (International meeting)

23

109: 1-11

J.G. West (Future directions of systematics in Australia)

 

Jun 2000

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Roderick Page workshop on Historical Associations

 

22

104: 1-12

 

 

Dec 1999

Perth, WA, Australia

Dampier 300

SASB

21

101: 3-14

A.A. Burbidge (Conservation of the biota of the megadiverse South-West Botanical Province of Western Australia)

102: 25-33

Sep 1998

Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

Monocots II (International meeting)

20

95: 3-11

M. Bennett, Kew (Genomic organization and systematics in the 21st Century)

 

Sep 1997

Adelaide, SA, Australia

Systematics: advancing knowledge and conservation of Australia’s biodiversity

Society of Australian Systematic Biologists (SASB)

19

93: 4-18

 

 

Oct 1996

Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Beyond the Floras/ Proteaceae/Fungi

 

18

89: 3-10

P.Y. Ladiges (Biogeography after Burbidge)

 

Sep 1995

Canberra, ACT, Australia

Workshop: Analysis of cladistic data: morphological and molecular.

 

17

85: 24-29

 

 

Jul 1994

Kuranda, Qld, Australia

Origin and evolution of Flora of Monsoon Tropics

 

16

80: 35-42

G.A.M. Scott (Cryptogams: the better investment)

80: 13-18

Oct 1993

Perth, WA, Australia

Systematics, Evolution and Conservation of the Western Australian Biota

 

No associated AGM

 

 

 

Jan 1993

Hobart, Tas, Australia

Southern Temperate ecosystems - origin and diversification

Southern Connections, Ecological Society of Australia

15

74: 5-9

E. Truswell (Vegetation change in the Australian Tertiary in response to climatic and phytogeographic forcing factors)

74: 10 (Abstract)

Aug 1992

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Biogeography and Phylogenetics of Pacific Flora  

Botanical Society of America

No associated AGM

 

 

 

Mar 1992

Sydney, NSW, Australia (not held with conference)

 

 

14

71: 10-19

 

 

Nov 1991

Auckland, New Zealand

Systematic and Ecological relationships of South Pacific floras

New Zealand Botanical Society

No associated AGM

 

 

 

Aug 1990

Canberra, ACT, Australia

Indo Pacific Biogeography; at the crossroads  

post Hennig conference

13

65: 13-25

R. Carolin (There is one thing greater than armies: an idea whose time has come)

65: 1-7

Jun 1989

Sydney, NSW, Australia

Plant systematics in the age of Molecular Biology

 

12

60: 30-36

R. Schodde (Origins, Radiations and Sifting in the Australasian Biota - Changing Concepts from New Data and Old)

60: 2-11

May 1998

Melbourne, Vic, Australia

Development of systematic botany in Australasia

 

11

56: 19-28

J.H. Willis (Melbourne: a focal point for early botanical activity)

56: 1-4

Aug 1986

Brisbane, Qld, Australia

Evolution & systematics of Australian tropical flora

Ecological Society of Australia

10

48: 15-20

D.E. Symon (The diversity of Solanum fruits: a world survey)

52: 1-7

Feb 1986

Thredbo, NSW, Australia

The systematic status of large flowering plant genera

 

No associated AGM

 

 

 

Feb 1985

Thredbo, NSW, Australia

Origin & evolution of Australasian Alpine Biota

APES

9

42: 1-6

H.E. Connor (The effect of Australian dicotyledons on the taxonomy of the Angiosperms)

43: 1-15

May 1984

Canberra, ACT, Australia

Cladistics, Systematics and Phylogeny

ANZAAS

No associated AGM

 

 

 

May 1983

Perth, WA, Australia

Systematics & Biogeography of Myrtaceae

ANZAAS

8

35: 9-20

B.J. Grieve (History of key to Flora of temperate WA)

 

39: 1-7

Aug 1981

Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

International Botanical Congress

7

28: 3-8

 

 

May 1980

Adelaide, SA, Australia

Evolution of the flora and fauna of arid Australia

Ecological Society of Australia, Australian Entomological Society and Australian Society of Herpetologists

6

23: 2-10

H.T. Clifford (Seedlings and the Australian flora)

 

 

Jan 1979

Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

 

ANZAAS

5

18: 2-7

S.L. Everist (The Role of Herbaria in Australia today)

 

Aug 1977

Melbourne, Vic, Australia

The cytogenetic stimulus to taxonomy

ANZAAS

4

12: 2-7

 

 

May 1976

Hobart, Tas, Australia

Plant Biogeography

ANZAAS

3

8: 9-20

 

 

Jan 1975

Canberra, ACT, Australia

Modern methods in Plant Taxonomy

ANZAAS

2

4: 2-7

 

 

Aug 1973

Perth, WA, Australia

 

 

ANZAAS

1

1: 4-6 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:
  • The 2020 Burbidge lecture, "New perspectives on species recognition and the distribution of non-indigenous marine microalgae in New Zealand", was delivered at the 2021 conference but was not published in the ASBS Newsletter. A paper by W.A.Nelson et al. (2021) in Botanica Marina [https://doi.org/10.1515/bot-2021-0042] covers the same subject matter.
  • The 2017 Burbidge lecture, "A social history of the fern in New Zealand", was not published in the ASBS Newsletter. A public lecture by P.J.Brownsey that covers the same subject matter can be viewed on YouTube.

 

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