Friday 19 April 

14:00 - 16:00 Optional open house at the Aarhus University herbarium 

Saturday 20 April (Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies)

8:30 registration opens

9:00 Welcome (organizing committee)

9:15-9:45 Opening lecture: Prof. Andreas Roepstorff, director of Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies

9:45-10:45 SESSION 1 - Phylogeny, macroevolution and biogeography (chair: Maria Sanín)

• Bacon - Phylogeny and biogeography of Hispaniolan Palms

• Kuhnhäuser - Island settings determine assembly of rattan palm diversity in the Asian tropics

• Hill - Does relatedness explain diversification interactions between rainforests and surrounding areas?

10:45-11:15 Coffee break (AIAS hall)

11:15-12:15 SESSION 2 - Phylogenomics (chair: Christine Bacon)

• Ferreira - Palms in space and time: Progress towards a genomic species-level phylogeny
• Wrisberg - The phylogeny of Coryphoideae subfamily
• Eiserhardt - The Palm Phylogeny Working Group - where are we, and that comes next?

12:15-13:15 Lunch break (AIAS hall)

13:15-14:30 SESSION 3 - Taxonomy and population genetics (chair: Fred Stauffer)

• Baker - The Palms of New Guinea - published at last!
• Petoe - Monographing Hydriastele and Heterospathe (Arecaceae) for the Palms of New Guinea
• Sanín - Introgressive hybridization plays an essential role in peripheral, founding and expanding populations of wax palms (genus Ceroxylon)

14:30-15:00 Walk to Green houses

15:00-17:00 Tour of the Aarhus University public greenhouses (Dr Finn Borchsenius, Science Museums, Aarhus University)

19:00 Conference dinner (SCT OLUF)

Sunday 21 April (Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies)

9:30-10:30 Keynote: Prof. Mauro Galetti, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil

10:30-11:00 Coffee break (AIAS hall)

11:00-12:00 SESSION 4 - Ecology (chair: Gabriela Zuquim)

• Barfod - Nypa - the lone traveler from the past
• G. Silva - Acaulescent palms are highly resilient to disturbances
• C. Silva - Assessing genetic structure and functional connectivity of Butia yatay (Mart.) Becc. (Arecaceae) in northeastern Argentina

12:00-13:15 Lunch break (AIAS hall)

13:15-14:35 SESSION 5 - Palms and people (chair: Henrik Balslev)

• C. Freitas - Did pre-Columbian humans leave their fingerprints in the genetics of a key tropical plant lineage?
• Tregear - Grafting as a tool for functional studies in palms with the potential to improve the performance of cultivated species
• Svenning - Palms in a Novel Biosphere
• Zuquim - Palm species distribution drivers and human use footprints in Amazonia 

14:35-15:00 Conclusions, general discussion, prospects for future meetings.