Keynote Speakers

John Dransfield, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom (Overview of palm research during the past 50 years)
William Baker, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom (Systematics and Evolution)
Thomas Couvreur, IRD, France (Evolution of tropical rain forests)
Jean-Christophe Pintaud, IRD, France (Phytogeography of South American palms)
Christine Bacon, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (Phylogeography)
Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama (Paleobotany)
Rodrigo Cámara and Manuel Macía, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain (Ethnobotany)
Henrik Balslev and Wolf Eiserhardt, Aarhus University, Denmark (Community ecology)
Craig Barrett, California State University, USA (Phylogenomics)
Gloria Galeano and Rodrigo Bernal, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá (Integrative palm research)

Revised 24.10.2024