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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)