Conference Programme

Monday, 9 October 2017

09.00-09.30 Conference Opening Ceremony
Géza KÓSA
President of Hungarian Association of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens
Liliána ZÚGÓ
Representative of The European Commission Representation in Hungary
Dr. Attila HEGEDŰS
Dean of the Faculty of Horticultural Science, Szent István University
09.30-11.00 Opening Plenary
Chair: Heiki TAMM
09.30-10.00 The Botanical Gardens in the Central and Eastern Europe. The Current State of Affairs and the New Challenges and Prospects for Collaboration
Jerzy PUCHALSKI1, Paweł KOJS1,2
1Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden – Center for Biological Diversity Conservation, Warsaw, Poland
2Silesian Botanical Garden, Mikołów, Poland
10.00-10.30 Building a global system for the conservation of all rare and threatened plant species. What can botanic gardens do to prevent plant species extinctions?
Paul SMITH
Botanic Gardens Conservation International
10.30-11.00 The Dendrological Trail at the Budakeszi Herbarium: Re-created native habitats from around the world demonstrate plants’ genetic memory for cold hardiness
Zsolt DEBRECZY
International Dendrological Foundation
11.00-11.30 Coffee break / Poster viewing
11.30-12.50 Section I.: Strategy – management – operation I/1.
Chair: under conciliation
11.30-11.50 Development of botanic gardens of Estonia in the period between the EastCentGard 1 – 3 (2003-2016)
Heiki TAMM1, Jüri SILD1, Siiri LIIV2
1Museum of Nature History and Botanical Garden of the University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
2Tallinn Botanic Garden, Tallinn, Estonia
11.50-12.10 Croatian Botanical Gardens and Arboreta within the UNESCO’s International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development (2017)
Sanja KOVAČIĆ
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Botanical Garden, Zagreb, Croatia
12.10-12.30 Botanic Gardens – promotors of ecotourism
Jože BAVCON, Blanka RAVNJAK
University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia
12.30-12.50 The Folly Arboretum and Vinery
Réka FOLLY
Folly Arboretum and Vinery, Badacsonyörs, Hungary
12.50-13.50 Lunch break / Poster viewing
13.50-14.50 Section I.: Strategy – management – operation I/2.
Chair: under conciliation
13.50-14.10 BGCI’s databases, tools to support plant conservation prioritisation and practice
Suzanne SHARROCK
Botanic Gardens Conservation International
14.10-14.30 Current management directions in the O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden
Vitaliy KOLOMIYCHUK, Oleksandr SENCHYLO
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, O.V. Fomin Botanical Garden Kyiv, Ukraine
14.30-14.50 The impact of the implemented developments for the protected values, building of the society connections and education in Arboretum of Szarvas
Katalin HANYECZ, Márta SOMLYAI, Sándor TÓTH
Szent István University, Arboretum of Szarvas, Szarvas, Hungary
14.50-15.20 Coffee break / Poster viewing
15.20-17.20 Section II.: Education
Chair: Mária HÖHN
Targeting different audiences: education in Warsaw University Botanic Garden Marcin ZYCH, Iwa KOŁODZIEJSKA, Krystyna JĘDRZEJEWSKA-SZMEK, Hanna WERBLAN-JAKUBIEC
University of Warsaw, Faculty of Biology, Botanic Garden, Warsaw, Poland
15.40-16.00 Let’s visit the Botanical Garden in Vácrátót! - The educational system of the National Botanical Garden
Erzsébet FRÁTER, Gergely LUNK, Géza KÓSA, Barbara SÓLYOM
HAS Institute of Ecology and Botany – Centre for Ecological Research, National Botanical Garden, Vácrátót, Hungary
16.00-16.20 Why botanical gardens matter for neuroeducation?
Maciej BŁASZAK1, Justyna WILAND-SZYMAŃSKA2
1Adam Mickiewicz University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Poznań, Poland
2Adam Mickiewicz University, Botanical Garden & Faculty of Biology, Poznań, Poland
16.20-16.40 The flora of walls in University Botanic Garden – Balchik (Bulgaria)
Krasimir KOSEV1, Anely NEDELCHEVA2, Anita TOSHEVA2, Ivan SVINYAROV3, Venelina ANGELKOVA3
1Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski', University Botanic Gardens, Sofia, Bulgaria
2Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski', Faculty of Biology, Sofia, Bulgaria
3Sofia University 'St. Kliment Ohridski', Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Sofia, Bulgaria
16.40-17.00 Roof garden – Biology classroom
Blanka RAVNJAK1, Jože BAVCON1, Veronika BABIČ2
1University Botanic Gardens Ljubljana, Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, Ljubljana, Slovenia 2Gimnazija Ledina, Ljubljana, Slovenia
17.00-17.20 The role of the Buda Arboretum in Landscape Architecture education in Hungary
László Zoltán NÁDASY1, Judit DOMA-TARCSÁNYI2, Krisztina SZABÓ2
1Szent István University, Faculty of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, Department of Landscape Protection and Reclamation, Budapest, Hungary
2Szent István University, Faculty of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism, Department of Garden and Open Space Design, Budapest, Hungary
19.00 Welcome reception

Tuesday, 10 October 2017 – Field Trip, Excursion day

12.00-14.00 Round table discussion
Moderator: Michael KIEHN, Scientific Director of BG of University of Wien
Participants: Pawel KOJS President of Polish Network of Botanic Gardens
Géza KÓSA President of Hungarian Association of Arboreta and BGs
Miklós PERSÁNYI Director General of Budapest Zoo & Botanic Garden
Krasimir KOSEV Director of University Botanic Gardens, Sofia
Themes: Saving functions of „classic” BGs in the 21st Century
BGs importance as national strategic wealth
Expectations of the society from BGs
Rational separation of strange and acceptable demands vs. social pressure
New solutions, directions and trends for braking out

Wednesday, 11 October 2017

08.00-09.40 Section III.: Strategy – management - operation II.
Chair: Justyna WILAND-SZYMANSKA
08.00-08.20 The International Plant Exchange Network (IPEN): a Botanic Gardens´ approach to cope with the Nagoya Protocol of the Convention on Biodiversity
Michael KIEHN, Frank SCHUMACHER
Core Facility Botanical Garden, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
08.20-08.40 “Hippocrates Botanical Gardens” Network
Irini VALLIANATOU, Anagnosti John CHOUKALAS, Athanasios KOUTSIANAS
Hippocrates 2500 years, Athens, Greece
08.40-09.00 Information handling related to plant materials in Botanic Gardens
Antal RADVÁNSZKY1,2
1FITOKIT Consulting and Service Ltd., Zsombó, Hungary
2Hungarian Association of Arboreta and Botanic Gardens (HAABG), Budapest, Hungary
09.00-09.20 Vilnius University Botanical garden: To improve the quality of plant collections
Edita BUTKEVIČIŪTĖ, Vytautas KUZMA, Audrius SKRIDAILA
Vilnius University Botanical Garden, Vilnius, Lithuania
09.20-09.40 Larix genus in Botanic garden of Klaipėda University – West Lithuania
Asta KLIMIENĖ, Laura NORMANTĖ
Klaipėda University Botanical Garden, Klaipėda, Lithuania
09.40-10.10 Coffee break / Poster viewing
10.10-12.50 Section IV. - Conservation
Chair: Dr. Erika PÉNZESNÉ KÓNYA
10.10-10.30 Conservation of plants by translocation: some examples from the practice of botanical gardens
Lyudmila KAVELENOVA1, Svetlana ROZNO2, Alexander POMOGAYBIN2, Irina RUZAYEVA2
1Samara National Research University, Department of Ecology, Botany and Nature Protection, Samara, Russia
2Samara National Research University, Botanical Garden, Samara, Russia
10.30-10.50 The European Native Seed Conservation Network (ENSCONET) Consortium
Michael KIEHN1, Elinor BREMAN2, Angelino CARTA3, Mari MIRANTO4
1Core Facility Botanical Garden, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
2Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Wakehurst, United Kingdom
3Università di Pisa Dipartimento di Biologia, Pisa, Italy
4Seed Bank, Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS, Botany Unit, Helsinki, Finland
10.50-11.10 Ex situ conservation in the Botanical Garden of Eötvös University
László PAPP, László ORLÓCI
Botanical Garden of Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
11.10-11.30 Protection vs. Development? Sustainable Development of the 1021 Years Old Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma
Ákos POTTYONDY
Pannonhalma Monastery, Pannonhalma, Hungary
11.30-11.50 Activity of Kaunas Botanical Garden of VMU on the protection of endangered and rare plants of boreal forests
Laima ČESONIENĖ1, Remigijus DAUBARAS1, Sigitas JUZĖNAS2, Marcin ZYCH3
1Kaunas Botanical Garden of Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
2Vilnius University Life Science Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania
3University of Warsaw, Faculty of Biology, Botanic Garden, Warsaw, Poland
11.50-12.10 Long-term monitoring in the Soroksár Botanical Garden tracking resilience and change of natural Pannonian habitats
Mária HÖHN, Gábor BOTTLIK, György BEYER
Szent István University, Faculty of Horticultural Science, Department of Botany and Botanical Garden of Soroksár, Budapest, Hungary
12.10-12.30 The conservation of the Romanian flora in one botanical garden - the first project of this kind in the country
Paul-Marian SZATMARI, Marin CĂPRAR, Cristina-Mirela COPACI, Lia MLADIN, Cosmin SICORA
Biological Research Center Jibou, Sălaj County, Romania
12.30-12.50 Living collections of tropical orchids in Ukraine: research, educational and conservational missions
Lyudmyla BUYUN, Lyudmyla KOVALSKA, Roman IVANNIKOV, Volodymyr VAKHRUSHKIN
M.M. Gryshko National Botanical Garden of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
12.50-13.50 Conference closing
13.50-15.00 Lunch break / Poster viewing

The conference programme is subject to change.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Organisers cannot assume liability for any changes in the scientific program. Organisers will do their best to keep the participants up to date, possible changes in the program will be immediately communicated.

Poster Session

Posters will be exhibited in the social area/foyer of the conference venue on Monday and Wednesday.
Click here for List of Posters.