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Notice of 2022 Conference

ASBS Annual Conference

ASBS Council members are very excited to announce that the Society will hold a hybrid conference (in person + online) at the new Herbarium of New South Wales in Mt Annan near Sydney, Australia from 15-17 November 2022. Although the focus will be on students and early career researchers (SECR), all ASBS members are welcome to attend these events, either in person or online. More details will be coming soon but in the meantime please mark these dates in your calendar.

Last General Meeting of the Society

Tuesday 5 October 2021, 1:00 PM

Virtual meeting via online conferencing

Last ASBS Conference

12–16 July 2021 [Virtual conference]

The Society's 2021 conference, "Biodiverse futures—systematics in a changing world", was held fully virtually. The conference provided attendees with an exciting opportunity to view systematics research in a global context and how it contributes to addressing the big challenges such as biodiversity loss, climate change, habitat degradation and invasive species.

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
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.