20th International Triticeae Mapping Initiative (20th ITMI) & Second Wheat Genomics in China (WGC II)

Beijing, China September 1-5, 2010

First Announcement

In the past few years, the ‘International Triticeae Mapping Initiative’ has evolved from developing recombination maps for wheat, barley and rye to genomics and its related study areas including for the past year the application of Next Gene Sequencing technologies to the Triticeae genomes. The 20th ITMI -2nd WGC workshop will present recent advances in these areas during five sessions including structural and functional genomics, molecular breeding, mapping and cloning, genomic diversity and evolution, and bioinformatics and new technology for cereal crops. The workshop will take place in Beijing at the Jingyi Hotel. The organizing committee is pleased to invite you to attend the ‘20th ITMI- 2nd WGC workshop’ and is looking forward to seeing you in Beijing. 20th ITMI & WGCII are organized by Chinese Academy of Agriculture Sciences, and co- organized by Institute of Genetics & Development, CAS, China Agriculture University, and Nanjing Agriculture University.

Organizing committee Chairman Huqu Zhai (CAAS, China) Deputy Chairpersons Justin Faris (USDA, USA) Catherine Feuillet (INRA, France) Jizeng Jia (CAAS, China) Wolfgang Spielmeyer (CSIRO, Australia) Robbie Waugh (SCRI, UK)

International Scientific committee Session 1: Structural and functional genomics Rudi Appels (Murdoch U., Australia) Jan Dvorak (UC Davis, USA) Yasunari Ogihara (Kihara Institute, Japan) Daowen Wang (CAS, China) Session 2: Genomic diversity and evolution Bikram S Gill (Kansas State U., USA) Beat Keller (Zurich U., Switzerland) Nils Stein (IPK, Germany) Roberto Tuberosa (U. of Bologna, Italy) Session 3: Mapping and cloning Peter Langridge (ACPFG, Australia) Patrick Hayes (Oregon State U., USA) Andre Laroche (Agr. & Agr-food Canada) Zhengqiang Ma (Nanjing Agr. U., China) Cristobal Uauy (JIC, UK) Session 4: Molecular breeding Mark Sorrells (Cornell U., USA) Hans Joachim Braun (CIMMYT, Mexico) Mark Jordan ( Agr. & Agr-food Canada) Qixin Sun (China Agr. U., China) Session 5: Bioinformatics and new technologies Dave. Matthews (Cornell U., USA) Dave Edwards (Queensland U., ACPFG, Australia) Frederic Choulet (INRA, France) Huamin Yang (BGI, China)

Local organizing committee Honorary Chair Zhengshen Li (Institute of Gen. & Dev., CAS) Honorary Committee Qiaosheng Zhuang (CAAS) Yuchen Dong (CAAS) Shunhe Cheng (Institute of Lixiahe Agr.)

Chairman Huqu Zhai (CAAS) Deputy Chairpersons Xu Liu (CAAS) Jianmin Wan (CAAS) Zhengqiang Ma (Nanjing Agr. U.) Qixing Sun (China Agr. U) Daowen Wang (Institute of Gen & Dev., CAS) Secretary-general Jizeng Jia (CAAS) Committees Dongxin Feng (CAAS) Xifeng Gong (CAAS) Zhonghu He (CAAS) Lingrang Kong (Shandong Agr. U) Lihui Li (CAAS) Youzhi Ma (CAAS) Long Mao (CAAS) Weining Song (Northwest Agr.U) Shumin Wang (CAAS) Xueyong Zhang (CAAS) Jing Zhang (CAAS) Youliang Zheng (Sichuan Agr. U) Registration The registration fee is of $260US for participants from public institutions, $200 for students and $400 for participants from companies. It includes the scientific program and proceeding of abstracts, a welcome reception, coffee breaks, lunches and dinners. The deadline for early registration is June 30, 2010, after which the fee will increase by $80US. Payment may be made by Visa and Master Card by login on the website http://www.20th-itmi.com/ (the website is under building).

Abstract submission Each registered participant is allowed to submit up to two abstracts. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is June 30, 2010. Please submit abstracts as a Word file to [email protected] or [email protected].

The format of abstracts is:

1) One page (237mm×170mm) with margins: 20mm/12mm and 25mm/25mm (left/right and top/bottom) 2) Single space, Times New Roman font, 10 point 3) Title in bold lower case 4) A single-line space after the title 5) Author(s)’ name(s) in lower case, underlying the name of the author presenting the work 6) A single-line space after the author(s)’ name(s) 7) the authors' institutional affiliations in lower case, including department, institution, and city, state or province, country 8) A single-line space after the address 9) Main text: the text of abstracts should not exceed 350 words, without tables and figures 10) A single-line space after the main text of abstract 11) Indicate preferred session title and type of presentation (poster or oral)

Click here for an abstract template

Accommodation The workshop will take place in Beijing at the Friendship Hotel. Please login on the website http://www.20th-itmi.com/ (the website will open in April 4).