SPEAKERS TOD STUESSY Opening Conference PAMELA & DOUGLAS SOLTIS Closing Conference JORGE CRISCI Plants and Society DANNA LEAMAN Plants and Society FAUSTO SARMIENTO Ecology and Climate Change LUCIA LOHMANN Technological Advances in Plants MÓNICA CARLSEN Technological Advances in Plants ERNESTO MEDINA Development and Physiology DAVID NEILL Taxonomy, Phylogenetics, and Evolution KATYA ROMOLEROUX Plant Diversity And Conservation