{"id":11943,"date":"2024-09-20T13:51:26","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T11:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ortomuseobot.sma.unipi.it\/?page_id=11943"},"modified":"2025-06-09T14:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T12:15:25","slug":"iacs500-symposium","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ortomuseobot.sma.unipi.it\/en\/iacs500-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"IACS500 Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1070\" height=\"418\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ortomuseobot.sma.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/orto_symposium.png?resize=1070%2C418&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ortomuseobot.sma.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/orto_symposium.png?w=1294&amp;ssl=1 1294w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ortomuseobot.sma.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/orto_symposium.png?resize=700%2C273&amp;ssl=1 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ortomuseobot.sma.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/orto_symposium.png?resize=768%2C300&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1070px) 100vw, 1070px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the five hundredth anniversary of his birth, the Botanical Garden and Museum of the University of Pisa is celebrating <strong>Andrea Cesalpino<\/strong>, the second <em>praefectus<\/em> of the garden and a key figure in the birth of modern systematic botany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cesalpino was indeed the first to base the study of biodiversity on the recognition of diagnostic traits, and to classify plants into homogeneous, comparable groups, organized into increasingly broad and general hierarchical categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this occasion, we are pleased to announce the IACS500 conference, which will be held in Pisa <strong>on June 5th and 6th, 2025.<\/strong> This event is aimed at researchers and scholars from around the world whose primary interest lies in systematics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event is sponsored by The Systematics Association, IAPT (International Association of Plant Taxonomists), the Italian Botanical Society, the Italian Society of Biogeography, the Italian Zoological Union, and the Italian Society of Protistology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#c2955b\" class=\"has-inline-color\"><strong>Programme:<\/strong><\/mark><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Thursday June, 5<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Aula Magna Centro Congressi \u201cLe Benedettine\u201d (P.za S. Paolo a Ripa d\u2019Arno 16, Pisa)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:30-12:00 \u2013 Institutional welcome addresses<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:00-13:00 \u2013 Invited lectures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fabrizio Baldassarri (Villa I Tatti &#8211; Harvard University) \u2013 <strong>Andrea Cesalpino\u2019s Multilayered Botany: Metaphysics, Classification, Therapeutics and Plant Cultivation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ivan \u010cepi\u010dka (Charles University, Czech Republic) \u2013 <strong>Ambiregnal chaos: The diversity and taxonomy of protists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13:00-14:00 \u2013 Lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:00-14:30 \u2013 Invited lecture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pablo Mu\u00f1oz-Rodr\u00edguez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) &#8211; <strong>The modern face of taxonomy: bridging biodiversity, technology, and society<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:30-16:30: 6 oral presentations (20 minutes each, including discussion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16:30-17:30: Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>17:30-19:30:6 oral presentations (20 minutes each, including discussion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>19:30-21:00: Welcome cocktail at the Botanic Garden (Via Luca Ghini 13, Pisa)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Friday June, 6<sup>th<\/sup> 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Aula Savi, Botanic Garden and Museum (Via Luca Ghini 13, Pisa)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>09:30-10:00: Invited lecture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorenzo Peruzzi (University of Pisa, Italy): <strong>Turrill\u2019s Omega: an innovative index for solving species concept issues<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>10:00-11:00: 3 oral presentations (20 minutes each, including discussion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:00-11:30: Coffee break<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>11:30-12:50: 4 oral presentations (20 minutes each, including discussion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12:50-14:00: Lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>14:00-15:10: 3 oral presentations (20 minutes each, including discussion)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>15:10-17:30: Guided visit to the Botanic Garden and Museum of the University of Pisa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ortomuseobot.sma.unipi.it\/en\/2025\/06\/iacs500-wraps-up-celebrating-500-years-of-andrea-cesalpinos-legacy-in-systematics\/\"><strong>Brief summary of the two days &#8211; 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