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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Registration now open</span>!<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><b><span style="color:black">Smithsonian Botanical Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><b><span style="color:black">April 24-25, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><b><span style="color:black">Washington, D.C.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><b><a href="http://botany.si.edu/sbs/">http://botany.si.edu/sbs/</a><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">“Location, Location, Location...New Advances in the Science of Biogeography”<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Presented by the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">In collaboration with the United States Botanic Garden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Supported by the Cuatrecasas Family Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black">The distribution of the earth’s biodiversity is not random in space and time. Individual species ranges and entire ecosystems are uniquely shaped by the intersection of ecological and
geographic constraints, opportunity, and evolutionary history. Scientists have long sought to recognize these distribution patterns and to understand their underlying processes. Significant advances have been made in the science of biogeography, which weaves
together biology and geosciences, as knowledge of our planet’s geologic history has improved and as new analytical tools and sources of data have become available. We anticipate even greater discoveries and major syntheses in the future and this exciting scientific
discipline is more relevant today than ever, especially in the face of global climate change that will drastically reshape the biogeography of life on earth.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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The 12<sup>th</sup> Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, hosted by the Department of Botany and the United States Botanic Garden, will celebrate the past contributions of biogeography and look toward future ones that bring a deeper understanding of the relationship
between our planet and its biota. The invited speakers will address why “location” matters with a wide range of modern studies and applications on the geography of life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Thursday, April 24 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Opening Reception and Poster Session, The United States Botanic Garden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Friday, April 25 <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> 9:00 a.m. –6:00 p.m. Lectures and Discussion, Baird Auditorium, NMNH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> 6:15 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Closing Reception, Museum Rotunda, NMNH<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Abstracts for poster presentations may be submitted online at
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:botany.si.edu/sbs/">botany.si.edu/sbs/</a></span><span style="color:black">. The deadline for abstract submission is March 18.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">There will be <b>no registration fee</b> this year, but attendees must register online at
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:botany.si.edu/sbs/">botany.si.edu/sbs/</a>.
</span><span style="color:black">Visit the </span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://botany.si.edu/sbs/">website</a>,</span><span style="color:black"> call 202-633-0920, or email
</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:sbs@si.edu">sbs@si.edu</a> </span>
<span style="color:black">for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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