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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We are pleased to announce the confirmed invited speakers for the 15<sup>th</sup> Smithsonian Botanical Symposium to be held May 19, 2017, at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Confirmed Speakers</span></u></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Janet Browne</span></strong> (Harvard University)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Jacques Cayouette</span></strong> (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Javier Francisco-Ortega</span></strong> (Florida International University)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Pamela Henson</span></strong> (Smithsonian Institution Archives)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Eliane Norman</span></strong> (Stetson University)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Megan Raby</span></strong> (University of Texas at Austin)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Daniel Stone</span></strong> (National Geographic Magazine)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Charles Williams</span></strong> (The André Michaux International Society)<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:#1F497D">We are also offering optional behind-the-scenes tours of the Joseph F. Cullman 3<sup>rd</sup> Library of Natural History. The tours will give you the chance to see the original books that early naturalists and
explorers wrote about their travels and discoveries. Three tours will be offered with limited capacity. Please visit
<a href="http://botany.si.edu/sbs">http://botany.si.edu/sbs</a> and click on “Tours” for more information.<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:#1F497D">We are a</span><span style="color:#1F497D">ccepting abstracts for poster presentations. Space is limited. The abstract deadline is April 14<sup>th</sup>.<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:#1F497D">There is no registration fee to attend the Symposium, but attendees must register online.</span><span style="color:black">
</span><span style="color:#1F497D">Visit the </span><a href="http://botany.si.edu/sbs/">website</a><span style="color:#1F497D"> or email
</span><a href="mailto:sbs@si.edu">sbs@si.edu</a><span style="color:#1F497D"> for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></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">May 19, 2017<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"><a href="http://botany.si.edu/sbs/"><b>http://botany.si.edu/sbs/</b></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.5in"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">“</span></b><strong><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#465F33">Exploring the Natural World: Plants, People and Places</span></strong><b><span style="color:black">”<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" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">History hides behind our garden and museum displays. Plants and artifacts can be themselves objects of wonder, but scratch the surface and every item on display or curated for scientific study has a deeper story
as to how it was collected and came to be included in our mostly urban cultural institutions. Large sponsored expeditions or even just curious individuals set off to explore remote corners of the world, and brought back plants, animals, and other natural history
treasures. Often the focus was on a particular route or region. Sometimes circumstance caused an individual to take up residence in an unfamiliar part of the world and day-to-day observations of the new environment lead to discoveries that were sent home to
eager audiences. Every garden, museum, and herbarium collection has and continues to grow through a delightful and maddening combination of purpose and accident.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The 15<sup>th</sup> Smithsonian Botanical Symposium, hosted by the Department of Botany and the United States Botanic Garden, will highlight the history of exploration undertaken by individuals and groups with
an emphasis on exploration of the Americas. Several of our presentations are based on recently-published books or books in preparation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Program Schedule:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Friday, May 19 <o:p>
</o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Lectures and Discussion, Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Closing Reception and poster session, United States Botanic Garden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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