PLENARY LECTURES

• Prof. Vernon Heywood (Reading, United Kingdom): The interface of ethnopharmacology and biodiversity research in the context of a sustainable future for  indigenous peoples. September 21th
( Abstract)  (CV)

• Prof. Rudi Bauer (Graz, Austria): TCM in the ‘West’: Benefits or Bane from an ethnopharmacological perspective. September 24th      ( Abstract)  (CV)

• Dr. Robert Bye and Edelmira Linares (Mexico DF, Mexico). Ethnobotany in Spain (and Portugal) – an American perspective / La etnobotánica hispano-lusa vista desde América. September 20th
( Abstract)  (CV)

• Prof. Elaine Elisabetzky (Porto Alegre, Brazil): Native American cultures and Portuguese heritage – an ethnopharmacological. September 24th     ( Abstract)  (CV)

• Dr. Ramón Buxó (Girona, Spain): Archaeological evidence the medicinal use of plants. September 21th  ( Abstract)  (CV)

• Dr. Marco Leonti (Cagliari, Italy): Impact of historical texts on today’s medicinal plant knowledge in the Mediterranean. September 22th  ( Abstract)  (CV)

• Prof. Will C. McClatchey (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA): The Tree of Life: An ecological continuum of food, medicine, and poison. September 22th  ( Abstract)  (CV)

• Dr. Pulok K. Mukherjee (Kolkata, India): Ayurvedic medicine – Risks and opportunities for developing save and effective treatment choices for the future. September 22th ( Abstract)  (CV)

• Prof. Johannes Van Staden (Pietermaritzburg, Scottsville  South Africa): The future of local and traditional medicines in southern Africa. September 24th ( Abstract)  (CV)

• Dr. Caroline Weckerle (Zurich, Switzerland): Ethnic medicines in China – a look beyond TCM. September 23th ( Abstract)  (CV)

• Prof. Z Zhao (Hong Kong, P R China): Globalising TCM: Historical experiences and future needs. September 23th ( Abstract)  (CV)

• Victoria Reyes Garcia (ICREA - Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain): Ecological knowledge and its relevance for ethnopharmacology. September 21th ( Abstract)  (CV)