Botanic gardens, their importance and future

Program:

• 12.15 Kari Loe Hjelle, University Museum director: Welcome

Honorary Doctorate Lecture:

• 12.25-13.00 Paul Smith, BCGI (Botanical Conservation Gardens International): Conserving plants across the world's gardens and seed banks: how to create impact at scale

Break and refreshments 

• 13.15-13.30 Hanna Tornevall, Director: Gothenburg Botanical garden /Nordic network of botanical gardens: Living collections – from a colonial past to collecting with the purpose of research and conservation
• 13.30-13.45 Anneleen Kool, Director: University of Oslo Botanical Garden: Seed banking of endangered plants
• 13.45-14.00 Vibekke Vange, head of Ringve Botanical Garden, NTNU: Botanical gardens' role in the conservation of Norwegian genetic resources
• 14.00-14.15 Outreach in University Museums and Botanical gardens (to be announced)

Break

• 14.30-14.45 Tor Myking, Head of department/research, division of forest and forest resources, Nibio and member of advisory board for Stiftelsen Det norske arboret: Conservation of genetic resources in trees and the role of arboretums
• 14.45-15.00 Michael Pirie, Professor and curator of the Arboretum, Bergen University Museum: Conservation consortia and international collaboration
• 15:00-15:15 Jennifer Bamber, head of Stavanger Botanical Garden: Sustainable practices in botanical gardens
• 15.15-16.15 Discussion panel on the future of Botanical Gardens