Second Announcement

General Information

Conference Information

Tentative Programme

Instruction to Authors

Registration Form

Bamboo, over 75 genera and 1,250 species reportedly occur in the world, is one of the most important minor forest products. It provides food, raw material, shelter and medicine for a good part of the world’s population, and it continues to hold an important place in the rural economy of the developing countries. Bamboo is generally grown as a living fence; the shoots are used as food and culms as building material and also for making handicrafts. The lack of income from agricultural crops during the rainy season is compensated by bamboo. Also the surplus of bamboo shoots can be sold in the local market or preserved by steaming, pickling or drying for future consumption.

The importance of bamboo has long been recognized. Five international workshops were organized and a number of regional and national meetings/trainings held during the past two decades. A research network has been institutionalized and a number of projects, networks, societies, forums and groups have been established in different parts of the world. Gathering of the scientists and individuals who are interested in bamboo will provide an excellent opportunity to exchange of knowledge and experience as well as to discuss about the future directions of bamboo resource development.

The Empress Hotel, Chiangmai, Thailand

199/42 Chang Klan Road

All participants are requested to confirm their participation in the BAMBOO 2000 International Symposium by completing the attached registration form in English and return the registration form to the BAMBOO 2000 Secretariat. The registration form must reach the BAMBOO 2000 Secretariat not later than 30 June 2000. Registration form can be sent by fax, mail or e-mail. Participants as well as accompanying persons will pay their registration fee at the registration counter in Chiangmai. Early payment is not necessary. The registration fee must be paid in cash either in US$ or Thai Baht as follows :

Participant US$ 100 or 3,800 Baht

Accompanying Person US$ 40 or 1,520 Baht

Registration fee for participant includes:

• Seminar materials
• Participation in all technical session and exhibition
• Welcome reception and farewell party
• Lunches and breaks during technical sessions
• One day field trip
• Proceedings
• Souvenir

Registration fee for accompanying person includes:

• Welcome reception and farewell party
• Possibility as a guest to attend the symposium
• One day field trip
• Souvenir

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Located on the mainland of Southeast Asia, Thailand is bound to the North and Northeast by the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, to the North and West by the Union of Myanmar, to the East by the Gulf of Thailand and Cambodia, to the West by the Andaman Sea, and to the South by Malaysia.

Thailand’s bustling capital, Bangkok, is one of the world’s most exciting and exotic cities, a dramatic contrast of ancient traditions and modern city life. Behind the hectic facade lies a more tranquil heart and some of Asia’s most spectacular temples to fascinate visitors. Bangkok’s superb hotels, shopping, dining and night life are unrivaled.

Chiangmai is a city built on the roots of a traditional heritage that dig deep into the soil of time. It is a city with a beautiful cultural personality of its own. In addition, it has been blessed with much majestic beauty in nature. The people themselves are an unforgettable part of Chiangmai. Handicrafts of silk, silver and wood are timeless souvenirs for visitors from all over the globe. Along with all this, a wide variety of accommodations, restaurants, and entertainment all help to make Chiangmai one of Thailand’s prime tourist attractions.

All foreign visitors entering Thailand must be in possession of a valid passport or other travel documents endorsed and valid for Thailand. Visitors from a number of countries will be able to obtain a permit for a two-week stay on arrival at the Bangkok International Airport or Chiangmai International Airport, whilst others will require a visa to be issued before arrival in Thailand. The Organizing Committee strongly recommends that you contact the nearest Embassy/Consulate of Thailand to determine the visa requirements in your case.

More than 50 airlines fly to Bangkok International Airport (BKK). Chiangmai is about 700 kilometers north of Bangkok. Chiangmai and Bangkok are linked by regular daily train, bus and air services.

Thai Airways International (TG) operates more than 10 daily flights to and from Chiangmai International Airport (CNX). Some participants may break their journey in Bangkok, while other may take immediate connecting flight to Chiangmai. Persons taking an immediate connecting flight are advised to seek the assistance of the ground staff of Thai Airways to clear immigration formalities on arrival in Bangkok, and prior to taking connecting flight to Chiangmai. Although domestic terminal is in a walking distance, there is a limousine/microbus service (free of charge) from international terminal to domestic terminal. If you check through to Chiangmai, you should contact transfer counter upon arrival for your connecting flight to Chiangmai.

The Organizing Committee will arrange to meet arriving participants at the Chiangmai International Airport. If you are not met at the airport, you are advised to take Empress Hotel shuttle bus outside passenger hall. The hotel has regular transportation for their guests arriving on all flights to Chiangmai.

Accommodation has been arranged at the Empress Hotel, the venue of the Symposium, at the special discount rate of US$30 for standard room (air conditioner, TV set, telephone, refrigerator). Breakfast as well as all taxes and service are included in these prices. Reservations will be arranged only for participants who send their registration form by 30 June 2000. The organizers cannot guarantee accommodation if reservations are made later than the indicated date.

Thai currency is the Baht, the exchange rate with the US dollar being approximately US$ 1 = Baht 38. Most local business prefer Thai Baht as payment. However, major currencies, e.g. US$, DMK, JY, SGD, are also accepted by some hotels and stores at a reasonable rate of exchange, but usually somewhat lower than that offered by banking institutions. Credit cards, e.g. VISA, AMEX, JTB, Master Card, are accepted by most local commercial establishments.

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The following standard audio-visual equipment will be available in the meeting room :

• Slide projectors
• Overhead projectors

Special corner will be provided for the following activities.

• Exhibition of bamboo-based products, e.g. handicrafts, furniture, musical instruments, and foods
• The seeds of some Thai bamboo species will be available for distribution during the Symposium. Participants are encouraged to bring along some bamboo seeds, rhizomes, plantlets and publications to display and exchange during the Symposium.
• Participants are encouraged to bring some items of bamboo handicrafts and bamboo products to be displayed during the entire course of the Symposium

The trip includes the visit to botanical garden, bamboo plantation, and bamboo handicraft village.

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15.00 Registration

10.30 Keynote Address : Technology for developing commercial bamboo plantations in a western culture

Bamboo as a source of livelihood in rural area

Bamboo resource estimation using remote sensing techniques

A.R.R. Menon

12.00 Lunch

13.00 Taxonomic revision of Indian bamboos : An update

Muktesh Kumar

Micropropagation of Dendrocalamus asper Backer

Nutthakorn Semsuntud

M. Paramathma

14.30 Coffee break

15.00 Stock quality and field performance of IAA-treated nursery grown Bambusa blumeana

Armando Palijon

The effect of spacing to the growth of Bambusa vulgaris var. striata at 2 years after planting

Sutiyono

N.B. Majumdar

16.30 Poster session

18.00 Welcome Reception

09.00 Organic fertilizers application on natural stand bamboos in Peninsular Malaysia

Azmy Mohamed

10.00 Coffee break

10.30 Farm-based initiatives for bamboo growing in the province of Tarlac

Deep Narayan Pandey

Poster session

12.00 Lunch

13.00 Keynote Address : The vascular bundles of bamboo – an expanded typology

Walter Liese

Carlos M. Garcia

The utility of bamboo sprout dietary fiber for healthy foods

Takahisa Minamide

Improvement of bamboo resistance against stain fungus by water soaking

Mohd. Hamami Sahri

Bioprotection against stain fungi in bamboo using Pserdomonas flourescens

Bamboo in construction

Lionel Jaynetti

Manufacture and properties of binderless board from Dendrocalamus asper Backer.

Nikom Laemsak

30. Closing Ceremony and Farewell Party

• Participants who intend to participate in the oral and poster presentations should submit the titles and abstracts of their presentations not later than 30 June 2000. The abstracts can be submitted by mail or e-mail.
• Full paper must be submitted at the registration in the form of a hard copy and 3.5" floppy disk using Microsoft Word. Papers for oral presentation and poster will be included in the proceedings.

The following standard format is required:

• Maximum length 10 pages
• Typewritten on A4 paper with margins as follows:
• Top margin 2 inches
• Bottom margin 2 inches
• Left margin 1.75 inches
• Right margin 1.75 inches
• Use Times New Roman font
• For Title use font size 13 pti, bold and align center
• For Author(s) and Address(es) use font size 9 pti and align left
• For Heading use font size 12 pti, CAP, bold and align left
• For Sub-heading use font size 11 pti, bold and italic.
• For Text use font size 11 pti, single spaced and fully justified.
• References must be listed alphabetically according to the author’s surname at the end of the text.
• Figures should be carefully drawn in black ink preferably on a separate sheet which can then be pasted onto the text.
• Originals of all photographs are required for reproduction.

The text should be conventionally organized under the following headings:

All oral presentations will be made in English. Approximately 30 minutes will be given to each presentation. Speakers are requested to plan ahead and allow 3 to 5 minutes for discussion after each presentation. Carousels and a projector for 50 x 50 mm colors slides and overhead projector for transparencies will be provided.

Posters will be on displayed throughout the period of the Symposium in front of the meeting room and should be put up already on Tuesday 1^st. Authors of posters will be required to be in attendance at their posters during the time allotted for a formal poster presentation. However, it is suggested that the authors be also at their posters before and after each session and for reasonable period of time during lunch and other meeting breaks that occur during the day.

Poster presentations should be integrated as a whole and consist of the following components: title, objectives, materials and methods, results, discussion, and conclusion. Figures, charts, graphs and tables are recommended.

A standard display board of 120 x 120 cm will be allocated for each poster. Display material may be attached by pins or by double-stick tape which will be provided. The text should be legible 2 meters from the board, therefore the following letter sizes are suggested.

Title: not less than 3 cm

Author(s) name: not less than 1.5 cm

Text: not less than 1 cm

Legend: not less than 1 cm

Music from bamboo musical instruments will be shown during the welcome reception and farewell party. The tasty Thai foods cooked from various species of bamboo shoot will be served for lunches and dinners.

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Please complete the form by printing in CAPITAL letters or typing

_______________ ___________________ ___________________

(Dr./Mr./Mrs./Ms.) First Name Family Name

Organization________________________________________________________

Mailing Address_____________________________________________________

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Province/State Country Postal Code

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Telephone Fax E-mail

¦ Attend only ¦ Make oral presentation

¦ Make poster presentation ¦ Display an exhibition

Title:________________________________________________________

Participation in the field trip ¦ Yes ¦ No

¦ Single ¦ Double ¦ I will arrange my own accommodation

Name of accompanying person___________________________________

I want to share my room with____________________________________

Check-in date_____________ Check-out date____________

Arrival : Date___________ Time ____________ Flight___________

Departure : Date___________ Time ____________ Flight___________

This form must be returned to the Secretariat not later than 30 June 2000.

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