Alun SaltTweets from the closing ceremony of the International Botanical Congress, along with the vote results.
| “ | Starting to gather for closing ceremony. So many cameras! #botanicalredcarpet #ibc18 #youdthinkidrememberthehashtagbynow | |||
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| “ | I’m accidentally adding #ibc18 to every mail I send now! RT @IBC11: #botanicalredcarpet #ibc18 #youdthinkidrememberthehashtagbynow | |||
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The congress comes to a close with some final votes and comments.
| “ | Judy West welcoming delegates, outlining program. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | #ibc18 my highlight #1 Opening ceremony legend of the flowers and simultaneous sand painting – standing ovation! | |||
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| “ | Now votes -longer results than ones in US now- Can we describe spp in English? Can Australians keep Acacia? Is e-publication valid? #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Time for the Resolutions: Assume more than plants good, humans not so good. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Resolutions Committee intro. Near camera drop. Way too excited. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | #ibc18 1st Resolution a shoutout for goals of Global Strategy for Plant Conservation #gspc Any objections? | |||
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| “ | Res. 1: Call for action on plant conservation. Ayes have it. #preachingtothechoir #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | #ibc18 my highlight #2 — the “Andrew Leitch” show in the polyploidy session – he chairs, gives two talks, and provides humorous commentary! | |||
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| “ | Resolution 2: Support ratification of Nagoya Protocol. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Res. 2: Call for ratification of Nagoya Protocol. Ayes. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | #ibc18 my highlight #3 – #Phylogenomics, #Transcriptomics, and #NextGenSequencing goes mainstream – will replace “traditional” DNA barcoding | |||
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| “ | Resolution 3: Call to support botanical research, conservation, training, infrastructure and information. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Res3 #ibc18 http://t.co/tCBvrnI | |||
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| “ | Res. 3: call for infrastructure & support. Ayes. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Resolution 4: Asking us all to increase our efforts in advocacy, particularly in the media. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Res. 4: call for action in bot community. Ayes. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Now the big one….nomenclature… #dontmentionacacia #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | #ibc18 my highlight #4 — live entertainment at the Gala: dragon dancers, mimes, musicians, tea ceremony, and more! #NotJustExpensiveFood | |||
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| “ | Resolution 5: Accept the Nomenclature Sessions? A comment at last – English (not Latin) will bring confusions. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Res 5&6 #ibc18 http://t.co/Pj3Arru | |||
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| “ | Resolution 5: Another comment – like e-publication but sad to not have Latin. "We will be like anyone else!" #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Res. 5: the big one, ratifying NS resolutions. Actually an objection on Latin. Gawd. #cuttheairwithaknife #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Resolution 5: Chair appreciates comment regretting loss of Latin, given in English. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Read ‘now’ for ‘not’… #sigh RT @TimEntwisle: Resolution 5: I suspect we are not getting a taste of the Nomenclature Sessions. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | An objection to the PDF/A format. Wants a non-Adobe soln. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | no problem. THE solution WILL be non Adobe! #justyouwait RT @IBC11: An objection to the PDF/A format. Wants a non-Adobe soln. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Don’t remember seeing most of these ppl last week… #ringins #ibc18 | |||
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Photo by annasyme on twitter
| “ | Karen Wilson, voice of reason and calm. Again, more sampling of Nomenclature Sessions. #whatwemissed #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | "latin… blah blah… don’t lose latin… blah blah… keep latin… blah blah…" "Thank you for you comment, made in English" #ibc18 #lol | |||
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| “ | Go Karen! Telling them to actually read the elec publn report. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Chair didn’t expect so much discussion. Confirms my view that this was what it was like last week! #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Chair should have known, that was nothin’. RT @TimEntwisle …Confirms my view that this was what it was like last week! #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Actually getting to vote this time. Exciting! #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | #ibc18 Nomenclature in Latin or English, is there a decision? | |||
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| “ | Resolution 5: Finally some hands opposing acceptance, but not enough… Approved. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Woot! Res. 5 passes! #ibc18 | |||
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Photo by Gardenboi on twitter
| “ | Resolution 6: That Shenzhen, China, host next congress. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Res. 6: to hold next IBC in Shenzen, China. Ayes. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Announced @ #ibc18 — Resolution 6 adopted for #ibc19 to be in Shenzen, China on 23-29 July 2017 #MarkYourCalendar ! | |||
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| “ | #ibc18 my highlight #5 — Rise of social media #Twitter – with Pat Heslop-Harrison tweeting his own talk #Ineed2LearnHowToDoThat ! | |||
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| “ | Resolutions over… Now presentation of Engler Gold Medal. #iapt #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Now Vicki Funk presenting Engler Gold Medal to Tod Stuessy. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | After all resolutions passed. Tod Steussy wins the Engler Gold Medal from International Association of Plant Taxonomy at #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Tod Stuessy accepts Engler Gold Medal & thanks students, post-docs & collagues. #ibc18 | |||
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Photo by Gardenboi on twitter
| “ | Classic Stuessy short speech. Now Judy giving acknowledgements. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Judy West thanking Scientific Program Committee and all the others that helped pull together program, and then presenters… #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Twitter traffic given special mention. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | "And I’d like to thank Twitter…" #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | And thanks to Kirsten Cowley – fantastic job! Thanks Kirsten. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Emotion running a bit high here as KarenW thanked for all her work. Also special mention of Kirsten Cowley. Word! #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | ICMSA, convention centre…all good. Thanks! #ibc18. | |||
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| “ | Now Tod Stuessy giving vote of thanks from delegates. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Another short and pithy but clear thanks to organizers from Tod Stuessy on behalf of delegates. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Judy West thanking all involved all in organizing #ibc18. #heapsofpeople Tod Stuessy thanking organizers on behalf of the delegates. | |||
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| “ | In his shortest speech yet. But too the point and entirely correct. RT @IBC11: Now Tod Stuessy giving vote of thanks from delegates. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Intro of Chinese delegation and video. Chariots of Fire? #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Video on botanical China, and the venue for the next International Botanical Congress, Shenzhen. #ibc18 Carex mentioned! #horror #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Suitably inspiring and amazing visuals in presentation for next ibc in China 2017. No wonder they won bid! #ibc18, #ibc19 | |||
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| “ | Basically "China: come see our cool plants". #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Now showing film about XIX IBC #ibc19 #ibc18 http://www.ibc2017.cn/downloads/XIX%20IBC%202017%20Shenzhen%20China.mpg | |||
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| “ | at #ibc18, an amazing botanical geomorphological video pesentation for #ibc19, China. #fantasticplants #awesomebiota #bethere! #2017 | |||
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| “ | China has more than 200 botanical gardens (of the 3000+) reported earlier by @Jim_Croft #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Shenzhen: 10 million residents. #wow #ibc18 #ibc19 | |||
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| “ | #ibc18 Congress finishing in Australia and the sunrise becoming in England and waiting for China 2017! | |||
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| “ | Shenzhen Fairy Lake Botanical Garden – site for next IBC. http://j.mp/roLolO. Very close to Hong Kong. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | This is like being present at my own funeral. #ibc18 is dead, long live #ibc19. | |||
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| “ | The Chinese bid for #ibc19 in Shenzen, shows real understanding of the importance of botany…and how cool it is.#ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Judy closing speech. Eulogy for #ibc18? | |||
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| “ | Judy West: 20k wifi logins during the congress. this would have to be a first and a turning point for IBCs. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Seems like there won’t be a big thank you to Judy West – please put your tweets together for her magnificent leadership!! #ibc18 still lives | |||
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| “ | #ibc18, #ibc19. A BIG thank-you to Judy West for all her efforts organising the ibc in Melbourne. | |||
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| “ | here here! Rt @danieljmurf: #ibc18, #ibc19. A BIG thank-you to Judy West for all her efforts organising the ibc in Melbourne. | |||
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| “ | And thanks for all the great tweets – you know who you are. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Judy West, closing remarks, outlining accomplishments of the week. incl. unprecented press exposure for nomenclature #w00t! #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | @Jim_Croft Thanks for keeping us up-to-date with your #ibc18 tweet stream. Brought back fond memories of #ibc13. | |||
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| “ | Thanks to @Jim_Croft @TimEntwisle for keeping us all informed. Great job guys. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | A big thank you to all the #ibc18 twitterati, I very much appreciated your efforts. | |||
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| “ | Vote of thanks from the floor, Tim? #ibc18 #thecongressformerlyknownasibc18 | |||
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| “ | Judy West: "It’s been a bit busy" #understatement #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Too late… #ibc18 time to leave the bldg. | |||
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| “ | aaand, that’s a wrap for #ibc18. see you in 6 years for #ibc19. … … | |||
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| “ | At the airport. Suitcase stuffed with nomenclature papers, free satchels and USB drives weighed in at 22.4kg. 0.6kg #win! #ibc18 #notreally | |||
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| “ | Back to life: haircut, coffee (of course), browse music shop, dinner with #NevilleWalsh, tomorrow to London. No #ibc18 #weaningoffhashtag | |||
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| “ | Cellulose: from paper planes to jet planes…30% of US transport fueled by plants by 2030 (last day’s #ibc18 media) http://bit.ly/oX9Rao | |||
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| “ | Australia”s #wheat crop looks to have been saved from a devastating infestation of rust–for now. #ibc18, http://bit.ly/pbiUu9 | |||
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| “ | 50 million seeds a kilometre — can we win the war on willow? #csiro say – find the top producers and we can…#ibc18 http://bit.ly/oyKNGM | |||
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| “ | Snap a leaf on your iPhone – #Leafsnap, an app that ids trees from a leaf photo (NE USA only so far. #ibc18 http://bit.ly/n5OTtJ | |||
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| “ | Thanks to everyone at #ibc18 who talked with media – over 50 interviews. We’ll issue a final release on Monday and a list of clips. Niall | |||
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| “ | Planeful of botanists landed safely in home town and they scurried off without making eye contact. Life returning to normal then. #ibc18 | |||
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| “ | Over and out #ibc18 | |||
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