The 10th International Workshop on Edible Mycorrhizal Mushrooms

THEME: FOREST RESOURCES FOR OUR FUTURE

IWEMM focuses on diverse fields in edible mycorrhizal mushrooms including biology, biotechnology, forestry, environmental science, food industry and culture, economy, and anthropology. In the present workshop, we especially focus on topics of Biodiversity, Taxonomy, Ecology and Physiology, Molecular Biology, Global Climate Change, Traditional Knowledge, Bioactive compounds, Cultivation etc.

Please join IWEMM10 held in Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan to network, discuss various topics on mushrooms, and enjoy modern Japanese culture, food, technology and nature.

Suwa City, Nagano Prefecture

Oct. 21st - 25th, 2019

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

International Secretary: Alexis Guerin-Laguette (New Zealand/France)

International Scientific Committee:

Takashi Yamanaka (Japan), Akiyoshi Yamada (Japan), Alessandra Zambonelli (Italy), Andrea Rinaldi (Italy), Asunción Morte (Spain), Fernando Martínez-Pe?a (Spain), Carolina Barroetave?a (Argentina), Claude Murat (France), Daniel Mousain (France), Gérard Chevalier (France), Pierre Sourzat (France), Marc-André Selosse (France), David Pilz (USA), Greg Bonito (USA), Aziz Turkoglu (USA/Turkey), Simon Egli (Switzerland), Guillermo Pereira Cancino (Chile), Jesús Pérez-Moreno (Mexico), Lahsen Khabar (Morocco), Natalia Vargas-Estupinan (Colombia), Pei Gui (China), Yu Fu-Qiang (China), Roberto Flores Arzu (Guatemala), Shannon Berch (Canada), Wang Yun (New Zealand/China), Alexis Guerin-Laguette (New Zealand/France)

VENUE

The workshop will be held at RAKO Hananoi Hotel in Suwa City, Nagano, Japan.

You can access Suwa City from Tokyo by train or bus.

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GENERAL PROGRAM Oct. 20th 25th, 2019

Date

Contents

Remarks

20th, Sun

PM: Pre-workshop: Mushrooms and humans (Special talk by researchers and an exhibition of wild edible mushrooms)

 

Evening: Registration of IWEMM10, and welcome party

21st, Mon

AM: Registration of IWEMM10, opening ceremonyKey note lectures (Professor Anna L. Tsing, University of California; Professor Kazuhide Nara, The University of Tokyo)

Evening: Optional tour to sake breweries in Suwa City

PM: Oral session (two scientific sessions will be set)

22nd, Tue

AM: Field excursion to Ushiroyama forest site which produces matsutake mushrooms. We will also make a short visit to the ancient Suwa Taisha shrine.

 

PM: Oral sessions (two scientific sessions will be set)

23rd, Wed

AM: Oral session

Evening: Gala dinner party

PM: Poster session, Oral session

Evening: Closing remarks

24th, Thu

Field excursion (1): Visit to matsutake production sites and a local market in Shimoina area, and to Narai-juku, a historic town in Kiso area.

25th, Fri

Field excursion (2): Visit to mushroom cultivation factories and orchards in Azumino City, Matsumoto Castle in Matsumoto City, and wineries in Shiojiri City

26th, Sat

Post-workshop (plan A): Visit to large-scale mushroom cultivation factories and a rural nature tour in Nagano

28th, Mon (tenta-tive)

Post-workshop (plan B): Modern culture and technology tour in Tokyo

REGISTRATION

Early-bird registration starts in April 2019 on another site, which will be put hyperlink from this site.

Category

Early bird registration

Before 30th June 2019

Registration after 1st July

General participant*

(3 days: 21st - 23rd Oct.)

400 US dollars/person

450 US dollars/person

Student*

(3 days: 21st - 23rd Oct.)

250 US dollars/person

300 US dollars/person

Field excursion on 24th Oct.

50 US dollars/person

Field excursion on 25th Oct.

50 US dollars/person

Gala dinner (23rd Oct.) for accompanied person

80 US dollars/person

* The fees include welcome party on 20th Oct., lunches for three days, sake factory tour on 21st Oct., and gala dinner on 23rd Oct. The local organizing committee is currently looking for sponsorship to further discount the student registration fees. We will inform you of the final fees for students by March 2019.

TOPICS

Biodiversity

Global climate change

Conservation

Taxonomy

Evolution and Phylogeny

Ecology

Genetics and Genomics

Molecular biology

Biotechnology

Bioactive compounds

Food security and health

Economic importance

Cultivation

Sustainability

Traditional knowledge

 

For more information: http://iwemm10-nagano.com/

 

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