KEYNOTE TALKS
Opening Reception (18th June)
•Mercedes Bustamante (Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology & University of Brasilia, Brazil)
•Karl Wantzen (Université de Tours, France)
First Day (19th June): Neotropical history & biogeography
•Joel Cracraft (American Museum of Natural History, USA)
•Marie-Pierre Ledru (ISEM, France)
Second Day (20th June): History and structure of Neotropical communities
•Bob Ricklefs (University of Missouri-St. Louis, USA)
•Jonathan Losos (Harvard University, USA)
Third Day (21th June): Evolution of animal-plant interactions
•Rodolfo Dirzo (Universidad Autónoma de México, Mexico & Stanford University, USA)
•Bette Loiselle (University of Florida Gainesville, USA)
Fourth Day (22nd June): Conservation
•Daniel P. Faith (The Australian Museum, Australia)
•Richard Corlett (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
