Organization:
Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS (Russia)
Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)

Partners:
Ministry of Sience and Education, Russia (Russia)

Co-chairs:
Pavel Krestov, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
Ma Keping, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin; Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Local Organizing Committee:
Alla V. Verkhozina, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia (co-chair)
Violetta D. Dzizyurova, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Ekaterina V. Golovan, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Valentina A. Kalinkina, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Nadezhda V. Kirshova, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Alexander V. Kordyukov, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Irina N. Krestova, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Natalia V. Labetskaya, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Larissa V. Lokhova, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Tatyana Ya. Petrenko, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Anastasia S. Pianova, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Alexei V. Salokhin, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Viktoria Zamurueva, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Oleg V. Zhilin, PhD, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia


Young Scientist Committee:
Fedor M. Bortnikov, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia
Violetta D. Dzizyurova, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
Diana R. Iunusova, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology UB RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Artur Yu. Komar, Institute of Experimental Botany NAS of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus
Tatyana Ya. Petrenko, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
Anastasia S. Pianova, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
Valerii E. Pimenov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Viktoria Zamurueva, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia


Scientific Committee:
Leonid V. Averyanov, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia
Vadim A. Bakalin, Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS, Russia
Alexander A. Bobrov, Papanin Institute for Biology of Inland Waters RAS, Borok, Russia
Victor V. Chepinoga, Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany
Seung Se Choi, National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon, Republic of Korea
Alexander L. Ebel, National Research Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
Nikolai B. Ermakov, Nikita Botanical Gardens RAS, Yalta, Russia
Vladimir E. Fedosov, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Dmitri V. Geltman, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia
Andrey A. Gontcharov, Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS, Vladivostok, Russia
Elena K. Khlestkina, N.I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources, St. Petersburg, Russia
Nadezhda A. Konstantinova, Polar-Alpine Botanical Garden Institute KSC RAS, Apatity, Russia
Jialu Li, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
Yan Liu, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, China
Jinshuang Ma, Beijing National Botanical Garden (North Garden), Beijing, China
Nadezhda V. Matveyeva, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia
Yukito Nakamura, Tokyo University of Agriculture, Tokyo, Japan
Vladimir G. Onipchenko, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Vladimir L. Semerikov, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology UB RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Svetlana A. Semerikova, Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology UB RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Alexei P. Seregin, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Harald Schneider, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden CAS, Yunnan, China
Alexander I. Shmakov, Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia
Dmitri D. Sokoloff, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
Komiljon Tojiboyev, Institute of Botany of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan
Alena S. Tretyakova, Botanical Garden UB RAS, Yekaterinburg, Russia
Hongfeng Wang, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China
Daoyuan Zhang, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang, China
Lan Zhang, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China

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The Botanical Garden-Institute of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (BGI FEB RAS) has the honour to invite you to participate in the international scientific conference "Maximowicz", dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the outstanding Russian botanist, Academician Сarl Ivanovich Maximowicz (1827–1891).

In November 2027, the global scientific community will mark the 200th anniversary of Carl Maximowicz, a researcher who made a major contribution to the study of the plant world of the vast expanses of Pacific Asia and described a quarter of all plant species currently known in the Russian Far East. Сarl Ivanovich Maximowicz initiated the study of the flora of the Far East and processed the botanical collections of Nikolai Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky, Grigory Nikolayevich Potanin, Mikhail Vasilyevich Pevtsov and other researchers.

The conference is intended to become a major botanical international event in Russia in 2027 at which the most pressing issues of plant science will be discussed, as well as the significance of Carl Maximowicz's legacy for modern botany.

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MAIN SCIENTIFIC DIRECTIONS

I. Systematics, phylogeny and evolution of plants and plant communities
Modern approaches to the study of taxonomic and vegetation diversity, molecular phylogenetic reconstructions, evolutionary morphology and anatomy of plants.

II. Flora, vegetation, biomes, evolution
Inventory of flora, vegetation science, patterns of species distribution, history of the formation of the flora and biomes worldwide.

III. Bryology, algology, mycology and lichenology
Diversity, systematics, ecology and distribution of spore-bearing plants, fungi and lichens, and their conservation.

IV. Regional multi-purpose plant genetic resource repositories and the global flora gene pool
Use of plant collections for breeding plants with specified properties, for the conservation and maintenance of endangered populations in their natural habitats, and for and restoration of natural ecosystems following technogenic damage.

V. Plant ecology and anthropogenic transformation of vegetation cover
Vegetation monitoring, impact of climate change and economic activity, conservation of the plant world.

VI. History of botanical research and the scientific legacy of Carl Ivanovich Maximowicz
The role of botanical collections and herbaria, historical and scientific aspects of the study of the flora worldwide. The scientific legacy of Carl Ivanovi Maximowicz and his role in shaping modern approaches to plant systematics and biodiversity research.

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FORMAT OF PARTICIPATION

The following forms of participation are envisaged:
     Plenary lectures (40 min) - online is possible;
     Sectional oral presentations (20 min) - no online options;
     Poster presentations (A0 format, portrait orientation);

Working languages of the conference:
     English. No simultaneous interpretation of plenary sessions is planned.

Requirements for Abstracts

Abstracts should not exceed 2500 characters (including spaces). The language is English. Conference materials are planned to be published in a peer-reviewed proceedings brochure and will ba available online.

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IMPORTANT DATES

2026-10-25 - Conference site is open
2026-11-10 - FIRST CIRCULAR
2026-12-01 - Registration and abstract submission is open
2027-01-01 - SECOND CIRCULAR and science excursions announcement
2027-04-01 - Deadline for abstract submission
2027-04-30 - Notification of abstract acceptance
2027-06-15 - THIRD CIRCULAR and PROGRAM
2027-07-01 - Deadline for earlybird payment
2027-08-31 - FORTH CIRCULAR
2027-09-15 - The latest day for online payment
2027-10-03 - Conference opening
2027-10-12 - The latest day for post-conference excursion

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REGISTRATION FEE

The registration fee will be specified in the second circular. Reduced fees are envisaged for young scientists, postgraduate students and students.

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HOST ORGANIZATION AND CONFERENCE VENUE

The conference will be held in Vladivostok, the administrative centre of Primorsky Krai and a major scientific and cultural centre of the Russian Far East. Sessions are planned to take place at the Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS and partner venues.

The Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS is the leading botanical institution in the Russian Far East. Its main research areas include the biological bases of plant introduction, conservation of the flora gene pool of the Russian Far East, and the study of anthropogenic changes in the plant world. Conference participants will be offered tours of the institute's displays and greenhouses, as well as scientific field trips accross Primorye Region (by prior registration).

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CONTACTS

Scientific Secretary of the Conference:
     (name and contact details to be confirmed in the second circular)

Address of the Organizing Committee::
     Botanical Garden-Institute FEB RAS
     142 Makovskii Street, Vladivostok, 690024, Russia
E-mail: :
     to be provided upon opening of the website)
Official conference website:
https://maximowicz.ru



The Organizing Committee would be grateful for the distribution of this circular among interested colleagues. The next information letter with updated deadlines, registration rules, abstract submission form and accommodation information will be sent in due course and published on the conference website.

We look forward to welcoming you in Vladivostok in October 2027 at the Maximowicz Conference dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Carl Ivanovich Maximowicz.