Alun SaltI thought with Shenzhen being inside the GreatFirewall, I would either need to help people with tweeting from IBC2017 or else I could take some time off. In fact there seems to be plenty of people tweeting from Shenzhen, so there should be a flavour of the experience. Though not all flavours are great.
Im going to say that fried noodles and miso soup for breakfast was a win; durian pizza was a fun novelly, but it really lingers #IBC2017
— Stuart McDaniel (@mcdaniellab) July 23, 2017
It’s clearly going to be massive, with over 6000 participants at the event
So it's official: with over 6000 (7000?) registered participants, #IBC2017 will be by far the largest International Botanical Congress ever! pic.twitter.com/Z6ZHNcOxtV
— Hervé Sauquet 🌈 (@hsauquet_rbgsyd) July 23, 2017
The city has put on quite a welcome
The most wonderful welcome in Shenzhen, China! @IBC2017_XIX #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/s3SMztXrPQ
— Daniel E. Winkler (@DanielEWinkler) July 23, 2017
Building across from hotel welcomes #IBC2017 ! (Er sorry for sound, extreme truckers on in background…😂) pic.twitter.com/seNRtrHxNX
— Dr. Karolina Heyduk (@kheyduk) July 22, 2017
Barely started, and #IBC2017 already feels like participating in the Olympics. Tonight the auspicious opening ceremony, mind-boggling. pic.twitter.com/NooMJZUgOl
— Lars Chatrou (@larschatrou) July 23, 2017
What a great opening ceremony @IBC2017_XIX #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/BA1pKNwKTM
— Cody Coyotee Howard (@wile_phylote) July 23, 2017
The first talk was by @SteveBlackm0re on greenery in cities, something China is trying to expand.
First lecture by @SteveBlackm0re #IBC2017 talks about need for plants in cities – grow plants wherever we can to make them great #SDG11
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 23, 2017
Shout out to @TheBotanics Edible Gardening Project from @SteveBlackm0re #IBC2017
— Dr Peter Moonlight (@PeterMoonlight) July 23, 2017
Plants bring life to city & make them alive. Let's have green infrastructure w interesting native spp 4 diversity @SteveBlackm0re #IBC2017
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 23, 2017
The plenary talk by Peter Raven introduced the Shenzhen declaration, with Biodiversity being a key element.
https://twitter.com/Oreotrephes/status/889107629234020353
RT @WUlate Dr. Peter Raven presenting The Shenzhen Declaration: Saving Plants to Save Ourselves #IBC2017 pic.twitter.com/dhHZgCVVFa
— Botany One (@botanyone) July 23, 2017
Peter Raven's declaration for the importance of biodiversity sciences now more than ever #IBC2017 #systematics pic.twitter.com/WmkuYR5Kmg
— Dave Tank (@dave_tank) July 23, 2017
Peter Raven: inspirational lecture Saving plants to save ourselves & the Shenzhen Declaration we will sign #IBC2017 https://t.co/PUvYX0ogLx pic.twitter.com/sVrCSlsOYe
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 23, 2017
RT @WUlate "Feel yourself challenged" – Dr. Raven inviting #IBC2017 delegates pic.twitter.com/qUai29Vcj2
— Botany One (@botanyone) July 23, 2017
Though it has its critics.
30 mins in, still rockin a bad news story…cmon Peter Raven, get to the solutions! #ibc2017 #donorfatigue pic.twitter.com/1yBQjocG9K
— Martin Breed (@_MBreed) July 23, 2017
My view: major omission from #IBC2017 #ShenzhenDeclaration https://t.co/WHANQfeGrq is Education & Teaching. Not same as outreach or research pic.twitter.com/xDTzbiVs05
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 23, 2017
The conference touchscreens look stunning.
You can search posters by keyword and check them on these screens at #IBC2017 genius! pic.twitter.com/o5wpLAMPpa
— Duarte D. Figueiredo (@duarte_d_f) July 23, 2017
How the e-poster from my MS work looks on the conference touchscreens! @ #IBC2017 #ibc2017 @IBC2017 @IBC2017_XIX pic.twitter.com/Uqq238oRyD
— Juan Moreira-Hernández, PhD. (@JMHbiologistico) July 23, 2017
…as do the galleries
Beautiful gallery on Biodiversity and Conservation……. enjoying my time at #IBC2017 Love plant science pic.twitter.com/4sgzGHagOm
— Palash Chandra Mondol (@iampalash11) July 23, 2017
…and if you’re there you can meet some of the Annals of Botany editors at stand E33
With the @annbot @OUPAcademic stand at #ibc2017 . Meet eight Annals of Botany editors at 12.15 Tue & Thur at stand E33 or in the meeting pic.twitter.com/OdBws7OGKO
— Pat Heslop-Harrison (@Pathh1) July 23, 2017
There’s some good news for Outreach
Really love coming to meetings and hearing that people are using the #PlantsAreCoolToo videos in their university courses…. #IBC2017…
— Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! (@MartineBotany) July 23, 2017
… tonite got props for Fossilized Forests gang: @dave_tank @uribe_convers @marxhannah. #IBC2017 #PlantsAreCoolToo https://t.co/i96LLAiPbZ
— Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! (@MartineBotany) July 23, 2017
…. & @KrissaSkogen's star turn in Episode 4. #IBC2017 #PlantsAreCoolToo #pollinators #Oenothera https://t.co/QEIMzdTSKb
— Chris Martine | Plants are Cool, Too! (@MartineBotany) July 23, 2017
Hopefully there’ll be more people tweeting from Shenzhen tomorrow
#IBC2017 Anyone else just arrived at Hong Kong airport to find no ferries to the mainland due to typhoon? Looking for alt transport…
— Dr Isabel Larridon (@IsabelLarridon) July 23, 2017
#ibc2017 Anyone else in HK? We're getting lots of alerts about the tropical storm, people telling us to stay inside + not use transit
— Alex Harkess (@aeharkess) July 23, 2017
Been waiting all day for @Qantas to fix the plane, but finally en route to #IBC2017 ! https://t.co/FbWQ8DXRqD
— Nick Matzke (@NickJMatzke) July 23, 2017
Plant reproduction at its finest! Waiting out typhoon in Hong Kong Flower Market on our way to #IBC2017! #TPCOnTheRoad @ThePubClub pic.twitter.com/NLx82YXkJD
— Miranda J Haus (@HausMJ) July 23, 2017
And finally, but most importantly Jeff Ollerton has blogged from Shenzhen – twice!
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