VIII INTERNATIONAL VIOLET CONGRESS

 

High Patronage

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Braganza, Dona Isabel de Herédia e Braganza

 

Sponsors

Pousada São Francisco (Beja)

Mestre Cacau

Região de Turismo Planície Dourada

Beja Parque Hotel

Câmara Municipal de Beja

Esther Bubley Trust

 

To be held in 

Escola Superior Agrária de Beja, Portugal

 

Date

26-27-28 February 2007

 

Objectives

Increase the interest for violet cultivation

Present new cultivars

Methodologies to fight plant enemies with natural predators

Scientific culture trends in the violet world

 

Organized by

Museu Botânico da Escola Superior Agrária de Beja (Portugal)

Área Departamental de Ciências do Ambiente

Les Amis de la Violette (Toulouse, France)

 

Scientific Committee

Rosa Cabral Fernandes - ESAB

Margarida Maria Pereira - ESAB

Isabel Patanita - ESAB

João Portugal - ESAB

Luis Carvalho - ESAB

Mariana Regato - ESAB

Teresa Almeida - University of Coimbra

 

Organizing Committee 

Luís Carvalho - lmmc@esab.ipbeja.pt

Nathalie Casbas - n.casbas@wanadoo.fr

Paula Nozes - p.nozes@esab.ipbeja.pt

Francisca Fernandes - museubotanico@hotmail.com

Vera Gonçalves - museubotanico@hotmail.com

 

Program 

February 26th (Monday)

9.30 Reception

10.15 First session - Oral Communications

The Symbolic Language of Violets in Art and Gardens

Sónia Talhé Azambuja, PhD Fellowship, Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Portugal

 

Violets in China

Yang Yang, China

 

Persephone and the Unicorns – Violets in Mythology and History

Luís Mendonça de Carvalho, Escola Superior Agrária de Beja, Portugal

 

11.15 Second session

The Secret World of Violets

Clive Groves, C. W. Groves & Son Violets Nurseries, Dorset, United Kingdom

 

On the Origin of the Sweet Smelling Parma Violet Cultivars: Wide Intraspecific Hybridization, Sterility, and Sexual Reproduction

Max Henry, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Nancy, France

Valéry Malécot, Institut National d’Horticulture, Angers France

Thomas Marcussen, Department of Biology, University of Oslo, Norway

Jérôme Munzinger, Laboratoire de Botanique, Centre IRD, Nouméa, New Caledonia

Roxana Yockteng, Musée National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

 

11.45 Second International Violet Contest

13.00-14.30 Lunch

14.30-18.30 Tour to Évora

19.30 Dinner

 

February 27th (Tuesday)

9.30 Third session - Oral Communications

Ethnobotany and Violets

Joana Camejo Rodrigues, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

 

Créations le Jardin d'Elen, le Site la Péniche Maison de la Violette, et le Comité Technique et Scientifique Pour Assurer l'Avenir de la Violette de Toulouse

Hélène Vié, Jardin d’Elen, Toulouse, France

 

The Victoria Violet Story

Jill Ann Williams, Editor of the Violet Society Journal, Baltimore, U.S.A

 

10.45 Fourth session - Oral Communications

The Crown of Athens – Violets in Greek Poetry

Carlos Jesus, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

 

The Use of Phytoseiulus persimilis against Tetranychus urticae in Violet Culture

Maria Margarida Pereira, Escola Superior Agrária de Beja, Portugal

 

Propagation of the Toulouse Violet for a Cute Little Springtime Pot Plant

Pierre Barandou & Nathalie Casbas, Lés Amis de La Viollete, Toulouse, France

13.00-14.00 Lunch

15.00 Exhibition and Fair of Violets and Pansies.

20.00 Dinner.

 

February 28th (Wednesday)

9.00-12.00 Tour to Sagres

12.30 Lunch at the Sagres Pousada

14.00-16.30 In situ sight of Sagres violets

17.00 Tea

18.00 Return to Beja (End of Congress)

 

March 1 (Thursday)

8.00 Depart to Lisbon (by train)

11.00 Arrive to Lisbon and hotel check in

12.00 Lunch

14.00 18.00 Visit to the National Museum of Coach and Jerónimos Monastery

 

March 2 (Friday)

9.00-19.00 Tour to Sintra (visiting the Vila of Sintra and the Pena Palace)

20.00 Dinner

 

Registration

200 euro [Includes the participation in the congress (with or without communication - poster/oral communication), documentation, lunch and dinner (Monday), lunch and dinner (Tuesday), lunch and tea (Wednesday), tour to Sagres].

130 euro Accompanying person [Includes lunch and dinner (Monday), lunch and dinner (Tuesday), lunch and tea (Wednesday), tour to Sagres].

 

The registration can be done by letter, fax or email. (see contacts)

Please include the following personal data:

1. Name

2. Address

3. Email

4. Telefone / Mobile Phone

5. If you will present a communication (oral or poster).

6. Academic Affiliation (facultative)

7. The registration payment must be by bank transfer. Please submit a copy of your bank transfer documents to the Botanical Museum (see contacts) soon after the operation is complete. We need it to validate the registration.

Data for bank transfer

BANK: DIRECCAO GERAL DO TESOURO – LISBOA

IBAN: PT50078101120000000447338

SWIFT: TESPPTP1

ACCOUNT ADDRESS: ESCOLA SUPERIOR AGRARIA DE BEJA

RUA PEDRO SOARES, APARTADO 6158, 7801-902 BEJA, PORTUGAL

 

Violet contest

The contest will have three classes:

(1) New cultivars

(2) Wild Species

(3) Exceptional specimens

 

Violet Contest Rules

Please contact Nathalie Casbas - n.casbas@wanadoo.fr

 

Congress language

English 

 

Contacts

Museu Botânico

Escola Superior Agrária de Beja

Rua Pedro Soares, s/n

Apartado 6158

7801-908 Beja Codex

Telephone 284 314 300

Fax 284 388 207

Email museu@esab.ipbeja.pt

 

Accommodations

Pousada de São Francisco (Pousadas de Portugal)

Largo D. Nuno Álvares Pereira

7801-901 BEJA

Telefone 284 313 580

Fax 284 329 143

Email recepcao.sfrancisco@pousadas.pt

Discount of 40% (rooms price) to all participants in the VIII International Violet Congress

 

Hotel Beja Parque****

Rua Primeiro de Maio, 1

7800-510 Beja

Telefone 284 310 500

Fax 284 310 508

Email  reservas@bejaparquehotel.com

Página web www.bejaparquehotel.com  

 

Hotel Melius***R

Avenida Fialho de Almeida

7800-395 Beja

Telefone 284 313 080

Fax 284 321 825

Email hotel.melius@netvisao.pt 

Página web www.hotelmelius.com 

 

Hotel Francis***R

Praça Fernando Lopes Graça

7800 Beja

Portugal

Telefone 284 315 500

Fax 284 315 501

Email reservas@hotel-francis.com

Página web www.hotel-francis.com 

 

Residencial Cristina (1ª)

Rua de Mértola, 71

Telefone 284 323 035/6

Fax 284 320 460

 

Residencial Santa Bárbara (1ª)

Rua de Mértola, 56

Telefone 284 312 280

Fax 284 312 289

Email pensao.barbara@clix.pt

 

Residencial Bejense (2ª)

Rua Capitão João Francisco de Sousa, Nº 57 

 

7800 Beja

Telefone 284 311 570

Fax 284 311 579

 

Pousada da Juventude de Beja

Rua Professor Janeiro Acabado

7800 Beja

Tel. 284 325 458

Fax 284 325 468

E-mail beja@movijovem.pt

 

Clube de Campo Vila Galé****

Herdade da Figueirinha

7800 Santa Vitória

Telefone 284 970 100

Fax 284 970 150

Email reserv.clubedecampo@vilagale.pt 

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