IWEMM9 The 9 th International Workshop on Edible Mycorrhizal Mushrooms First circular Mushrooms, humans and nature in a changing world M E X I C O 2 0 1 7 J u l y 1 0 t o 1 4
Mushrooms, humans and nature in a changing world IWEMM is the major international convention that brings together the experts of diversity, ecology, biotechnology and cultivation of truffles and other edible ectomycorrhizal mushrooms since 1998. Venue: Colegio de Postgraduados, Texcoco, state of Mexico
KEY DATES 2017 Registration and call for abstracts open January 1 Abstract submission closes (oral presentations) April 15 Selection for contributed oral presentations May 10 Abstract submission closes (posters) May 20 Early bird registration and payment deadline May 20 IWEMM9 July 10-14, 2017
TOPICS Biodiversity Conservation Cultivation Food security and health Biotechnology Ecology Genetics Molecular biology Genomic sciences Bioactive compounds Biocultural importance Climate Global change Sustainability Taxonomy Evolution Traditional knowledge Economic importance
Activities Lectures and posters Photography contest Mushroom fair and museographic exhibition Audiovisual Ludic activities Book and thematic issue in International Journal Postmeeting field trip
The Conference at a glance Monday 10 Registration from 10 am to 5 pm (or some lectures if necessary). Tuesday 11 Opening ceremony. Keynote Lecture. Premiere of the audiovisual Mushrooms in Mesoamerica. Oral and poster session 1. International Photography contest. Wednesday 12 Oral and poster session 2. Major cultural activity in Mexico City. Thursday 13 Mycological trail in oak, pine and fir forests nearby Texcoco and contact with local wild mushroom gatherers; or visit to the 2,000 year-old ancient city of Teotihuacan. Friday 14 Oral session 3. Exhibition of fresh wild mushrooms. Young and children mushroom workshop. International traditional dressing welcome. Commercial exhibition. Museographic exhibition Codices and mushrooms. Keynote closing lecture. Closing ceremony. Gala dinner.
Archeological ancient sites, local gastronomy, impressive natural scenery, mushroom gathering in temperate and subtropical forests, colonial cities, small villages, traditional markets, contact with mycophilic ethnic groups POSTMEETING FIELD TRIP JULY 15 TO 22, 2017
POSTMEETING FIELD TRIP (Preliminary Programme) July 15 to 22, 2017 Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 Visit to Tlahuica people who are able to distinguish and consume more than 150 species of edible mushrooms in central Mexico. Monday 17 Visit to Nanacamilpa town, a village with a mushroom name from the Aztec language nanacatl= mushroom. Prehispanic frescos in Cacaxtla, Tlaxcala. Tuesday 18 Gathering of endemic wild edible mushrooms in a cloudy moist mountainous subtropical forest, in eastern Mexico, Xalapa, Veracruz. Wednesday 19 Colonial city of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. Visit to archeological precolumbian site of Monte Alban. Thursday 20 and Friday 21 Visit to Ixtlán, a small typical village and visit to subtropical and temperate forests with local mycophilic communities of Oaxaca. Sleeping in the ecotouristic centre of Cuajimoloyas, state of Oaxaca, Southern Mexico. Saturday 22 Traveling to Mexico city. The end.
Organizing Committee International Scientific Committee Chairman Jesús Pérez-Moreno (Mexico) International Secretary Alexis Guerin-Laguette (New Zealand) The Florentine Codex, XVI century Wang Yun (China-New Zealand) Pierre Sourzat (France) Roberto Flores Arzú (Guatemala) Lahsen Khabar (Morocco) Shannon Berch (Canada) Asunción Morte (Spain) David Pilz (USA) Akiyoshi Yamada (Japan) Simon Egli (Switzerland) Alessandra Zambonelli (Italy) Gérard Chevalier (France) Carolina Barroetaveña (Argentina) Marc-André Selosse (France) Ornella Commandini (Italy) Fernando Martínez-Peña (Spain) Yu Fuqiang (China) Claude Murat (France) Daniel Mousain (France) Aziz Türkoğlu (Turkey-USA) Guillermo Pereira Cancino (Chile)
National Organizing Committee Ronald Ferrera-Cerrato, Alejandro Alarcón, Juan José Almaraz Suárez, Julian Delgadillo Martínez, María Encarnación Lara Hernández, Magdalena Martínez Reyes, Faustino Hernández Santiago, Rosario Medel Ortíz, Emma Estrada Martínez, Gerardo Mata, Roberto Garibay Orijel, Cristina Arteaga León, Ana Carolina Guerrero Chávez, Adriana Montoya Esquivel, Alejandro Kong Photography: Lucila Aragón Carrillo Mejía Bojorquez Leonardo García Rodríguez Logo: Web page: Film-maker: J. Cruz García Albarado Jamie and Peter Oviatt Jaime Kuri
About Texcoco Texcoco is a small town, located only 28 Km from Mexico City international airport, with a population of 275,000 people distributed in 50 small villages with abundant oak, fir and pine forests nearby. It was one of the most important cultural cities in pre-hispanic times in Mesoamerica. Colegio de Postgraduados the venue of IWEMM9, is one of the most important research and education institutions in Mexico with more than 500 active PhD researchers and more than 500 MSc and PhD students in the fields of Soil Sciences, Botany, Phytopathology, Rural Development, Forestry, etc.
About Mexico Mexico is a megadiverse country with a large diversity of living beings, vegetation types and cultures, including 68 ethnic groups. In 2015, the country was visited by 32.1 million international tourists, being the 9 th most visited country worldwide. With more than 400 species of mushrooms consumed in the country and more than 5,500 traditional names to designate them, Mexico holds the second largest diversity of edible wild mushrooms on the planet.
Logo The logo of IWEMM9 is courtesy of the prestigious Mexican artist and scientist Professor J Cruz García Albarado (Cruzgaali). It was based on ancient Mexican pictographic representations from the Mixtec Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus dated XV century, the Mendoza Codex made by the Aztecs in 1540 and a human representation in a cave painting made three thousand years ago in western Mexico. The result is a contemporaneous fascinating mixture of color, movement and Mexican identity representing the motto of the IWEMM9: Mushrooms, humans and nature in a changing world. The original painting, a beautiful acrylic on canvas, approximately 50 cm in diameter, will be exhibited during the IWEMM9 in Texcoco, Mexico.
IWEMM9 in Mexico will be a nice blend of wild mushrooms, ancient history, biodiversity, ethnic groups, traditional living knowledge, nature, and hospitality!
IWEMM9 We look forward to greeting you at the 9 th International Workshop on Edible Mycorrhizal Mushrooms in Texcoco, Mexico in 2017 Contact: If you want to receive updated future Moreno information please contact jesus.micorriza@gmail.com iwemm9 Jesús Pérez Moreno jesus.micorriza@gmail.com fb.me/iwemm9 www.facebook.com/iwemm9/ The IWEMM9 web page is expected to be ready by the end of December 2016