Workshop: Plant Science Research Summit, "Grand Challenges in Plant Science Research for the 21st Century", to be held in Chevy Chase, MD on September 22-23, 2011

学术价值：美国植物生物学家协会将于2011年9月22日至23日在马里兰州切维蔡斯的霍华德·休斯医学研究所会议中心举办植物科学研究峰会。峰会将促使广泛的植物科学研究界参与制定一项共识计划，以振兴和指导未来十年的植物科学研究。峰会将汇聚从基础到应用的所有植物科学研究领域的代表，以确定我们对植物生物学理解中的关键空白，这些空白必须在未来10年或更长时间内填补，以应对重大挑战，如健康、能源、食品和环境可持续性方面的挑战。峰会的主要成果将是一份报告，建议对植物科学研究进行十年投资计划，描述植物科学对解决重要的科学优先事项和重大社会挑战的贡献。该报告将广泛提供，并计划开展几项传播活动。更广泛的影响：植物科学研究峰会将有助于将广泛的植物科学界聚集在一起，涉及各种部门、模型系统、机构类型、科学方法和其他方面。峰会的参与者还将从社区中挑选，按照性别、地理、年龄、残疾和其他特征最大限度地增加多样性。提出了一项广泛的传播计划，将该项目的成果带到整个植物科学界和植物科学界之外。这将有助于将该项目和植物科学的影响范围扩大到新的社区。该报告将以最低限度的技术语言撰写，以便包括政策制定者、资助者、教育工作者、舆论领袖和其他人在内的广泛读者能够阅读。此外，预计该项目的结果将广泛适用，不仅有助于指导未来十年的研究方向，还将为植物科学中的重大问题提供教育框架。预计专业协会和其他利益攸关方将能够编写与报告中确定的优先事项有关的教育材料。

Intellectual Merit: The American Society of Plant Biologists will host a Plant Science Research Summit at the Conference Center of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Chevy Chase, MD on September 22-23, 2011. The summit will engage the broad plant science research community in a process to develop a consensus plan to invigorate and guide plant science research over the next decade. The summit will bring together representatives of the full spectrum of plant science research, from basic to applied, to identify critical gaps in our understanding of plant biology that must be filled over the next 10 years or more to address grand challenges, such as those in health, energy, food, and environmental sustainability. The primary product of the summit will be a report suggesting a decadal plan for investments in plant science research, describing the contributions of plant science to addressing important scientific priorities and vital societal challenges. The report will be made widely available, and several dissemination activities are planned. Broader Impacts: The Plant Science Research Summit will help bring together the broad plant science community across a variety of sectors, model systems, institution types, scientific approaches, and other dimensions. The participants in the summit will also be drawn from the community in a way that maximizes diversity by gender, geography, age, disability, and other characteristics. An extensive dissemination plan is proposed that will bring the results of the project throughout and beyond the plant science community. This will help broaden the reach of the project and of plant science to new communities. The report will be written with a minimum of technical language so that it can be accessible to a wide range of readers including policymakers, funders, educators, opinion leaders, and others. Moreover, the results of the project are expected to be broadly applicable not only to help guide research directions over the next decade, but to provide a framework for education about the big questions in plant science. It is expected that professional societies and other stakeholders will be able to develop educational materials related to the priorities identified in the report.