Pan-American Congress on Plants and BioEnergy

美国植物生物学家协会（ASPB）将于2008年6月22日至25日在墨西哥梅里达举办第一届泛美植物和生物能源大会。 本次ASPB卫星会议将与墨西哥生物化学学会植物生物化学分会（SMB/BBMP）联合举行。 本次会议的目标是将政府决策者和科学管理人员与植物生物学家，农学家，微生物学家，经济学家和生态学家聚集在一起，讨论与生物能源安全相关的问题，包括可持续性，环境和经济。 本次大会旨在发起泛美合作，并向那些已经在能源独立方面取得重大进展的国家学习第一手资料。植物和生物能源大会为研究生和年轻的研究人员提供了一个绝佳的机会，与代表生物能源不同领域的专家会面和互动，从生物研究到政策和经济学。 NSF提供的资金用于支付美国科学界的学生和年轻研究人员的参与费用。

The American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB) is organizing the first Pan American Congress on Plants and BioEnergy to be held June 22 -25, 2008 in Merida, Mexico. This ASPB satellite meeting will be held jointly with the Plant Biochemistry Section of the Biochemical Society of Mexico (SMB/BBMP). The goal of this meeting is to bring together governmental policy makers and science administrators along with plant biologists, agronomists, microbiologists, economists and ecologists to discuss issues related to bioenergy security including sustainability, environment and economy. This congress is designed to initiate Pan-American collaborations and to learn first hand from those who have already made great progress towards energy independence. The Congress on Plants and Bioernergy provides an outstanding opportunity for graduate students and young investigators to meet and interact with experts representing the different domains of bioenergy, from biological research to policy and economics. The funding provided by NSF helps defray the costs of participation of students and young investigators from the U.S. scientific community.