Second International Agarwood Conference Thailand, March 4 - 11, 2007 Call for Abstracts Deadline: November 1, 2006 The Second International Agarwood Conference will be held in Thailand from March 4 to March 11 2007. Oral presentations are scheduled for March 5 & 6. In addition, there is the opportunity for poster presentations on March 6. Oral and Poster Presentations: Each oral or poster presentation requires an abstract. Abstracts will be printed and distributed at the conference. On the conference registration form please check if you plan to give a presentation and what type of presentation (i.e. oral or poster). If neither box is checked, your presentation will automatically be scheduled as a poster. If there are more requests for oral presentations than time allows the organizers will decide which presentations will be presented orally. Quality, originality and conformity to proposed topics will play a crucial role in selection of presentations. All others will be scheduled as posters. The organizers reserve the right to refuse presentations. Please indicate what topic your presentation fits most closely. Sessions will be arranged and posters grouped by these subjects as far as possible.          A) Ecology and Biology of Aquilaria and Gyrinops Conservation and sustainability Genetics / Phylogeny of agarwood producing species B) Aquilaria and Gyrinops Production and Management Nursery production Plantations C) Agarwood Biology and Production Certification and legislation / certification & trade / certification & genetic research Agarwood markets and marketing medicinal and traditional uses of agarwood / traditional and new markets for Agarwood Agarwood chemistry / chemistry of terpenoids D) Cultivated Agarwood Agarwood (inducement) production technology International cooperation Quality assessment and grading Guidelines for writing the abstract All abstracts must be in English. The preferred font is Arial 11pt; the text should be single spaced. All abstracts must not exceed 1 A4 page (210 mm wide, 296 mm high) with all borders 25mm wide. Title is given first, followed by authors’ names and institution & address. Title: Arial 12pt, bold and centered. Follow with a line space to separate from the authors. Authors’ names: family name first, followed by given name and initial (if any). Print family name in capital letters. Underline the presenting author. Follow with a line space to separate from the institution and address. Institution and address (in italics): Please include institutions with complete postal addresses with zip codes. Do not include tel. or fax numbers, an email address may be given for the presenting author. Follow with a line space to separate from the body of the abstract. Each abstract should be structured with paragraphs that cover introduction, materials and methods (where applicable), results and discussion. References are optional but no more than three. Vague statements such as “will be discussed” should not be used. All acronyms or abbreviations must be given in full at first use. Abstracts of low quality risk rejection. Example: Identification of Gaharu (Aquilaria and Gyrinops) Dry Wood Using trnL-trnF Polymorphisms EURLINGS, Marcel C.M. and GRAVENDEEL, Barbara Nationaal Herbarium, Van Steenis Gebouw, Einsteinweg, 2233CC Leiden, The Netherlands Where possible submit abstracts electronically to : < conference@trpfoundation.org > as a Microsoft word file or an rtf file. Please keep the formatting of the abstract to a minimum. Remember that they are word-processing documents, not camera ready copies. If you cannot submit your abstract electronically please contact the organizers. Abstracts must be received on or before November 1, 2006. Contributors will be notified of the date, time and place for their presentation in advance of the meeting. Guidelines for oral presentations and dimensions for posters will be communicated to presenters at a later stage. DEADLINE:  November 1, 2006. PLEASE READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY