The XV OPTIMA meeting will be held in Montpellier (France) from 6th to 11th of June 2016 with the partnership of Tela Botanica, the Conservatoire Botanique National Méditerranéen de Porquerolles and the University of Montpellier. Every 3 years, OPTIMA, the Organization for the Phyto-Taxonomic Investigation of the Mediterranean Area, organize a general meeting in a Mediterranean country.

One of the Symposiums will focus on The role of amateur networks in Mediterranean botany.

We would like to encourage you to participate in this meeting and to present the work you are doing through the networks of volunteers in the framework of IPA Med project.

Please take into account that the Abstracts must be sent by e-mail to contact@optima2016.org before the 31 March 2016.

If you are interested in participating please contact Teresa Gil in order to coordinate the presentations of IPAMed project in this meeting.