XIII OPTIMA Meeting (2010) During the last OPTIMA Board meeting held in Pisa on 10 September 2007 Tuna Ekim presented an invitation to hold the next OPTIMA Meeting in Antalya, Turkey, around Easter 2010. Following the Executive Council’s recommendation, this invitation was unanimously accepted. The President Werner Greuter thanked Tuna Ekim for his generous offer. The Executive Council defined the following themes for Symposia to be held at the XIII OPTIMA Meeting, and selected suitable persons to organise each Symposium as its Convener, subject to their willingness to serve. Botany in Turkey I. Convener: NN. Botany in Turkey II. Convener: NN. Effects of global change on Mediterranean plant life. Convener: NN. Geophytes. Convener: NN. History of Mediterranean Botanical Explorations. Convener: Ernst Vitek. Rare and threatened plants and habitats. Convener: José Maria Iriondo. Archaeological and xenophytic fossil flora. Convener: Uzi Plitmann. Plant differentiation on heavy-metal soils. Convener: NN. Mediterranean Leguminosae. Convener: NN. The role of irano-turanian elements in the evolution of Mediterranean Flora. Convener: Frédéric Médail. Socio-economic and ecological effects of plant introductions in the Mediterranean. Convener: Vernon Heywood. Integrating molecular and “traditional” taxonomy. Convener: NN. Page editors. This page last updated 23 October, 2007.