The date and site of the symposium has been fixed. The specific information is as follows. 
Sponsor
    Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
   Foreign Experts Bureau of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region 
Organizer
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Chemistry in Arid Regions, Chinese Academy of Sciences 
State Key Laboratory Basis of Xinjiang indigenous medicinal plants resource utilization
Counselor  Wang Kui Academician (Peking University)
Chairman  Prof. Haji Akber Aisa (Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, CAS)
Date  July 28th to 31st, 2012
Site  Torch Hotel, Urumqi, Xinjiang, People’s Republic of China
Languages  English
Themes for the symposium 
 Fundamental studies on drugs and functional food basis on edible plants 
 Novel methodologies and technologies of analysis and isolation of active ingredients in edible plants 
 New methodologies of identification and molecular biology researches on the active ingredients from edible plants 
 Functional factors of edible plants preventing crucial diseases 
Novel methodologies and technologies in synthesis and structure optimization of the functional factors from edible plants 
 Cultivation techniques of edible plants 
Form of the Symposium 
 Invited lectures 
 Plenary lectures 
 Session presentations and discussion 
 Poster sessions (poster size: 900mm width ×1200mm length) 
 Tourism: the organizing committee will arrange half or one-day tourism to appreciate the nature view and culture of Xinjiang 
Schedule
| Date | Time | Content | 
| July 28th   | After 14:00 | Registration and Accomodating | 
|  | Evening | Meeting of Organizer | 
| July 29th   | Forenoon | Opening ceremony, invited lectures | 
|  | Afternoon | Plenary lectures | 
|  | Evening | Gala dinner | 
| July 30th | Forenoon | Session and Poster presentations | 
|  | Afternoon | Session and Poster presentations | 
|  | Evening | Free | 
| July 31st   | Whole Day | Science intercourse and visiting (Turpan City) | 
| August 1st   |  | Science intercourse and visiting, leave | 
The Deadlines 
Abstracts: June 30th, 2012
Registration: June 30th, 2012
Contact 
Each participant is asked to complete one copy of the Registration Form and send it to the Symposium Organizing Committee before June 30th, 2012. The papers should be written according to the requirements of the symposium and submitted to the secretariat of the symposium’s academic committee before June 30th, 2012.
For information about the paper and the abstract submission, please contact secretariat of the symposium: Ms. Jiang Lan
Telephone: +86-991-368-0635
Fax: +86-991-383-8957
Email: xjlab@ms.xjb.ac.cn
Address: No. 40-1 South Beijing Road, Urumqi city, Xinjiang 
Zip code: 830011
Please visit the following website for more information about the symposium.
http://english.xjipc.cas.cn/gjhy/
The organizing committee of ISEPR2012 
June 10th, 2012