Speakers who tentatively agreed to have their talks include
- Tod Stuessy, Vienna, Austria - Plant evolution in oceanic islands.
- Karol Marhold, Bratislava, Slovakia- Biosystematic studies in polyploid complexes in Asia: examples from the genus Cardamine (Brassicaceae).
- Elena Conti, Zurich, Switzerland - topic to be announced.
- Dr. Salvatore Cozzolino, Napoli, Italy - Interspecific gene flow and species cohesion in food deceptive Orchids.
- Jana Leong-Skornickova, Singapore - Recent developments in Curcuma systematics.
- Jan Suda, Praha, Czech Republic - Flow cytometry in plant biosystematics.
- Eckhard von Raab Straube, Berlin, Germany - Brahmakamal and the uplift of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau- radiation of Saussurea DC (Compositae) in High Asia.
- Maarten J. M. Christenhusz, Helsinki, Finland – Mordern Trends in Fern classification
- Pilar Catalan, Huesca, Spain - Evolution and biogeography of Asian plants (Steppe Krascheninnikovia, tropical Dioscoreaceae, and mesic Loliinae).
- Arun K. Pandey, New Delhi, India –Evolution of Indian Araliaceae
- M. Daniel, Vadodara, India – Chemical evolutionary strategies operating among Angiosperms.
- M. Sanjappa, Kolkata, India – Topic to be announced.
- S. N. Raina, New Delhi, India – Topic to be announced.
- Rolla S. Rao, Hydrabad, India – High Altitude plants of Eastern Himalaya (Arunachal Pradesh)
- V.N.Naik Aurangabad - Topic to be announced



