(WI) has been recognized as a new direction for scientific research and development to explore the fundamental roles as well as practical impacts of Artificial Intelligence (AI) (e.g., knowledge representation, planning, knowledge discovery and data mining, intelligent agents, and social network intelligence) and advanced Information Technology (IT) (e.g., wireless networks, ubiquitous devices, social networks, semantic Web, wisdom Web, ......

This meeting represents a logical continuation of the PVB 2007 meeting convened at Academia Sinica, Taipei, where some 350 international participants came together to discuss advances made in our understanding of phloem and xylem function. PVBA will have a specific focus; to examine the role of the plant vascular system in world-wide agriculture, with an emphasis on agricultural research and practices in Asia. We anticipate that, by bri ......