International Carnivorous Plant Conference

May 16-20, 1997

hosted by

Atlanta Botanical Garden and the International Carnivorous Plant Society

Held at The Atlanta Botanical Garden, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Proposed Agenda

Thursday, 15 May, 1997, 6.30pm
Welcome buffet & late registration
Friday, 16 May, 1997, 8.00am-6.30pm
Speakers from around the world, followed by poster session, plant sale (only artificially propagated plants) and tour of ABG cp collection
Saturday, 17 May, 1997, 8.00am-5.00pm
6 Speakers throughout the day followed by ABG cp collection tour
Sunday, 18 May, 1997, 8.30am-3.45pm
6 Speakers throughout the day
Monday, 19 May - Tuesday, 20 May, 1997
Two day field trip to visit cps in Georgia and surrounding states

Tenative list of Speakers

  1. Leo Song (ICPS) - The Importance of Special Collections at Public Institutions
  2. Dr. Martin Cheek (Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK) - Diveristy in the genus Utricularia
  3. Ron Determann (ABG, USA) and Madeleine Groves(Conventions and Policy Section, RBG, Kew, UK) - ABg and the conservation of cps in the south-eastern USA
  4. Dr. Larry Mellichamp (Univeristy of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC, USA) - The Breeding and Feeding of Sarracenia
  5. Ron Gagliardo (ABG, USA) - Carnivorous Plant Tissue Culture:Past, Present and Future
  6. Dr. Thomas Gibson (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) - Conservation for the Collector
  7. Prof. K.Kondo (Laboratory of Plant Chromosome and Gene Stock, Univeristy of Hiroshima, Japan) - Habitat Management of the status quo and in situ and ex situ conservation of endangered cps in Japan
  8. Joe Mazrimas - West Coast Bogs
  9. Peter D'Amato - Subject on cultivation
  10. Sharon Hermann (Research Scientist, Tall Timbers Research, Inc) - Ecology and management of pitcher plant savannas in the Coastal plain of SE United States
  11. Marjorie Boyer (Botanist with NC Plant Conservation Programme) - Venus flytraps in the wild: status and prognosis

Registration

Registration will cover welcome buffet, continental breakfast, breaks and box lunch and drink throughout the conference

*Registration $65.00 *Field Trip (limited to 50 places) $120.00(inclusive of accommodation, travel and food)

The confence organizers are not responsible for securing plant import/export permits and all delegates are responsible for travel, medical, and car rental insurance.

Please address enquiries to:

International Carnivorous Plant Conference
C/O Steve Baker Rt. 1, Box 540-19AB
Conover, NC 28613
Day phone # 704-322-2050 9a-5p
Night phone # 704-256-7035 7p-10p

Rick Walker
 rick_walker "AT" omnisterra.com