Schedule

Thursday, October 20
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
8:15 am – 9:30 amOPENING PLENARIES
Alexii Sigona
Jennifer Norris
9:30 am – 10:00 amCoffee break in exhibit hall
10:00 am – 11:40 amConcurrent sessions
Innovation in California Herbaria and Specimen Records Use (1 of 2)
Conifers in the Face of Climate Change
Justice and Inclusion in Native Plant Conservation and Equitable Access to Nature (1 of 2)
Oaks and Oak Woodlands
Native Plants in Public Spaces
11:40 am – 1:00 pmLunch break
1:00 pm – 2:40 pmConcurrent sessions
Chaparral Resilience and Future Concerns (1 of 2)
Invasive Plant Impacts, Monitoring, and Restoration (1 of 2)
Climate Change, Conservation Science, and Adaptive Management (1 of 2)
LandBack and Comanagement with Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Changing Young Lives Through Outdoor Education
2:40 pm – 3:00 pmSnack break in exhibit hall
3:00 pm – 4:40 pmLightning Talks
5:30 pm – 7:00 pmOpening Reception and Poster Session
7:00 pm – 8:30 pmScreening of Saging the World
Poetry Slam
8:30 pm – 9:00 pmBotanical Tattoo Contest
9:00 pm – 11:00 pmMusic Jam
Friday, October 21
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN 9:40 AM – 5:00 PM
8:00 am – 9:40 amConcurrent sessions
Innovation in California Herbaria and Specimen Records Use (2 of 2)
Vegetation Mapping and Monitoring (1 of 2)
California State Conservation Context (30×30)
Fire and Native Plants/Habitats
Horticultural Considerations in the Face of Climate Change
9:40 am – 10:00 amCoffee break in exhibit hall
10:00 am – 11:40 amConcurrent sessions
Chaparral Resilience and Future Concerns (2 of 2)
Vegetation Mapping and Monitoring (2 of 2)
Justice and Inclusion in Native Plant Conservation and Equitable Access to Nature (2 of 2)
Serpentine Soils: from Microbes to Landscapes
Native Plant Production and Sales
11:40 am – 1:00 pmLunch break
1:00 pm – 2:40 pmConcurrent sessions
Plants, Habitats and Wildlife Interactions
Effects of Fire Suppression & Fuels Management on Rare Plants
Climate Change, Conservation Science, and Adaptive Management (2 of 2)
Collaboration in the Age of Conflict: Working with Partners Across the NGO, Public and Private sectors
Restoration and Conservation in Horticulture
2:40 pm – 3:00 pmSnack break in exhibit hall
3:00 pm – 4:40 pmConcurrent sessions
Rare Plants (1 of 3)
Invasive Plant Impacts, Monitoring, and Restoration (2 of 2)
Good Fire: How Restoring Ecosystem Processes is Key to Ecosystem Health
Landscape Design with Native Plants
Safety, Sanitation, Pathogens, & Pests
5:30 pm – 7:00 pmCocktail reception
7:00 pm – 9:00 pmCNPS CELEBRATION
Featuring Chia Café Collective
Saturday, October 22
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN 9:40 AM – 3:00 PM
8:00 am – 9:30 amConcurrent sessions
Bryology in California- Recent Advances in Understanding the Large Contribution of our Small Plants (mosses, liverworts and hornworts)
Grazing and Rare Plants
Resilience in the Face of Fire
Current Research (Student Session) (1 of 2)
Centering DEIJ in Native Plant Education
9:40 am – 10:00 amCoffee break in exhibit hall
10:00 am – 11:40 amConcurrent sessions
Rare Plants (2 of 3)
Floristics (1 of 2)
BIPOC Perspectives
Current Research (Student Session) (2 of 2)
School Gardens
11:40 am – 1:00 pmLunch break
1:00 pm – 2:40 pmConcurrent sessions
Rare Plants (3 of 3)
Floristics (2 of 2)
Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Conservation in the Face of Timber Harvest and Fuel Management
Grasslands and Prairies
Community Science
2:40 pm – 3:00 pmSnack break in exhibit hall
3:00 pm – 5:00 pmCLOSING PLENARIES
Jennifer Jewell
José G. González
Concurrent Session Tracks
Plant Science
Conservation
Horticulture
Education

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