Schedule

Thursday, October 20
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN 9:30 AM – 7:00 PM
8:15 am – 9:30 am OPENING PLENARIES
Alexii Sigona
Jennifer Norris
9:30 am – 10:00 am Coffee break in exhibit hall
10:00 am – 11:40 am Concurrent 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 pm Lunch break
1:00 pm – 2:40 pm Concurrent 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 pm Snack break in exhibit hall
3:00 pm – 4:40 pm Lightning Talks
5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Opening Reception and Poster Session
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Screening of Saging the World
Poetry Slam
8:30 pm – 9:00 pm Botanical Tattoo Contest
9:00 pm – 11:00 pm Music Jam
Friday, October 21
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN 9:40 AM – 5:00 PM
8:00 am – 9:40 am Concurrent 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 am Coffee break in exhibit hall
10:00 am – 11:40 am Concurrent 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 pm Lunch break
1:00 pm – 2:40 pm Concurrent 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 pm Snack break in exhibit hall
3:00 pm – 4:40 pm Concurrent 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 pm Cocktail reception
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm CNPS CELEBRATION
Featuring Chia Café Collective
Saturday, October 22
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN 9:40 AM – 3:00 PM
8:00 am – 9:30 am Concurrent 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 am Coffee break in exhibit hall
10:00 am – 11:40 am Concurrent 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 pm Lunch break
1:00 pm – 2:40 pm Concurrent 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 pm Snack break in exhibit hall
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CLOSING PLENARIES
Jennifer Jewell
José G. González
Concurrent Session Tracks
Plant Science
Conservation
Horticulture
Education

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