Schedule - CNPS Conference

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