American Bamboo Society 2009 Annual Meeting

ABS Conference, 2009 schedule:

Theme: Bamboo – Green & Sustainable
Venue for all events, unless specifically given otherwise: Murano Hotel, Tacoma, Washington

Wednesday, 30th September, 2009:

ABS Board Meeting

Location: Cavallino Room, Murano Hotel; 3rd Floor.

ABS Board members meeting. ABS members are welcome to watch and learn. For more details contact your ABS Representative.

Thursday, 1st October, 2009:

Option 1:  

Pre-conference tour:

Tour to Rhododendron Species Foundation, Bamboo Gardens of Washington & Tacoma Zoo

Transportation for tour, box lunches and drinks provided. Tour package fee $50 per person.

Option 2:

Pre-conference one day class:

1. •Advanced field identification of woody bamboos and an overview of current research in bamboo evolution and systematics -
   Dr. Jimmy Triplett, University of Missouri, St. Louis

Location: Venice Ballroom (1st floor), Murano Hotel.

Lunch and admission fee = $50 per person

Friday, 2nd October, 2009:

ABS Conference Day One:

Location: Venice Ballroom (1st floor), Murano Hotel.

08:30 to 12:00 Welcoming Ceremony & Lectures.

Morning coffee / tea / snacks

12:00 to 13:00 Box lunch provided

13:00 to 17:00 List of speakers and talks for todays lectures:

1. •"Save Dirt, Save Civilization - Plant Bamboo" -
   Professor David R. Montgomery, University of Washington

2. •"Bamboo Breathes in Air, Exhales Volatile Organic Compounds and Oxygen" -
   Andrea Melnychenko, Portland State University

3. •"Make Money on the Farm. Sell Shoots" -
   Wade Bennett, Rock Ridge Orchards & Cidery

4. •"Replicated Plots of Bamboo - So What?” -
   Dr. Craig Cogger and Andy Bary, Washington State University Research and Extension Center, Puyallup

5. •"Bamboo Dead and Alive" -
   Doug Lewis and John Anderson Bamboo Hardwoods and Bamboo Wastewater Technology

Vendors, Auction Plants & Silent Auction Plants will be open to all.

Location: Venice Ballroom (1st floor), Murano Hotel.

A separate fee is required to attend the talks room

Evening Banquet:

Catered Dinner

Entertainment: Talks, slide show and keynote speaker:

1. •"Keith Rushforth Collections from the Himalayas" -
   Mike Bell, English plantsman extraordinaire

2. •"Sexy New Bamboos" -
   Ian Connor, Connor Bamboo, Portland, OR and Bill Hollenback, www.bambooweb.info

Location: Venice Ballroom (1st floor), Murano Hotel.

Fee for admission

Saturday, 3rd October, 2009:

ABS Conference Day Two:

Location: Venice Ballroom (1st floor), Murano Hotel.

08:30 to 12:00 lectures.

1. •"ABS' arts program and My Bamboo Art" -
   Charissa Brock, Portland OR bamboo artist

2. •"Montane Bamboos of the Himalayas"-
   Whitney Adams

3. •"Bamboo Mites" -
   Robin Rosetta

4. •"Recent introductions of clumping bamboos to the U.K." - 
   Mike Bell, English plantsman extraordinaire

5. •"Managing bamboo in the urban landscape" -
   Ian Connor, Connor Bamboo, Portland, OR  and James Clever, Bamboo Gardener LLC, Seattle, WA

12:00 to 13:00 box lunch with ABS General Meeting.

13:00 to 14:00 Ted Meredith, author, will introduce his new book, Timber Press Pocket Guide to Bamboos

14:30 ABS Silent Auction closes.

15:00 to 17:00 ABS Auction.

Rooms Reserved:  two of the Venice Ballrooms (one for the talks and one for the auction plants, Silent Auctions wares and vendors).

Sunday, 4th October, 2009:

Post Conference Farm Day:

Location: WSU Puyallup Research & Extension Centre.

Morning coffee / tea / snacks.

Transportation provided for Conference attendees to and from the Hotel Murano before and after the event.

Lunch Provided.