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Daily Schedule: CSSA 2011 Biennial Convention, San Diego, CA
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Day 1 - Sunday, April 24 |
| 1:00 - 9:00 pm |
Registration |
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm |
Welcome reception |
| 6:00 - 7:00 pm |
Purchase early-bird shopping raffle tickets |
| 7:00 - 7:30 pm |
Shopping by raffle winners |
| 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
Plant sales open to all |
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Day 2 - Monday, April 25 |
| 7:00 am - 7:00 pm |
Registration |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
CSSA Silent Auction |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Plant sales |
| 8:30 - 9:00 am |
Welcome and opening comments |
| 9:00 am |
Marlon Machado
A trip to the Pampas: The cacti of Rio Grande do Sol, Brazil |
| 10:00 am |
Julia Etter and Martin Kristen
Heavily Armed Fellows: The Agaves of Mexico |
| 11:00 am |
Dr. Matthew Opel
Nomenclature, Evolution, and Succulent Plants |
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm |
Lunch and sales |
| 1:30 pm |
Guillermo Rivera
Diversity of Cacti in Northwest Argentina |
| 2:30 pm |
Cactus Quiz (be prompt!) |
| 3:30 pm |
Jackie Poole
Spiny or Not: An Overview of Texas Cacti and Succulents |
| 4:30 pm |
Dr. Rudi Dorsch
Origin of Epiphytic Cacti: a Historical Perspective |
| 6:00 pm |
Cash bar |
| 6:30 pm |
Opening banquet; CSSA awards |
| 8:00 pm |
Keynote speaker: Dr. Jon Rebman
Dr. Reid Moran and Isla Guadalupe |
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Day 3 - Tuesday, April 26 |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
CSSA Silent Auction |
| 12.00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Plant sales |
| 8:15 am |
Good morning and daily announcements |
| 8:30 am |
Guillermo Rivera
Cacti of Peru: Land of the Incas |
| 9:30 am |
Debra Lee Baldwin
Designing with Succulents |
| 10:30 am |
Jackie Poole
Seldom Seen: An Intimate Look at the Rarest Cacti
and Succulents of Texas |
| 11:30 - 1:00 pm |
Lunch and sales |
| 1:00 pm |
Karen Zimmerman
An Insider's Tour of the Huntington Desert Collections |
| 2:00 pm |
Dr. Rudi Dorsch
California Epipcactus Hybridizers of the 20th Century |
| 3:00 pm |
Tom Glavich
Mutants |
| 4:00 pm |
Marlon Machado
The Discocacti and Melocacti of Brazil |
| 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Dinner on your own |
| 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Judges Workshop |
| 7:00 pm |
Affiliates meeting |
| 8:00 pm |
Newsletter editors meeting |
| 8:00 pm |
Other meetings TBA |
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Day 4 - Wednesday, April 27
Field Trip Day: See Schedules |
| 7:00 am- 5:00 pm |
Registration |
| 12.00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Plant sales |
| Times vary |
Field Trips Departures |
| 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Dinner on your own |
| 6:00 pm |
Cash Bar |
| 7:00 pm |
Rare plant auction |
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Day 5 - Thursday, April 28 |
| 7:00 am- 5:00 pm |
Registration |
| 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm |
Plant sales |
| 8:15 am |
Good morning and daily announcements |
| 8:30 am |
Tom Knapik
Geometric Geophytes |
| 9:30 am |
Dr. Gideon Smith
Aloes and Their Relatives |
| 10:30 am |
Karen Zimmerman
Hybridizing Aloes: Past and Present, with Future Possibilities |
| 11:30 - 1:00 pm |
Lunch and sales |
| 1:00 pm |
Dr. Matthew Opel
Conophytum: in the Veld and under Glass |
| 2:00 pm |
Andrew Hankey
Ramblings Around a few Lithops Locales |
| 3:00 pm |
Debra Lee Baldwin
Succulent Container Gardens |
| 4:00 pm |
Todd Masilko
Pachycauls and Stem Succulents in the Wild and the Garden |
| 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Dinner on your own |
| 7:00 - 9:00 pm |
Plant Workshops. Subjects To be announced |
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Day 6 - Friday, April 29 |
| 7:00 am- 5:00 pm |
Registration |
| 8:00 pm - 4:00 pm |
Plant sales |
| 8:15 am |
Good morning and daily announcements |
| 8:30 am |
Julia Etter and Martin Kristen
Little-Known Gems: New and Rarely Visited Mexican Crassulaceae |
| 9:30 am |
Tom Glavich
Exploring Gasteria Hybrids and Cultivars |
| 10:30 am |
Andrew Hankey
An Expedition to Remote and Arid Southern Angola |
| 11:30 - 1:00 pm |
Lunch and sales |
| 1:00 pm |
Tom Knapik
What's the status? |
| 2:00 pm |
Dr. Gideon Smith
Succulents in Southern Africa |
| 3:00 pm |
Todd Masilko
Succulents of Southern California and Surrounding Ecosystems |
| 4:00 pm |
Cactus Quiz - answers and winners |
| 6:00 pm |
Cash Bar |
| 7:00 pm |
Farewell banquet |
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