
2014 Schedule at a Glance
Arrival in Chicago on Sunday June 22nd, 2014. The
Summit runs from Monday morning, June 23rd through
late afternoon on Tuesday June 24th. Depart Chicago
area the evening of Tuesday 24th June or morning of
Wednesday 25th.
Sunday June 22, 2014
Arrival
5 to 8 p.m.: Registration and opening reception, drinks and
hors d'oeuvres at the hotel.
Dinner on your own.
Monday June 23, 2014 - See brochure for speaker bios
7:00 |
Breakfast |
8:00 |
Welcome, introduction to the Summit |
8:30 |
Water: Implications for society and agriculture
Bryan Silbermann, President & CEO of Produce
Marketing Association (PMA) |
10:00 |
Break (30 min) |
10:30 |
Water policy and how it will continue to
impact business
Lyn Clancy and
Nora Mullarkey,
Lower Colorado River Authority |
12:00 |
Lunch |
1:30 |
Water in Florida
Hugh Gramling, SW Florida Water Management District |
2:15 |
Research on cutting edge water technologies
John Lea Cox,
University of Maryland
Perspective of a grower adopting such
technologies
Charles Bauers, Flowers by Bauers |
2:30 |
The perspective of a politically active, large grower
in a semi-desert
Al Gerace, Welby Gardens,
Denver Colorado |
2:45 |
Break |
3:15 |
Breakout groups: Discussion and group synthesis |
5:30 |
Board bus for Ball Horticultural Company |
6:00 |
Cocktails, tour Ball gardens and trials |
7:30 |
Chicken BBQ and picnic |
Tuesday June 24, 2014 - See brochure for speaker bios
7:00 |
Breakfast |
8:00 |
Business implications of water scarcity, water quality,
and the true cost of water
Ron Griffin, Texas A&M
University |
9:30 |
What it means for the green industry and consumers
Bob Dolibois, formerly Executive Vice President
of the American Nursery & Landscape Association |
10:00 |
Break (30 min) |
10:30 |
Perspective from the largest agricultural water
user in California
Bill Phillimore, Paramount Farms |
11:30 |
Lunch and roundtable discussion |
1:00 |
Report back from roundtables |
1:45 |
Panel, group discussion
What have you done? What can be done?
Creative solutions? What's in the future? |
2:30 |
Break |
3:00 |
The Future of Landscapes
Jeffrey Bruce, Owner of Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company |
3:45 |
So what?
Charlie Hall |
4:15 |
Closing
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4:30 |
Safe travels home
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Seeley Conference website: www.hort.cornell.edu/seeleysummit/ [lamp]
Contact: seeleysummit@cornell.edu
Mail: Seeley Summit, 134A Plant Science Building, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-2131 or 607-255-1789 or fax: 607-255-0599.
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