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Tuesday 16th February
Wednesday 17th February
Thursday 18th February
Friday 19th February

 

 

 

2010 - International Biodiversity Year

2010 is the UN's International Year of Biodiversity


February 16th through 19th, 2010

Session Abstracts

(subject to change if necessary)

NOTICE ABOUT OUR SCHEDULE OF TALKS AND PANELS:

We are still making additions to the posted information for the symposium. If you are expecting to see panel information, an abstract or other listings about your participation but do not, please let us know. We apologize for any inconvenience this process might cause. In no way should this information be taken as final or as indicating acceptance or rejection of any submitted proposal. Please refer to the new Symposium Agendas posted 13 February (at left) for the most up-to-date schedule information.

yours sincerely,

David Galbraith

W1 Workshop on Plant Identification

W2 Workshop on Partnerships and Messaging

W2 Workshop on Cooking with Local Produce

W4 Workshop on Saving Seeds (Tallgrass Ontario)

1A Opening Keynote Address: Sustainability in the Built Landscape: Pathway to the Future or Greenwashing at its Worst?

2A Plenary Panel: Valuing the Living and Creating Natural Capital in the Built Environment - are we Doing Enough?

3A Urban Agriculture Panel Session

3B Lessons Learned from Kippax

3C Tallgrass Ontario Presentation

4A-4D Break-out Working Sessions

5A Gardening for Resilience: Climate change and horticulture through mid-century

6A Keynote Presentation: Sustainable Sites Initiative

7A Ethics of Sourcing Plants

7B Ecological Technologies and Adapting to Climate Change

7C Panel Discussion: Issues Around Native Plants

8A Issues for the Industry: Landscape Ontario Panel

8B Sustainable Technologies Program

9A2 Native Plants, Native Communities

9B1 TRCA Nursery Outreach Program

9B2 LA Toronto

10A Networking Reception - Music of Loril Shannik

11A Keynote Speaker: Sustainable Horticulture: Connecting Living Plants to Liveable Communities

12A Urban Planning and Sustainable Horticulture

12B Water - More Than Just Your Backyard Pond

12C2 TRCA

12C3 CVC

12D1 Green Intrastructure Coalition

13A Break-out working Sessions, Discussion Roundtables, Poster Displays

14A Concluding Panel

15A Gardening in a Changing World


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