international symposium

I N T E R N AT I O N A L S O C I E T Y F O R H O R T I C U LT U R A L S C I E N C E S E C O N D A N N O U N C E M E N T & F I N A L C A L L F O R A B S T R A C T S

Protected Culture in a Mild-Winter Climate

2004

March 23-27, 2004 Renaissance WorldGate Hotel Kissimmee, FL, USA

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Dear Colleague,

Please mark your calendar andmake plans to attend the ISHSInternational Symposium onProtected Culture in a Mild-WinterClimate scheduled March 23-27,2004 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

We ask everyone with Internetaccess to use the symposium webpage whenever possible. You cansubmit your abstract online, regis-ter for the conference online andeven find out about airline, hoteland other travel arrangements.And, you will be able to conve-niently pay for your registration feewith a Visa, Master Card, Discoveror American Express credit card.Please take a moment to add thissite to your bookmark list.

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This international symposium willprovide numerous opportunitiesfor participants to share up-to-date information and research,and to discuss common concernswith colleagues from around theworld. This exchange of informa-tion is vital to the continuedimprovement and internationaladvancement of protected culturein mild-winter climates, and weinvite you to join us.

See you in Orlando!

Dan CantliffeSYMPOSIUM ORGANIZER

Symposium Objective The University of Florida/IFAS, the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), andthe Commission for Protected Cultivation and the Working Group for Protected Culture in aMild-Winter Climate will organize the 2004 International Symposium. The objective of thissymposium is to gather and disseminate international expertise in the area of protected culture.The program will target worldwide concerns of production, non-chemical pest management,and global competition.

The most widely used soil fumigant, methyl bromide, will no longer be available in manycountries for vegetable production in 2005. Protected cultivation of horticultural crops isexpanding world-wide, not only because crops can be grown without soil, thus, eliminatingthe need for methyl bromide, but also, high-quality product is achieved using reduced chemicals, water, and other fuel inputs when grown in areas with a mild-winter climate.However, there are several world-wide concerns which will be brought to the table at themeeting in 2004, those being the challenges of soilless production such as water restrictions,reduced pesticide use and biological control of both insects and diseases, and the overall economics of such ventures, including product quality and marketing. This will be a multi-disciplinary meeting of researchers, growers, and industry members to share internationalinformation at the both the practical and scientific levels.

Symposium StructureInvited speakers and a limited number of volunteer speakers will address programmatic topicsover the course of the symposium during plenary sessions. The majority of volunteer presenterswill be scheduled to present their information during poster sessions scheduled in conjunctionwith the program agenda. There will be plenty of opportunity for interaction during Q&A,topical discussion periods and networking functions.

Who Should Attend?Attendees will include academicians, scientists, and students with interests in protected cultiva-tion. Some private consultants may be interested as well as corporate representatives.

Most occupations of interest will be those involved in research or commercial production of horticultural crops using protected cultivation, primarily vegetables and fruits, and possibly cutflowers. Attendees may be involved in cultural production, pest management, postharvest fruitquality and/or economics and marketing.

Programmatic Topics

ISHS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on

Protected Culture in a Mild-Winter Climate

CALL FOR ABSTRACTSAll individuals involved in research or commercial production of Horticultural crops using protectedcultivation are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract for consideration as an oral or poster pres-entation. Abstracts must be submitted electronically by December 15, 2003 following the detailedsubmission instructions posted on the symposium web site. http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ishs/Authors will be asked to submit full manuscripts for publication in a formal proceedings to be pub-lished post-conference by ISHS. The proceedings of the meeting will be published by the ISHS inits series Acta Horticulturae. Each individual participant, paying the fee, will receive a copy of theproceedings. Furthermore, the titles of the published papers, authors, abstracts and keywords will beavailable freely on the ISHS Website. Full articles will be retrievable as PDF files at moderate prices(and to some extent for free to ISHS members).

� Horticultural CropProduction/Culture includingNutrition and Irrigation Managementin Soilless Culture

� Pest Management � Economics and Product Quality

PRELIMINARY AGENDAThere will be three days of plenary oral sessionsand poster presentations with a field trip to localsites during the middle of the symposium. A plena-ry session will begin at 9 am each day, with sched-uled refreshment breaks and lunch. Evening socialsare planned to facilitate networking and to furtherthe exchange of information amongst colleagues.

Tuesday, March 23, 20045:00pm-6:00pm Registration Office Open6:00pm-7:00pm Poster Presenters Set up 6:00pm-7:00pm Early Bird Networking Social

Wednesday, March 24, 2004 7:30am-5:00pm Registration Office Open7:30am-9:00am Early Morning Refreshments in

Poster Display Room7:30 am-9:00am Poster Presentations on Display9:00am-5:00pm General Session12noon-1:30pm Lunch Provided

(Lunch coupons will be provided forredemption in the hotel restaurant)

6:30pm Welcome ReceptionRenaissance WorldGate Hotel

Thursday, March 25, 20047:30am-8:30am Early Morning Refreshments

while Boarding Busses8:30am-5:30pm Group OFF PROPERTY for

Field Trip5:30pm Group Returns to HotelEvening Dinner on Own

Friday, March 26, 20047:30am-5:00pm Registration Office Open7:30am-9:00am Early Morning Refreshments in

Poster Display Room7:30am-3:30pm Poster Presentations on Display9:00am-5:00pm General Session12noon-1:30pm Lunch Provided

(Lunch coupons will be provided forredemption in the hotel restaurant)

3:30pm-5:00pm Poster Presenters RemoveDisplays

6:30pm Closing Dinner Banquet andEntertainment

Saturday, March 27, 20049:00 am-12noon Closing Plenary Session12noon Conference Concludes*

*Participants are invited to stay over for personalvacations or to participate in the optional PostConference Tour of Behind the Seeds at The Landin Disney’s EPCOT.

Field Tour: Thursday, March 25, 2004Thursday's all-day tour of commercial ornamental,vegetable, and possibly fruit, greenhouse and pro-tected structure facilities, including transplant plugoperations will be a main feature of the Symposium.The three major themes for the Symposium, i.e.production, pest management, and marketing /global competition, will be highlighted on the tour.Visits to commercial operations which utilizehydroponic culture, biological control, and long dis-tance marketing of ornamentals, vegetables andherbs will amplify talks and discussions given duringthe Symposium for a greenhouse industry locatedin a mild-winter climate. Lunch will be provided.

Registration InformationThe attendee registration fee, combinedwith funds contributed by our generoussponsors, will allow meeting attendees toreceive one copy of the proceeding to bepublished and distributed post confer-ence. The fee also includes an early birdnetworking social, a welcome reception,two lunches, early morning, mid-day andafternoon refreshments each day, a com-mercial field trip on Thursday, and aclosing dinner banquet.

PLEASE NOTE: The student fee doesnot include a copy of the proceedings.

The spouse/guest and child registration feeincludes the early bird networking social, thewelcome reception, the closing dinner ban-quet and participation in the Thursday fieldtrip. All figures are presented in US dollars ($).

1. ONLINE: Conveniently register on-line using a credit card via the conference web site located at: conference.ifas.ufl.edu/ishs

2. BY FAX: If paying by credit card, com-plete and FAX your registration as instructedon the form enclosed in this brochure oravailable as a PDF file on the web site.

3. BY MAIL: Complete the enclosed registra-tion form, and return it along with paymentfollowing the instructions provided.

NOTE: To qualify for the reduced early registra-tion fee, payment must accompany your registra-tion and be post-marked by or before the earlyregistration deadline of January 20, 2004.

Refund Policy: Requests for registration refunds will behonored if a written notification of cancellation is receivedby the Office of Conferences & Institutes on or beforeFebruary 10, 2004. A $50.00 processing fee will bededucted from all registration refunds. Sorry, no refundswill be honored for cancellations after February 10, 2004.

Registration Fees All figures are presented in US dollars.

Early Registration: by January 20, 2004ISHS Member Attendees $ 395ISHS Non-Member Attendees $ 450Student Attendees (does not include copy of proceedings) $ 250Spouses/Guests $ 150Children (10 & under) $ 75Optional Post-Conference $ 10Tour of The Land at Epcot

Regular Registration: by February 20, 2004ISHS Member Attendees $ 495ISHS Non-Member Attendees $ 550Student Attendees (does not include copy of proceedings) $ 350Spouses/Guests $ 195Children (10 & under) $ 100Optional Post-Conference $ 10Tour of The Land at Epcot (February 20, 2004 is the deadline to register for this tour)

Late Registration: after February 20, 2004ISHS Member Attendees $ 595ISHS Non-Member Attendees $ 650Student Attendees (does not include copy of proceedings) $ 450Spouses/Guests $ 235Children (12 & under) $ 125

REGISTRATION CONFIRMATIONYou will receive an email notice acknowledging your registration submission within 72 hours.Formal written confirmation and a hard copy of your receipt will be mailed to you within threeweeks of receiving your completed registration form and appropriate payment.

SPECIAL NEEDS:Participants with special needs can be reasonably accommodated by contacting the Office of Conferences& Institutes at least 10 working days prior to the conference. We can be reached by phone at 1-352-392-5930, by fax at 1-352-392-9734, or by calling 1-800-955-8771 (TDD). The TDD number can onlybe accessed from within the United States.

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEEEmil Belibasis, BeliFarms, Inc.,Wellborn, FL, USA Daniel Cantliffe, Symposium Organizer, UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department,

Gainesville, FL, USABob Hochmuth, North Florida REC - Suwannee Valley, Live Oak, FL, USABetsy Lamb, UF/IFAS Indian River REC - Ft. Pierce, FL, USALance Osborne, Mid-Florida REC,Apopka, FL, USAFred Petitt, Director, Epcot Science,Walt Disney World Co., Lake Buena Vista, FL, USASteve Sargent, UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department, Gainesville, FL, USANicole Shaw, UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department, Gainesville, FL, USAEric Simonne, UF/IFAS Horticultural Sciences Department, Gainesville, FL, USAPhil Stansly, UF/IFAS Southwest Florida REC, Immokalee, FL, USAPete Stoffella, UF/IFAS Indian River REC - Ft. Pierce, FL, USARichard Tyson, Seminole County Cooperative Extension Service, Sanford, FL, USAJohn Vansickle, UF/IFAS, Food and Resource Economics Department, Gainesville, FL, USAJennifer Welshans, Osceola County Cooperative Extension Service, Kissimmee, FL, USA

Conference Organizer:Dr. Daniel J. Cantliffe,Professor and ChairHorticultural Sciences Dept.University of Florida/IFASPO Box 110690Gainesville, FL 32611-0690 USAPHONE: 1-352-392-1928 ext. 203FAX: 1-352-392-6479EMAIL: djcantliffe@ifas.ufl.edu

Symposium Assistant:Ms. Nicole ShawSenior Biological ScientistHorticultural Sciences Dept.University of Florida/IFASPO Box 110690Gainesville, FL 32611-0690 USAPHONE: 1-352-392-9905 FAX: 1-352-392-9905 EMAIL: colie@ifas.ufl.edu

Conference Coordinator:Ms. Beth Miller-Tipton Office of Conferences andInstitutes (OCI) University of Florida/IFAS PO Box 110750Gainesville, FL 32611-0750 USAPHONE: 1-352-392-5930FAX: 1-352-392-9734EMAIL: bmiller-tipton@ifas.ufl.edu

To become a sponsor contact the Conference Organizer:

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OPTIONAL POST CONFERENCE TOURSaturday, March 27, 2004

One of Walt Disney World’s hidden little treasures is in The Land, located inEPCOT which stands for “ExperimentalCommunity of Tomorrow.” The walkingtour at The Land called the Behind theSeeds Tour is a delight for curious gardeners.

Walt Disney World’s experimental horticultural program is an effort in conjunction with a number of U.S. Federalagencies to research and develop majorfood crops with the intention of increasingplant yield, efficiency and nutritionalvalue. They are also experimenting withcloning plants for faster maturation and are developing new species of food crops.Beneficial insects are also in use in theseresearch facilities.

Advance registration is requested to participate in this tour, and a nominal feeof $10 per person will apply. The fulladmission fee to enter EPCOT must alsobe paid (currently US$52). Tickets canbe purchased at the Disney Counter inthe host hotel. Space is limited so sign-upearly for the tour. Guests may also participate. Tour registration details are outlined on the conference registra-tion form.

Thank You to our SponsorsWe would like to thank our currentsponsors for their generous contributionsand ongoing support of the symposium.If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact Dan Cantliffe.

•Conviron http://www.conviron.com/

•University of Florida/IFAShttp://www.ifas.ufl.edu/

•Vertigrohttp://vertigro.com/

Please take a moment to visit our sponsors’web sites.

ISHS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION FORMMarch 23-27, 2004 • Kissimmee, Florida, USA

ISHS INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM HOTEL RESERVATION FORM

March 23-27 2004 • Kissimmee, Florida, USA

3011 Maingate LaneKissimmee, FL 34747 USA

Phone: 1-407-396-1400FAX: 1-407-396-0660

The 2004 ISHS Symposium on Protected Culture ina Mild-Winter Climate will be held at the beautifulRenaissance WorldGate Hotel in Kissimmee,Florida, just one mile from the magic of Walt DisneyWorld. The hotel is situated amongst numerous near-by attractions, and complimentary scheduled trans-portation is available to Disney’s main theme parks,including Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdomand MGM Studios. If you want to rest and relax,enjoy the hotel's heated pool and expansive sun deck.If you want to pick up the pace, enjoy a game of ten-nis or basketball on one of their lighted courts. Theyalso have an extensive exercise room that overlooksDisney’s scenic Animal Kingdom.

SPECIAL RATE: $99/Night & Breakfast Buffet for Two!

Despite the fact it is winter and peak season inFlorida, the Renaissance WorldGate Hotel is offer-ing symposium participants a very special reducedroom rate of $99.00 a night plus 12 percent tax(tax subject to change without notice) with one ortwo people in a room. The rate includes a FULLBREAKFAST BUFFET FOR TWO, and shouldyou decide to incorporate a family vacation intoyour trip, the group rate will be honored threedays prior and three days following the conference,based on availability. A charge of $10 (inclusive oftax) will apply for each additional person beyondthe first two occupants staying in the room.

TO MAKE YOUR HOTEL RESERVATION:Complete the hotel reservation form (available in thisbrochure) and FAX it directly to the hotel as instructed on the form, or contact the RenaissanceWorldwide Reservation Center by telephone at 1-800-468-3571 in the US and Canada or fromelsewhere at any of its worldwide reservation num-bers. In order to receive the reduced group rate, besure to specify you are attending the ISHSSymposium on Protected Culture in a Mild-WinterClimate.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:

A first night’s room deposit must be made with acredit card, check or cash within 10 days of placingyour reservation. For any reservations that "no show" or, are canceled within 72 hours ofarrival, the deposit will not be refunded. Check-intime is after 4pm and check-out time is 11am.Should you arrive early or depart after these times,baggage storage areas are available for early arrivalsand late departures.

AIRPORT INFORMATION:The Orlando International Airport is the gateway tosunny Florida and to our symposium. The OrlandoInternational Airport (referenced as airport codeMCO) is served by more than 80 airlines and hasscheduled service to 69 U.S. destinations and 27international destinations. Over 80,000 passengersuse this award-winning airport each day, and thehotel is located only 18 miles from the RenaissanceWorldGate Hotel. http://www.state.fl.us/goaa/

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