Speakers Schedule - January 23rd, 2008

Time Speaker Country Topic (track)
9:00 AM Robert Fuchs USA Opening Ceremony
9:20 AM
Joint Session
Phillip J. Cribb England Keynote Speaker: Orchids in a Changing Climate
                  ...sponsored by the World Orchid Conference Trust
10:15 AM
Joint Session
Roger Hammer USA Keynote Speaker: Introduction to the Orchids of Florida
1:00 PM Rapee Sagarik Thailand The Issue of Local Orchid Species in Thailand (A)
  Michael Sinn USA Venezuelan Cattleyas and Their Conservation (B)
  Marilyn Light Canada Comparison of in situ germination of Pogonia ophioglossoides in the northern and southern parts of its range. (C)
2:00 PM Nina Rach USA The Genus Stanhopea (A)
  Stig Dalstrom USA Phragmipedium besseae—kovachii Connection (B)
  Alan Koch USA Hoffmannseggella breigeri Breeding (C)
3:00 PM Patricia Harding USA Encyclia group taxonomy (A)
  Michael Tibbs South Africa South African Orchids (B)
  Claude Hamilton Jamaica Broughtonia and it’s Hybrids (C)
4:00 PM J. Hermans England The Remarkable Terrestrial Orchids of Madagascar (A)
  Andrea Niessen Columbia Orchids of Columbia (B)
  Roy Tokunaga USA New Advances in Latouria Dendrobium Breeding (C)
5:00 PM Cassio van den Berg Brazil Phylogeny and Classification of Cattleya and Sophronitis Sensu Lato (A)
  Larry Zettler USA An Overview of the Orchid-fungal Symbiosis in Nature (B)
  Gene Crocker USA Cattleya Breeding (Influence of Species on Modern Hybrids) (C)


Schedule Key:

Locations
(color code)

Lecture Tracks

South Ballroom (A) = Room A
Palm Room (B) = Room B

North Ballroom

(C) = Room C

* The speakers and schedules shown are currently confirmed but are subject to change without notice.


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