7:30 Coffee and Tea Social Time

BCSOA 2016 MEETING AGENDA Coast Hotel Langley, BC Tuesday June 21 7:00 Registration Open

7:30 Coffee and Tea social time

8:15 Welcome by Bevin Wigmore

Session 1 – History Cathy Cook Moderator 8:30 Dave Brownstein – The surprising origins of coastal British Columbia reforestation efforts, 1914-1939

9:00 Don Pigott – Reflections on the past-from Seed Production Areas to Seed Orchards in Coastal BC

9:45 BCSOA Business Meeting (Lisa Meyer and Bevin Wigmore)

10:00 to 10:30 BREAK

Session 2 – Cone Production and Care Cathy Cook Moderator 10:30 Patrick von Aderkas – How to adorn trees with more cones: a lesson in patience

11:15 Dave Kolotelo – Cone Handling, Monitoring and Tree Seed Centre Overview

Noon – Box lunch – car pool group commute to Tree Seed Centre for lunch

1:00 Divide Attendees into Two Pre-determined Groups 1:00 to 1:45 1:45-2:30 2:30-2:45 2:45-3:30 3:30-4:15 Group 1 Welcome by Heather Rooke Break AgSafe BC Session TSC Tour Dave Kolotelo Group 2 AgSafe BC Session Break Welcome by Heather Rooke TSC Tour Dave Kolotelo

5:30 Happy Hour

6:30 Dinner

7:30 Entertainment and Dancing Madflower Band Wednesday June 22 Session 3 Orchard and Cone Crop maintenance Corey Mathieson Moderator 8:00 – Coffee and Tea social time

8:30 – Clare Kooistra Revisting and Rethinking Water, Soil and Nutrition in Seed Orchards

9:15 Ward Strong New pesticide registrations for Seed Orchards Screening Trees for Pest Resistance

BREAK 10:00 to 10:30

Session 4 Seed Orchard Updates/Round table Annette Van Niejenhuis Moderator 10:30 3 to 5 minutes oral presentation by orchard site emphasizing Advances and Challenges

11:15 Round table Discussion

Noon- - sit down lunch

Session 5 – The Future Bevin Wigmore Moderator 1:00 Jack Woods –Seed Orchards as a Business

1:30 Richard Reich – Managing Foliar Disease in Unpredictable Climatic Conditions

2:00 Nick Ukrainetz – Challenges with Future Seed Orchard Composition: Multiple traits and Climate Based Seed Transfer

2:30 Lisa Meyer wrap-up

2:45 car pool group commute to PRT Hybrid Nursery

3:45 PRT Hybrid Nursery Tour (Pitt Meadows)

5:00 PRT Hybrid tour ends