Educational and Scientific Workshops

A list of complimentary workshops are planned for Sunday, July 27th. Workshops are sponsored by the Botanical Society of America in conjunction with the workshop providers and are open to all conference attendees.

Registration for workshops will be available after April 15th.

Pre-registration is required for all workshops as there are a limited number of seats available.

Sunday, Full Day
WS1
Applying Modern Genomic Tools to the Management and Characterization of Plant Genetic Resources
8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Half Day Morning
WS2
Woody Plants of the Southeastern United States: Teaching Plant Identification on the Computer
8:00 am - 12:00 pm

2 Hour Early Morning
WS3
Growing Sustainability through Undergraduate and Graduate Research-UBC Social, Ecological, Economic Development Studies (SEEDS)
8:00 am - 10:00 am
WS4
8:00 am - 10:00 am

3 Hour Early Morning
WS5
Now that I have my data what do I do with it? Detecting diagnosing and editing data problems after data collection
9:00 am - 12:00 pm

2 Hour Late Morning
WS6
Helping Students use a HOT Skills Wheel to enhance Higher Order Thinking on Botany (and other science) Topics
10:00 am -12:00 pm
WS7
10:00 am -12:00 pm

Half Day Afternoon
WS8
Virtual herbaria: Regional progress in organizing, fundraising, and delivering content
1:00pm - 5:00 pm

2 Hour Early Afternoon
WS9
Quantitative investigation with GFP expressing plants
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
WS10
Undergraduate Research at UBC: Plant Science Students in Action
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
WS11
Teaching Plant Anatomy through Creative Laboratory Exercises
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

2 Hour Late Afternoon
WS12
The Encyclopedia of Life and Plant Species Page
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
WS13
Mentoring: What does it look like in the Science Community, the PlantingScience Online Community?
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Thursday, July 31 - 2 Hour Morning
WS14
Building a National Virtual Herbarium through Collaboration
9:00 am - 11:00 am