| 2023 CSSA Convention Schedule |
| Time |
Day 1 - Wednesday, July 12 |
| 1:00 pm- 6:00 pm |
Early Registration |
| 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm |
Meet and Greet in the Marriott lobby |
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Day 2 - Thursday, July 13 Field trips |
| 8:00 am - 6:00 pm |
Registration |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Set up Plant Sales Area |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Set up Show Plant Area |
| 7:00a m - 5:00 pm |
Set up Hospitality Tables |
| 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Welcome reception |
| 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm |
Cash Bar |
| 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Purchase early-bird shopping raffle tickets. |
| 7:00 pm - 7:30 pm |
Shopping by raffle winners |
| 8:00 pm -10:00 pm |
Plant sales open to all convention attendees |
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Day 3 - Friday, July 14 |
| 7:00 am - 6:00 pm |
Registration |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Plant, Pots and Art sales |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Host club Hospitality Tables |
| 8:30 am- 9:00 am |
Welcome and opening comments |
| 9:00 am |
Speaker 1 Marcia Tatroe,"Fun, Facts and Things to do in Colorado" |
| 10:00 am |
Speaker 2 Rob Wallace, "An Introduction to Botanical Names and Plant Taxonomy" |
| 11:00 am |
Speaker 3 "Woody Minnich, The Cacti and Succulents of New Mexico" Seldom seen Cold Hardies |
| 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm |
Lunch on your own and sales |
| 1:30 pm |
Speaker 4 Ernst Van Jaarsveld, "Aloes, know and Grow Them" |
| 2:30 pm |
Speaker 5 Karen Ostler "Mammillarias, The Weird and Wonderful" |
| 3:30 pm |
Speaker 6 Panayoti Kelaidis, "The Rocky Mountain World of Succulents" |
| 4:30 pm |
Judges Workshop |
| 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm |
Conservation Forum |
| 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm |
Dinner on your own |
| 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
Rare Plant Auction with cash bar |
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Day 4 - Saturday, July 15 |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Registration |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Plant, Pots and Art sales |
| 7:00 am - 5:00 pm |
Hospitality Table |
| 8:15 am |
Good morning and daily announcements |
| 8:30 am |
Speaker 1 Elisabeth Sarnes, "In the Middle of Nowhere - A Journey to Central Patagonia" |
| 9:30 am |
Speaker 2 Stefan Burger, "Copiapoa 2023" |
| 10:30 am |
Speaker 3 Ernesto Sandoval, "Propagations of Succulents, from Stems and Leaves" |
| 11:30 am- 1:00 pm |
Lunch on your own and sales |
| 1:00 pm |
Speaker 4 Donnie and Don Barnett, "The Cactus of Colorado" |
| 2:00 pm |
Speaker 5 Peter Breslin, Endemic Cacti and Succulents of Baja California" |
| 3:00 pm |
Speaker 6 Kelly Grummons, Why Graft? For Novelty Plants and to Ensure Viability of Difficult Species |
| 4:00 pm |
Affiliate Meeting |
| 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm |
Cash Bar |
| 6:00 pm- 10:00 pm |
Banquet and Awards |
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Keynote Panayoti Kelaidis, "Pursuing Tough Succulents Around the World" |
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| 7:00 am- 4:00 pm |
Day 5 - Sunday, July 16 |
| 12 noon closes |
Registration |
| 7:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Plant, Pots and Art sales |
| 8:15 am |
Hospitality Table |
| 8:30 am |
Good morning and daily announcements |
| Speaker 1 Rob Wallace, "Succulent Science Simplified, What Every Grower Needs to Know" |
| 9:30 am |
Speaker 2 Elisabeth Sarnes, "Where North Meets South - The Cacti of Mendoza to Neuquen" |
| 10:30 am |
Speaker 3 Stefan Burger, Cactus Facts- Ecology, Evolution, and the Future of some Rare Point Endemics |
| 11:30 am- 1:00 pm |
Lunch on your own and sales |
| 1:00 pm |
Speaker 4 Ernst Van Jaarsveld, "Aloe, Gasteria and Haworthia, Explorations in South Africa" |
| 2:00 pm |
Speaker 5 Ernesto Sandoval, "30+ Years of Growing Succulents at UC Davis Botanical Conservatory" |
| 3:00 pm |
Speaker 6 Peter Breslin,"The Cacti and Succulents of Arizona" Rare Botanical Treasures |
| 4:00 pm |
Closing comments |
| 4:00 pm |
Close down Hospitality tables |
