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20th Annual Symposium
Come celebrate 20 great years!

20th Annual Cal-IPC Symposium

Wednesday - Friday, October 5 - 7, 2011
Granlibakken Resort, Tahoe City, CA

"Invasive Plants and Ecological Change"



REGISTRATION | PROGRAM | ATTENDEES | PRESENTERS | SPONSORSHIP | AUCTION | AWARDS


Presentations are now posted!

Check the weather before you travel! NOAA Forecast. Rain and possibly snow are predicted during the sympsoium.

Cal-IPC's 20th annual Symposium at the Granlibakken Resort, October 5-7, 2011 will celebrate Cal-IPC's success over the past twenty years while looking ahead to the future of invasive plant management, research, and policy.

The theme of this year's Symposium is Invasive Plants and Ecological Change. We have invited speakers to address the myriad types of human-influenced changes to the natural environment that impact invasive plant management, including changes in soils, fire, nitrogen deposition, and, of course, climate change.

To take advantage of our location, one session will focus on climate change in the Sierra Nevada. The closing session will examine regional, state, and national-level interactions among policies and natural resource management.

As this is our twentieth symposium, we will also look back on how Cal-IPC and weed management has changed in the past two decades and examine prospects for the future. We will begin with a presentation from Carla D’Antonio of UC Santa Barbara, reprising her role as the keynote speaker from the very first Symposium. The student paper and poster contest will showcase the next generation of researchers. Finally, special exhibits will trace Cal-IPC’s evolution and plans for the future.

Granlibakken
Looking forward to seeing you in Tahoe!
Photo courtesy Granlibakken

PLEASE NOTE OUR DAY OF THE WEEK CHANGE: This year the Pre-Symposium Field Course will occur on Tuesday, October 4, 2011. The Symposium will be held Wednesday and Thursday, October 5 & 6, 2011, and Field Trips will be held Friday, October 7, 2011.


Sponsorship and Exhibits

Sponsor our Symposium! Each year, diverse organizations support the conference and Cal-IPC by becoming Symposium sponsors. Four levels of sponsorship are available, with most levels providing exhibit space at the Symposium. All sponsors receive an organizational membership in Cal-IPC, recognition in the Symposium packet and Cal-IPC News, at least one free admission to the Symposium, plus other benefits based on level of sponsorship. More info...



Special Events and Activities

  • Wildland Weed Field Course - Tuesday, October 4. Field Techniques for Reporting Invasive Plants. More info coming soon.
  • Photo Exhibit & Contest - Entries due September 5. Our annual photo exhibit gives amateur photographers a chance to show off their best plant and people photos. Symposium attendees vote for their favorite! Click here for contest instructions.
    Granlibakken Resort
    Granlibakken's picturesque resort is nestled among the mountains surrounding Lake Tahoe.
  • Field Trips - Friday, October 7. Explore Lake Tahoe Basin's invasive plant sites by boat, bike, foot, or car. Visit the Angora Fire area, a demonstration garden and restoration projects; tour invasive plant prevention projects of the local WMA; or cruise Emerald Bay to learn about aquatic weed control projects. More details on the Registration webpage!
  • Student Lunch
  • Raffle & Auction - Each year, the Symposium features the fabulous Cal-IPC raffle and auction. We welcome your donations of books, tools, art/crafts, vacation stays, local products, gift certificates - anything a weed worker could want is fair game. Items may be sent to the Cal-IPC office or brought to the Symposium. Contact raffle@cal-ipc.org if you have something to offer.

Student Activities

Cal-IPC strongly encourages students to attend our annual Symposium. We offer discounted registration for students, we host a student lunch on the second day of the Symposium, and we sponsor the Student Paper Contest. Find out more about the contest on the Information for Presenters webpage.

Did you know there is a Cal-IPC Student Chapter? See their website or contact them at calipcsc@gmail.com.


Brown bear
Granlibakken is surrounded by 74 wooded acres.
Photo courtesy Granlibakken

Continuing education units

Cal-IPC applies for continuing education units (CEUs) from the California Department of Pesticide Regulation and the Nevada Department of Agriculture. We anticipate that once again this year we will be successful with our request and will post the available hours on our website once they have been confirmed.

Awards

Each year, Cal-IPC honors members for exceptional achievements at the Symposium banquet. See the Awards page for a description of each award, past winners, and instructions for submitting nominations.


Archived Symposium Proceedings
Presentations, proceedings and working group notes for previous years' symposia:
2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2000-2002 |
1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995


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