CPC National Meeting 2022

We are delighted to announce that CPC’s 2022 National Meeting will be held at the Denver Botanic Gardens, highlighting the theme of “Celebrating Conservation Milestones.” The Denver Botanic Gardens offers 50 gardens for you to explore, as well as the interactive Science Pyramid, Mordecai Children’s Garden, and collections of natural history, art, and library holdings. We are delighted to hold meeting sessions at the Freyer – Newman Center, home to DBG’s plant and fungi herbaria, art galleries, libraries, and research labs.

Presentation sessions will include updates from the CPC National Office on network-wide initiatives, in addition to lightning talks from CPC network partners on plant conservation research, accomplishments, and challenges. The theme of this year’s meeting will be “Celebrating Conservation Milestones.” We ask that our contributors consider presentation proposals that celebrate a long-term conservation story, an exciting achievement in a new conservation project, or topics that otherwise adhere to the theme.

We are also thrilled to offer meeting participants a pre-meeting field trip opportunity to tour the USDA-ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation (NLGRP), which holds thousands of seeds, spores, and embryos from CPC’s National Collection of rare plants. The lab of Dr. Chris Walters at NLGRP will show attendees the facilities used to test the biophysics of seeds that are currently under investigation in CPC’s IMLS-funded study of seed storage longevity. Note: this field trip will take place the day before the National Meeting on Tuesday, May 4, 2022 (not the customary Saturday following the meeting). Registration for field trip will be first come, first serve as space may be limited.

While we are very excited to convene our network in person again after a two-year hiatus, CPC is still evaluating options for including a virtual element into this meeting for those who cannot attend in person.  Stay tuned for details.

This year, CPC’s Board of Trustees meeting will take place the Wednesday before the CPC National Meeting on May 4, 2022. The Board will have the opportunity to take a field trip to NLGRP on Tuesday May 3, 2022.

Additional meeting details coming soon!