Register for the 2023 National Meeting
Registration is now live for the 2023 CPC National Meeting taking place May 4-6! Back by popular demand, this year’s meeting will feature a hybrid format, with both in-person and online presentation sessions highlighting the theme of “On the Horizon: Looking to the Future of Plant Conservation.” In-person sessions will be held at Desert Botanical Garden which offers 55 acres of gardens and trails for you to explore and immerse yourself in the beauty of the desert. In-person sessions will be live streamed and recorded for later viewing on the conference platform. Virtual attendees will also have access to pre-recorded presentation content and virtual breakout sessions.
Presentation sessions will include updates from the CPC National Office on network-wide initiatives, plus lightning talks from CPC network partners on plant conservation research, accomplishments and challenges, and future initiatives. We welcome both Institutional and Individual Conservation Partners to submit abstracts for presentation sessions highlighting this year’s theme of “On the Horizon: Looking to the Future of Plant Conservation.” We encourage our contributors to consider presentation proposals that spotlight new conservation projects and research; ways your institution is visioning the field of plant conservation, goals, and outcomes in the future; or topics that otherwise adhere to the theme.
In-person attendees also have the opportunity to journey with CPC and Desert Botanical Garden (DBG) to the Verde Valley during our post-meeting field trip on Saturday, May 6. Participants will visit three sites that are home to two of the four known pre-contact domesticated agaves grown by the Sinagua peoples: Sacred Mountain (Agave verdensis Hodgson & Salywon) and Page Springs agave (Agave yavapaiensis Hodgson & Salywon).
Friends of CPC are also invited to submit their botanical artworks for our inaugural CPC Botanical Art Contest! These fine artworks of rare and native plants will be exhibited at the 2023 National Meeting at Desert Botanical Garden for attendees to peruse, and a panel of jurors will select first, second, and third place winners for cash prizes. Learn more.