Reminder: Register for the 2024 National Meeting
There’s still time to register for the 2024 National Meeting! Sessions will take place May 2-3 at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park, in collaboration with the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance—a CPC Participating Institution and the host institution for CPC’s National Office headquarters. This year’s meeting theme, Conservation Innovation: Harnessing Technology to Advance Rare Plant Conservation, celebrates CPC’s milestone 40th anniversary and our network’s innovative spirit that drives our collective conservation efforts and success stories. Don’t miss exciting conservation updates from the CPC National Office, lightning talk presentations from our network partners, breakout group sessions and more.
The last day to register is April 15!
2024 National Meeting Highlights
40th Anniversary Summit
Conference-goers and rare plant enthusiasts are invited to join the Center for Plant Conservation for a special pre-conference summit event in honor of CPC’s 40th anniversary. Blending celebration with purpose, the event aims to highlight the significant strides CPC and its network of Conservation Partners have made over the past 40 years and to generate crucial funds in support of CPC’s mission to save plants from extinction. Attendees will have the unique opportunity to hear from a distinguished panel of leading experts in the field of plant conservation, providing insights into groundbreaking innovations shaping the future of conservation efforts. A reception with drinks and light fare will follow this enlightening discussion—a perfect culmination to an evening dedicated to safeguarding the botanical diversity that enriches our planet.
The event will be hosted at the San Diego Natural History Museum on Wednesday, May 1 from 7-9 p.m. Learn more.
If you have already registered for the conference and would like to add registration for the Summit, please contact info@saveplants.org.
Seed Longevity Study Working Group
During the 2024 National Meeting, CPC will host a special capstone workshop of its Institute for Museum and Library Services-funded study about the predictors of seed longevity in conservation seed banks and the application of RNA integrity as a metric of seed ageing. We invite study participants and meeting attendees to learn more about the results of the study, presented by our partners at USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation, and give feedback on how they would apply the insights of the study to their own curation practice.
