WEDNESDAY - March 22nd 9 - 5pm Plant Displays & Posters set-up Hotel Foyers THURSDAY - MARCH 23rd 9 - 5pm Registration Hospitality Desk - Foyer 8 - 4pm Plant Sale set-up Banquet Room 1 & 2 9 - 5pm Plant Sale Early Entry Raffle Hospitality Desk 8 - 9.30am Plant Show set-up Exhibition Hall 9.30 - 1pm Plant Show entry & staging Exhibition Hall 1 - 5pm Plant Show Judging Exhibition Hall 4.30pm WELCOME PARTY & cocktails Promenade Bar & Room 5pm Plant Sale Early Entry Raffle DRAW Promenade Bar & Room 5 - 6.30pm BBQ Buffet ‘Walk & Fork’ Dinner Promenade Bar & Room 6.30 - 10pm Plant Sale OPEN Banquet Room 1 & 2 7.30 - 10pm Plant Show OPEN Exhibition Hall FRIDAY - MARCH 24th 8 - 1pm Registration Hospitality Desk - Foyer 8.30 - 9am CONFERENCE OPENING Cole Theatre 9 - 12pm Plant Show OPEN Exhibition Hall 9 - 9.45am Seminar 1 - Andrew Devonshire (NZ) Cole Theatre ‘My Variegation Obsession’ 9.50 - 10.35am Seminar 2 - Jose Manzanares (Ecuador) Cole Theatre ‘The Tillandsioideae of Ecuador - The Volume III Book’ 10.35 - 11am Morning Tea Horizon Lounge 11 - 11.45am Seminar 3 - David Fell (Hawaii) Cole Theatre ‘My Vriesea Hybridising Journey’ 11.50 - 12.35pm Seminar 4 - Michael Barfuss (Austria) Cole Theatre ‘Understanding Tillandsioideae DNA Analysis’ 12.45pm Collect boxed lunch Promenade Bar & Room 1 - 5pm Garden Bus Tour - East / South Coaches - Foyer Jim & Pas Southon / Robert & Margaret Flanagan 5 - 6.30pm Plant Sale OPEN Banquet Room 1 & 2 5 - 6.30pm Plant Show OPEN Exhibition Hall 7 - 10pm ‘Kiwi Dinner’ Buffet (optional extra) Bucklands Beach Yacht Club We are excited to finally publish the programme for ‘Kiwi Broms’ and let everyone know what, when and where everything is happening. The two days of ‘set-up’ and more than three days of conference activities will be a lot of fun, so please familiarise yourself with the order of events and get registered if you have yet done so! The programme has been updated onto the www.bsnz.org ‘Kiwi Broms’ website, where you can also find all other registration and conference information. ‘Kiwi Broms’ Conference Programme SATURDAY - March 25th 7 - 8.30am Stage Plant Display set-up Cole Theatre 8 - 11am Hospitality Desk / Registration Hospitality Desk - Foyer 8 - 11am Plant Sale OPEN (Public entry allowed) Banquet Room 1 & 2 8 - 11am Plant Show OPEN Exhibition Hall 8.15 - 9am Future Conferences Meeting (All Welcome) Cole Theatre 9 - 9.45am Seminar 5 - Michael Barfuss (Austria) Cole Theatre ‘A Habitat Field Trip in Colombia’ 9.50 - 10.35am Seminar 6 - David Benzing (USA) Cole Theatre ‘From Brocchinia to Tillandsia: what the bromeliads reveal about how plant evolution works’ 10.35 - 11am Morning Tea Horizon Lounge 11 - 11.45am Seminar 7 - Hiro Takizawa (Japan) Cole Theatre ‘A Hybridising Journey With Tillandsias’ 11 - 12.30pm Plant Sale breakdown Banquet Room 1 & 2 12 - 1pm Buffet Lunch Promenade Bar & Room 1.15 - 5.30pm Garden Bus Tour - Central / West Coaches - Foyer • Eden Garden ‘Bromeliad Glade’ • Lynette Nash • Peter & Jocelyn Coyle – Totara Waters 5.30 - 6.30pm Plant Show OPEN Exhibition Hall 6 - 7pm Cocktail Hour Horizon Lounge & Deck 6 - 8.30pm Auction plant viewing Clifton Room 7 - 8.30pm Banquet Buffet Dinner Banquet Room 1 & 2 8.30 - 10.30pm “Kiwi Auction” Banquet Room 1 & 2 SUNDAY - March 26th 8.30 - 12pm Plant Show OPEN Exhibition Hall 9 - 9.45am Seminar 8 - Dean Morman (NZ) Cole Theatre ‘Creating Garden Sculptures with Bromeliads’ 9.50 - 10.35am Seminar 9 - Bruce Dunstan (Australia) Cole Theatre ‘Exploring the Pluvial Forests of the Choco’ 10.35 - 11am Morning Tea Horizon Lounge 11 - 11.45am Seminar 10 - Martin Siaw (China) Cole Theatre ‘Bromeliads In China: The Quest For An Identity’ 11.50 - 12.35pm Seminar 11 - Jose Manzanares (Ecuador) Cole Theatre ‘A Bromeliad Safari to the Cordillera de los Guacamayos in the Ecuadorian Amazon’ 12.45 - 1.45pm Buffet Lunch Horizon Lounge & Banquet Room 1 & 2 2 - 2.45pm Seminar 12 - Michael Barfuss (Austria) Cole Theatre ‘Tillandsioideae Q&A / Discussion Session’ 2.45 - 3.15pm Conference closing Cole Theatre 3.15 - 5pm Plant Show & Displays break down Hotel FoyersNext >