[See online event] Oct. 29th: 2020 Plant Records Conference in Mainz, Germany

Edit: This conference will be held online Nov. 5 & 6th. ⏭ Nov. 5th & 6th: 2020 Plant Record Conference - ONLINE event  ⏭ Speakers announced for the 2020 Plant Records Conference

Dear all,
We are happy to announce that we have been able to reschedule the annual Plant Records Conference that was to be held in May but was postponed due to Covid-19.

New dates are October 29th and 30th, and the conference will still be hosted by Mainz University Botanic Garden in Germany, in collaboration with Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam, Floria and IrisBG.

You can read more about the updated conference agenda below, but to read the full description and to register please visit the 2020 Plant Record Conference-page.

Please note the new registration deadline: September 10th.

We are still monitoring the official government recommendations on travelling, so please note that the event still may be subject to change.

Looking forward to see you there!

Kind regards,
Øyvind Rustan and Mari Rustan
IrisBG/Compositae AS

 
"Starting off in 2016 as a European conference for users of IrisBG, this annual event has evolved into a platform of idea sharing, with participants from all over the world."

We would like extend a special thank you to Ralf Omlor at the Botanic Garden of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz for hosting the conference. We also thank Reinout Havinga at the Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam and Margherita Tinti from Botanical Software for organising the conference.

2020 Plant Record Conference | Community Driven Problem Solving |
 Fee & Registrations | Agenda | Questions/suggestions?

Mainz Botanic Garden welcomes you to the

2020 Plant Records Conference

Mainz University Botanic Garden is located on campus at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, which with 31,000 students is one of the largest and most diverse universities in Germany. The garden covers 9 hectares and has a collection of more than 8,000 different taxa. It was founded in 1946 by Wilhelm Troll, the most influential plant morphologist in Germany at the time. Due to its location in one of the warmest and driest areas in Germany, plants of the steppe regions and of Mediterranean origin can be grown outdoors. Initially a purely scientific garden for research and teaching, in the last few decades Mainz Botanic Garden has developed into an open and versatile institution supporting the attainment and transfer of knowledge within the university and beyond. Today, the garden’s Green School offers a broad educational programme and the garden itself supports plant conservation projects.

The Conference

As in previous years, the main focus will be on the challenges participants face in relation to record keeping and collection management. Primarily, the talks will be presented by the community, with developers from IrisBG and Floria invited to complement the programme with training and participate in a Q&A session at the end.

Starting off in 2016 as a European conference for users of IrisBG, this annual event has evolved into a platform of idea sharing, with participants from all over the world. A draft programme will be published later in February.

Community Driven Problem Solving - "What's in my toolbox"

Following the success of past conferences, we will continue the model of community driven problem solving. Contributors are encouraged to discuss the challenges they face in daily record keeping and to invite other delegates to share in their ideas. Presentations and workshops may focus specifically on the software used or may relate to record keeping in general.

We believe in inclusive collection management and our ambition is to make this conference a platform for everyone involved in the record keeping process. As in previous years we hope to see many horticulturists attend the conference.

Fee and registration

Conference fee (Monday and Tuesday): 100€ per delegate
Excursion to Mainzer Sand: no extra costs
Pre-conference dinner on Sunday: 30€
Conference dinner on Monday: 40€

Registration is open until 10 September. The number of available places is limited.
For registration, please go to the 2020 Plant Record Conference-page.

Agenda

Please note that this is our draft agenda prepared prior to the virus outbreak. We are working on a new schedule for the conference and will announce updates as soon as they are in place.

Thursday 29th October: Conference

Please note that this is our draft agenda prepared prior to the virus outbreak. We are working on a new schedule for the conference and will announce updates as soon as they are in place.

• 09:00 Coffee / registration at the ‘Grüne Schule’, which is here.
• 09:30 Welcome and Opening
• Key Note Speech
  Prof. Dr. Maximilian Weigend, Nees Institut for biodiversity of plants, University of Bonn
• Presentations, workshops and training.
• 17:00 Closing
• 19:00? Conference dinner Location TBC.

Friday 30th October: Conference

You are welcome to join the garden tour starting at 8:00 until 9:30. We will meet at the main entrance of the garden, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Botanical Garden, Anselm-Franz-von-Bentzel-Weg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany.

• 9:30 Welcome & coffee
  Presentations, workshops and training.
• 15:00 Q&A panel with Floria/Botanical Software & IrisBG/Compositae
• 16:00 Closing and drinks
• 19:00? Post Conference dinner Location TBC.

Saturday, 31st October: Post-conference excursion

• Garden tour

You are welcome to join the garden tour. We will meet at the Green School in the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Botanical Garden, Anselm-Franz-von-Bentzel-Weg 9, 55128 Mainz, Germany. You will also have the option to join a garden tour on Tuesday morning at 8am.

More details about optional programme for October will be announced later this year.

Any questions or suggestions?

We would love to hear from you. Get in touch with Mari.