XX International Protea Association Conference & XV International Protea Research Symposium Speakers
ADRIAN PARSONS – Australia: Waxflower Breeding & Marketing- Creating market driven hybrids financed by end point royalties
ANTONIO LOPEZ – Canary Islands: ASOCAN and its role in the Canaries Proteaceae Production: Achievements and Challenges
BETTINA GOLLNOW – Australia: WildFlowers Australia National Student Floristry Competition
CAROLINE O’BRIEN – South Africa: A modified Serruria market: The introduction of new cultivars distinct in appearance and flowering behavior. Pinching of Ayoba Leucadendron cultivars to increase product value
CRAIG SCOTT – Australia: WildFlowers Australia - challenges and solutions
DENNIS PERRY – California: Growing Proteas in California
EUGENIE-LIEN LOUW – South Africa: Optimizing Micronutrient Foliar Applications in selected Leucospermum and Protea Cultivars
JAYME BARTON – Hawaii: Growing Tropical Proteas at a Low Elevation in Hawaii
JONATHAN LIDBETTER – Australia: Australian native Proteaceae – commercial use in Australian floriculture
KEANU MARTIN – South Africa: Manipulating flowering time in Protea cynaroides through plant growth regulators
KENNETH LEONHARDT – Hawaii: Breeding and selection of Leucospermum Hybrids for a warming planet
LILIAN DUBE – Zimbabwe / California: Protea Cultivation, Land Aesthetics and Spirituality in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe: Prospects and Challenges
MARIA REYES – Canary Islands: Effects of the Tajogaite volcanic eruption on the cultivation of Proteaceae on the island of La Palma
NAOMI NAUDE – South Africa: Optimizing disbudding timing for extended harvest in Ayoba Leucospermun cultivars
Protea cynaroides (L.) L. cv. Arctic Ice commercial cutflower production
PETER KRUGER – California: Global strategies in the Development of New Southern Hemisphere Plants
PETER SACKS – California: Pioneering Proteas: California's Bold Journey
RENE VAN REMS – California: “The Business of Creativity” - Design and product development trends in Proteaceae
RUSSELL GALANTI – Hawaii: Low Elevation Tolerant Protea Trialing and Expansion in Hawaii
TROY CONNOR – California: Implemented Technologies and Systems that Maximize Efficiency and Sustainability
VIVIAN LOGES - Brazil: The Protea Market in Brazil – trends, challenges and opportunities
VIVIAN LOGES - Brazil: Edaphoclimatic zoning and commercial viability for Proteas cultivation in the Pernambuco State, Brazil
WENDY PROUD – California: Proteas in Landscape – Plant Material for the Future
Area Reports:
Australia
California
Canary Islands
Chile
Columbia
Hawaii
New Zealand
South Africa
Zimbabwe
We look forward to uniting the global protea community in our shared passion for these remarkable plants and fostering collaboration that supports their future.
Symposium abstract submission will open on 15 July 2024. Symposium abstract submission deadline is 15 December 2024. Use the direct link below for symposium abstract submissions.
IPA Conference abstract submission will open on 15 July 2024. IPA Conference abstract submission deadline is 15 December 2024.
ISHS YOUNG MINDS AWARDS
During each ISHS Symposium two ISHS Young Minds Awards for junior scientists will be given:
one award for the best oral presentation given by a junior scientist who is in the same time the presenter and first author of
the submitted manuscript
one award for the best poster presented by a junior scientist who is first author of the work
A special committee, set up by the symposium convener and an ISHS representative, will be responsible for selecting the awardees. Junior scientists to be eligible for this award must be the lead and presenting author of the submission and should be enrolled in a university or college. He/she can be undergraduate, graduate or postgraduate (limited to 6 months after finishing the program of study), and with an age limit of 35.
