This year’s conference was in New Orleans, LA at the Sheraton Hotel. The 2015 conference marked roughly 10 years since Hurricane Katrina, and there were many events to celebrate the resilience this community demonstrated in bouncing back.
Representative agenda:
Sunday:
Checked in room.
Monday:
WWII History Museum
Checked into conference
Tuesday:
Visited booths/posters
Horticultural Commodity Judging Plant Identification Competition
Welcome reception
Wednesday:
ReFresh New Orleans, Food Hub and Liberty’s Kitchen Restaurant tour
Worked on MACHS (ISU hosting the Mid-American Collegiate Horticulture Society Competition 2015)
Thursday:
Graduate and Undergraduate Student Morning Gathering
Extension and Industry Breakfast
Invasives in Action: A Swamp Tour of Louisiana’s Invasive Aquatic Plants
Visited booths/posters
Student reception
Friday:
Checked out
