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Tentative Schedule of Events
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- 12:00pm – 7:00pm --- Registration Desk Open, (Embassy Suites, Lobby level)
- 1:00pm – 4:00pm --- Committee Meetings at discretion of each committee (no rooms reserved))
- 5:00pm - 7:30pm --- Welcome Reception, (Embassy Suites, Lobby Bar & Lake Forest Room)
- 9:00am – 1:30pm --- NALS Directors Meeting, (Pullman Room) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 8:00am - 10:00pm --- Workroom open, (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 10:00am - 4:00pm --- Registration Desk Open, (Outside of Auditorium & Pullman rooms) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 12:00pm - 10:00pm --- Show Room Open to "Exhibitors Only" (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 1:00pm --- “A Midwestern Adventure in Orienpet and Trumpet Lilies”, Jim Ault, (Auditorium) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 2:15pm --- NALS Membership Mtg #1 (Auditorium) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 3:15pm --- ‘Tour the Breeding and Evaluation Programs in the Plant Conservation Science Center’, Richard Hawke: Plant Evaluation Manager. We will be meeting at the (Bernice E. Lavin Plant Evaluation Garden) which is about a half mile walk from the visitor’s center, at Chicago Botanic Garden. 'Open to conference registrants only'
- Lily Design & Stem preparations until 10:00pm (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- Free Evening
- 8:00am - 9:30am --- Workroom & Showroom Open, Workroom & Showroom Open, (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 9:00am --- Late Registration/NALS Information Desk Open, (Outside of Auditorium & Pullman rooms) at Chicago Botanic Garden>
- 9:30am --- Show Room CLOSED for Judging, (Royal Botanical Gardens Atrium)
- 9:30am --- Horticulture Judges Meeting, (Pullman Room) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 9:30am --- Design Judges Meeting, (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 9:30am --- Clerks & Runner Meeting, (Auditorium) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 10:00am --- Show Judging in (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 12:30pm --- Post-Judging Lunch (Gift Certificate) at Chicago Botanic Garden – Garden View Café
- 1:00pm --- Library Tour A, a rare book viewing of Liliaceae volumes and tour (The Lenhardt Library) at Chicago Botanic Garden, “Conference registrants only”
- 2:00pm --- Library Tour B, a rare book viewing of Liliaceae volumes and tour (The Lenhardt Library) at Chicago Botanic Garden, “Conference registrants only”
- 2:00pm --- Lily Show Open to the Public Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- Registrants tour the Chicago Botanic Garden at your leisure using the Grand Tram Tour and View the Lily Show!
- 6:30pm --- Cash Bar before Dinner, (Embassy Suites, Lincolnshire Deerbrook Room)
- 7:00pm - 9:30pm --- NALS Research Trust Fund Auction, ((Embassy Suites, Lincolnshire Deerbrook Room)
- 10:00am - 4:30pm --- Lily Show OPEN to the Public (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 10:00am --- "Flow Cytometry- A Tool to Help Lilium Hybridizers”, Patrick Brown, (Auditorium) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 1:00pm --- "A Passion for North Hybrids that developed into a National Collection", Madeleine Tinson, (Auditorium) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 2:15pm --- NALS Membership Mtg #2 (Auditorium) at Chicago Botanic Garden)
- 3:00pm --- Species Lily Preservation Meeting (Directly following the Membership meeting) (Auditorium) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 4:00pm --- Photography & Floral Design Voting Closes (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 6:30pm --- Cash Bar before Dinner, (Embassy Suites, Lincolnshire Deerbrook Room)
- 7:00pm --- Awards Dinner & Awards Ceremony (Embassy Suites, Lincolnshire Deerbrook Room)
- 10:00pm --- NALS Directors Meeting after Dinner (Embassy Suites, Lincolnshire Deerbrook Room)
- 8:00am – 10:00am --- Judges School - Part 3, (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden (Tentative)
- 10:00am - 4:30pm --- Lily Show OPEN to the Public (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 10:00am --- "Killing Your Lilies", Ieuan Evans, (Auditorium) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 1:00pm --- “Initiating a Biological Control Program Against Lily Leaf Beetles in Michigan”, Marianna Szucs, (Auditorium) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 3:30pm --- Pollen Swap (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 4:00pm - 4:30pm --- Exhibitors remove their entries from the Showroom (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 4:30pm --- Show Closes (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 4:30pm - 5:30pm --- Dismantle Show at (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
- 4:30pm - 5:30pm --- Sale of un-wanted Lilium Stems to the public (Burnstein Hall) at Chicago Botanic Garden
For a complete list of Scheduled Events,
please click on this Schedule of Events (PDF) link.
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