Introduction to ICPS Conferences

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Introduction to ICPS Conferences

• I. About the ICPS
• The International Carnivorous Plant Society
  http//www.carnivorousplants.org/
• It was once just a club of plant growers,
  but now it includes horticulturists,
  conservationists, scientists, Naturalists,, and
  educators all interested in sharing knowledge and
  news of carnivorous plants.

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1st ICPS conference at the Atlanta Botanical
Garden, Atlanta, Georgia, May 16 - 20,1997 How
many attendants? 17 presentations in 3 days 42
went to a field trip
For more information http//www.triffidpark.com.a
u/htm_pages/the_1st_i_c_p_s_conference.htm
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2nd ICPS conference at the Botanical Garden in
the University of Bonn Bonn, Germany, May 30
June 1,1998 80 people participated 21
presentations (from 13 countries) About a dozen
went to a field trip
http//www.triffidpark.com.au/htm_pages/the_2nd_i_
c_p_s__conference.htm
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The 3rd ICPS conference
16-18 June 2000 San Francisco, USA. How many
attendants? 18 presentations (gt10
countries) About a dozen (?) went to a field trip
http//www.carnivorousplants.org/news/meeting2000/
Intro.html http//www.triffidpark.com.au/htm_pages
/the_3rd_i_c_p_s__conference.htm http//geocities.
com/huntingveggies/index.htm
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4th ICPS conference at the National Science
Museum Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan 21-23 June, 2002
It was very well organized Kosuke Kondo met us at
the airport and guided us to our lodging. 140
people registered. 21 papers were presented.
http//www.honda-e.com/Conference/TX-Conference01.
htm http//www.honda-e.com/Conference/TX-Conferen
ce03.htm
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The conference was in the 4th floor auditorium of
the National Science Museum. The 2st, 2nd, 3rd
floors were used for exhibitions sales. Some
250 un-registered visitors came to the
open-to-public area
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Field trip
Total 40 people (including 20 Japanese)
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5th ICPS conference 17-21 June 2004, Lyon,
France
About 100 attendees 26 presentations About 30
went to Field trip?
http//www.carnivorousplants.org/news/Lyon2004/Lyo
n.htm
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Photos taken at the Parc de la Tête dOr.
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6th ICPS conference June 1-5, 2006, Frostburg,
USA
Organizing Committee

1. Co-Chair Doug Darnowski, Indian University
   Southeast
2. Co-Chair Hongqi Li
3. Terre Golembiewski (UW-Whitewater) for kid
   workshop
4. Stephen E. Williams, Lebanon Valley College, PA

Terre and Hongqi at the Parc de la Tête dOr.