Schedule for 11 – 14 September 2014 American Bamboo Society Conference at The Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Gardens, San Marino, California
“Bamboo in Asian Culture”
Thursday 11 September 2014
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM ABS Board Meeting at Huntington Botanical Center
6:00-8:00 PM Meet and Greet new arrivals at Huntington Botanical Center
Make sure you have hotel reservations…….
Friday 12 September 2014
8-8:30 AM Registration
8:30 AM Opening Remarks: Jim Folsom, Director Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Gardens. Danielo Ramos, President ABS SOCAL
8:45 AM Keynote opening speaker: Thoop Nakasen, Nan Bamboo, Nan, Thailand. Bamboo giants of Thailand.
9:30 AM Jorge Lezcano. Arizona State University and Panama. Carbon Sequestration and Phytoliths in bamboo.
10:15 AM BREAK
10:30 AM Dr. Eduardo Ruiz Sanchez, BOTA. Jalapa, Mexico. Overview of bamboo botany in Mexico, new species and potential bamboos for Southern California.
11:15 AM Dr. Jen Parsons. San Diego Zoo. Bamboo Nutrition for the Pandas (and others)
12:00 PM Luc Boeraeve. Poperinge, Belgium. The YiPu garden in Suzhou, China: a hidden pearl.
12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch: Mediterranean Food
1:30 PM Track 1
3:00 PM Track 2
Choose two of the following five tracks:
1. David Chen. Chin Chu Bamboo Culture Garden, Taiwan. (Taiwan Bamboo Society). Bamboo bonsai.
2. Dr. Lynn Clark, Iowa State University, USA. Bamboo laboratory with fresh and dry specimens to explore under the microscope.
3. TBA. Cooking with bamboo shoots.
4. TBA. Bamboo propagation techniques.
5. Tour of Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Gardens.
4:30 PM Luc Boeraeve. Bamboo Societies and networks: evolution during the last 25 years
Evening
6:30-9:00 (to catch the moonlight) Japanese dinner and entertainment in Main Conference Hall.
TBA. Shakuhachi flute music.
Li Fang Tang. Yunlin Story House, Yunlin,Taiwan. ( Taiwan Bamboo Society).
Storytelling and bamboo culture in Taiwan.
David Chen. Calligraphy and bamboo painting
9:00 Explore Old Town Pasadena
Saturday 13 September 2014
8-8:30 AM Registration
8:30 AM Gerard Minakawa, California. Bamboo DNA. Large outdoor bamboo sculptures.
9:15 AM Armando Antonio Moreno Sanchez, Structural Engineering. DF, Mexico. Bamboo architecture projects in Mexico.
10:00 AM Susanne Lucas, World Bamboo Organization. Plymouth, Massachusetts. Tribute to Ned Jaquith. Book presentation: ”Bamboo”.
10:30 AM BREAK
10:45 AM Niramit Sareerudt, Ubo Ratchatani, Thailand. Million Guaduas for Thailand Project.
11:15 AM Susanne Lucas. Tribute to Richard Haubrich.
11:30 James Clever, President. ABS National Meeting
12:30 – 1:30 PM Lunch: Panera
1:30 PM South Korean Ambassadors. Welcome to Damyang and WBC 2015
2:OO PM Closing Remarks
2:30 PM Auctions
Evening
6:30-9:00 (to catch the moonlight) Chinese dinner and entertainment in Chinese Garden of Flowing Fragrance
McCleod . Japanese basket display and lecture.
9:00 PM Explore Old Town Pasadena
Sunday 14 September 2014
8-8:30 AM Registration
8:30 AM – 5:30 Danielo Ramos. Full day tour to San Diego including San Diego Botanic Gardens, San Diego Zoo.
OR
8:30 AM – 12:30 PM Dr. Cliff Sussman. Half day tour of Huntington Library, Art Galleries and Gardens.and Dr. Sussman’s office garden and personal collections.