HTFG 22nd International Conference (Sept 13-Sept 16, 2012)

From Ken Love:

Hawaii Tropical Fruit Growers

22^nd Annual Hawaii International Conference

Producing Quality Fruit for the Future of Hawaii

On Oahu 

 

Sept 13-16

Thursday, Sept. 13

7:00-8:00       Registration & Coffee

8:00-8:15       Welcome & Announcements

8:15-8:30       Welcome - Russell Kokubun           

8:30-10:00     Tropical Plant and Soil Science (TPSS) Panel - Robert Paull* moderator with Ted Radovich*, Skip Bittenbender*, Richard Manshardt* and Jonathan Deenik

10:00-10:30   Coffee break

10:30-11:30   Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences (HNFAS) panel – Doug Vincent* moderator with Maria Stewart, Stuart Nakamoto and Wayne Iwaoka 

11:30-1:00     Lunch – Speaker- Dennis Gonsalves

1:00-2:00       Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences (PEPS) Panel–Brent Sipes*, Moderator, with Mark Wright*, Scot Nelson, Janice 

2:30 – 3:00     Natural Resources and Environmental Management (NREM) –Cathy-Chan Halbrendt*, Moderator, JB Friday, Jody Smith

2:30 – 3:30     Campus / Department tours    

                         

3:30 – 5:00    Poster viewing / trade show viewing

                       

                        Dinner – on your own

                       

                                                                        2:30 – 5:00  -- HTFG Board meeting

Friday, Sept. 14

7:00-8:00       Registration & Coffee

8:00-8:10       Welcome & Announcements

8:10-8:30       Governor Abercrombie (Invited)

8:30-9:30       Dr. John Yoshimi Yonemoto*

                        Producing consistent High Quality Fruit in Japan

9:30-9:50       Coffee break

9:50-11:00     Hawaii Department of Agriculture – Panel, Russell Kokubun Moderator with, Lyle Wong, Matt Loke* and Danielle Downey, and ???

11:00-12:00   APHIS  Panel - Vernon Harrington* moderator

                        Merren Hao* Dorothy Alontaga*, Ron Tom* and Michael Muraoka*

12:00-1:00     LUNCH – Speaker, Bob Paull* 

1:00 -2:30      USDA PBARC Panel – Dennis Gonsalves

                        Peter Follett, Tracie Matsumoto, Lisa Keith, Marisa Wall

2:30-2:45       break

2:45-3:00       USDA -NASS – Mark Hudson*

3:00-3:15       USDA-FSA –Diane L. Ley*

3:15-3:30       USDA- NRCS

3:30-3:45       USDA-Rural Development*

                         

3:45-4:00       Wrap-up – announcements

4:00-7:00       Poster trade show viewing – networking

                        Fruit tasting Heavy pupus

Saturday Sept. 15

7:00-8:00       Registration & Coffee

8:00-8:30       Welcome & Announcements

                        General membership meeting

8:30-10:00     Dr Roberto Coronel*

                        Professor Emeritus University of the Philippines Los Banos

                       

10:00-10:10   Breakout Session Introduction

10:10-1030    Coffee break

10:30-11:30   Breakout sessions

1.      Chef Ernest Miller*- Food preservation for future security and value added product development

2.      Dr Matt Loke* -   Branding, Marketing and the seal of quality

3.      Understanding tissue culture

4.      Plant propagation techniques- Dr. Francis Zee*

5.      Post Harvest handling of tropical fruit – Dr. Robert Paull*

6.      New Farmer workshop – Dr Mark Nickum* & Andrea Kawabata*

7.      Bees and pollination – HDOA Danielle

8.      Edible Landscaping – Brian Lievens*

9.      Fruit trees for the future Frank Sekiya*

11:30-1:00     Lunch – Chef Ernest Miller speaker

           

1:00-1:15       Announcements – evaluation form reminder / calendar

1:15- 2:30      Breakout sessions

1.      Chef Ernest Miller*- Food preservation for future security and value                                   added product development

2.      Dr Matt Loke*      Branding, Marketing and the seal of quality

3.      Understanding tissue culture

4.      Plant propagation techniques- Dr. Francis Zee*

5.      Post Harvest handling of tropical fruit – Dr. Robert Paull*

6.      New Farmer workshop – Dr Mark Nickum* & Andrea Kawabata*

7.      Bees and pollination – HDOA Danielle

8.      Edible Landscaping – Brian Lievens*

9.      Fruit trees for the future Frank Sekiya*

2:30-330        Breakout session reports

                       

3:30–4:00       conference wrap up

                        Evaluation collection for calendar

                        Aloha

5:00- 6:00      No host bar    Silent Auction

7:00- 9:00      Dinner -          Silent Auction

Sunday, Sept. 16

Tour 1

Bus from Lincoln Hall 7:30am

8:00 to 10:00 Frankies Nursery in Waimanalo*

10:00 to 11:00 Waimanalo Experiment station

11:15- to 1:00 – Lunch and tour at Whole Foods

1:30 return to Lincoln Hall

Tour 2

Bus from Lincoln Hall 7:30am

8:00 to 10:00 Urban Garden Center

10:00 to 11:00 Lyon Arboretum

11:15- to 1:00 – Lunch and tour at Whole Foods

1:30 return to Lincoln Hall

* Confirmed