Registration

Advance registration for the symposium is now closed. You are welcome to register on-site at the Oregon Convention Center. If you have questions, please contact Amy Hubbard, registration secretary, at 217-244-9687 or hubbrd@illinois.edu.

The registration fees for the symposium are:
On or before March 2 -
Regular - $225.00
Student - $150.00
One-Day - $110.00 [The one-day registration includes symposium materials and catering functions for the day you are attending.]
Guest/Accompanying Person - $75.00

After March 2 -
Regular - $300.00
Student - $175.00
One-Day - $150.00 [The one-day registration includes symposium materials and catering functions for the day you are attending.]
Guest/Accompanying Person - $100.00

The regular and student registration fee includes symposium admission and materials, three continental breakfasts, one lunch, and two poster session receptions.

The guest or accompanying person registration fee includes admission to the two poster session receptions.

Optional Activities Registration
These activities are available for both symposium participants and their guests. They are not included in the symposium registration fee. When registering, please indicate the total number of tickets that you need for each activity.

World Forestry Center Museum Reception and Dinner - Monday, March 23 - $20.00 per person
An optional welcome reception and program at the World Forestry Center (http://www.worldforestrycenter.org/museum/dm_discover.php) have been arranged for Monday, March 23 for you and your guests. The 20,000 square foot museum is located in Portland's beautiful Washington Park. Built in dramatic Cascadian style architecture, you'll marvel at the intricate hand carvings and grand entry outside, and delight in all new exhibits inside. This is a must-see attraction for anyone who lives in the Pacific Northwest or is visiting from out of town.

At 5:00 pm the museum will be ours for a private viewing until 6:00 pm. The first floor of the museum focuses on forests of the Pacific Northwest and the role they play in providing habitat, water, recreation, wood, and a multitude of other benefits. The second floor of the museum focuses on forests around the world and their connections to people. The featured traveling exhibition, "No End to the Banana", looks at the diversity of bananas, who uses them and for what. Is also shows how research can help us use this diversity to increase option for both small-scales farmers in the developing world and consumer in industrialized countries. http://bananas.bioversityinternational.org/content/view/46/78/lang,en/

At 6:00 pm, the group will move to Miller Hall on the World Forestry Center campus (less than a 5-minute walk) for an educational presentation and dinner. Note that if you can't be there at 5:00, you're welcome to join us later for the presentation and dinner. The educational presentation will be at 6:30 pm, followed by dinner at 7:00 pm.

The $20.00 per person fee includes a private viewing with cash bar at the museum, an educational presentation and a buffet dinner in Miller Hall at the World Forestry Center. Transportation is not included; participants are encouraged to use the MAX light rail system ($4.00 round trip from the Doubletree Hotel to the Washington Park Station, approximately 40 minute one-way trip.)

Be sure to take advantage of this opportunity to see the museum and enjoy great food and drink with your colleagues.

Field Trips -
Monday, March 23, 2009
Heron Lakes Golf Course (Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary)
Golf courses can provide a valuable backdrop for teaching the general public about residential IPM and sustainable landscape maintenance. Representatives from three different educational efforts will discuss their programs and results during a tour of Heron Lakes Golf Course, a Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary. The Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program for Golf Courses works to reduce golf's environmental footprint and helps promote positive actions beyond the golf course borders. "Golf Course Quality Lawns", a presentation hosted through local government agencies, provides an opportunity for golf course superintendents to share the techniques and strategies for growing the best lawn in the least time at the lowest cost. The First Green is an environmental education program using golf courses as environmental learning labs. Students test water quality, collect soil samples, identify plants, design plantings, and participate in other environmental projects on the course.

Depart from Doubletree Hotel at 12:00 noon; return to Doubletree Hotel at 4:30 pm.

Cost of Golf Course tour only is $10.00 per person

The bus will also be dropping people at the World Forestry Center for the optional Welcome Reception on the way back to the hotel; cost of the reception is $20.00 per person.

Wednesday, March 25 and Thursday, March 26
The same tour will be presented each day. Due to the nature of the tours, space is limited.

Sustainability Tour of the Oregon Convention Center - Tours are full; check at registration for any last-minute cancellations.
As a leader in sustainable meeting and event facilities, the Oregon Convention Center earned LEED�-EB Silver re-certification in September 2008. Go behind the scenes to see how the building is designed and operated with sustainability in mind - including an extensive recycling & food composting program, rain garden, daylighting & energy efficient lighting, water efficient fixtures, guest & staff education, and community partnerships.
Tour length: 1-1.5 hours
Wednesday, March 25 - Meet at Oregon Convention Center at 8:00 am
Thursday, March 26 - Meet at Oregon Convention Center at 7:30 am
No Cost

Sustainability Tour of the Doubletree Hotel - Tours are full; check at registration for any last-minute cancellations.
Includes a walking tour that highlights the use of IPM and sustainable practices at the hotel.
Tour length: 1-1.5 hours
Wednesday, March 25 - Meet at Doubletree Hotel at 8:00 am
Thursday, March 26 - Meet at Doubletree Hotel at 7:30 am
No Cost

Cancellations: If you register and find you cannot attend the symposium, a refund less a $50 processing fee will be made if you notify the Conferences & Institutes office at ipmsymposium@ad.uiuc.edu or 217-244-9687 by March 10, 2009. No refunds will be guaranteed after March 10. You may send someone in your place.

There will be additional fees for the Monday reception and symposium field trips.