Day One |
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Monday 2nd October 2023
This is the first day of the Clivia Conference, of which multi-media sessions will take place in the Conference Centre at MHS.
(Note the separately specified venue shifts for food, entertainment and auction.)
| 8:45 | 9:45 | Completion of Registration and issuing of Conference paraphernalia, self-service tea and coffee. |
| 9:45 | 10:00 | Welcome and Housekeeping Arrangements. |
| 10:00 | 10:45 | Session #1: C. MIRABILIS INTERSPECIFIC CROSSES DISAPPOINT (Speaker: Felix Middleton, breeder/grower, researcher) |
| 10:45 | 11:15 | Q & A (The speaker will respond to questions from the floor.) |
| 11:15 | 11:45 | Morning Tea (in Conference Centre) |
| 11:45 | 12:30 | Session #2: HERITAGE CLIVIAS HAVE ‘OUTSERVED’ THEIR USEFULNESS (The speaker has withdrawn for a personal emergency, requiring a sudden strategic substitution). Substitute Session #2: Visiting C. mirabilis is just like a trip to the Mall. (Speaker: André Swart, pensive plodder in serene settings, with no pretentions of hiking super-powers.) |
| 12:30 | 13:00 | Q & A (The speaker will respond to questions from the floor.) |
| 13:00 | 13:45 | Sit-down Lunch (in Conference Centre and annex). |
| 13:45 | 14:30 | Session #3: GENES TRUMP PROVENANCE (Speaker: André Swart, breeder/grower, retired legal practitioner) |
| 14:30 | 15:00 | Q & A (The speaker will respond to questions from the floor.) |
| 15:00 | 15:30 | Afternoon Tea (in Conference Centre) |
| 15:30 | 16:15 | Session #4: WET FEET KILL CLIVIAS (Speaker: Dave Garriock, breeder/grower, innovator) |
| 16:15 | 16:45 | Q & A (The speaker will respond to questions from the floor.) |
| 16:45 | 17:30 | Body Break |
| 17:30 | 18:30 | Cheese and wine (in Conference Centre). |
| 18:30 | 19:45 | AUCTION (in Conference Centre). |
| 19:45 | 21:30 | Sit-down, smart served dinner (in Conference Centre). |