2015 BGCI Congress Program

 

Girl smelling herbsReview and acceptance of proposal submissions has concluded. The BGCI Education team, along with the Missouri Botanical Garden Education team, is pleased to share the Congress Program, which we hope enables you to plan, prepare, and get the most out of your Congress experience.

The 2015 BGCI Education Congress Program boasts an extensive selection of 30 panel sessions, 20 workshops, 3 world café’s, roundtable session and poster showcases. In addition to the inspiring and motivating sessions, we are offering tours of Missouri Botanical Garden, a special opening reception event, a field trip to Shaw Nature Reserve with dinner, and a nocturne event at Missouri History Museum.

When you register, don't forget to sign up to our engaging tours! There are several day-long, pre- and post-congress tours around Missouri and into Illinois, as well as the 3 day tour around Chicago, Illinois.

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Program Schedule at a Glance

  Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
 9:00    Plenary Address
Plenary Address
Plenary Address
Plenary Address
Plenary Address
 9:30  
 10:00    Coffee & Posters
Coffee & Posters
Coffee & Posters
Coffee & Posters
 10:30   Coffee & Posters
 11:00   Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent
Sessions

Concurrent
Sessions

 11:30   Concurrent
Sessions
 12:00  
 12:30    LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
LUNCH
 1:00   LUNCH
 1:30   Biodiversity, Bluegrass, and
Bar-B-Que at
Shaw Nature Reserve

 2:00
  Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent
Sessions

Closing Ceremony
 2:30  
 3:00    
 3:30   Coffee & Posters
Coffee & Posters
 Coffee & Posters
 4:00
   
 4:30
  Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent
Sessions


 5:00
Taste of
St. Louis
Welcome Reception

 
 5:30
 
 6:00  Networking  

Communities
in Nature
Nocturne Evening
at Missouri History Museum


6:30


7:00
     
 7:30
     
 8:00      
 8:30      
 9:00
         
 9:30          
 10:00          
Monday April 27, 2015

 9:00-10:00 Plenary Address
  Featured Speakers: Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, Dr. Paul Smith, Dr. Asimina Vergou, and Sheila Voss 
 10:00-10:45 Coffee & Posters
 11:00-12:30 Panel
Conserving, Preserving and Training the Next Generation of Botanic Garden Horticulturists
Panel
Innovative Ways to Connect Children with Nature
Panel Developing Audiences to Gardens Through Art Workshop Enlisting Formal Educators as Partners in Conservation Through Citizen Science Workshop
What  Plants
are you Wearing Today?
MBG Tour
The William L. Brown Center and the Sacred Seeds Program
MBG Tour
Behind the Scenes: The Garden's Herbarium and Peter H. Raven Library
 12:30-2:00 Lunch
 2:00-3:30 Panel
Innovative
Public Garden Engagement Activities
Workshop
The Future of Botanic Gardens Education: Developing a Strategy
Workshop
Crucial Role of Volunteers as Garden Interpreters
World Café
MBG Teen Network: Energizing Next-Gen Thinkers, Doers, and Problem-Solvers
MBG Tour
Sustainability at the Garden
MBG Tour
Behind the Scenes: The Garden's Conservatories
MBG Tour
Experience the Japanese Garden
 3:30-4:15  Coffee & Poster Session
 4:30-6:00 Panel
Communicating Climate Change to Diverse Audiences
Panel
The Importance of Unstructured Children’s Play
Pecha Kucha
Conversations Between Education and Horticulture: Planting Ideas for the Future
 6:00-6:45 Networking
Tuesday April 28, 2015

 9:00-10:00 Plenary Address
  Featured Speakers: Dr. Peter H. Raven, Dr. Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón , and Catherine Werner 
 10:00-10:45 Coffee & Posters
 11:00-12:30 Panel
Botanic Gardens, Technology, and Innovative Ways to Connect People with Nature
Panel
Engaging the Public: Science Communication Initiatives at Botanic Gardens
Panel
Visitors, Educators, and Innovative Methods in Botanical Gardens: Perspectives from Educational Research
Panel
INQUIRE: International Collaborations for Inquiry-Based Science Education
Workshop
Inclusive Programming: Engaging Visitors of All Abilities
Workshop
Voicing the Garden

MBG Tours
History & Heritage of the Missouri Botanical Garden
 12:30-2:00 Lunch
 2:00-3:30 Panel
Interpretation Worth Sharing: Inspiring and Educating for a Better World
Panel
Knowledge Management:  Bring the Information Highway to Garden Pathways
Workshop
A New Sustainable Educational Toolbox for Botanic Gardens, Parks, and Arboreta
Workshop
Phenomenological Approaches in Learning with Plants
Workshop
Education Hopes and Dreams of United States Gardens

MBG Tour
Behind the Scenes: The Garden's Conservatories
MBG Tour
Behind the Scenes: The Garden's Living Collection

 3:30-4:45  Coffee & Poster Session
 5:00-6:30 Panel
Training for Employment in Botanic Gardens
Panel
Getting Ahead of the Roadblocks in Plant Science Education
Panel
Native Plants and Environmental Culture
Panel
Agents of Change: Reconnecting People to Nature Through Biophilic Design and Art

MBG Tours
Behind the Scenes of Lantern Festival: Magic Reimagined
Wednesday April 29, 2015

 9:00-10:00 Plenary Address
  Featured Speaker: Dr. Akpezi Ogbuigwe 
 10:00-10:45 Coffee & Posters
 11:00-12:30 Panel
Staff and Student Exchanges for Professional Development and Learning
Panel
Working with Communities to Improve Wellbeing
Workshop
CSI Missouri: A Forensic Biology Workshop
Workshop
The Arabian Desert's Botanical Bounty: Poems to Celebrate Qatar's Quranic Botanic Garden
Workshop
The Science of Taste: A Sensory Approach to Botanical Education
Workshop
Seeing With Your Pencil
Technology Showcase
 12:30-1:30 Lunch
 2:00-8:00 Biodiversity, Bluegrass, and Bar-B-Que
FIELD TRIP to Shaw Nature Reserve



Thursday April 30, 2015

 9:00-10:00 Plenary Address
  Featured Speakers: Dr. Rainer Bussmann, Dr. Cary Fowler, and Marly Cornell 
 10:00-10:30 Coffee & Posters
 10:45-12:15 Panel
Innovative Uses of Online and Computer-mediated Teaching to Expand Audiences and Facilitate Learning
Panel
Biocultural Conservation in the Context of Botanic Garden Education and Outreach Programs
Workshop
Connecting Climate to Communities
Workshop
Building Models to Build Up Understanding: Practical Approaches to Pollination Biology Evolution
Round Table
Leaders in Biodiversity Conservation: Working Together for Botanic Garden Environmental Education
MBG Tour
Behind the Scenes: The Garden's Herbarium and Peter H. Raven Library
 12:15-1:45 Lunch
 1:45-3:15 Panel
Training the Next Generation of Leaders in Botanic Gardens
Panel
Botanic Gardens Building Bridges Between Generations, Communities, and Careers
Workshop
Inspiring a Green Revolution
Workshop
The Passionate Fact: Storytelling Science
MBG Tour
Behind the Scenes: The Garden's Living Collection
MBG Tour
Behind the Scenes: Kemper Center for Home Gardening

 3:15-4:00  Coffee & Poster Session
 4:15-5:30 Panel
Role of Botanic Gardens in Knowledge Transfer to Enhance Sustainable Food Production and Food Security
Panel
Children's Garden:  A Case for Program Impact
Workshop
Bringing Science to Life: How to Create and Maintain Successful Education/Research Collaborations
Workshop
Increasing Youth Environmental Engagement through Location-Based Mobile Games
Workshop
Grow With Us:
The Development of Educational and Commercially Successful Adult Learning Programs
Workshop
Botanic Gardens
at Night
 6:00-10:00
 Communities in Nature Nocturne hosted at the Missouri History Museum
World Café - Engaging Your Community: Who's Missing from Your Garden?


Friday May 1, 2015

 9:00-10:30 Plenary Address
  Featured Speakers: Gil Penalosa and Dr. Joe E. Heimlich
 10:30-11:15 Coffee & Posters
 11:30-1:00 Panel
BiodiverseCity St. Louis: Cultivating Community Partnerships
Panel
Planting Seeds During the Early Childhood Years
Panel
Education Research in Botanic Gardens: Case Studies from China and Austria
Workshop
Interpretive Master Plan Development at Public Gardens: Three Case Studies from Finland, Australia and the United States
Workshop Tackling “Organizational Inertia” and Perceptions about the Social Role of Botanic Gardens


MBG Tours
Experience the Japanese Garden
MBG Tours
Behind the Scenes: Kemper Center for Home Gardening
 1:00-2:00 Lunch
 2:00-3:00 Closing Ceremony
 3:00-?? Explore the Garden On Your Own
 4:00-6:00 Coach Transportation to Airport or Host Hotel



Botanic Gardens Conservation International, the world’s greatest force for plant conservation is co-organizing its 9th Education Congress in partnership with Missouri Botanical Garden.
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April 26–May 1, 2015
Missouri Botanical Garden
St. Louis, Missouri

 

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