Seeley Summit

Getting excited for this year's Seeley! By the way our hotel room block closes June 1 so please register now at www.seeleysummit.com (you can still register after June 1, we just can't guarantee hotel rate/availability).

Seeley Summit, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University

Our color brochure including speaker bios is now posted at www.seeleysummit.com Speakers include:
• Bryan Silbermann, President & CEO of Produce Marketing Association
• Lyn Clancy and Nora Mullarkey, Lower Colorado River Authority
• Bob Dolibois, formerly Executive Vice President of the American Nursery & Landscape Association
• Jerry Halamuda, CEO and President of Color Spot Nurseries
• Al Gerace, CEO of Welby Gardens, Denver Colorado
• Hugh Gramling, formerly Executive Director of Tampa Bay Wholesale Growers
• Ron Griffin, Professor of water resource economics at Texas A&M University
• John Lea Cox, Professor of nursery research and extension at the University of Maryland
• Charles Bauers, Owner of Flowers by Bauers, Jarrettsville, MD
• Bill Phillimore, Executive Vice President for Paramount Farming Co.
• Jeffrey Bruce, Owner of Jeffrey L. Bruce & Company

Seeley Summit set for June 22-24, 2014: Water: the Green Industry's Next Big Game Changer

The Board of Cornell University's Seeley Conference is pleased to announce that the next Seeley Summit will take place June 22-24, 2014 in Lisle, Illinois – conveniently located for ease of travel into Chicago O'Hare and Midway airports.

The Board has chosen to tackle the insipient issue of water scarcity for its 2014 focus. The Board believes water availability will be among the greatest challenges facing the floriculture industry in coming years The water scarcity topic is particularly well suited to the Seeley Summit as floriculture and horticulture's major growing regions are in areas of regular water scarcity (arid west) or regions of occasional extreme shortage (southeast) and no region is completely immune (Midwest drought, summer 2012). Ultimately, all sectors of the floriculture supply chain including growers, retailers, landscapers, and the end consumer are, or will be, affected by water scarcity.

The interactive think-tank atmosphere of the Seeley Summit will allow for plenty of interaction with fellow industry leaders and water experts from outside our industry regarding these timely issues:
• What if you had to deal with the real cost, including distribution, of water?
• What if the direct cost of water to grow a pot plant, flat or hanging basket was equal to or exceeded the cost of the plastic or growing medium used?
• What would this do to your business?
• How do we make changes in our (your) business to accommodate the current and future ever-increasing costs of water?
• In drought conditions, how do we convince the legislators (and consumers) to consider and factor in the environmental, social, economic, health/wellnesss benefits of plants, trees and flowers into any water restriction guidelines they're considering?

For more information regarding the 2104 Seeley Summit visit www.seeleysummit.com

Seeley will be back in 2014 with some changes. More posted shortly. After a two-year hiatus during 2012 and 2013, the Seeley Conference Board of Directors is relaunching the gatherings with a new name (Seeley Summit) and location (Lisle, Ill.). The conference has been rebranded the Seeley Summit to reflect a more modern, interactive "meeting of the minds." Attendees can expect round-table discussion, Q&A with speakers and panelists, and lots of face-to-face networking. The change in location was made in attempt to make the gathering more accessible to travelers.

No Seeley Conference this year, but you can still have a Cornell chicken BBQ!!!

Find the recipe here for Dr. Baker's famous "Cornell Chicken BBQ Sauce" -- and follow our safety tips to ensure that you, your friends and family have delicious and food-safe barbeques all summer long!

http://ccetompkins.org/resources/cornell-chicken-bbq-sauce-and-safe-chicken-barbecues

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Seeley Conference will not be held in 2012

more online at: http://www.hort.cornell.edu/seeleyconference/

Seeley Conference, Department of Horticulture, Cornell University The June 2012 Seeley Conference, a think tank event that promotes the discussion of critical issues important to the future of commercial floriculture, has been postponed for a year to allow time for a strategic overhaul.

Seeley’s Run Of 26 Straight Conferences Halted - Greenhouse Grower The annual Seeley Conference has been postponed until 2013 so the board of directors can discuss possible changes to the venue and format of floriculture’s think tank.

Seeley Conference Reflection - Greenhouse Grower Greenhouse Grower: The top information source for commercial growers of bedding plants, annuals, perennials, foliage, potted plants and cut flowers.

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June 26-29, 2011