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WOTZ2024

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Last Update: April 14, 2024

Important Date

2022 Aug.      Web site open
2023 Apr.      Announcement of registration information     (fees and detailed schedules)
2023 Sep. 1     Registration and Abstract submission start
2023 Dec. 15     Deadlines of Early Bird Registration and Abstract submission
2024 Feb. 15     Deadlines of Abstract submission (Extended!)
2024  Mar. 15     Deadline of Standard Registration
 2024  Mar. 31     Deadline of Full paper submission for Acta Horticulturae
2024  Apr. 21-25     WOTZ2024 in Matsue

 

Program Timetable

Apr 21 (Sun)
13:00 – 16:00 Special Open Seminar and Flower Design Demonstration (Flower Arrangement Show)
16:00 – 19:00 Reception Desk Open in Meeting Room (4F)
17:00 – 19:00 Post Poster in Terrsa Hall (1F)
18:00 – 19:00 Welcome Reception at Meeting Room (4F)

Apr 22 (Mon)
9:00 – 9:40 Opening Ceremony
9:45 – 10:15 Plenary lecture: Peonies and Camellias: Flowers of Matsue Bringing Us Together / Akihito Uesada
10:15 – 10:40 Plenary lecture: Japanese flowers that embellish Italian gardens: the search for new shapes and colors / Valentina Scariot
10:40 – 11:10 Coffee/Tea Break
11:10 – 11:35 Plenary lecture: Japanese woody ornamentals across the sea / Yuji Kurashige
11:35 – 12:00 Keynote: New sustainable approach for historic gardens’ management, conservation and restoration in Piedmont Region (Italy) / Marco Devecchi
12:00 – 12:45 Session 1 (Chair: Marco Devecchi)
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch
13:45 – 14:10 Keynote: Genomics on ornamental plants and flowers decorating the Japanese culture and traditions / Kenta Shirasawa
14:10 – 15:10 Session 2 (Chair: Kenta Shirasawa)
15:10 – 15:40 Coffee/Tea Break
15:40 – 16:05 Keynote: Soil microbiota: a key player for healthy plants and its characterization in woody ornamental plant species / Valeria Bianciotto
16:05 – 17:05 Session 3 (Chair: Valeria Bianciotto)
17:05 – 17:20 Sponsor Presentation
17:20 – 17:35 YMA 3-minute presentations from the poster session
17:35 – 18:15 Poster Session (Odd number)
18:15 – 18:55 Poster Session (Even number)

Apr 23 (Tue)
9:00 – 9:25 Keynote: Two haplotype-resolved genomes of Hydrangea macrophylla reveal important flower traits for hydrangea breeding improvement / Lisa Alexander
9:25 – 10:25 Session 4 (Chair: Lisa Alexander)
10:25 – 10:55 Coffee/Tea Break
10:55 – 11:20 Keynote: Breeding woody ornamentals in a rapidly changing world / Johan Van Huylenbroeck
11:20 – 12:20 Session 5 (Chair: Johan Van Huylenbroeck)
13:00 – 18:30 Technical Visit 1
18:30 – 20:20 Gala Dinner

Apr 24 (Wed)
9:00 – 9:25 Keynote: The use of genomic data in the genetics of tetraploid roses across gene pools / Thomas Debener
9:25 – 10:25 Session 6 (Chair: Thomas Debener)
10:25 – 10:55 Coffee/Tea Break
10:55 – 11:35 Poster Session (Even number)
11:35 – 12:15 Poster Session (Odd number)
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch
13:15 – 13:40 Keynote: Japanese wild roses contributed to cultivated roses and the history of rose breeding in Japan / Yoshihiro Ueda
13:40 – 14:05 Keynote: Woody native plants of Argentina: the breeding experience in the Institute of Floriculture, INTA. / Gabriela R. Facciuto
14:05 – 14:50 Session 7 (Chair: Yoshihiro Ueda)
14:50 – 15:20 Coffee/Tea Break
15:20 – 15:45 Keynote: Do the dollars make sense for woody ornamental cultivar development in a university setting? / Stan C. Hokanson
15:45 – 16:45 Session 8 (Chair: Stan C. Hokanson)
17:00 – 17:15 Business Meeting
17:15 – 17:45 Closing Ceremony

Apr 25 (Thu)
Technical Visit 2
[Course A]
8:30 Meeting at JR Matsue Station
9:30 – 16:00 Adachi Museum of Art >> Tottori Flower Gallery (Hanakairou) >> Kotobuki Castle
16:30 Yonago Kitaro Airport (YGJ)
17:30 JR Matsue Station

[Course B]
8:30 Meeting at JR Matsue Station
9:30 – 11:00 Production farmer of potted Hydrangea
11:30 – 16:15 Izumo Cultural Heritage Museum (Izumo Cultural Tradition Hall) >> Izumo Taisha Grand Shrine
11:30 – 16:15 Shimane Prefectural Agricultural Technology Center “Hydrangea Research Workshop” (*Maximum group size is 15 persons)
16:45 Izumo Enmusubi Airport (IZO)
17:30 JR Matsue Station

Apr 26 (Fri)
Post-Conference Tour
Excursion to Okuizumo
8:15 Meeting at JR Matsue Station
9:40 – 14:00 Okuizumo area
15:10 Izumo Enmusubi Airport (IZO)
15:45 JR Matsue Station

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