November is just around the corner and we invite you to make plans now to join us for the Seventh International Symposium on Postharvest Physiology of Ornamental Plants. We encourage you to arrive early or extend your stay for a side-trip to one or more of the many attractions Fort Lauderdale and South Florida have to offer. Casual business attire is appropriate during our meetings at the hotel, with leisure casual wear and comfortable walking shoes for the evening events and the all day excursion to flower growers and floral importers in the Miami area.
Appropriate attire is suggested for the closing reception and dinner banquet.
You may want to bring a jacket or sweater for possible cool evenings and air conditioned areas. Enclosed you will find a number of items to assist you with making arrangements for attending the symposium. We look forward to your participation, and we assure you of an outstanding agenda that promises to challenge and benefit all. Quality and longevity have become a primary focus of the floral industry and researchers worldwide because flowers and plants are grown long distances from markets and transported to customers who have become increasingly discriminating about the value received with each flower and plant purchase. The University of Florida is proud to co-host this international symposium with the ISHS so that participants can share information on current research and become familiar with the importance of the floriculture industry to Florida and the United States, and to highlight the University of Florida Environmental Horticulture program.