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Monday, June 15, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
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Oral presentation: 20 minutes (15 minutes of presentation + 5 minutes of questions).
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS SCHEDULE IS NOT DEFINITIVE YET. A FEW SLIGHT CHANGES MIGHT STILL OCCUR.
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Technical Program
The Technical Program for the Greenhouse industry will be held on Wednesday, June 17 and Thursday, June 18, 2009.
Click here to consult the program at a glance.
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Post-tour
Charlevoix Region - Thursday, June 18th
A one-day tour (Thursday June 18th), featuring the beautiful area of Charlevoix is available to all participants. The tour will leave the Loews Le Concorde Hotel at 8:00 am and return at 8:00 pm.
The tour will start with a rapid visit of the magnificent shrine of Ste-Anne de Beaupré and the morning will be completed with a visit of a greenhouse complex specializing in bedding plants and hydroponic tomato production.
Lunch will be taken at Manoir Richelieu and include a visit of the beautiful garden.
A 2-hr cruise to see the whales and visit the Saguenay River will complete the afternoon.
Finally, a 2-hr scenic drive will bring participants back to Quebec City.
The cost includes all visits, a lunch, and the cruise, bus transportation and applicable taxes.
$ 175 / person
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Scientific Tour
Montréal-Québec City (June 13-14) / Québec City-Montréal (June 19-20)
Departure from Hotel des Gouverneurs in Montreal, where participants will have spent the previous night, at 8:00 am on Sunday, June 14th. The first visit will feature the unique Montréal Biodôme and the Montréal Botanical Garden. Visits will include the controlled environment facilities at the Biodôme.
The Biodôme isn’t a zoo, an aquarium or a botanical garden, but all these things combined: it brings together four ecosystems from the Americas, under one roof, each with a different climate: the Tropical Forest, the Laurentian Forest, the St-Lawrence Marine ecosystem and the Polar world. Hummingbirds, sloth, piranhas, beavers, sea urchins are waiting around the corner. Visitors to the Biodôme will get the opportunity to go behind the scenes.
The Botanical Garden was founded in 1931 by Brother Marie-Victorin and
designed by famous American botanist Henry Teuscher. The garden has a
total area of 75 hectares and features some 22,000 species and
cultivars, with main collections in orchids, aroids, cacti, bromeliads,
Penjings from Hong Kong, alpine plants (3,800 taxa) and shade garden
(2800 taxa). Main attractions on the premises include a Japanese
garden, Chinese garden and the Insectarium.
Participants will later visit a large flower greenhouse operation and garden center located 50 km East of Montréal. Everyone will then come to Québec City for the welcome reception at the Loews Le Concorde Hotel, GreenSys 2009 venue.
On Friday, June 19, participants will leave at 7:30 am from the hotel and visit 3 greenhouse operations featuring vegetable and flower production. The tour will include a scenery drive along the St-Lawrence River. Participants will arrive at Hotel des Gouverneurs, downtown Montreal, where they could enjoy a nice evening in Old Montreal, on their own. The cost of the tour includes fee for 2 nights at Hotel les Gouverneurs (downtown Montreal), bus transportation, 2 breakfasts, 2 lunches, all visits and applicable taxes.
$ 600 / person
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Call for abstracts
It is no longer possible to submit an abstract. We would like to thank those who have sent their abstract by December 31, 2008.
GreenSys 2009' will address the following themes:
1- Energy (EUE, renewable sources, storage, new technology, etc.)
2- Greenhouse system (structure, covering, equipment, architecture, etc.)
3- Robotic and sensors
4- Crop modelling - HORTIMODEL
5- CFD
6- Microclimate
7- Controlled Environment Technology and Use - USDA NCERA-101/NCR-101
8- Greenhouse management (microclimate, crop systems, abiotic stress, temperature
integration, etc.)
9- Fertigation and management of growing media
10- Plant protection (disease and pest management, plant growth promoters, etc.)
11- Sustainable growing systems (water and nutrient management, waste material and
biomass, life cycle assessment, etc.)
12- Organic crop systems
13- High tunnels
14- Product quality (pre- and post harvest, storage, packaging, health component, safety
and traceability)
15- Education and training
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Paper Submission
All oral and poster presentations are eligible for publication in the proceedings if manuscripts are submitted by April 15, 2009 to the Editorial Board, and follow ISHS guidelines.
As a general rule, the maximum number of pages is 8 for submitted oral papers and papers resulting from poster presentations. An average page of text will contain about 800 words. Manuscript reviewers will delete unnecessary information. You can download a sample by clicking here.
Papers reporting results of experiments normally include at least four sections: abstract; introduction; materials and methods; results and discussion. Abstracts or extended summaries will not be published in Acta Horticulturae. Review manuscripts will be accepted for guest and invited presentations.
Manuscripts for publication in Acta Horticulturae must be typed as indicated in the ISHS guidelines to Authors.
You must submit your paper electronically by April 15, 2009 by clicking here. Note that you should already have received a login name and a password by e-mail. Contact us at info@greensys2009.com should you have not received this information.
You are also requested to submit a hard copy of your paper by April 15, 2009. Please send your copy to:
GreenSys 2009
c/o Agora Communication
835-2600, Laurier blvd.
Québec City, QC
G1V 4W2
CANADA
Papers will be considered only if at least one of the authors of your paper has fully registered by April 15, 2009.
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Poster Guidelines
SIZE/COPY:
Maximum poster size: Height 120 cm, Width 85 cm. Materials must be easily read at a distance of 1.5 meters.
LAYOUT/REQUIRED TEXT:
Be sure to include the title of the poster in large letters, the institution(s) where the work was completed, and the authors’ names at the top centre of the poster. Carelessly prepared or a hand-written copy is not acceptable. To design poster text, use Arial font size of 28 point or larger.
READABILITY:
Space your information proportionally, divide your poster into three or four sections and place your materials within those spaces. Remember to leave blank space around charts and graphs--text placed too close to graphs (except for labels and numbers) will make your poster appear cluttered. Neutral backgrounds are easier on the eyes and do not distract from the poster text and graphics; color photos look best when mounted on a grey background. Posters should stimulate discussion. If your point can be made with fewer words, then edit your poster accordingly.
HANDOUTS:
Individual handouts relative to poster presentations are popular and encouraged.
SUPPLIES:
Velcro will be available on site in the poster area.
SET UP:
All posters must be hung between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm on Sunday, June 14 or between 7:30 am and 11:30 am on Monday, June 15 and be removed between 1:40 pm and 2:40 pm on Wednesday, June 17.
PRESENCE:
The poster viewing periods are over lunchtime on Monday, June 15, Tuesday, June 16 and Wednesday, June 17.
There will be three poster sessions, one per day. According to your theme session, your abstract will be scheduled in one of these sessions:
Monday June 15: Greenhouse Systems, Crop Modelling-Hortimodel, Plant Protection, Fertigation and growing media management, New Products and Quality.
Tuesday June 16: Energy, CFD, Greenhouse management, High Tunnels, Organic Crop Systems.
Wednesday June 17: Sustainable growing systems, Microclimate, Robotic and Sensors, Environmental Control, Education and Training.
At least one of the authors must be at the assigned poster during the designated poster viewing time to discuss the work presented, so if you are unable to present your poster, please make arrangements for one of your co-authors to be there. Note that a student poster award will be given for the best presentation at the closing ceremony.
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