Topics and Speakers

Convention Program

Join us in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from June 18 to 24, 2009 for the World Rose Convention, featuring daily lectures, city and private/public garden tours, a rose show as part of our public Rose Festival and social events. Below are examples of lectures that are part of the Lecture Series Program.

To print the Conference Program, click here. (5.56 MB PDF)

To print the Registration Brochure, click here. (5MB PDF)

To print the updated lecture Series Schedule, click here. (125 KB PDF)

Speaker	DAY/TIME	Topic
Peter Beales, England	Sunday 09:30	Classic Roses in the Garden Landscape
Beatrice Barni, Italy Amanda Beales, England	Sunday 08:30	Future Rose Stars
Beatrice Barni, Italy	Wednesday 10:30	Meet the Rose Hybridizers - Up Close & Personal
Deborah Benge-Frost, USA	Sunday 10:00	Earthkind - The Science Behind Carefree Roses
Gian Paolo Bonani , Italy	Tuesday 09:30	Vacunae Rosae - Portrait of a New Roman Rose Garden
Peter Boyd, England	Tuesday 10:30	The International Heritage of Scots Roses
Helga Brichet, Italy	Wednesday 09:30	Roses on the Move -Tracing How and Where Roses Traveled From Earliest Times to the Present
Markus Brunsing, Germany	Sunday 10:30	New Roses - New Trends. Impressions of the International Baden-Baden Rose Trials
Tommy Cairns, USA	Wednesday 10:30	Moderator: Meet the Rose Hybridizers - Up Close & Personal
Alec Globe, Canada	Saturday 10:30	The History of Roses in Canada
Doug Grant, New Zealand	Sunday 08:30	Exploring New Zealand, its Gardens and their Roses
Gaye Hammond, USA	Sunday 11:00	Earthkind - The Next Generation in Rose Horticulture
Sheenagh Harris, South Africa	Wednesday 08:30	Royal Roses: from Queen Victoria to present day British Royalty
Brad Jalbert, Canada	Saturday 08:30	Modern Roses for the Pacific Northwest
Brad Jalbert, Canada	Wednesday 10:30	Meet the Rose Hybridizers - Up Close & Personal
Steve Jones, USA	Tuesday 08:30	Polyanthas - Old is New Again
Eva Kigyóssy-Schmidt, Germany	Tuesday 10:30	Remembering the Roses Hybridized by Hungarian Gergely Márk
Claire Laberge, Canada	Saturday 09:30	Species Roses in the Landscape as Used in the Montreal Botanical Garden with an Introduction to MBG's 12-year-old IPM Program
Katsuhiko Maebara, Japan Yuki Mikanagi, Japan	Tuesday 09:30	The City of Sakura Rose Garden (Kusabue-n-oka), Japan
Alain Meilland, France	Tuesday 11:30	House of Meilland
Alain Meilland, France	Wednesday 10:30	Meet the Rose Hybridizers - Up Close & Personal
Thomas Proll, Germany	Wednesday 10:30	Meet the Rose Hybridizers - Up Close & Personal
Per H. Salvesen, Norway	Wednesday 09:30	Heritage Roses Found in Old Gardens Along the Atlantic Coast of Norway Between 58° N Latitude and the Arctic Circle
Lakshmi Sridharan, USA	Sunday 11:30	Healthy Soil - Healthy Roses
Felicitas Svejda, Canada Tribute to Felicitas Svejda Presented by Patrick White	Saturday 11:30	Sub Zero and Explorer Roses Hybridized
Hui Wang, China	Wednesday 08:30	Rose Gardens and Exhibitions in Subtropical Areas and their Cultural Role in Local Society

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Hotel Reservations

Did you know…?

Imagine - A rose with your name on it.

The draw to name a rose by registering and paying for the Rose Convention and booking your accommodation at the Westin Bayshore Hotel by October 15, 2008 is now closed. The contest winner will be announced at the Convention Banquet. Remember, you need to actually stay at the Westin to win! The "Name a Rose" contest is sponsored by breeder Brad Jalbert of Select Roses.