Thursday August 1, 2024
Time | Location | Session | Special Guest |
12:00 – 4:00 pm | Mahone Room | National Christmas Tree Association Board of Directors Meeting (Directors only) | |
12:00 – 4:00 pm | Bluenose Reception Area/ Lunenburg Room | Trade show set-up | |
4:00 pm | Bluenose Reception Area | Conference Registration Open | |
7:00 pm | Bluenose A / B | Welcome Dinner Reception Sponsored by Enjoy Tree | |
7:30 pm | Bluenose A / B | Live Entertainment Sponsored by DeLong Farm Products | Old Man Luedecke |
Friday August 2, 2024
Time | Location | Session | Special Guest |
6:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast (on your own). | ||
7:30 am | Bluenose Reception Area | Conference Registration Open | |
8:30 am | Bluenose A/B | Welcome | Honourable Greg Morrow, Minister of Agriculture John Wyckoff, President, National Christmas Tree Association Mike Harlow, President, Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia |
9:00 am | Bluenose A/B | Real Christmas Tree Board Update | Marsha Gray, Executive Director, Real Christmas Tree Board |
10:00 am | Bluenose Reception Area | Coffee Break Exhibit Hall Open Sponsored by Payments International Inc.https://www.piifx.com/ | |
10:30 am | Bluenose A/B | National Christmas Tree Association Update | John Wyckoff, President, National Christmas Tree Association Tim O’Connor, Executive Director, National Christmas Tree Association |
11:00 am | Bluenose A/B | Christmas Tree Specialist Through the Years (Panel Discussion) | Tom Ernst, Lunenburg County Christmas Tree Producers Association Scott MacEwan Peter Romkey Ross Pentz Lienna Hoeg, Perennia |
12:00 noon | Bluenose Reception Area | Lunch Exhibit Hall Open Sponsored by Harry Freeman and Son Ltd. | |
1:00 pm | Bluenose A/B | Trees for Troops | Rick Dungey, Executive Director, Christmas Spirit Foundation |
1:30 pm | Bluenose A/B | The Race to the Super Tree (Panel Discussion) | Dr. Andrew Schofield, Dalhousie University Robyn Kelly, Phytocultures Dr. Justin Whitehill, North Carolina State University Jim Rockis, Founder, Reliable Source Seeds and Transplants Greg Adams |
2:30 pm | Bluenose A/B | Genomic and Genetic Approaches to Improve Christmas Tree Health | Dr Justin Whitehill North Carolina State University |
3:00 pm | Bluenose Reception Area | Coffee Break Exhibit Hall Open Sponsored by Farm Credit Canada | |
3:30 pm | Bluenose A/B | Climate Change Challenges & Adaptation (Panel Discussion) | Dr. Allan Thomson, Perennia Dr. Mason MacDonald, Dalhousie University Dr. Anthony Taylor, University of New Brunswick Bill Lindberg, Michigan State University Fraser MacNab, Christmas Tree Council of Nova Scotia |
5:00 pm | Bluenose A/B | Closing | |
7:00 pm | Bluenose A/B | Banquet | Charles Barkhouse As seen on The Curse of Oak Island |
9:00 pm | Bluenose A/B | Live Entertainment Sponsored by M. Keddy Farm and Forest Limited | Pirates of Halifax |
Saturday August 3, 2024
Time | Location | Session | |
6:30 – 8:30 am | Breakfast (on your own) | ||
8:30 am – 5:00 pm | Hotel Lobby | Farm Tour Bus Boarding (note. all day field trip – lunch included) Sponsored by Enjoy Tree | |
9:00 am – 4:15 pm | Hotel Lobby | Farm Market and Peggy’s Cove Tour Bus Boarding (note. all day field trip – on your own lunch) Sponsored by TSC Nursery Sales LTD | |
9:30 am – 5:00 pm | Hotel Lobby | Museum and Sailing Tour Bus Boarding (note. all day field trip – on your own lunch) Sponsored by North Eastern Christmas Tree Association | |
4:00 pm – 11:00 pm | Western Shore Legion | Farewell to Nova Scotia (cash bar, finger food) Sponsored by Lunenburg County Christmas Tree Producers’ Association |