Dear Colleagues and Friends, Welcome to the Canadian Society for Horticultural Science’s national 2022 conference. The theme of the conference is Innovation in Canadian Horticulture, and will take place at the Lord Nelson Hotel and Suites, 1515 South Park street, Halifax, NS, B3J 2L2 from August 18 to 20, 2022. Halifax is the largest Canadian Atlantic city and is a spectacular heritage and futurist city to discover and enjoy. Its international airport connects easily Europe, USA and the rest of Canada. Halifax is also 1hour drive from the Annapolis Valley, one of Canada’s best fruit-growing regions one of Canada’s best fruit-growing regions.

The Conference offers a diversified series of four symposia with both oral and poster sessions addressing all aspects of horticulture including a Cannabis and High-Value Plants Symposium, a Fruit Symposium (production, pre- and postharvest), Innovations in Vegetable Production Symposium (production, pre- and postharvest), a Potato Symposium (production, pre- and postharvest), and a Haskap workshop.

A pre-conference tour scheduled for August 18, 2022 in the Annapolis Valley. It will be focused on visiting apple and tree fruit, blueberry, vineyards, tunnel and field vegetable, and haskap production facilities across the Annapolis Valley.

In addition to renowned keynote speakers and scientific talks, many symposia are expected to have a wrap up panel session consisting of industry, government and academia for a targeted discussion on critical issues of importance to that sector.    

The meeting will be consisted of both oral and poster sessions. 

Early bird registration deadline is June 30, 2022

Final deadline for all registrations is July 15, 2022

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