church, golf, beaches, and harbors
SPC golf arrangements TBA by email to those who registered on-line

Vendor set up
Monarch Ballroom Promenade

Registration
Monarch Ballroom Promenade

SCRI Meeting - Sweetpotato Specialty Crops Research Initiative (SCRI) meeting. 
Focus: food safety.  Project advisors, producers, or other industry leaders are invited.  Malta boardroom

 Board of Directors Meeting
Malta boardroom

no-host hospitality area
Pacific Ballroom Promenade
Live Band: Rossi Music – Instrumental Jazz

President’s Reception
Pacific Ballroom and Promenade
Meal ticket required.

Hosted by: Simplot Grower Solutions, Simplot Food Group
and A.V. Thomas Produce

Breakfast - Pacific Ballroom
This is a plated event – please by on time.  Meal ticket required.

Nathan Mininger

Aaron Silva
President, Sweet Potato Council of California
Hosted by John Deere & Water Ranchers Tractor Co., Merced

Vendor area opens
Monarch Ballroom Promenade

SoCal Agriculture Issues and Production
Dr. John Kabashima - UC Cooperative Extension,
Orange County. 

Spouse Tour  - Board busses for Mission San Juan Capistrano and Newport Beach waterfront boat cruise.

Sweetpotato Viruses
 and the FPS Program at UC Davis
 Sue Sim - Staff Research Associate and Tissue Culture Lab Manager, UC Davis Foundation Plant Services.

Farming in Surburbia:
The future of urban agriculture
A.G. Kawamura - Farmer and former Secretary, Cal Dept of Food and Agriculture under Gov. Schwarzenegger. 

 Break - Hosted by Dow AgroSciences, LLC

The Party Bus Report - Amanda Anderson

State Highlights -   NJ, VA, SC, TX, AR, Canada

Newport Beach waterfront boat cruise
Assemble in hotel lobby and board busses to join spouse tour in Newport Beach.  Don’t forget your ticket.

Boat departure and lunch
Horn Blower Cruises, 2431 West Coast Hwy
Newport Beach - Hosted by Yagi Bros Produce, Inc.,
Weimer Farms LLC

Return to shore
Board busses to return to St. Regis.

Board of Directors meeting
Malta boardroom, immediately after the tour.

Free - No events planned – dinner on your own.

Pacific Ballroom - This is a plated event – please by on time.  Meal ticket required.
Hosted by Fox Packaging, Garton Tractor, Inc.

 California sweetpotato production practices
Bob Weimer, Weimer Farms

New developments in sweetpotato production methods in California. Scott Stoddard -  UC Cooperative Extension, Merced, CA

Spouses tour - Meet in hotel lobby to board busses to Dana Point Harbor for shopping and dining.

State highlights.  AL, MS, LA, NC, CA, and processors

Food safety update for sweetpotato packers and producers - Diane Ducharme GAP Program Coordinator, North Carolina State University

LSU breeding program and new licensing methods for patented varieties
Dr. Don LaBonte LSU AgCenter School of Plant, Environmental and Soil Sciences

 Business meeting
Charles Walker Executive Secretary, U.S. Sweet Potato Council

Open
Note:  Spouses’ tour at Dana Pt. Harbor, limited bus service provided from hotel lobby for those who would like to join their spouse for lunch.

Social hour and no-host hospitality area
Pacific Ballroom Promenade
Live Band: Rossi Music – Instrumental R&B

Banquet - Pacific Ballroom
Meal ticket required.
Hosted by Quail H Farms, LLC
Bruce Foods Corporation
ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston

Aaron Silva
President, Sweet Potato Council of California

Nathan Mininger

Randle Wright, Vardamon MS & Charles Walker, Executive Secretary

 Fred McClure
DC Managing Partner, SNR Denton

Conventions of Yesteryear
A rolling slideshow of pictures from previous conventions. Duane Hutton and Craig Arnold