Putting Plants to Work Where We Live, Labor, Breathe, and Play

Phytotechnologies‐ as plant‐based strategies to clean water, soil, air and provide ecosystem services‐ have an effective power beyond their science when integrated into our managed landscapes. As a scientist, do you wonder what will happen to your research when it leaves the lab or pilot field? As a landscape architect or engineer, do you often get asked by clients for proof of function regarding the innovative solutions you design to address day‐to‐day practical challenges?

This conference will bring the scientists, designers, engineers, builders, regulators, site owners, and users working with phytotechnologies into one conversation to promote successful implementation and operation of plant solutions that build an ecological relationship with the landscapes and communities they serve.

Which technologies and system designs are effective? Which plant and pollutant relationships are most effective? What do we already know? What do we still need to know? How do we apply and integrate the effective technologies into both short‐term and more permanent landscapes and built environments? How do we train the new generations of workers and designers in these fields? Why is it important to understand phytotechnologies in an ecological context?

Informative sessions and lively discussions will offer research updates and practical guidance and inspire creativity in an already cutting edge field. Mini plenary speakers (by invitation) will introduce each session topic. Session presenters include local, regional, and international experts. Pre‐conference hands‐on training and post‐conference tours will offer participants a chance to put or see projects in action.

We are now accepting abstracts for both platform and poster presenters. Abstracts are due March 15, 2011. Details and the full text of the Call for Abstracts can be found by clicking here. 

Registration for the Conference is now open! Please visit www.PhytoSociety.org and go to the Conference page.

The Conference will be held at the Doubletree Hotel. The Doubletree is easily accessed via Max Light Rail directly from the Portland International Airport to its doorstep! This will cost about $2.40 and take about half an hour. The Doubletree continually makes very conscious choices about the sustainability of its operation, and has many green features to highlight. More information and on-line hotel room reservations can be found by clicking here.The conference room rate is automatically entered if you use this link.

We have some fabulous pre-conference workshops and post-conference tours planned for you! Some of them even involve dinner and wine tasting. Please click here to see the full descriptions. Then register for them at the same time you register for the conference.

The Detailed Draft Agenda is now available! Please check out our speaker list. Click here.

Our featured Keynote speakers this year include
Rufus Chaney, Milton Gordon Award Winner
John Smith, Alcoa
Amy Stewart, Best-Selling Author of "Wicked Plants" and others