Hi all
I am wondering who is planning to attend. This is from the web site

2015 Conference Overview
Wednesday, September 30

The conference will begin on Wednesday afternoon with a Board of Directors meeting followed by the “Bee Buzz Social”. The Bee Buzz Social will welcome you to beautiful Colorado and will be held in the Museum of Natural History on the CU campus. Alex Rose will give a brief talk on the “Bees Needs” citizen science program and the Museum will open their expansive bee collection (over 900 species!) for us to check out. Honey craft cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Thursday, October 1

The conference goes into full swing with Elina Lastro Nino of UC-Davis kicking off a full day of interesting speakers! She will be joined by Jim Doan and Mark Winston as well as our partners at the Honey Bee Health Coalition and the Pollinator Stewardship Council. We will break into beginner and intermediate tracks for the balance of the afternoon. The Trade Show will get underway, too. Dinner will be on your own and the Next Generation Beekeepers conference will get fired up long about the time the rest of us will be “hitting the sack”.

Friday, October 2

The Friday speaker line-up is every bit as strong as Thursday with Susan Kegley of the Pesticide Research Institute, Peter Loring Borst of Cornell University and Jonathan Lundgren of USDA set to entertain and educate us. We will again break into beginner and intermediate tracks for the afternoon. The Banquet and Award ceremony will be held at the hotel this evening and will present a terrific opportunity for you to hobnob with the speakers. We are crossing our fingers for a very special guest speaker for Friday night. Get some sleep because Saturday will be a whirlwind!

Saturday, October 3

On Saturday, the focus of our conference will change from “Healthy Bee” to “Bee Healthy” and a community-wide celebration will begin! The morning sessions will feature several mainstream physicians who are using honey for general human health as well as for wound care. Dr. Marla Spivak, MacArthur Fellow and head of the University of Minnesota Bee Lab, will join us for lunch. The afternoon is packed with activities for young and old. The ABF Kids and Bees program will be available for the youngsters. There are FIVE different tracks available for conference attendees in the afternoon ranging from Apitherapy to Book Signings, Gardening for Pollinators to a “Who’s the Fairest of Them All” session featuring some of the country’s finest bee breeders. Don’t forget the Bee Beards!!!!!

http://www.westernapiculturalsociety.org/overview/

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