Date / Time

Wednesday, 03/19/2025 - Thu 03/20/2025

Summary

Strengthen your awareness of invasive species issues; learn innovative and practical solutions for their prevention and management. Registration is required, click for details.

Full Description

Join with professionals and concerned citizens who work on, and care about, the issue of invasive species in the lower Midwest. Strengthen your awareness of invasive species issues and learn innovative and practical solutions for prevention and management.

This conference event is being hosted by The Midwest Invasive Plant Network (MIPN); BCA is assisting with awareness. Please refer to their official conference website for further details, itineraries, and policies: https://mipnconference.weebly.com/

Presentations, Field Trips, and Workshops

This in-person conference will include one full day of presentations (Thursday, March 20) with multiple session tracks, as well as an optional half day of field trips (afternoon of Wednesday, March 19). A reception/ exhibits/ poster presentation session on Wednesday as well as lunch and breaks with exhibitors on Thursday will provide ample opportunities for attendees to network with colleagues and experts.

Keynote Speaker: ​​Dr. Daniel Simberloff, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, whose research focuses on issues related to ecological community composition and structure and invasion biology.

Presentation Tracks: Three periods of break-out sessions in separate rooms focused on the following tracks: "Early Detection & Innovations", "Forest Health", "Control & Management", "Aquatic Invasives, and "Collaborating For Success!" Each break-out session track will feature 4 to 5 rapid fire presentations by people involved in the research, front-line work, or advocacy aspects of invasive species management.

Field Trips & Workshops: For the afternoon of March 19, attendees can sign up for ONE of the optional field trips or workshops. (Yes, they will be happening simultaneously so you'll have to choose just one.) Field trip destinations: the Ohio River Oxbow Wetland, Fernald Preserve, Boone County Arboretum, green infrastructure sites of Rapid Run Bioswale and Lick Run Greenway, combined tours of Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden and Spring Grove Cemetery & Arboretum. In-depth workshops: workshop 1 = invasive grass identification, workshop 2 = Herbicide preparation and application techniques, introduction to EDDMapS (Early Detection and Distribution Mapping System).

 

Conference Participation Options:

Just-The-Conference:
(Starting 5pm Wednesday for opening reception/ exhibits/ poster presentations, and all day Thursday)

• Early Bird --- $105  (ends February 2nd)
• Regular Attendee --- $130
• Conference Presenter --- $95
• Student --- $50
  
  

Optional Add-Ons:
(starting Wednesday late morning through late afternoon) 

• Field Trips --- $50
• Workshops --- $25

 

Registration Is Open!

Full Program Information & Registration is available on the conference website:
https://mipnconference.weebly.com

Note that registration for this conference is being managed by The Morton Arboretum, the fiduciary for the Midwest Invasive Plant Network who is hosting the conference. Be aware that on the registration page you will see an opportunity to donate to or become a member of Morton (not MIPN or BCA). Doing so does not provide any discount to your conference registration fee or provide any additional funding to MIPN, BCA, or the conference proceedings.

 

Conference Partners & Sponsors:

More than 20 organizations, businesses, universities and government entities are coming together and making this opportunity available. Visit the official conference website for the list and be sure to express your gratitude when you see one of their representatives.

 

Event Fee & Registration

Registration for this event is being handled on another website: https://mipnconference.weebly.com/

Location

Boone County Extension - Enrichment Center
1824 Patrick Drive
Burlington, KY  41005