The registration site is now open for the 66th annual meeting of the California Weed Science Society (CWSS).  This year, the meetign will be held January 22-24, 2014 at the Portola Hotel & Spa in Monterey, CA.  The theme of the meeting is "Meeting the Challenge for a Hungry World: Weed Management Strategies in the Coming Decade".  CDPR has approved the meeting for 18 hours of continuing education (includes 4 laws and regs hours).

For those that have not come to this conference before, it is one of the longest running state weed conferences in the country.  It is generally a 2.5 day meeting with around 500-600 attendees ranging from weed scientists to weed managers, to herbicide applicators from around the state.  The first day is usually of broad interest and has a General Session, Weed School, and a "What's New in Industry" sessions followed by a member reception.  The second day has a series of concurrent sessions on weed control in specific crops and situations (Tree & Vine, Aquatics, Spray Technology, Roadsides/Utilties/Industrial, Turf & Landscape, Agronomy, Forest/Range/Natural Areas, and Vegetable Crops).  The final session is focused on laws and regulatory issues affecting herbicide use. 

There is also a student presentation and poster session that gives an opportunity to interact with the next generation of weed scientists.  Finally, in addition to the specific research presentations and weed management, this conference provides a fantastic networking opportunity for all of us who work in the many areas of weed science in this state and the western region.

Click HERE for information on the Society and the annual meeting.

The preliminary meeting agenda is available at this link

Hope to see you in Montrery in January.

Brad