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Schedule of the Day

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8:00 AM	Registration
9:00 AM	Welcome
9:15 AM	Growing the Social Role of Botanic Gardens: Reality or a chimera? Asimina Vergou, Education Programme Coordinator at BGCI
10:10 AM	Coffee break
10:25 AM	The Evolution of a Garden: Thriving Through the Laws of Variation. MaryLynn Mack, Deputy Director of the Desert Botanical Garden
11:20 AM	Stretch break
11:35 AM	Applying Conservation Psychology to Cultivate Care for the Natural World. Louise Chawla, Professor in the Environmental Design Program at the University of Colorado in Boulder
12:30 PM	Lunch in Orangery/Music Room
2:00 PM	The Future of University Gardens: Embracing and Expanding Our Relevance. Mary Burke, Director of Planning and Collections of the UC Davis Arboretum
3:00 PM	Afternoon break
3:15 PM	Can Everyone Learn to Speak Tree? Gregory Rodriguez, Executive director of the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and founder of Zócalo Public Square
4:10 PM	Closing remarks
4:30 PM	Special Sessions