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Register NOW for the 2020 FSHS Virtual Meeting!

Posters and oral presentations need to be submitted here by Monday, Oct. 12th to allow time to upload the presentations to TEAMS.

Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, it’s associated risks for large in-person gatherings, and imposed travel restrictions, the FSHS Board moved the annual meeting to a virtual platform. The length of the meeting was also shortened to two days: October 19 – 20th.

A link to an orientation video will be sent soon with instructions for using TEAMS virtual conference capabilities – so please register soon!

New registration fees for the virtual meeting are:

• Professional Registration — $150
• Student Registration — $90

Note: There are no early or late fees. Because of the virtual format, registration will close at 5 pm on October 15, so be sure to register early!

Cancellation Policy:

• On or before September 4 = Full refund less a $20 processing fee
• September 5 through September 18 = 75% refund less a $20 pro- cessing fee
• September 19 through October 9 = 50% refund less a $20 processing fee
• On or After October 10 = No refund

Dear FSHS members:

We would like to thank you for your participation in the society and for attending our annual meeting for the good of the vegetable stakeholders in Florida. As you know, we would have wanted to see you face-to-face but due to the current pandemic our meeting had to be rescheduled to an online format using TEAMS (Further details will be shared in the upcoming days and weeks).

Here are some important announcements to keep in mind for the success of this meeting:

As a Presenter, you need to register at https://fshs.org/meetings/ and encourage others to do so. Although registration runs until October 15th, 2020, it is better to register this in advance.

You may have an updated Abstract. If so, please email us at [email protected] and [email protected] . We want to make sure we will include the most current abstract in our proceedings.

You will have a total of 15 minutes for Oral Presentation. It is highly recommended you leave some time for questions. Please prepare your presentation and email your power point to me ([email protected]) and to our Chairman Gene McAvoy ([email protected]) not later than October 8th, 2020.

When you submitted your abstract, we asked you to provide the “Author Agreement”. If you have not done so, please email us the author agreement to the editor and myself at [email protected] and [email protected]. Please, let me know if you need a copy of the agreement.

The new Manuscript deadline is now October 31st, 2020. Please email your manuscript to the editor at [email protected] no later than the deadline. Also, kindly let us know if you have an update on the manuscript; for example, if the manuscript has been submitted to one of the American Society of Horticultural Sciences Journals.

The FSHS Vegetable Section needs your help in the upcoming years. Next year our Vegetable Vice-president will be Dr. Lincoln Zotarelli for the 2021 period. During our virtual business meeting, we will be electing our VP for the 2022 period. Please, let me know if you’d like to volunteer or would like to nominate someone for this task.

Once again, we thank you for your participation and we hope you enjoy our “virtual” FSHS annual meeting in 2020.

Please, let me know if you need help or require additional information with this year’s meeting.

Sincerely,

Germán Sandoya-Miranda,
Assistant Professor in Lettuce Breeding and Genetics
FSHS Vegetable Vice President

Dear FSHS Members,
 
I hope this finds you well.
 
Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and the risks of large in-person meetings plus travel restrictions from the University of Florida and likely other institutions, the Board has voted to move our annual meeting, which was rescheduled to October 18 -20, to a virtual platform.  We also voted to shorten the length of the meeting to two days: October 19 – 20th.
 
New registration fees for the virtual meeting are:  
 
Professional Registration — $150
Student Registration — $90

Note: There are no early or late fees.
 
Cancellation Policy
On or before September 4 = Full refund less a $20 processing fee
September 5 through September 18 = 75% refund less a $20 processing fee
September 19 through October 9 = 50% refund less a $20 processing fee
On or After October 10 = No refund
 
To register go to https://ashs.org/events/register.aspx?id=1334350   Because of the virtual format, registration will close at 5 pm on October 15, so be sure to register early.
 
Note – Members who have already registered for the meeting will be refunded completely and must re-register at the lower fee.  
 
The meeting will be conducted using Microsoft Teams, so if you have a UF email account please use that as your email address.  After registering, you will receive a link to use to attend the meeting.
 
Continued prayers for the safety of you and your families and of our nation. Thank you for your understanding and for your continued support for FSHS!
 
Stay safe and all the best.
 
Gene McAvoy
Chairman of the Board

Dear FSHS Members,

In light of surging infection rates of COVID-19 in the state, the Florida State Horticulture Society Board of Directors has made the decision to hold this year’s FSHS Annual Meeting using a virtual format.

[Note from webmaster: The website will be updated later this week to reflect this change in venue].

We initially moved to postpone the meeting and move it from June to October in the hope that the pandemic would abate but unfortunately this is not the case.

We are working quickly to revise registration details and pricing and hope to post details to the FSHS website in the near future.

We ask for your patience and hope to see you online in October.

Gene McAvoy
Chairman of the Board

If you were a member in good standing in the FSHS in 2019, or attended the 2019 Annual Conference, your download to the 2019 Proceedings is now available! You should have received an email announcing the download and providing you a link to do so. If you were a member in 2019 and did not receive this email, please let us know and we will follow up with you.

UPDATE (7/16/20): Abstract Submissions are now closed.

This is a continuation of our earlier Call for Titles and Abstracts. This current announcement applies if you want to submit ADDITIONAL abstracts beyond those you may have already submitted. You DO NOT NEED TO RESUBMIT previously entered titles if you received the confirmation of your submission.

The 2020 Meeting of FSHS will feature presentations of applied research pertaining to horticultural and agronomic crops and products, and new developments and practices that have been put into use by growers, processors, allied industries, and other horticultural interests in Florida.

Go to the instructions for submitting titles and abstracts…

Growers, processors and those in allied industries are encouraged to present papers. The meeting also features posters presented by county extension faculty. The meeting will again feature two FSHS student competitions: a Student Best Oral Presentation Competition and a Student Best Paper Competition. Student Competition guidelines are listed at the end of the announcement.