General

Dana Field is the chair of the (non-scientific) seminars. The speakers he currently has lined up for us are: Dennis Cathcart, Bruce Holst, Reginald De Roose, Enrique Graf, Betty Patterson, John Mareing, Jack Reilly, Gene Schmidt, Jerry Raack, David Christiano, Penrith Goff and Mike Dillon (Curator & Head of Phanerogams, Department of Botany, Field Museum of Natural History)

Dennis Cathcart, owner of Tropiflora will give a seminar on terrestrial bromeliads. Bruce Holst, former editor of the scientific research journal Selbyana of Selby Gardens (and current BSI Journal editor) will do a program on Venezuelan Bromeliads. Reginald De Roose who operates the De Roose Nursery in Belgium will give a seminar on the commercial perspective of growing bromeliads. Enrique Graf will speak on the Venezuelan Bromeliads. John Mareing of St. Louis will provide us with a seminar on the history of Pineapples. Betty Patterson will share with us in the Bromeliads of Ecuador. Jack Reilly, Gene Schmidt, Jerry Raack, David Christiano, and Penrith Goff will tell us how they grow bromeliads in the north.

Scientific

Maurice P De Proft:

Flower biology and fertilization of Aechmea fasciata

Bradley C. Bennett:

Uses of Bromeliaceae by traditional cultures in the Americas

Bruno Rezende Silva:

Systematic studies in Aechmea subgenus Chevaliera, Ananas and Pseudananas.

Thorsten Krömer:

Diversity and ecology of epiphytic bromeliads along an elevational gradient in the Andes of Bolivia

Claudia Hornung-Leoni:

Uses and Pollination of the Giant Bromeliad Puya Raimondii

Thomas J. Givnish:

Origin, adaptive radiation, and geographic diversification of the bromeliads - new insights from molecular data