• 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Executive Committee Meeting
• 1:00 - 4:00 PM Board of Trustees Strategic Planning Session (SERC facilities)
• 4:00 - 5:30 PM Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Lab/Facilities Tour. The tour will offer an overview of the SERC campus and 92,000 sq ft LEED-Platinum Charles McC. Mathias building which has 69,000 sq ft of office and laboratory space as well as on-site solar energy production, geothermal heating and cooling, water reclamation system and stormwater management wetlands. A focus of the tour will be a visit to the SERC Plant and Molecular Ecology lab to see the NAOCC orchid mycorrhizal fungal collection and the genomics facilities that we use to identify the fungi that orchids need to grow. ** Interested registrants must arrange for their own transportation to SERC in Edgewater, MD **
• Dinner on your own
• 7:00 - 9:00 PM Judges Training Forum - Dendrobium: 2 Sections

* "Judging Latouria Dendrobium" - Cordelia Head and Lucas Carreño

* "Dendrobium section Oxyglossum - Great Presents Come in Small Packages" - Bob Winkley

• 8:00 - 9:00 AM Education Committee "Bring your Coffee" Meet & Greet
• 8:00 - 10:30 AM Judging Commitee Meeting
• 8:00 - 9:15 AM Committee Meetings
• 9:15 - 10:30 AM Committee Meetings
• 11:00 - 6:00 PM D.C. Botanic Gardens Backstage Tours & Experience (Ticketed Event) Includes the Smithsonian Gardens and the US Botanic Garden + Loop around the National Mall.
• Dinner on your own

• 8:30 AM Vendor/Plant sales open to Meeting registrants. Silent Auction Opens.
• 9:00 - Noon Board of Trustees Meeting
• 9:30 AM Vendor/Plant sales open to the public
• Noon - 1:00 PM "Meet the Leadership and AOS Judges" Lunch (Ticketed Event)
• 1:00 PM AOS Judging
• Speaker Sessions - Orchid Conservation - A Vital Endeavor

* 1:00 PM - Janice Yates - 'Treading Lightly: Tales of Citizen Conservation and Education'

* 2:00 PM - Sarah Hedean and Amy Highland - 'Orchid Conservation at the Smithsonian Gardens and the United States Botanic Garden'

* 3:00 PM - Peter Zale, Ph.D. - 'Native Orchid Conservation Efforts at Longwood Gardens'

• 4:00 - 5:00 PM "Repotting, Dividing, and Mounting." Hands-on Workshop. While included with meeting registration, space is limited to 50. (Supplies will be provided to those who pre-register for this workshop.) ** There will be a separate registration/sign up for this event. **
• 5:15 - 6:00 PM Meet & Greet Social. Live Auction Preview.
• 6:00 - 7:30 Live Auction. Queen Anne Ballroom

• 8:30 AM Vendor/Plant sales open to Meeting registrants
• 9:00 AM - Noon Meeting of the Members & Town Hall. Awards Presentation. AOS Elections.
• 9:30 AM Vendor/Plant sales open to the public
• Noon - 1:00 PM Board of Trustees Reorganization Meeting (BoT Working Lunch)
• Speaker Sessions - Orchids Uncovered: Guardians, Extremes and Conservation Dreams

* 1:00 PM - Melissa K. McCormick, Ph.D. - 'Conserving our Native Orchid Heritage'

* 2:00 PM - Hope Brooks - 'Doggone Orchid Hunters – How Man’s Best Friend Can Help Sniff Out Orchids'

* 3:00 PM - Bob Sprague - 'Orchids, Whales and Polar Bears'

• 4:00 - 5:15 PM "Orchid Viruses" Hands-on Workshop. While included with meeting registration, space is limited to 50. Sponsored by Agdia. (Supplies will be provided to those who pre-register for this workshop.) ** There will be a separate registration/sign up for this event. **
• 7:00 - 9:00 PM "Annapolis in Bloom: An Orchid Celebration" Banquet with Keynote Speaker Dennis Whigham, Ph.D., Founder of the North American Orchid Conservation Center (NAOCC), an initiative of the Smithsonian and the United States Botanic Garden.