Hortus Botanicus Leiden welcomes the community to the 2017 European User Conference.
Sharing User Experiences
As last year, the focus for the conference is Sharing User Experiences and the majority of the presentations will be from the user community. The programme is supplemented with a session covering news and updates.
Agenda
Thursday, May 11th 2017 (Optional pre-conference programme)
- 12:00 – 15:00 Introduction (Training – A laptop will not be needed).
- 15:00 – Coffee / registration
- 15:30 – 17:00 Guided Tour at Hortus Botanicus Leiden
- 19:00 – Conference dinner (Please Register)
Friday, May 12th 2017
- 09:30 – Coffee / registration
- 10:00 Welcome by Gerda van Uffelen, curator of Hortus botanicus Leiden.
- 10:15 – 11:00 Session 1
- One for all, all for one: Plant Records at Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam.
Roel Westendorp, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam. - What to record and what not to record, that is the question.
Havard Ostgaard, Botanical Software.
- One for all, all for one: Plant Records at Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam.
- 11:00 – Intermezzo
- 11:30 – 12:30 Workshop
- Key performance indicators.
Mats Havström, Gothenburg Botanic Garden.
- Key performance indicators.
- 12:30 – Lunch / Group Photo
- 13:30 – 14:10 Session 2
- Stock checking: how do you keep up with your plants.
Christopher Weddell, English heritage. - Recurrent planting schemes.
Renske Ek, Paleis het Loo.
- Stock checking: how do you keep up with your plants.
- 14:10 – 15:00 Workshop
- Sex, death and resurrection : grabbing hold of your annuals.
Anneleen Kool, Oslo Botanic Garden and Reinout Havinga, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam.
- Sex, death and resurrection : grabbing hold of your annuals.
- 15:00 – Coffee break
- 15:10 – 15:50 Session 3
- Improving label workflow: Plant Records and a new laser engraver.
Pete Atkinson, Cambridge University Botanic Garden. - Collection sponsoring: keeping track of tree adoptions.
Gerda van Uffelen, Hortus Botanicus Leiden.
- Improving label workflow: Plant Records and a new laser engraver.
- 15:50 – Coffee break
- 16:00 – 17:00 Closing & drinks
- News and updates.
Havard Ostgaard, Botanical Software - Conclusions of the day.
Margherita Tinti, Botanical Software - Networking
- News and updates.
- 19:00 Post conference dinner – we will book a table at a local restaurant (Pay at the restaurant).
Saturday, May 13th 2017 (A separate invitation with will be sent out)
- 10:00 – 12:00 Leiden Canal Cruise with one of the vintage ‘Schuitje Vaart’ vessels.
- 12:00 – 13:00 Picnic Lunch at Hortus Botanicus Leiden
- 13:00… We join the “Plant Marked at Hortus Botanicus Leiden”. (https://www.hortusleiden.nl/programma/agenda/13-mei-2017-plantenmarkt)
- The programme is expected to cost around €40 per person, including lunch.
Accommodation
Leiden has a large amount of good hotels to choose from. We have prepared a temporary shortlist below, which will be updated in the near future. It takes roughly 15 minutes to walk from Leiden Central Station to the garden.
Price and Registration
Conference : €30 per delegate
Conference dinner : 50€ per delegate
To register, please fill in the booking form below
Contact
- Reinout Havinga, Curator, Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam : reinout@dehortus.nl
- Havard Ostgaard, Manager, Botanical Software Ltd : havard@botanicalsoftware.com
Thank you
We would like to thank Hortus Botanicus Leiden for hosting this event. In particular we would also like to thank Gerda van Uffelen at Hortus Botanicus Leiden and Reinout Havinga at Hortus Botanicus Amsterdam for organizing the conference together with us.
2016 Conference
Alternativly, you can view a recording of many of the presentations on our Youtube channel.