As of August 1. Subject to change
| Date & Time | Event |
| Thursday, Oct 13 | |
| 12:00noon-5:00pm | Exhibits and Vendor Area Set-up |
| 2:00pm-5:00pm | Field Trips |
| 5:00pm-8:00pm | Registration & Check-in Open |
| Deliver Silent Auction items | |
| 6:00pm-8:00pm | Welcome Reception: Hors d’oeuvres, beer & wine |
| Generously Underwritten by the Dian Graves Owen Foundation | |
| Friday, Oct 14 | |
| 7:00am-8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00am-12:00noon | Registration and Check-in Open |
| T-shirt sales open | |
| Deliver Silent Auction items | |
| Photo Contest and Flower Arrangement Contest Open for Delivery of Entries | |
| 7:00am – 7:00pm | Exhibits and Vendor Area Open |
| 8:00am – 10:45am | Friday Plenary Session |
| Armand Bayou Nature Center A Case Study in Coastal Prairie Preservation, Restoration and Management | |
| Mark Kramer, Stewardship Coordinator at Armand Bayou Nature Center | |
| Prairie Restoration as Barn Building Lessons Learned in Community-based Conservation | |
| Jaime Gonzalez, Community Education Manager, Katy Prairie Conservancy | |
| 10:45am-11:30am | NPSOT State Board Meeting |
| 11:30am-12:15noon | Lunch |
| 12:15noon-5:30pm | Field Trips |
| 5:00pm-7:00pm | Silent Auction Open for bidding |
| 6:00pm-7:00pm | Social Hour |
| 7:00pm-9:00pm | Awards Banquet |
| Saturday, Oct 15 | |
| 7:00am-8:00am | Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00am-10:30am | Registration and Check-in Open |
| Photo Contest and Flower Arrangement Contest Open for Delivery of Entries | |
| 7:00am-6:00pm | Exhibits and Vendor Area open |
| 7:00am-7:30pm | Silent Auction Open for bidding |
| 7:00am-11:30am | NPSOT Houston Chapter Plant Sale Open for Viewing Only |
| 8:00am-11:30am | Saturday Plenary Session |
| Overview of Ecology of Texas Coastal Prairies | |
| Dr. Fred Smeins, Professor of Ecology in the Ecosystem Science and Management Department at Texas A&M University. |
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| Overview of Ecology of Texas Coastal Wetlands | |
| Dr. John Jacob, Director of the Texas Coastal Watershed Program | |
| What on Earth are We Doing with Texas? | |
| Bill Neiman, Owner of Native American Seeds | |
| 11:30am-1:30pm | NPSOT Houston Chapter Plant Sale Open for Sales to Symposium Attendees Only. |
| 11:45am -1:15pm | Lunch |
| 12:00noon – 1pm | NPSOT Annual Meeting |
| 1:00pm-1:30pm | NPSOT Chapter Leader’s Meeting |
| 1:30pm-4:30pm | Break-out Sessions |
| Sponsored by Terry Hershey, Waste Management of Texas, NPSOT Fredericksburg chapter | |
| 1:30pm-5:00pm | Public Exhibits/Children’s Educational Activities |
| NPSOT Houston Chapter Plant Sale Open for Sales to Public | |
| 5:00pm | Photo Contest & Flower Arrangement Contest Voting Closes |
| 5:00pm-6:00pm | Social Hour |
| 6:00pm | Exhibits and Vendor Area Closes |
| 6:00pm-8:30pm | “Rooted in History” Dinner features a special screening of the new PBS film, Wildflowers | Seeds of History, with introduction and commentary by Matt Turner, film star and author of Remarkable Plants of Texas |
| Photo & Flower Contest Winners Announced | |
| 7:30pm | Silent Auction closes |
| 8:30pm | Silent Auction Check-out begins after dinner |
| Sunday, Oct 16 | |
| 8:00am-9:00am | Silent Auction check-out |
| 8:00am-12noon | Exhibits and Vendor Area Tear-down |
| 10:00am | Field Trips Begin |