Reminder to register for 101st CSFWC
Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference
New for 2025! We will be offering a virtual option for attendance at this meeting. So, you may attend in-person, or you may attend virtually through a provided Zoom link upon receipt of a paid registration. Important note: all virtual attendees must pay for their own registration, regardless of whether you view the meeting alone or with others.
The agenda will feature the Call of the States, Call of the Industry, and a Plenary Session with the keynote presentations highlighting how recent changes to regulations with the Endangered Species Act, labor, and tariffs are impacting the tree fruit industry. Following the Plenary Session, we will have our third-annual student competition presentations (all consecutively so that everyone may attend). Thereafter, we will have a mixer and awards for the winning presentations. As we did last year, we will select the best student presentation under each category (i.e., horticulture, plant pathology, and entomology). We will provide a $300 award to each of the three student winners. Please encourage your students to submit meeting abstracts 2 weeks prior to the conference date (by November 21st at the latest), to be eligible for the competition. Abstracts should be emailed directly to the current President, Karly Regan (kre...@certisbio.com).
On Day 2, we will have three concurrent presentation sessions on horticulture, entomology, and plant pathology as well as our business meeting. Presentation topics shall reflect our research and/or extension efforts concerning fruit crops. All presenters will have a total of 15 minutes, but please try to leave at least 2 of those minutes for questions. A/V equipment for PowerPoint presentations will be provided. The deadline for submission of a presentation request is November 14th.
Here is the link to the conference website for registration, reserving hotel rooms, and submitting presentation requests: Upcoming meeting and Hotel information – Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference
The early-bird registration fee will be $150 per attendee if you register by Friday, November 7th. Online registration between November 8th and November 14th will increase to $200, and finally, the registration fee will be $250 at the door. There is no discount for online attendees. We cannot accept online registrations after November 14th, due to logistics with the hotel.
Hotel Information: If booking through the CSFWC website, the default setting is for 2 nights, checking in on Dec 3rd and checking out on Dec 5th, but this can be edited.
The Room Block will remain open until it is sold out or until it closes on November 12, 2025, whichever occurs first. The room block rate is $119 per night.
If you would need to cancel a reservation, Hilton's cancellation policy allows you to cancel a reservation made within the Room Block 48 hours or more before your day of arrival, with no penalty or cancellation charge. The link for hotel reservations is also provided below.
https://bit.ly/CumberlandShenandoahFruitWorkersCon...
If you would prefer to make your reservations by phone, please feel free to contact the Hotel directly at 304-263-0101 and reference the Cumberland Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference and your group code FRU in order to receive the Room Block discounted rate.
Please feel free to forward this announcement to anyone not on the list that would be interested in attending. With the hybrid meeting option, this should allow for a broader group of attendees. I look forward to seeing everyone at our 101st Cumberland-Shenandoah Fruit Workers Conference.
Sincerely,
Karly Regan (kre...@certisbio.com)
2025 CSFWC President