15th International Carnivorous Plant Society Conference
Programme
21–23 August 2026
| Time | Conference | Workshops & Market |
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| 10:00 |
Registration & badge pick-upUntil 12:00
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Plant market12:30 – 18:00
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| 12:00 |
Official Opening
Barbara Gravendeel, scientific director of the Hortus Botanicus Leiden
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| 13:00 |
Walk in, kick-off & housekeeping
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| 13:15 – 14:15 | Lecture 1Alexander DietrickTowards a comprehensive phylogeny of Tropical African Drosera: A target enrichment approach | |
| 14:30 – 15:30 | Lecture 2Olivia Grace MurrellCritical Carnivores: The conservation potential of ex situ collections of Nepenthes | |
| 15:30 | Break | |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Lecture 3Dr. Mathias ScharmannWhat Genomics Reveals About the Evolution of Carnivorous Plants | |
| 17:15 – 18:15 | Online speakerDamien JouenGenlisea | |
| Time | Conference | Workshops & Market |
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| 9:30 – 11:00 | Lecture 4Dr. Vivian Negron-Ortiz, Dr. Richard Moore & Megan KeyserGenetics, Hybridization, and Conservation of Several Sarracenia species Endemic to the Southeastern United States |
Plant market9:00 – 18:00
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| 11:00 | Break | |
| 11:15 – 12:00 | Lecture 5Phil EsseenNepenthes Action Planning in the Philippines | |
| 12:00 | Lunch & public lecture In Dutch LanguageJohn van der WerfVleesetende planten in de Nederlandse natuur |
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| 12:50 |
Group allocation
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| 13:00 |
Themed sessions ↗
4 tracks · until 14:00
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| 14:00 | Break | |
| 14:30 |
Themed sessions ↗
4 tracks · until 15:30
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| 15:30 | Break | |
| 16:00 |
Toast & Introduction
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| 16:20 |
Forum
Until 18:30, extended to 19:00
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| 19:00 |
Conference dinnerUntil 21:00 · Informal until 22:00
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| Time | Conference | Workshops & Market |
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| 9:30 – 10:30 | Lecture 6Robert CantleyImportance of ex situ conservation |
Plant market9:00 – 17:00
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| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Lecture 7Meredith GriffithThe Pinguiculas of Ecuador | |
| 12:00 | Lunch & public lecture In Dutch LanguageLaurens EggenSarraceniaceae van Noord-Amerika |
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lecture 8James Haig StreeterThe Carnivorous Plant Tree of Life | |
| 14:15 – 15:15 | Lecture 9Thilo KruegerSolving the mystery of pollination in antennae-flowered Utricularia | |