[PCA] CONFERENCE: PCA-Medicinal Plant Working Group 2003 Symposium

[Plant Conservation]

http://www.plantconservation.org/mpwgconference

PCA-Medicinal Plant Working Group 2003 Symposium
Medicinal and Aromatic Plant Industry -
Sustainable Sourcing: Environmental, Social and Business Benefits

October 14-15, 2003
Sheraton Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW

The 2003 Symposium will focus on different production systems in the
botanical raw materials supply chain. Expert panels will discuss the
constraints and opportunities in the MAPs supply chain. Symposium
participants will take part in working groups to discuss various options
and perspectives toward achieving sustainability.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
 Josef Brinckmann - Traditional Medicinals, Inc.
 Bill Popin - Young Living Essential Oils and US Pharmacopeia

WITH OPENING REMARKS FROM
 Leon Secatero - Navajo Canoncito
 Dominique Conseil - Aveda Corporation
 Michael McGuffin - American Herbal Products Association

EXPERT PANELS WITH INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE MAPS SUPPLY CHAIN
FROM
 Wild Crafters
 Smallholder & Commercial Farms
 Indigenous Groups & Practitioners
 Industry using MAPs
 Conservation & Environmental Organizations

AND, OUR MASTER OF CEREMONIES
 Mark Blumenthal - American Botanical Council

2003 SYMPOSIUM OBJECTIVES

  * To understand the supply and demand issues facing the MAPs industry
  * To address environmental, social and commercial benefits to
sustainable sourcing
  * To examine the MAPs supply chain for constraints to and opportunities
for sustainability
  * To identify existing models for sustainable use of MAPs in industry
  * To chart a path for addressing MAPs sustainability and conservation on
an industry-wide basis and the role of the Medicinal Plant Working Group
in that effort

WE ARE PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE ATTENDANCE OF THE MPWG-ELDER'S CIRCLE. Our
Elder's Circle provides the MPWG with insight on indigenous perspectives
of medicinal plant use and conservation. This year, they will share
individual accounts of sustainable sourcing issues. Members include:
Susan Burdick (Yurok/Karuk), Ray Couch (Cherokee of the Appalachians), Tis
Mal Crow (United Lumbee/Hitchiti), Jane Dumas (Kumeyaay), Rudy Hall
(Accohanock), Janice Longboat (Mohawk), Cecelia Mitchell (Mohawk) and Leon
Secatero (Canoncito Navaho).

For more information about the conference, e-mail the MPWG Chair, Patricia
DeAngelis (patricia_deangelis at fws.gov).

For registration information, contact:
Natasha Hall
American Herbal Products Association
8484 Georgia Avenue, Suite 370
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301.588.1171 ext. 106
Fax: 301.588.1174
E-mail: nhall at ahpa.org

For hotel reservations:
Sheraton Rittenhouse Square
18th at Locust Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Phone: 215.546.9400
Fax: 215.446.5229