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| Schedule Overview | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRIDAY | June 2 | |||
| 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM | Breakfast (for early arrivals only; early arrival package must be purchased in advance) | Location: Brown Dining Hall | ||
| 8 AM - 8 PM | Registration Open | Location: Highsmith Union | ||
| 9 AM - 12 PM | Intensive: Management of Complex Chronic Disease: Combining TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Concepts with Modern Biomedical Analysis Jason Miller, DACM, LAc ($89) | Location: Beaucatcher Mountain + Mount Mitchell | Note: Tea will be available for Jason Miller intensive attendees. | |
| 10 AM – 3 PM | Ethnobotanical and Native Plant Field Study David Winston, RH (AHG) ($79) | Location: Botanical Gardens of Asheville (behind UNC); meet in front of Highsmith Union | ||
| 12 PM - 1PM | Lunch (for early arrivals only; early arrival package must be purchased in advance) | Location: Brown Dining Hall | ||
| 1 PM - 5:15 PM | Intensive: Botanical Influences on Cell Membranes Jillian Stansbury, ND ($89) | Location: Beaucatcher Mountain + Mount Mitchell | Note: Fresh fruit and tea will be available during break for Jillian Stansbury intensive attendees. | |
| 1 PM - 5 PM | Ecology, Propagation and Cultivation of Native and Oriental Medicinal Herbs at Mountain Gardens Joe Hollis ($69) | Location: Mountain Gardens in Burnsville, NC | ||
| 5:30 PM - 7 PM | Dinner (for all lodging on-site or who purchased commuter meals) | Location: Brown Dining Hall | ||
| 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Welcome Reception with music from Joe Hallock & Friends | Location: Reed Plaza in front of Highsmith Union | ||
| 7:30 PM - 8:15 PM | Opening Meeting with Speaker Introductions | Location: Alumni Hall | ||
| 8:15 PM - 9:45 PM | Keynote Address: Plants, People and Places, A Web of Life Chris Kilham | Location: Alumni Hall | ||
| SATURDAY | June 3 | |||
| 7 AM - 7:45 AM | QiGong with Tyler White | Location: Gazebo at Botanical Gardens of Asheville (meet in front of HSU) Rain Location: Phillips Hall Breezeway | ||
| 7 AM - 6 PM | Registration Open | Location: Highsmith Union | ||
| 7:30 AM - 9 AM | Breakfast (for all lodging on-site or who purchased commuter meals) | Location: Brown Dining Hall | ||
| 9 AM - 10:30 AM | Alumni Hall Clinical Applications of Medicinal Mushrooms with Synergistic Botanicals Lise Alschuler, ND | Beaucatcher Mountain + Mount Mitchell Case Studies in the Naturopathic Treatment of Neurodegenerative Conditions Kenneth Proefrock, NMD | Mount Pisgah + Lookout Mountain 40 Years of HerbalGram: Working to Ensure Accurate Herb Information and Authentic and Sustainably-Sourced Herbs Mark Blumenthal | Meet in front of HSU Outdoor Walk: Identifying and Using Appalachian Medicinal Plants Marc Williams, MA Location: Botanical Gardens of Asheville (behind UNC); meet in front of Highsmith Union |
| 10:30 AM - 11 AM | Tea and Exhibitor Break | Location for Tea: Outside of Beaucatcher Mountain and Alumni Hall Location for Exhibitors: Front Porch and Hallways at HSU | ||
| 11 AM - 12:30 PM | Alumni Hall Senescence, Senolytics, and Aging Mary Bove, ND | Beaucatcher Mountain + Mount Mitchell Bringing Down the Numbers - The Herbal/Nutritional Treatment of Hypercholesterolemia and Hypertension David Winston, RH (AHG) | Mount Pisgah + Lookout Mountain Mast Cells - Their Role in Health and Disease and Botanical Affectors Jillian Stansbury, ND | Meet in front of HSU Plant Walk: Establishing Plant Relations Kat Maier, RH (AHG) Location: Botanical Gardens of Asheville (behind UNC); meet in front of Highsmith Union |
| 12:30 PM - 2 PM | Lunch (for all lodging on-site or who purchased commuter meals) | Location: Brown Dining Hall | ||
| 2 PM - 3:30 PM | Beaucatcher Mountain + Mount Mitchell Distress, Anxiety and Depression: A Botanically-Based Approach Lise Alschuler, ND | Alumni Hall Medicinal Mushrooms in Oncology: Everything you need to know about mushrooms and cancer Donald Yance, CN, RH (AHG) | Mount Pisgah + Lookout Mountain Bitters as Therapeutic Tonics (Demonstration) Teresa Boardwine, RH (AHG) | Meet in front of HSU Herb Walk #1 Doug & Todd Elliott Location: Botanical Gardens of Asheville (behind UNC); meet in front of Highsmith Union |
| 3:30 PM - 4 PM | Tea / Fruit Break and Exhibitor Break | Location for Tea and Fruit: Outside of Beaucatcher Mountain and Alumni Hall Location for Exhibitors: Front Porch and Hallways at HSU | ||
| 4 PM - 5:30 PM | Panel: Mild Cognitive Impairment: Can it be Halted or Reversed? Panelists: Lise Alschuler, ND, Katie Stage, ND, RH (AHG), FABNG, Kenneth Proefrock, NMD | Location: Alumni Hall | ||
| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | Exhibitor Break | Location: 2nd Floor Hallways at HSU | ||
| 6 PM - 7 PM | Dinner (for all lodging on-site or who purchased commuter meals) | Location: Brown Dining Hall | ||
| 7:30 PM - 9 PM | Concert with Doug and Todd Elliot and the Possum Gravy Boys! Come and enjoy a rollicking, stomping good time with Doug, Todd and their backup band of banjo, guitar and bass. | Location: Alumni Hall | ||
| 9 PM - 10:30 PM | Bonfire outdoors—bring your own songs and stories. All are welcome to contribute, or just be in the audience. | Location: Fire Pit next to Brown Dining Hall | ||
| SUNDAY | June 4 | |||
| 7 AM - 7:45 AM | QiGong with Tyler White | Location: Gazebo at Botanical Gardens of Asheville (meet in front of HSU) Rain Location: Phillips Hall Breezeway | ||
| 7 AM - 4 PM | Registration Open | Location: Main Entrance of Highsmith Union | ||
| 7:30 AM - 9 AM | Breakfast (for all lodging on-site or who purchased commuter meals) | Location: Brown Dining Hall | ||
| 9 AM - 10:30 AM | Alumni Hall Simplicity of Simples in Botanical Medicine Mary Bove, ND | Beaucatcher Mountain + Mount Mitchell The TCM Essence/ Modern Genetics Parallel: From Congenital to Post-Congenital / From Digital to Analog Jason Miller, DACM, LAc | Mount Pisgah + Lookout Mountain How to Put the Brakes on the Runs: Approaches to Finding the Root Cause and Treatment of Persistent Diarrhea Katie Stage, ND, RH (AHG), FABNG | Meet in front of HSU Herb Walk #2 Doug and Todd Elliott Location: Botanical Gardens of Asheville (behind UNC); meet in front of Highsmith Union |
| 10:30 AM - 11 AM | Tea and Exhibitor Break | Location for Tea: Outside of Beaucatcher Mountain and Alumni Hall Location for Exhibitors: Front Porch and Hallways at HSU | ||
| 11 AM - 12:30 PM | Alumni Hall Aging and the Immune System: Using Botanical and Dietary Compounds for Immune Enhancement and Clearance of Senescent Cells to Combat Aging, Infection, and Chronic Disease Donald Yance, CN, RH (AHG) | Beaucatcher Mountain + Mount Mitchell Tropane alkaloids: From the History of Pharmacy to the Modern Practice of Botanical Medicine Kenneth Proefrock, NMD | Mount Pisgah + Lookout Mountain Peru’s Sacred Plant Boom and Sustainability Chris Kilham | French Broad Creating an Herbal Day Spa at Home Teresa Boardwine, RH (AHG) |
| 12:30 PM - 2 PM | Lunch (for all lodging on-site or who purchased commuter meals) | Location: Brown Dining Hall | ||
| 2 PM - 3:30 PM | Alumni Hall Thought Disorders - A Survey of the Safety of Botanical Medicines in Schizophrenia Jillian Stansbury, ND | Beaucatcher Mountain + Mount Mitchell We Are Stardust: Trace Elements as Foundational Building Blocks of Health Kat Maier, RH (AHG) | Mount Pisgah + Lookout Mountain Invasivorism: Making Tasty Food from some Challenging Weeds (Demonstration) Marc Williams, MA | Meet in front of HSU Outdoor Walk: Appalachian Folk Uses of Local Plants Rebecca Beyer Location: Botanical Gardens of Asheville (behind UNC); meet in front of Highsmith Union |
| 3:30 PM - 4 PM | Tea / Fruit Break and Final Exhibitor Break | Location for Tea and Fruit: Outside of Beaucatcher Mountain and Alumni Hall Location for Exhibitors: Front Porch and Hallways at HSU | ||
| 4 PM - 5:30 PM | Closing Panel: Self Care: One of the Most Challenging and Rewarding Aspects of Patient (and our own) Health Panelists: Kat Maier, RH (AHG), Mary Bove, ND, and Donald Yance, CN, RH (AHG) | Location: Alumni Hall | ||
| 5:30 PM - 5:40 PM | Closing remarks | Location: Alumni Hall |
