Welcome to the AHG Calendar of Herbal Events.  If you have an event that you think would be of interest to our members and those who visit this website, send a description and contact information to calendar@americanherbalistsguild.com

June 1–5: Annual Meeting of the Society for Economic Botany, Duke University, Durham, NC. Including a symposium, “Building Upon the Legacy of Botanical Education and Traditional Knowledge,” http://www.econbot.org/_organization_/index.php?sm=07%7cmeetings_by_year...

June 2–3: 5th International Soy & Health Conference coincident with the 1st International Soy & Strategic Marketing Symposium, University of Ghent, Belgium. http://www.soyconference.com/

June 4: Spring Luncheon to Benefit Bastyr University, Sheraton Seattle Hotel and Towers, Seattle, Washington. Keynote speaker is Stephen Sinatra, M.D. Tickets are $100. Website: http://www.bastyr.edu/development/spring_luncheon.asp/

June 9–13: Office of Dietary Supplements’ Dietary Supplement Research Practicum 2008, Natcher Center, National Institutes of Health campus, Bethesda, MD. This practicum is open to faculty and doctoral-level students in all health-related disciplines such as nutrition, food science, pharmacology and pharmacognosy, exercise/kinetics, medicine, dentistry, nursing, and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). AHPA's Chief Science Office Steven Dentali, PhD, will be a member of the practicum faculty. Website for details: http://www.odspracticum.od.nih.gov/  

June 7-8: Women's Health and Natural Medicine Intensive with Tori Hudson in Toronto, Canada. Phone: 416-995-8755; getinfo@integrativehealthseminars.com or visit http://integrativehealthseminars.com/seminars.html/

June 16: Symposium "Gardening for the Soul" in Robesonia, PA USA sponsored by the Pennsylvania Heartland Unit of the Herb Society of America. For more information visit http://www.phhsa.homestead.com/ or phone Barbara Jefferis 610-375-8061.

June 25–29: Phytochemical Society of North America Annual Meeting, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington USA. http://www.psna.wsu.edu/

July  2008

July 2–4: 2008 XIIth International Congress: Phytopharm 2008, St Petersburg, Russia. Contact Prof Makarov (phyto2008@mail.ru) or visit http://www.adaptogen.ru/phyto2008.html/  

July 8–11: XXIVth International Conference on Polyphenols, Salamanca, Spain. Topics will include chemistry, biosynthesis, health and disease. Details at: http://www.polyphenols2008.com/

July 12-17: 33rd Annual National Wellness Conference: A Visionary Turning: Well Earth, Well People, Stevens Point, WI. Details at: http://www.nationalwellness.org/

July 18: Workshop: Step by Step Guide to THMPD. London, UK. A workshop supported by the MHRA. Presenters to include leading UK and international specialists in the regulatory and pharmaceutical manufacturing fields, focusing on herbal license application process step by step. For more information email:phpconferences@rpsgb.org/ or for more information on the up-coming handbook, email:sales_americas@pharmpress.com

July 26: 6th Annual Mendocino Herb Fair, Mendocino, California USA. A small but popular fair featuring products from herbal purveyors and healers, including medicinal herbs, medicinal remedies and edible treats. Emphasis is on organic and local products. For more information http://www.mendocinoherbfair.com/

July 26-27: NW [USA] Herb Fest @ Wise Acres Herbal Educational Center in Pleasant Hill, Oregon USA. Advanced classes available including: Phytohormones in Health; Neurotransmitter Herbs; Insulin Resistance: Pathophysiology & Therapeutics; Tongue Diagnosis & Pulse Diagnosis. CE available for some professions. Phone: 541-736-0164, write: class@herbaltransitions.com or visit http://www.herbaltransitions.com/

July 26–30: Botany 2008, University of British Columbia. The Joint Annual Meeting of Canadian Botanical Association, American Fern Society, American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and the Botanical Society of America. Visit: http://www.2008.botanyconference.org/

August 2008

August 2: UpS Planting the Future Conference in Oxford, MI. http://www.unitedplantsavers.org/UpS_Events.html/

August 11–15: 2008 International Training Program on Natural Products: Botanicals, Nutraceuticals and Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, “From Sourcing and Production to Processing and Product Development, And from Quality Control to Health Applications,” Rutgers University, New Jersey USA. For full course description and registration information visit: http://www.aesop.rutgers.edu/~newuseag/itp2008.htm/

August 13–16: Embody Nature, Redefine Health:  23rd Annual Convention and Exposition of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa, Phoenix, Arizona USA. http://www.naturopathic.org/

August 22-24: 21st Annual NE Women's Herbal Conference, Peterborough, NH USA. Contact Katie Pickens at irishherbs@aol.com or visit http://www.sagemountain.com/

August 29-Sept. 1: Northern California Women's Herbal Symposium, Laytonville, CA USA. Contact Terri Jensen or Karen Aguiar (Phone: 707-824-1429 or http://womensherbalsymposium.org/

September 2008

September 12-13: International Aloe Science Council’s 27th Annual Scientific Seminar, Omni Hotel, Dallas, TX. http://www.iasc.org/seminar.html/

September 15-22: Energetic Herbalism: The Study of Spagyrics, the Alchemical Preparations of Paracelsus. An 8-Day Professional Course in Italy.  Contact Robin DiPasquale (608-203-5890 or robindipasquale@yahoo.com)

September 23–26: Natural Products in Cancer Therapy, Naples, Italy. Contact Prof. Lanzotti, (lanzotti@unimol.it or lanzotti@unina.it ) or visit http://www.phytochemicalsociety.org/pdf/Naples-2008.pdf/

September 24-26: U.S. Pharmacopoeia Annual Scientific Meeting, Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Missouri USA. The meeting provides an opportunity to contribute to USP's standards–setting processes. Visit: http://www.usp.org/meetings/asMeeting/

October 2008

October 3-5: SE Women's Herbal Conference, Black Mountain, NC USA. Visit: http://www.redmoonherbs.com/

October 11: HerbDay, everywhere! Visit: http://www.herbday.org/

October 12: 7th Annual Catskill Mountain Ginseng/Medicinal Herb Festival, Historic Catskill Point, Catskill, Greene County, NY USA. Six educational lectures/workshops will be featured including growing ginseng, the cultivation, use and marketing of other medicinal herbs. Edward Fletcher, AHPA Board of Trustees Chair will be the keynote speaker. Contact Bob Beyfuss (Phone: (518) 622-9820; email rlb14@cornell.edu) or http://www.ahpa.org/Portals/0/pdfs/08_1012_7th_Annual_Catskill_Mountain_...

October 13-15:The fourth annual Symposium of Integrative Medicine Professionals in the Land of Enchantment (SIMPLE), Santa Fe, NM. Focus will be on the philosophy of, and advances in, integrative medicine. Speakers include Drs. Larry Dossey, Tieraona Lowdog, Lee Lipsenthal, Vasant Lad and others. For more information visit http://hsc.unm.edu/som/cfl/simpleConf.shtml/

October 15–18: Natural Products Expo East, the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. http://www.expoeast.com/

October 16-18:The 5th International Conference “Functional Foods for Chronic Diseases.” Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The conference will bring together experts in medicine, biology, and the food industry and will focus on advances of phytotherapy and food therapy of obesity and other related chronic diseases (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes etc.), with a special focus on the creation of functional and medicinal foods with new properties. For more information visit http://www.functionalfoodscenter.net/2061947.html/

October 24–26: The 2008 AHG Symposium: "Botanical Medicine in Oncology, Immunity, and Chronic Illness" with preconference intensives on October 23. Redmond, WA. http://www.americanherbalistsguild.com/symposium_2008/

November 2008

November 2- 9: Biological Medicine Tour to Germany. More info from the Occidental Institute (Phone: 800-663-8342 within the USA or 250 490-3318 from outside the USA) email: support@oirf.com or visit http://www.oirf.com/

November 7-8: The WLBC will host the second William L. Brown Symposium at the Missouri Botanical Garden. This two-day symposium, entitled Ethnobotany: Integrating Biology and Ethnobotany. It will consist of a series of lectures and workshops. During the meeting, we will also honor Dr. Nancy Turner of the University of Victoria in British Columbia for her work on traditional land and resource management systems of indigenous peoples in western Canada; Dr. Turner is this year’s recipient of the Wm. L. Brown Award for Excellence in Genetic Resource Conservation. For Additional information please visit Web Site:  http://www.wlbcenter.org/drawer/Symposium/website/homepage.htm/

November 9–14: 4th World Conference on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Cape Town, South Africa. Preliminary conference details at http://www.ahpa.org/portals/0/pdfs/08_1100_WOCMAPiv.pdf/. For additional information/future announcements, please email wocmap@up.ac.za.