The 2021 North American Raspberry & Blackberry Conference is going virtual

The North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association (NARBA) organizes the 2021 North American Raspberry & Blackberry Conference that will held virtual this time.

The conference will include 18 hours of presentations and panel discussions with live Q&A, poster presentations, exhibitor demonstrations, informal discussions sessions and much more. In addition, recorded sessions will be available on-demand of participants, who will miss them at the scheduled time. Instead of the popular pre-conference Fundamentals of Caneberry Production workshop this year, the NARBA will offer an intensive seven-session virtual short course during February, led by a team of experts from around the country.

This virtual conference platform will highlight the importance of interaction. Sponsors and exhibitors will be able to schedule individual or group meetings or set up demonstrations, and all participants can make appointments or contact any other participant directly.

The 2021 virtual NA Raspberry & Blackberry Conference will held on February 22-25, 2021.

The structure of the conference is built in next way:

February 1 - February 22 – Fundamentals of Caneberry Production Short Course, twice a week, 7:00 pm (ET);

Feb.22 – Virtual Opening Reception;

Feb. 23-25 – Main conference. Educational programming from 2:00 pm to 5:00 and from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm (ET).

Click here to register for the conference.

The North American Raspberry & Blackberry Association is an organization of growers, both large and small, and of researchers, marketers, and others in the caneberry industry. The Association promotes raspberries and blackberries to the public, as well as supports production and marketing of blackberries and raspberries through communication, education, and research.

More information about NARBA on their website.