Grassroots August 2017 Issue 3 | Page 46

nd 52 Annual Congress Grassland Society of Southern Africa 23 to 28 July 2017 incorporating the 8 th Research Skills Workshop and a Policy & Practice Workshop Wits Rural Facility, Near Hoedspruit, Mpumalanga, South Africa IMPORTANT DATES & DEADLINES Workshop and special session proposals Early bird payments Abstracts (platforms and standard posters) Student sponsorship applications Abstracts (research proposal posters) 28 FEB’17 3 APR’17 10 APRIL’17 10 APRIL’17 12 MAY’17 C52 & RSW2017 registration closes C52 & RSW2017 payments due Policy & Practice Workshop registration closes Policy & Practice Workshop payments due Late payments 7 JUL’17 12 JUL’17 17 JUL’17 19JUL’17 4 AUG’17 REGISTRATION open Sunday, 09h00-10h30, 23 July, Monday, 14h00-17h30, 24 July, Tuesday to Friday, 07h30-08h30 RESEARCH SKILLS WORKSHOP, Sunday 10h00-18h00, 23 July and Monday, 08h00-17h00, 24 July ANNUAL CONGRESS opens Monday, 18h00, 24 July, then Tuesday to Thursday, 08h00-17h00 MID-CONGRESS TOURS will be on Wednesday 26 July (Pastures is full day, other tours will be half-day) POLICY& PRACTICE WORKSHOP (theme tbc), Friday, 08h00-17h00, 28 July