
Join us January 16-18, 2020 in Sanibel for the 2020 Florida Watermelon Convention!

2020 Schedule
Thursday, January 16, 2019
All Times Eastern Event Location
8:00 am – Noon Golf The Dunes
Noon – 5:00 pm Registration & Information Desk Registration 3
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Queen Committee Meeting Gardens Ballroom
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Auction Committee Meeting Gardens Ballroom
2:45 pm – 3:45 pm Membership Committee Meeting Gardens Ballroom
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Nominating Committee Meeting Gardens Ballroom
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Queen Contestant Reception Pool Terrace
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm FWA Hospitality Suite Presidential Parlor 873
Friday, January 17, 2019
All Times Eastern Event Location
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration & Information Desk Registration 3
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Auction Items Receiving Azalea
8:30 am – 11:30 pm FWA Board of Directors Meeting Island
Noon Lunch Gardens Ballroom
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Convention Exhibits Open Palms Garden Foyer
1:00 pm – 5:00 pm FWA Grower Education Sessions Caloosa Ballroom
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm “Managing Fusarium Wilt of Watermelon: From Transplant House to Field”
Daniel Egel, Southwest Purdue Agriculture Center (1 CEU Credit Hour)
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm H2A Industry Roundtable
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Watermelon Seed Industry Roundtable
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm “Managing Whiteflies and Whitefly Transmitted Disease in Watermelon”
Hugh Smith, Univ. Of FL / IFAS (1 CEU Credit Hour)
6:30 pm – 11:00 pm President’s Welcome Reception, Dinner and Dance Palms Ballroom
11:00 pm – 1:00 am FWA Hospitality Suite Presidential Parlor 873
Saturday, January 18, 2019
All Times Eastern Event Location
8:00 am – 10:30 am Breakfast Buffet & General Session Palms Ballroom
9:00 am – Noon Registration & Information Desk Registration 3
9:00 am – Noon Auction Items Receiving Azalea
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Convention Exhibits Open Palms Garden Foyer
11:00 am – Noon Annual Seed Spit Contest Palms Pool Deck
Noon – 1:00 pm Buffet Style Luncheon Palms Ballroom
1:00 pm – Till End Annual FWA Auction Palms Ballroom
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Cocktail Hour & Raffle Drawing Palms Garden Foyer
7:00 pm – 10:30 pm Banquet – Dinner and Awards Palms Ballroom 11:00 pm – 1:00 am FWA Hospitality Suite Presidential Parlor 873