Event Dates
Starts: June 8th, 2025
Ends: June 12th, 2025
Event Sponsors
We appreciate your support!
Sponsorship Opportunities
Showcase your Company at this year’s Annual Meeting! Consider a meeting sponsorship and/or participating in the trade show.
**Sponsorships must be received by May 1st to guarantee recognition in meeting materials as noted
(program, signage, etc.); any sponsorship received after May 1st is not guaranteed to be recognized as described in categories.
Download our Sponsor Packet to learn more:
About the Hotel
Near University of Montana A stay at Holiday Inn Downtown – Missoula, an IHG Hotel places you in the heart of Missoula, within a 5-minute walk of Caras Park and Wilma Theatre. This hotel is 0.6 mi (1 km) from Missoula County Courthouse and 0.7 mi (1.1 km) from University of Montana. Make yourself at home in one of the 198 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Flat-screen televisions with satellite programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Bathrooms have shower/tub combinations and hair dryers. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls. Satisfy your appetite at the hotel’s coffee shop/cafe, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge.
The AOSA/SCST Room Block is NOW Open!
The room block will close on May 7th, 2025
Room Rates: $225/night
Per Diem at Prevailing Rates
Upgrade to a Double Queen OR King Premium for $20 more
Reserve your room today:
1. Online Reservations Booking Link: (Please note that the below booking link is not mobile compatible.)
Simply click on the booking link below and change the dates of arrival beginning on Friday, June 6th, 2025.
Group Name: 2025 AOSA-SCST Annual Meeting (This is the name of your group block.)
Booking Link: 2025 AOSA-SCST Annual Meeting (Click on this link to book your reservation online.)
Reservation Dates: 6/6/25-6/13/25 (These dates are the dates the group rate is available.)
Group Booking Code: SDA (This is a reference code for your group rate.)
2. Reservations via phone:
Guests may also contact the front desk 24/7 at 406-721-8550 to make a reservation or ask questions you may have regarding your reservation. When contacting the front desk please have the following information available to provide the agent on the phone.
Group Name: 2025 AOSA-SCST Annual Meeting
Group Booking Code: SDA
Registration
ALL IN ONE Participation/Guest/Exhibitor REGISTRATION is HERE!
PLEASE CLICK ON THE BUTTON BELOW TO REGISTER.
Workshop Information
There will be 4 workshops offered on Sunday, June 8th; each workshop is priced at $175 and will include lunch and a morning/afternoon break
– TZ Training: 9am-3:30pm
– Seedling Evaluation: 8am-12pm. Please click HERE to view the syllabus.
– Statistics: 1pm-5pm
– Vigor Tests – Pitfalls and Causes of Unwanted Variation: 1pm-5pm. Please click HERE to view the syllabus
To register for a workshop, please use the All in One registration online form.
Offsite Tour
We will offer an offsite tour Tuesday, June 10th that will be an ADD-ON to your registration rate; you can choose to attend the tour or to have an afternoon of our choosing
This year’s tour: Alberton Orchards
The price of the tour is $75 and includes transportation to and from the ranch, lunch, and activities: hay-ride, hiking through the property’s orchards and hills, fishing from the bank of the river, etc.
Check out the location HERE
For those who do not wish to attend the tour, we will post a list of local and regional activities.
Explore Missoula
Welcome to Missoula! We hope you have a wonderful experience in our
community both inside and out of the conference room. We know your agenda
is packed, but if you have free time and want to explore, here are a few ideas
to get you started on your adventure through town.
To see all that Missoula can offer before, during and after the Annual Meeting, please explore HERE
Agenda
Take a look at the DRAFT agenda!
Times/dates/room assignments subject to change
Virtual Committee Meetings
**The following are Committees who hosted their Committee meetings virtually in 2024; please check back for a final schedule and links**
• Open Rules Discussion
Initial virtual discussion, followed by an in-person session in Missoula
• AOSA Bylaws Committee
• Statistics Committee Meeting
• Moisture Committee Meeting
• Purity Subcommittee
• Seed Vigor Committee
• Advanced Technology Committee
• Consolidated Exam Committee (CLOSED)
• Long range planning (streamed live from the Annual Meeting)