Please note: This page contains program information for a festival that has already taken place. For current information on the upcoming festival, see www.oregontrufflefestival.com

Educational Events

Truffle Growers' Forum
Marcos Morcillo, Keynote Speaker	The Truffle Growers’ Forum is held Friday and Saturday and consists of a lecture series covering the breadth of the truffle cultivation industry culminating in the Festival keynote address by truffle researcher and cultivator Marcos Morcillo, Director of Micologia Forestal & Aplicada of Barcelona, Spain and events that are in the field, consisting of a Truffiere tour with Friday’s speakers, a Winery Lunch with a guest chef, and a truffle hunt with truffle dogs for the native Oregon white truffles near the winery grounds.
Truffle Dog Training
	This singular event begins on Friday in the classroom, with lectures on canine scent detection and the fundamentals of scent training, as well as practical sessions with your dog at the Festival Headquarters Hotel. On the second day, participants and their dogs have a one of a kind opportunity to engage in an authentic hunt for wild truffles in their natural habitat; unearthing truffles from their source that no one has hidden for you. And yes, you absolutely do get to keep the truffles you find.
One Day Dog Training without personal dogs
	Because attendance is limited to just 18 dogs, a limited number of people will be allowed to audit the Friday session above without dogs. The Truffle Dog Training Seminar will be held Friday, January 27th, and Saturday, January 28th, 2012. Friday’s event is at The Hilton Eugene, Headquarters Hotel for the Oregon Truffle Festival. Saturday’s event is in the field, consisting of a truffle hunt for the native Oregon truffles.

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