2015 ESS/SAES/ARD Meeting and Workshop Ballantyne Hotel, Charlotte, NC
September 28 - Oct 1,2015 Schedule
Monday, September 28, 2015 |
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Registration | 2:00 PM-7:00PM | |
Regional Meetings | 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM | |
Reception | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | |
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 |
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Breakfast | 6:30 AM - 7:45 AM | |
Welcome to North Carolina - Shirley Hymon-Parker, Interim Dean, |
8:00 AM - 8:15 AM | |
School of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, NC A&T State Univ | ||
Workshop Session 1 - Public-Private Partnerships |
8:15 AM- 10:00 AM | |
· NC Research campus in Kannapolis - Leonard Williams, NC | ||
A&T State Univ | ||
Break and Boarding of Buses | 10:00 AM- 10:30 AM | |
Travel to Kannapolis, NC | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | |
Lunch and presentation from Dole Executives on NC public-private | 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM | |
partnerships at the Kannapolis Research Campus | ||
Tour of Kannapolis research projects | 1:15 PM- 3:15PM | |
Return to Charlotte | 3:30 PM- 4:30 PM | |
Dinner on your own |
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Wednesday, September 30 |
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Breakfast | 6:30 AM - 7:45 AM | |
Workshop Session 2: Water Security: Quality, Quantity, and Policy |
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM | |
· Irrigation efficiency and conservation, Dan Devlin, Kansas State | ||
University | ||
· Drought Tolerant Germplasm - John Cushman, University of | ||
Nevada Reno | ||
· Drought in the West - Doug Parker, Director California Water | ||
Resources Research Institute, University of California | ||
· Climate and water - Lois Morton, Iowa State University | ||
· Water Policy - Reagan Waskom, Director Colorado Water | ||
Institute, Colorado State University | ||
· Synthesis and Key Messages; Call to Action - Mike Harrington, | ||
WAAESD | ||
Break | 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM | |
ESS Business Meeting | 10:30 AM- Noon | |
Lunch | Noon - 1:30 PM |
ESS Business Meeting | 1:30 - 3:00 PM |
Break | 3:00PM- 3:30 PM |
Workshop session 3: Future of Plant Breeding |
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
· USDA Perspective - Ann Marie Thro, NPL Plant Breeding and | |
Genetic Resources, USDA/NIFA · Links to the USDA Roadmap for Plant Breeding and Plant Breeding Listening Session notes can be found | |
· University Perspective - David Francis, NAPB President and | |
Professor, Horticulture & Crop Science, The Ohio State | |
University | |
· Industry Perspective - Jane DeMarchi, Vice President, | |
Government and Regulatory Affairs, ASTA | |
Closing Dinner | 6:00 PM- 8:30 PM |
Thursday, October 1, 2015 |
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Science and Technology Committee Meeting | 8:00 AM - noon |