Schedule
Thursday, January 25, 2018
12:00 - 01:30 PM
Check-in / On-site Registration / Set up Posters
01:30 - 01:40 PM
Opening Remarks - Jessica Chitwood
01:40 - 01:50 PM
Welcome remarks
01:50 - 02:00 PM
Welcome Remarks - UF/IFAS
02:00 - 04:00 PM
Poster viewing and judging
06:30 - 08:30 PM
Friday, January 26, 2018
08:00 - 09:00 AM
Check-in / Breakfast / On-site registration
09:00 - 09:15 AM
Welcome / Introductions: Jessica Chitwood
09:15 - 10:05 AM
Invited Speaker: Dr. Thomas Gradziel
If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail: Peculiar Perspectives from Fruit Breeding
10:10 - 11:00 AM
Invited Speaker: Dr. Thomas Burks
Digital and SmartAg Technology MegaTrends are transforming Agriculture (Field to Fork) into a HighTech Industry: Challenges and Opportunities
11:00 - 11:10 AM
Coffee Break
11:10 - 12:00 PM
Invited Speaker: Dr. Seth Murray
Transdisciplinary Frontiers in Field Based Phenomics
12:00 - 01:30 PM
Lunch Break and Poster Viewing Session
01:30 - 02:20 PM
Invited Speaker: Dr. Vivian Irish
A thorny question: the regulation of stem cell activity
02:25 - 03:25 PM
Student Talks: Travel Award Winners
Bonny Micheal Oloka, North Carolina State University
Chathurika Wijewardana, Mississippi State University
Kyle Swentowsky, University of Georgia
Suraj Sapkota, University of Georgia
03:25 - 03:35 PM
Coffee Break
03:35 - 04:25 PM
Invited Speaker: Dr. Jose Rotundo
Soybean genetic progress and resource use efficiency
04:25 - 04:35 PM
Student Travel Awards Ceremony - DuPont Pioneer
04:35 - 04:45 PM
Student Poster Awards - UF/IFAS
04:45 - 05:00 PM
Closing Remarks: Dr. Esteban Rios