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DAily Meeting SCHeDule AnD HigHligHtS
Registration, exhibits, and sessions take place at the Minneapolis Convention Center unless otherwise noted by
the room name or number.
Minneapolis Convention Center – all room numbers beginning with 2 are located on the second floor.
Friday, July 25
7:30 – 10:00 a.m. APS Council Meeting Conrad A – Hilton
7:30 a.m. departs Field Trip: Forest Pathology (through Saturday, July 26)
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. APS Leadership Forum, by invitation Hennepin/Carver – Hilton
Friday Highlights
Field trip
Forest Pathology – two-day trip
7:30 a.m. • July 25 departure – 6:00 p.m. July 26 return
Sponsoring Committee: Forest Pathology
Organizer: Joe O’Brien, USDA Forest Services, St. Paul, MN
Urban and rural forest tree disease problems will be presented and discussed as participants visit the TRE (Teaching, Research
and Extension) Nursery at the University of Minnesota and make stops between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Cloquet, MN. An al
fresco evening barbecue and program at the Cloquet Forestry Center cap off the day. Logging history and more tree diseases will
be highlighted during the return trip via the St. Croix River Valley. Highlighted diseases include white pine blister rust, Diplodia
shoot blight, butternut canker, and ash yellows/decline. A boat excursion on the St. Croix River completes the trip.
Saturday, July 26
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Field Trip: Ornamental Horticulture Crop Field Trip
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. APS Council Meeting Conrad A – Hilton
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Phytopathology Editorial Board, by invitation Marquette – Hilton
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Plant Disease Editorial Board, by invitation LaSalle – Hilton
11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Field Trip: University of Minnesota Plant Pathology Legacy Tour University of Minnesota,
St. Paul Campus
12:00 – 3:30 p.m. APS PRESS Board Meeting Duluth – Hilton
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Office of International Programs (OIP) Board Meeting 203 AB
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. APS Placement 206 AB
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Workshop: Fighting Phytophthora: How to Detect, Investigate, 205 AB
and Manage Phytophthora
Workshop: Finding Grant Opportunities and Writing the Successful 205 CD
Grant Proposal
Workshop: Introductory Workshop on Use of Genomics and
Bioinformatics for the Development of Diagnostic Markers 208 AB
Workshop: Novel Molecular Assays for Seed Health: Dead or Alive? 208 CD
Workshop: Statistical Refresher for Journal Editors, by invitation 200 E
Workshop: Statistical Workshop for Microarray Data Analysis 200 D
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. North American Fungicide Resistance Action Committee Ramsey – Hilton
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Advisory Committee on Threatening Plant Diseases 202 AB
2:00 – 7:00 p.m. Registration Main Lobby
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Committee Chair/Vice Chair Orientation Rochester – Hilton
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Scientific Program Board (SPB)/Section Chairs Meeting Board Room 3 – Hilton
3:30 – 6:00 p.m. Publications Board Meeting Nicollet – Hilton
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Program Planning Orientation Rochester – Hilton
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Plant Pathologists Forensics Interest Group Meeting, by invitation Duluth – Hilton
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. First Timers’ Orientation 200 FG
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