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Sunday, July 27
Sunday plenary, centennial, technical, and special session descriptions, presenters, and times found on pages 33-38.
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. APSnet Education Center Editorial Board Meeting 203 AB
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Vegetable Extension & Research Plant Pathologists Breakfast, by invitation Marquette/LaSalle – Hilton
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Registration Main Lobby
7:45 – 8:15 a.m. Moderator Orientation 205 AB
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-up Exhibit Hall C
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Opening Plenary Session: “Agriculture, Food Security and Public Auditorium
Health: Global Issues – Global Solutions”
8:30 – 8:45 a.m. Ray Martyn – Introduction “When Agriculture Fails”
8:45 – 9:15 a.m. Peter Raven – “Biodiversity and Agriculture”
9:20 – 9:50 a.m. Chris Field – “Agriculture in a Changing Environment”
9:55 – 10:25 a.m. Shiney Varghese – “The Global Water Crisis: Balancing Water for
Agriculture and Public Health”
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. Rob Horsch – “Revitalizing Support For, and Impact of, Plant and
Agriculture Sciences”
11:05 – 11:35 a.m. Florence Wambugu – “The Role of the Africa Biofortified Sorghum (ABS)
Project in Tackling Micronutrient Deficiency”
11:35 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Questions
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Ornamental Virus Discussion Group Hennepin/Carver – Hilton
9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. APS Placement 206 AB
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Poster Set-up Exhibit Hall C
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch break
Concession service available from 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
12:00 – 2:30 p.m. PMN Strategic Planning Meeting, by invitation 209 AB
12:15 – 1:30 p.m. Journals Senior Editors Luncheon, by invitation 201 AB
12:15 – 2:00 p.m. Division Officers Luncheon, by invitation 210 AB
12:15 – 2:00 p.m. Foundation Luncheon, by invitation Seasons Rotunda
12:30 – 3:00 p.m. Office of Electronic Communication (OEC) Board Meeting 207 AB
Oral Technical Sessions
1:00 – 2:45 p.m. • Populations Genetics 211 CD
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. • Bacteria: Molecular, Cellular Biology 205 CD
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. • Diseases of Plants – Ornamental 208 AB
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. • Epidemiology 211 AB
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. • Fungal: Molecular, Cellular Biology 200 HIJ
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. • Host Resistance – Plants 208 CD
Special Sessions
1:00 – 2:45 p.m. • Detection, Identification, and Diagnostics: Advancing the Science 200 DE
One Sample at a Time
1:00 – 2:45 p.m. • Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Diseases in Natural 200 ABC
Ecosystems: Using History to Predict the Future
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. • Faces of the Future in Mycology: A Look to the Future 200 FG
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. • Impact of Plant Virus Epidemiology: Past, Present, and Future 205 AB
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Plant Health Progress Editorial Board Meeting, by invitation 209 AB
3:15 – 5:45 p.m. Centennial Special Session – 100 Years of The American Auditorium
Phytopathological Society
4:00 – 5:30 p.m. Diagnostic Working Group Marquette/LaSalle – Hilton
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. APS-OIP Silent Auction: Connecting Knowledge with a Growing World Exhibit Hall C
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. APS PRESS Bookstore Exhibit Hall C
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Opening Centennial Celebration – with Exhibition and Exhibit Hall C
University Alumni Socials
Cornell University
Michigan State University
Midwest States – Illinois, Iowa, Purdue
North Carolina State University
Ohio State University
Old West Trails
Penn State
Texas A & M
University of California – Davis
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Hawaii
University of Kentucky
University of Minnesota
University of Wisconsin
Washington State University
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