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Wednesday Highlights<br />

Assess 2.0 Image Analysis Demonstration<br />

10:30-11:30 a.m. • 200 FG<br />

Learn how to use this powerful new desktop plant pathology<br />

software from <strong>the</strong> product’s developer, Lakhdar Lamari, from<br />

<strong>the</strong> University of Manitoba’s Plant Science Department.<br />

Everyone attending <strong>the</strong> session will receive a Centennial<br />

Special Discount coupon for <strong>the</strong> ASSESS 2.0 software.<br />

This exciting new edition will be released during <strong>the</strong> APS<br />

Centennial Celebration and is light-years ahead of <strong>the</strong> original<br />

ASSESS! The ASSESS 2.0 special session offers a short review<br />

of concepts and issues encountered in automated plant disease<br />

assessment, a live demonstration including measurement of<br />

leaf area, foliar disease (% leaf damage), ground cover, root<br />

length, object (lesions, seeds, etc.) counting, sizing, and<br />

characterization, followed by a short question-and-answer<br />

period.<br />

Closing Plenary Luncheon with Special Guest Speaker<br />

Lowell Catlett<br />

11:45 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. • Ballroom AB<br />

President Ray Martyn will give an APS activities update and<br />

<strong>the</strong>n pass <strong>the</strong> gavel to 2008-2009 President James Moyer at<br />

<strong>the</strong> Presidential Ceremony. All food and beverages for this<br />

important luncheon are included in your registration, so be<br />

sure not to miss it! Pre-registration and ticket are required.<br />

Special guest speaker Dr. Lowell Catlett will present his take<br />

on Tomorrow’s Agriculture - Six Trends You Can’t Afford to Miss!<br />

Dr. Catlett is a highly entertaining and dynamic speaker whose<br />

presentation is sure to be a meeting highlight. As a Regent’s<br />

Professor of Economics, Agriculture and Genetic Engineering<br />

at New Mexico State University and a recipient of <strong>the</strong><br />

university’s highest award to a professor, <strong>the</strong> Westhafer Award,<br />

Dr. Catlett is an internationally recognized economist and<br />

expert on <strong>the</strong> future of technology and agriculture.<br />

neW & on SAle!<br />

on SAle at <strong>the</strong> ApS preSS Bookstore<br />

located in exhibit Hall C.<br />

Sunday, July 27 .................. 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.<br />

Monday, July 28 ................. 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.<br />

Tuesday, July 29 ................. 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.<br />

Wednesday, July 30 ............ 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.<br />

Buy at <strong>the</strong> meeting and SAve 20%<br />

plus Free Shipping!<br />

(If you buy 4 or more APS PRESS Titles)<br />

#4-08<br />

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