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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 />
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