The agenda is currently being finalized. Here is a draft description of the two-day meeting, prepared in collaboration with the scientific committee.
Sunday Evening, April 27, 2014 | |
Tasting of Iowa food and wines, optional and on participant costs. Contact Daniel Attinger, ISU, USA for details. | |
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Monday, April 28, 2014 | |
8:00 am | Registration, continental breakfast |
9:00 am | Welcome, Ted Heindel, ISU, USA |
9:15 am | Plenary: Genomics overview and why we need engineered crops (Edgar Spalding, UW-Madison, USA). Abstract ,Presentation |
10:00 am | Break, poster set-up |
10:15 am | Panel #1: Genotype and environmental interactions and stresses, moderated by Pat Schnable, ISU, USA. Abstract Panelist #1: Jianming Yu, ISU, USA. Abstract, Presentation Panelist #2: Fabio Fiorani, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany. Abstract Panelist #3: Mitch Tuinstra, Purdue, USA. Abstract, Presentation |
11:45 am | Lunch |
Plenary: Engineering and physical challenges to engineered crops (Kaare Jensen, DTU, Denmark). Abstract, Presentation |
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Poster viewing | |
1:00 pm | Panel #2: Plant physiology and flow and nutrient transport, moderated by Matthew Gilbert, UC-Davis, USA. Abstract Panelist #1: Maciej Zwieniecki, UC-Davis, USA. Abstract Panelist #2: David Mendoza, University of Missouri, USA. Abstract, Presentation Panelist #3: Liang Dong, ISU, USA. Abstract |
2:30 pm | Break, poster viewing |
2:45 pm | Panel #3: Numerical modeling and optimization, moderated by Baskar Ganapathysubramanian, ISU, USA. Abstract Panelist #1: Carolyn Lawrence, ISU, USA. Abstract, Presentation Panelist #2: Siobhan Brady, UC-Davis, USA. Abstract, Presentation Panelist #3: Srinivas Aluru, Georgia Tech, USA. Abstract |
4:45 pm | Day 1 wrap-up |
5:00 pm | Poster reception and liquor bar |
6:00 pm | Workshop dinner banquet: Iowa meal with American wines; Thank you speech by Daniel Attinger, ISU, USA; Improvisation theater show. |
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014 | |
8:00 am | Continental breakfast, poster viewing |
8:30 am | Panel #4: Phenomics and imaging, moderated by James Schnable, UNL, USA. Abstract Panelist #1: Chris Topp, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, USA. Abstract, Presentation Panelist #2: Sang-Joon Lee, POSTECH, South Korea. Abstract, Presentation Panelist #3: Lie Tang, ISU, USA. Abstract, Presentation |
10:00 am | Break, poster viewing |
10:15 am | Panel #5: Education and training needs, moderated by Howard Shapiro, ISU, USA. Abstract Panelist #1: Tabare Abadie, DuPont Pioneer, USA. Abstract Panelist #2: Tessa Durham Brooks, Doane College, USA. Abstract, Presentation Panelist #3: Bill Beavis, ISU, USA. Abstract, Presentation |
11:45 am | Lunch |
Plenary: Biophysical drivers to increase crop yield (Patricio Grassini, UNL, USA). Abstract, Presentation | |
Poster awards announced | |
1:15 pm | NSF Funding Opportunities: Friedrich Srienc, Program Director, Biotechnology, Biochemical and Biomass Engineering, NSF, USA. Presentation Susanne von Bodman, Program Director, Division of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences, NSF, USA. Presentation |
1:45 pm | Roadmap development, moderated by Abraham Stroock, Cornell, USA. Posters |
3:30 pm | Wrap-up and actions items |
5:00 pm | Adjourn |