Program

What   When
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Pre-Conference: Sunday, July 21 – St. Louis, Missouri
8:00   Graduate Student Soft Skill Workshop
8:00   Breeding Tools Workshop – Part 1
  1:00 – 3:00 Breeding Tools Workshop – Part 2
  1:00 – 5:00 NIFA-AFRI Plant Breeding Project Directors Session
  6:00 – 9:00 Opening Session and Reception
    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Dinner
    DEI Pannel Discussion
    Borlaug and GW Carver Scholar Introduction
Day 1: Monday, July 22 – St. Louis, Missouri
7:00-8:00   Borlaug Scholar and George Washington Carver Scholar Breakfast
8:00-8:30   Welcome Addresses
8:30-10:00   General Session: RETHINK
    Session Chair: Alex Lipka, University of Illinois
10:30-11:30   General Session: RETHINK
11:30-12:00   Rethink: Panel Discussion
  12:00-1:00 Lunch
  1:00-2:30 Poster Session 1 – Odd Numbered Posters
   2:45-4:15 Poster Session 2 – Even Numbered Posters
  4:30-6:00 PBCC Session
  6:00-9:00 Graduate Student and Early Career Mixer
Day 2: Tuesday, July 23 – University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
7:00 8:00 Field Trip to University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Day 3: Wednesday, July 24 – St. Louis, Missouri
8:00 – 9:00   Awardee Talks – Student Awards
9:00 – 10:00   General Session: REINVENT
    Session Chair: Juan Arbelaez, University of Illinois
10:30-11:30   General Session: REINVENT
11:30 12:00 Reinvent: Panel Discussion
  12:00 – 1:00 Lunch – Speed Networking
1:00 3:00 Awardee Talks
  3:00-4:30 Transformative Breeding Systems
  4:30 – 6:00 Business Meeting
  6:30 – 9:00 Banquet
Day 4: Thursday, July 25 – St. Louis, Missouri
8:30-10:00   General Session: Revolutionize
10:30-11:30   Revolutionize: Pannel discussion with Startups
11:30 12:00 Final Remarks by new NAPB President