The Plant Sciences Symposium has become an annual event at UW – Madison. As an organization, we are fortunate to work with large sponsorships from Corteva Agrisciences through their Corteva Symposia Series as well as many other companies to organize and facilitate the event. This section of our websites serve to document the evolution of our annual symposium to display the unique speakers we have hosted over the years.
2024 Symposium – Growing into New Tech: Plant Sciences in Bloom
2023 Symposium – Firmly Rooted: Perseverance Through Challenges
2022 Symposium – Cultivating Resilience: Learning from the Past to Plant for the Future
2021 Symposium – Planting Connections: Exploring the Impacts of Plants and Society
2020 Symposium – Zooming In on Plant Health
2019 Symposium – Plants Sciences: Evolving with the Times
2018 Symposium – Leavesdropping on Plants: Microscopic to Macroscopic Conversations
2017 Symposium – Plants in the Anthropocene: Diversity, Genetics, and Biotic Interactions
2016 Symposium – Turning a New Leaf in Plant Ecology and Evolution
2015 Symposium – Leveraging Data in Plant Sciences: In Vivo, In Vitro, In Silico
2014 Symposium – Plants and Society: Integrating Food and Science in Today’s Culture
2013 Symposium – Transforming Innovation Into New Resources for Plant Sciences
2012 Symposium – Emerging Trends & Paradigm Shifts in Plant Breeding
2011 Symposium – Modern Tools for Plant Genetic Improvement