Plant Sciences Symposium
Plants and Society: Integrating Food and Science in Today’s Culture
October 3, 2014
7:30 – 8:15. Registration and Breakfast
8:15 – 8:20. Introduction (Axel Ramírez-Madera, PSGSC)
8:20 – 8:30. Opening remarks (Jillian Foerster, DuPont Pioneer)
8:30 – 9:30. Robin Buell
Genomics and Bioinformatics: Two Paradigm Changing Disciplines in Plant Breeding and Genetics
9:30 – 10:30. Gil Gillespie
Sustainability?
10:30 – 10:50. Break (Coffee and snacks included)
10:50 – 11:10. Graduate student speaker – Kate Wersan
11:10 – 11:30. Graduate student speaker – Craig Schenck
11:30 – 12:30. Wendelyn Jones
New Agricultural Technologies: The Intersection of Science and Global Regulations
12:30 – 1:30. Lunch
1:30 – 2:30. Paul Mitchell
Biotechnology, Neonicotinoids, and Organic Agriculture: An Economist’s Perspective on Current Debates
2:30 – 2:50. Graduate student speaker – Maciek Kazula
2:50 – 3:10. Graduate student speaker – Scott Stelpflug
3:10 – 3:30. Break
3:30 – 4:30. Keynote Speaker: Ivan Ingelbrecht
Innovations in Agriculture: the Case of Crop Biotechnology
4:30. Closing Remarks