Sunday, October 25, 2009 |
| 3:00 - 9:00 pm |
Registration at America's Center |
| 6:00 - 8:00 pm |
Welcome Reception |
Monday, October 26, 2009 |
| 7:00 am |
Registration Opens |
| 9:00 am |
Opening Ceremony & Conference Welcome |
| 9:45 - 10:30 am |
Plenary Session I
Robb Fraley
“Applying Plant Molecular Biology to Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability”
Sponsored by Monsanto Company |
| 10:30 -11 am |
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing & Exhibition |
| 11:00 - 1:10 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| 1:10 - 3:00 pm |
Lunch, Poster Viewing & Exhibition |
| 3:00- 5:10 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm |
Evening Workshops |
| 9:00 pm |
Registration Closes |
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 |
| 7:00 am |
Registration Opens |
| 8:30 - 9:15 am |
Plenary Session II
Peter Raven
“Biodiversity: What To Do About It in an Age of Rapid Extinction”
Sponsored by the Missouri Botanical Garden |
| 9:15 - 10:00 am |
Plenary Session III
David Baulcombe
“The Roles of Small Silencing RNAs in the Life Cycles of Algae and Higher Plants”
Sponsored by the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources |
| 10:00-10:30 am |
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing & Exhibition |
| 10:30 am-12:40 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| 12:40 - 3:00 pm |
Lunch, Poster Viewing & Exhibition |
| 3:00 - 5:10 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Poster Discussion Session |
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm |
Evening Workshops |
| 9:00 pm |
Registration Closes |
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 |
| 7:00 am |
Registration Opens |
| 8:30 - 9:15 am |
Plenary Session IV
Graham Moore
“The Major Chromosome-Pairing Locus in Wheat (Ph1)-A Story 50 Years in the Making”
Co-Sponsored by the John Innes Centre and Sigma-Aldrich Research Biotechnology |
| 9:15 - 10:00 am |
Plenary Session V
Geoff Fincher
“Plant Cell Wall Biology: New Insights from Molecular Genetics”
Sponsored by Arkansas Center for Plant Powered Production |
| 10:00-10:30 am |
Coffee Break, Poster Viewing & Exhibition |
| 10:30 am-12:40 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| 12:40 - 3:00 pm |
Lunch, Poster Viewing & Exhibition |
| 3:00 - 5:10 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Poster Discussion Session |
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm |
Evening Workshops |
| 9:00 pm |
Registration Closes |
Thursday, October 29, 2009 |
| 7:00 am |
Registration Opens |
| 8:30 - 9:15 am |
Plenary Session VI
Marjori Matzke
“RNA-Directed DNA Methylation”
Sponsored by the University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources |
| 9:15 - 10:00 am |
Plenary Session VII
Phil Benfey
"Getting to the Root of Developmental Networks"
Sponsored by Evogene |
| 10:00-10:30 am |
Coffee Break and Poster Viewing |
| 10:30 am-12:40 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| 12:40 - 3:00 pm |
Lunch and Poster Viewing |
| 1:00 - 3:00 pm |
Food For The Future Panel Discussion.
Sponsored by University of Missouri |
| 3:00 - 5:10 pm |
Concurrent Sessions |
| 7:00 - 10:00 pm |
Gala Congress Banquet |
| 9:00 pm |
Registration Closes |
Friday, October 30, 2009 |
| 7:00 am |
Registration Opens |
| 8:00 - 8:45 am |
Plenary Session VIII
Natasha Raikhel
“Plant Endomembrane System and Chemical Genomics”
Sponsored by Washington University |
| 8:45 - 9:30 am |
Plenary Session IX
Sharon Long
"Genes and Signals in Rhizobium-legume symbioses"
Sponsored by deVGen |
| 9:30 - 10:00 am |
Coffee Break |
| 10:00 - 12:10 pm |
Concurrent Session |
| 1:00 pm |
Closing Lunch |
| 1:00 pm |
Registration Desk Closes |
