Program: Special Sessions

Special Sessions

Sunday, November 6, 2016

1:30 PM-5:15 PM

Oral Session

16 Symposium--Techniques for Jumpstarting the Restoration of Desertified Ag and Grasslands Soils

Organizer: Rebecca Schneider

Monday, November 7, 2016

9:20 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

58 Symposium--100th Anniversary of the Langmuir Equation, 1916-2016

Organizer: Cristian P. Schulthess

Moderators: Cristian P. Schulthess , Carl H. Bolster and Alfred R. Conklin Jr.

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Oral Session

106 Symposium--the Grand Challenge – Water: Food, Energy and Environmental Security

Organizer: Jeffrey S. Strock

Moderator: Jeffrey S. Strock

3:00 PM-4:30 PM

Oral Session

131 Symposium--Harnessing Senior and Emeritus Members to Advance Agronomy, Crops and Soils

Organizer: Calvin O. Qualset

Moderator: Carolyn G. Olson

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Poster Session

150 Developing Research and Extension Skills of Students in Integrated Agronomic Systems

Organizer: John A. Guretzky

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

8:00 AM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

210 Gateway Scholars Program

Organizers: Emily J. Fuger , Dedrick D. Davis and Terrence G. Gardner

9:30 AM-12:00 PM

Poster Session

230 ACS528 Diversity Student Poster Competition

Organizers: Emily J. Fuger , Dedrick D. Davis and Terrence G. Gardner

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Oral Session

254 Science Policy Graduate Student Luncheon

Organizers: Julie McClure and Karl E. Anderson

Moderator: Karl E. Anderson

1:00 PM-4:50 PM

Oral Session

258 Symposium--Adapting Cropping Systems to Drought and Water Scarcity

Organizer: Neil C. Hansen

Moderator: Neil C. Hansen

1:30 PM-3:15 PM

Oral Session

274 Symposium--Manufactured, Blended, and Engineered Soils for Urban Applications

Organizers: Susan D. Day , Gregory Evanylo and Patrick J. Drohan

Moderator: Susan D. Day

1:30 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

284 Symposium--Pulse Crops: Partners in Resilience

Organizers: Mark A. Brick , Clarice J. Coyne , Michael A. Grusak , Matthew Blair and Bir B. Singh

6:00 PM-9:00 PM

Oral Session

354 Election Night Watch Party

Organizer: Karl E. Anderson

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

7:30 AM-8:30 AM

Oral Session

Public Session on Identifying Research Gaps in Soil Health-Foundation for Food and Research I

Organizer: LaKisha Odom

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

373 Symposium--Humic Products: Optimizing Agroecosytem Balance

Organizer: Lawrence Mayhew

Moderator: Daniel C. Olk

8:30 AM-9:30 AM

Oral Session

Public Session on Identifying Research Gaps in Soil Health--Foundation for Food and Research II

Organizer: LaKisha Odom

9:10 AM-10:55 AM

Oral Session

388 Symposium--Transforming Smallholder Agronomy in Africa

Organizer: Charles S. Wortmann