Special Sessions Program: Special Sessions

Special Sessions

Sunday, October 21, 2012

9:00 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

17 An Introduction to Learning-Centered Meetings and Classes

Organizer: Roger Elmore

10:00 AM-5:05 PM

Oral Session

18 150th Year Anniversary of US Department of Agriculture-Celebration of Agricultural Research History

Organizer: Maxine Levin

2:00 PM-5:15 PM

Oral Session

19 Crop Responses to CO2, Temperature, and Water: Incorporating Lessons From Experimental Studies Into Dynamic Process Models

Organizers: Jerry Hatfield and Jeffrey W. White

3:00 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

20 Getting the Most Out of the Meetings App

Organizers: John Kaminski and Melanie Bayles

3:00 PM-5:00 PM

Oral Session

21 SSSA Town Hall Meeting

Presider: Gary Pierzynski

3:30 PM-4:30 PM

22 ASA Town Hall Meeting

Presider: Kenneth Barbarick

3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Oral Session

23 Department Heads Roundtable

Organizer: Russell Karow

4:00 PM-5:30 PM

Oral Session

24 Graduate Student Networking Session - Building Professional Relationships

Organizers: Matthew D. Ruark , Maria Labreveux , David Huber , Waneta Kratz , Kristy Borrelli and Kevan J. Minick

6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Oral Session

25 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Opening Keynote Address

Organizers: Sharon Clay , David Lindbo and Mark Brick

Presiders: David Lindbo , Sharon Clay and Mark Brick

Monday, October 22, 2012

7:30 AM-9:30 AM

Oral Session

41 ASA Breakfast, Awards, and Plenary (E.T. & Vam York Distinguished ASA Lectureship)

Organizer: Sharon Clay

Presiders: Kenneth Barbarick and Newell Kitchen

8:00 AM-4:25 PM

Oral Session

42 Conservation Agriculture for Improving Food Security and Livelihoods of Rural Smallholders In Rainfed Regions of Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean

Organizers: Adrian Ares and Michael Mulvaney

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

43 So What's Next? A Panel Discussion On Career Opportunities for Graduate Students.

Organizers: Matthew D. Ruark , Maria Labreveux , Jared Sweat , Matt A. Yost and Amanda M. Liesch

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Oral Session

Lunch and Learn: NIFA Director's Listening and Doing Session

Organizer: Sharon Clay

Presider: Sharon Clay

2:30 PM-3:00 PM

Oral Session

Get Your Backpack On!

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

45 Frontiers In Ecosystem Science: Energizing the Research Agenda

Organizers: Peter Groffman and Joshua P. Schimel

6:00 PM-8:00 PM

Oral Session

46 COSA Key Note & Roundtable “Urban Food Issues: Access to Organic and Local Food for People of Lower Income”

Organizer: Ann-Marie Fortuna

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

6:30 AM-8:00 AM

Oral Session

5K Fun Run/Walk

7:30 AM-9:30 AM

Oral Session

171 CSSA Breakfast, Awards, and Plenary (Betty Klepper Endowed Lectureship)

Organizer: Mark Brick

Presiders: Maria Gallo and Jeffrey Volenec

8:20 AM-12:05 PM

Oral Session

172 U2U: Transforming Climate Information From Being 'useful' to 'usable' for Agricultural Applications

Organizer: Linda S. Prokopy

8:30 AM-10:00 AM

Oral Session

173 Gateway Scholar Orientation

9:25 AM-11:30 AM

Oral Session

174 Food Security: Conservation, Inputs and Technology

Organizer: Jorge Delgado

9:40 AM-3:45 PM

Oral Session

175 Integrating Livestock Into Cropping Systems: Ecosystem Responses From Long-Term Studies

Organizer: Michael Casler

Presider: Jennifer Moore-Kucera

10:00 AM-12:00 PM

Poster Session

176 ACS 528 - Diversity in Agronomy, Crops, Soils and Environmental Sciences Student Poster Competition

Organizers: Harjit S. Rekhi , Felicia Armstrong and Rufina Ward

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Oral Session

177 Women In Agronomy, Crops, Soils, and Environmental Sciences Special Program and Workshop

Organizer: Jean E. McLain

11:45 AM-1:10 PM

Oral Session

Lunch and Learn: Soil Fracking

Organizer: David Lindbo

Presider: David Lindbo

12:00 PM-5:00 PM

Oral Session

178 Gateway Scholars Motivational Program

Organizers: Harjit S. Rekhi , Felicia Armstrong and Emily Fuger

12:55 PM-5:20 PM

Oral Session

179 Beyond File Cabinets and Field Notes: Extending the Lifecycle and Utility of Agronomic Data

Organizer: Sylvie Brouder

1:00 PM-3:35 PM

Oral Session

180 Nitrogen-Climate Interactions and Soil Processes

Organizer: Charles Rice

Presiders: Eric Davidson and Charles Rice

2:30 PM-3:30 PM

Oral Session

Daniel Hillel & Cynthia Rosenzweig—Book Signing and Reception

3:45 PM-4:45 PM

Oral Session

181 Management of Agricultural Drainage Water to Maximize Production and Environmental Benefits

Organizer: Paul Sweeney

7:30 PM-9:45 PM

Oral Session

182 Symphony of the Soil

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

7:30 AM-9:30 AM

Oral Session

325 SSSA Breakfast, Awards, and Plenary (Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship).

Organizer: David Lindbo

Presiders: Charles Rice and Gary Pierzynski

8:10 AM-12:05 PM

Oral Session

326 Understanding Yield Variability Across Spatial and Temporal Scales

Organizer: David Clay

Presiders: Jose A. Hernandez and Francis Pierce

8:40 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

327 Special Oral Session for Information Exchange for Industry and Consulting Members

Organizer: Jagadeesh Mosali

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Oral Session

Lunch and Learn: Climate Change -- the 2012 Drought

Organizer: Indi Braden

Presider: Indi Braden

5:30 PM-6:30 PM

Oral Session

328 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Closing Keynote Session

Organizers: Sharon Clay , Mark Brick and David Lindbo

Presiders: David Lindbo , Mark Brick and Sharon Clay