Special Sessions Program: Special Sessions

Special Sessions

Saturday, November 1, 2014

3:00 PM-9:00 PM

Oral Session

10 Graduate Student Leadership Conference: I

Organizer: Rachel Owen

Sunday, November 2, 2014

7:30 AM-3:30 PM

Oral Session

26 Graduate Student Leadership Conference:II

1:30 PM-3:30 PM

Oral Session

Crafting Your ABT's with Randy Olson (Invitation Only)

Organizer: Susan Fisk

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

27 Graduate Student Networking Session – Building Professional Relationships

Organizers: Alexander J. Lindsey and Brian Pfeiffer

Monday, November 3, 2014

7:55 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

53 Symposium--Computing and Big Data in Agriculture

Organizers: Kipling S. Balkcom , Thomas J. Sauer , Harold van Es , Frits K. Van Evert and Tom Mueller

Presider: Bruce Erickson

7:55 AM-4:35 PM

Oral Session

54 Symposium--Climate Change Impacts on Soil Carbon: Understanding and Estimating the Extent and Rates of Reactions, Processes, Interactions and Feedbacks

Organizers: Nik Qafoku , Samira Daroub , Thomas Borch , Zamir Libohova , Aaron Thompson , Markus Tuller , Mary E. Stromberger , Gurpal S Toor and Saseendran Anapalli

Presiders: Nik Qafoku and Samira Daroub

11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Oral Session

55 So What’s Next? a Panel Discussion on Career Opportunities for Graduate Students

Organizers: Alexander J. Lindsey and Aditi Sengupta

12:05 PM-12:55 PM

Oral Session

56 Lunch and Learn -- Hemp: Past, Present, Future

Presider: Ronald F. Turco

12:55 PM-3:45 PM

Oral Session

57 Symposium--Management Practices Inpact on Soil Nitrogen Conservation

Organizer: Upendra M Sainju

Presider: Upendra M Sainju

1:25 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

58 Symposium--Effects of Nutrient Cycling in Urban Grassland Soils on Soil and Water Quality

Organizers: Gregory K. Evanylo , Douglas J. Soldat , A. Martin Petrovic , James Goatley Jr. and Gurpal S Toor

Presider: Gregory K. Evanylo

5:30 PM-8:00 PM

Oral Session

59 Annual Committee Meeting of ACS 528 - Diversity in Agronomy, Crops, Soils and Environmental Sciences Committee

Poster Session

ACS528 Diversity Student Poster Competition

Organizer: Annette A. James

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

8:00 AM-9:00 AM

Oral Session

192 Gateway Scholars Orientation

11:30 AM-1:00 PM

Oral Session

193 Women in Agronomy, Crops, Soils, and Environmental Sciences Luncheon – a Special Program of the WACSES Committee (ACS526)

12:10 PM-12:55 PM

Oral Session

194 Lunch and Learn -- Global Soil Partnership

Organizer: Charles W. Rice

Presider: Charles W. Rice

1:00 PM-3:50 PM

Oral Session

195 Symposium--Soil and Plant Interactions in the Built Environment – Identifying Unifying Themes Across Plant Community Types

Organizers: Bryant Chad Scharenbroch and Susan Day

1:25 PM-5:55 PM

Oral Session

196 Information Exchange for Industry and Consulting Members

Organizer: Emily McKindley Clark

Presiders: Matthew M. Duncan and Emily McKindley Clark

1:30 PM-4:45 PM

Oral Session

197 Symposium--Solutions to New Challenges Facing Traditional Conservation Practices

Organizer: Jorge A. Delgado

Presider: Jorge A. Delgado

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Oral Session

198 Gateway Scholars Motivational Program

5:30 PM-7:00 PM

Oral Session

199 Elevator Speech Contest for Grad Students and Post-Docs

Organizer: Emily J. Fuger

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Oral Session

200 Screening of the Movie, "Sizzle."

Organizer: Michael S. Strauss

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

11:00 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

Agriculture, Food Production and Sustainability ... A New Supply Chain Strategy

Presider: Ronald F. Turco

12:00 PM-1:00 PM

Oral Session

344 Science Policy Graduate Student Luncheon

Organizer: Karl E. Anderson

12:10 PM-12:55 PM

Oral Session

Lunch and Learn -- Meet the World Food Prize Recipient

Organizer: Michael S. Strauss

Presider: David D. Baltensperger

2:30 PM-4:30 PM

Poster Session

345 AgMIP Poster Session