Program: Special Sessions

Special Sessions

Saturday, November 14, 2015

11:00 AM-10:00 PM

Oral Session

Graduate Student Leadership Conference

Organizers: Elizabeth C Gillispie , Anne E. Sawyer , Susan M. Chapman and Emily J. Fuger

Sunday, November 15, 2015

7:30 AM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

Graduate Student Leadership Conference

Organizers: Elizabeth C Gillispie , Anne E. Sawyer , Susan M. Chapman and Emily J. Fuger

4:00 PM-6:00 PM

Oral Session

25 Graduate Student Networking Session- Building Professional Relations

Organizers: Ashley Nicole Phillips and Martin Battaglia

Monday, November 16, 2015

6:15 AM-8:00 AM

Oral Session

32 Women in Science Networking Breakfast

Organizers: Samira H. Daroub and Gail Kampmeier

8:00 AM-11:00 AM

Oral Session

40 Symposium--Connecting Phytobiomes with Soil and Plant Health

Organizers: Veronica Acosta-Martinez and Ronald F. Turco

Moderator: Ronald F. Turco

9:30 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

57 Symposium--ASA-CSSA-SSSA-ESA Plenary: Getting More from Data: Science for Sustainable Solutions

Organizer: Paul E. Fixen

11:00 AM-12:30 PM

Oral Session

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

Organizers: Jarom Davidson and Martin Battaglia

12:45 PM-1:45 PM

Oral Session

Lunch and Learn: Everything You Wanted to Know about NIFA, but Were Afraid to Ask

Organizer: Sonny Ramaswamy

1:00 PM-4:00 PM

Oral Session

98 Symposium--Public Private Partnerships to Improve Soil Health and Agronomic Resiliency

Organizer: Nicholas J. Goeser

1:00 PM-4:20 PM

Oral Session

101 Symposium--Building Agroecosystem Resilience for an Uncertain Future

Organizer: David R. Huggins

1:00 PM-5:05 PM

Oral Session

106 Symposium--AgMIP and Partners

Moderator: Senthold Asseng

5:00 PM-8:00 PM

Poster Session

328 ACS528 Diversity Student Poster Competition

Organizer: Abasiofiok M. Ibekwe

Oral Session

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

Organizer: Abasiofiok M. Ibekwe

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

6:30 AM-8:00 AM

Oral Session

174 5K Fun Run (registration required)

8:00 AM-9:45 AM

Oral Session

186 Gateway Scholars Orientation

Organizer: Abasiofiok M. Ibekwe

8:00 AM-11:30 AM

Oral Session

193 Symposium--Long-Term Agricultural Research: A Means to Achieve Resilient Agricultural Production for the 21st Century and Beyond

Organizer: Jeffrey S. Strock

Moderator: Jeffrey S. Strock

8:00 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

200 Symposium--Partnering to Understand Complexity: Biogeochemical Cycles in Agricultural Systems

Organizers: Ana B. Wingeyer , Martha Mamo and Jeff Bradshaw

Moderators: Jeff Bradshaw , Martha Mamo and Ana B. Wingeyer

8:00 AM-12:15 PM

Oral Session

197 Symposium--Restoring Soil Health - Local Actions, Global Implications, Partnering for Solutions

Organizers: Ted M. Zobeck and Douglas L. Karlen

8:30 AM-12:00 PM

Oral Session

208 Symposium--Meta-Analysis Applications in Agricultural Research

Organizers: Fernando Miguez and Kathleen M. Yeater

9:30 AM-11:50 AM

Oral Session

216 Symposium--Improving Climate Information for Midwestern Crop Production

Organizer: Melissa Widhalm

Moderator: Linda Prokopy

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Oral Session

236 Science Policy Graduate Student Luncheon

Organizers: Julie McClure and Karl E. Anderson

1:00 PM-4:10 PM

Oral Session

257 Symposium--Soils As the New Frontier in Antibiotic and Antibiotic Resistance Discovery

Organizers: Jean McLain and Kimberly L Cook

Moderators: Jean McLain and Kimberly L Cook

1:00 PM-4:30 PM

Oral Session

261 Symposium--Sustainability in the Food Supply Chain

Organizer: Eric Welsh

2:00 PM-5:00 PM

Oral Session

272 Gateway Scholars Program

Organizer: Emily J. Fuger

Oral Session

273 Women in Science “Breaking the Bias Habit” Workshop/ Reception

Organizer: Samira H. Daroub

3:30 PM-5:30 PM

Poster Session

281 Long-Term Agricultural Research: A Means to Achieve Resilient Agricultural Production for the 21st Century and Beyond (Poster Session)

Organizer: Jeffrey S. Strock

Moderator: Jeffrey S. Strock

5:30 PM-6:45 PM

Oral Session

Elevator Speech Contest for Grad Students and Post-Docs

Organizer: Emily J. Fuger

7:00 PM-9:00 PM

Oral Session

335 Screening of "The PHD Movie 2: Still in Grad School."

Moderator: Jorge Cham

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Oral Session

348 Symposium--The Intersection of Water Quality and Agriculture: Partnering with Agriculture on Issues, Challenges and Promising Solutions

Organizer: Dawn R. Gibas

Moderator: Dawn R. Gibas

8:15 AM-11:55 AM

Oral Session

351 Symposium--Benefits and Barriers to Data Sharing

Organizers: John Spargo , T. Scott Murrell and Thomas F. Morris

Moderator: Thomas F. Morris

9:00 AM-11:05 AM

Oral Session

359 Symposium--Soil and Manure Laboratory Proficiency and Certification Programs

Organizers: Jerry Floren , Robert O. Miller , Manjula V. Nathan and Grant E. Cardon

12:00 PM-1:30 PM

Oral Session

380 Symposium--Perspectives on Sustainably Supporting the Human Populace in the Future

Organizer: Ronald F. Turco

Moderator: Manjit Misra

1:30 PM-2:30 PM

Oral Session

399 Introduction to the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

Oral Session

400 Symposium--Moderated Discussion on Intellectual Property (IP) Protection of Plant–related Inventions in the U.S.

Organizer: Ann Marie Thro

Moderator: Ann Marie Thro