Symposium Schedule

TimeSpeakerTitle
7:30 AM – 8:30 AMRegistration and Breakfast
8:00 AM – 8:20 AMOpening Remarks
8:25 AM – 9:05 AMDr. Dean Podlich Celebrating Raymond Baker’s contributions to 100 years of Pioneer
9:10 AM – 9:45 AMDr. Michelle Graham Genetic and Genomic Approaches for Improving Disease Resistance and Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops
10:50 AM – 10:35 AMPoster Session 1 – even numbered posters
10:40 AM – 11:15 AMDr. Kelly Robbins From Pixels to Phenotypes: Remote Sensing for Crop Improvement
11:20 AM – 11:45 AMKarlene Negus Designing Interpretable AI Models to Identify Drivers of Maize Phenotypic Plasticity
11:50 AM – 1:00 PMLunch
12:35 PM – 1:05 PMSpecial Awards Ceremony  - Raymond F. Baker Center for Plant Breeding 
1:20 PM – 1:55 PMDr. William F. TracySelection, the Creative Force for Evolution and Plant Breeding
2:00 PM – 2:35 PMDr. William Rooney TBD
2:40 PM – 3:25 PMPoster Session 2 – odd numbered posters
3:30 PM – 4:05 PMDr. Lirong Xiang  Applications of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in Plant Phenotyping
4:10 PM – 4:35 PMSubash Thapa Smart Phenotyping for Smarter Resistance Breeding: AI-Based FHB Assessment in Wheat
4:40 PM – 5:00 PMPoster Awards and Closing Remarks
6:00 PM – onwardPost Symposium Social