Agenda: ASTA's CSS and Seed Expo 2019

Sunday, December 8, 2019
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Seed Innovation and Protection Alliance Field Crop Board (Board members only) 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Monroe Boardroom 4 Add To Calendar More Info
Monday, December 9, 2019
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Grand Ballroom Registration Add To Calendar More Info
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM	ASTA Molecular Marker Working Group (Working Group members only) 7:30 AM - 9:00 AM Randolph 1B Add To Calendar More Info
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Seed Science Foundation Board of Directors (Board members only) 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Grand Suite 5 Add To Calendar More Info
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Seed Expo Set-up 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Columbus Hall Add To Calendar More Info
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM	IPR Emerging Issues Working Group (Members only) 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Randolph 1B Add To Calendar More Info
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Seed Ambassador Leadership Team (SALT) Workshop (Invitation only) 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Michigan 1 Add To Calendar More Info Mary Coppola Heslep - United Fresh Produce Association
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Innovations Lounge 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Grand Ballroom C-F Add To Calendar More Info		Media Room 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Columbus Hall A-B Add To Calendar More Info
1:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Seed Innovation and Protection Alliance Educational Session 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Michigan 3 Add To Calendar More Info
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Seed Association of the Americas Board Meeting (Closed) 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Grand Suite 3 Add To Calendar More Info
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Field Applications in Digital Agriculture 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Columbus Hall C-F Add To Calendar More Info Jim Love - Becks Hybrids Richard Marsh - Farmers Edge Chinmay Soman - EarthSense, Inc. Jim Schweigert - Gro Alliance, LLC
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	SALT Reception (Invitation Only) 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Randolph 1A and 1B Add To Calendar More Info
Tuesday, December 10, 2019
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Grand Ballroom Registration Add To Calendar More Info
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	General Session: 2019 Agricultural Economy Report 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Grand Ballroom A/B Add To Calendar More Info Dan Basse - Dan Basse
8:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Seed Expo Set-up (Cont.) 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Media Room 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Columbus Hall A-B Add To Calendar More Info		Innovations Lounge 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Grand Ballroom C-F Add To Calendar More Info
9:45 AM - 11:45 AM	General Session - The Farmer of the Future/Thriving Amongst the Giants Panel Discussion 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM Grand Ballroom A/B Add To Calendar More Info John Latham - Latham Hi-Tech Seeds Inc. Myron Stine - Midwest Oilseeds, Inc. Brett Sciotto - Aimpoint Research William Wyffels - Wyffels Hybrids, Inc. Scott Beck - Beck's Superior Hybrids
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Seed Expo 2019 opens 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Better Information Drives Better Traceability: A Special Inventory Management Workshop 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM Columbus Hall K-L Add To Calendar More Info Randall Fry - AgGateway & Ceres Solutions Cooperative Josh Wall - AgGateway Ann Vande Lune - Key Coop Peter Zalinski - Barcoding, Inc Susan Ruland - AgGateway
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Ag Tech Innovations Showcase at Seed Expo 2019 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info Madelyn Koester - Corteva Agriscience Dieter Mulitze - Agronomix Software Inc. Jason Cope - PowerPollen Michael Ritter - SlantRange Francesco Dell'Endice - QualySense AG Eric Davidson - Sound Agriculture Jess Bollinger - Arable Labs, Inc. Anthony Hearst - Progeny Drone Ag Tech Innovations Presentations Summary.pdf
1:15 PM - 2:30 PM	ASTA Communications Committee 1:15 PM - 2:30 PM Michigan 1A and 1B Add To Calendar More Info Genevieve O'Sullivan - CropLife America Gerald Fikes - FMI
2:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Innovation in Plant Breeding Working Group (Closed) 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM Columbus Hall C-F Add To Calendar More Info
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Seed Industry Relations 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Columbus Hall K-L Add To Calendar More Info Andreas Wais - ISTA John Mizicko - Eurofins BioDiagnostics, Inc. Ruihong Guo - USDA Michael Stahr - Iowa State University Seed Science Center Jason Goltz - Association of American Seed Control Officials Chet Boruff - AOSCA Dave Carey - Canadian Seed Trade Association Pat Miller - American Seed Trade Association Stephen Malone - USDA-AMS-S&T-SRTD
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	ASTA Meetings Committee (Closed) 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Grand Suite 5 Add To Calendar More Info		A New Look at Corn and Soybean Production 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Columbus Hall G-J Add To Calendar More Info Emerson Nafziger - University of Illinois Greg Ury - BASF
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Seed Expo Reception 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
7:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Registration 7:00 AM - 5:00 PM Grand Ballroom Registration Add To Calendar More Info
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM	Next Generation Wheat Markets 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Columbus Hall G-J Add To Calendar More Info Jeffrey Koscelny - Bayer Mark Gold - Top Third Ag Marketing, LLC Jody Pollok-Newsom - MI Wheat Program
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Seed Expo 2019 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info	Media Room 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Columbus Hall A-B Add To Calendar More Info		Innovations Lounge 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Grand Ballroom C-F Add To Calendar More Info
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM	Seed Association of the Americas Open Meeting 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Columbus Hall E-F Add To Calendar More Info
9:45 AM - 11:45 AM	Intellectual Property Rights Committee 9:45 AM - 11:45 AM Columbus Hall E-F Add To Calendar More Info
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Seed Expo Educational Tour 1: Seed Treatment 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info Ruhiyyih Dyrdahl-Young - BASF Dale Ireland - Syngenta Craig Nelson - Eurofins BioDiagnostics, Inc. Amanda Ver Helst - SGS Keri Carstens - Jord BioScience
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Sponsored Seminar: Bayer: Xtend your Flexibility with XtendFlex Soybeans, Expected Soon! 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Columbus Hall G-J Add To Calendar More Info
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM	Lunch Concessions in the Seed Expo 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	ASTA Past Presidents Meeting/Lunch (Closed) 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Grand Suite 5 Add To Calendar More Info
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Seed Treatment and Environment Committee 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Michigan 1A and 1B Add To Calendar More Info
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM	Navigating LinkedIn 2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Columbus Hall G-J Add To Calendar More Info Tim Hammerich - Ag Grad, LLC
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Sorghum Roundtable Discussion 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Grand Suite 5 Add To Calendar More Info
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Hemp Seed Opportunities & Challenges 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Columbus Hall C-F Add To Calendar More Info Pat Miller - American Seed Trade Association Wendy Mosher - New West Genetics, Inc. Garry Meier - Hemp Genetics International Jeff Kostuik - Hemp Genetics International
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Seed Expo Happy Hour 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info
Thursday, December 12, 2019
7:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Registration 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM Grand Ballroom Registration Add To Calendar More Info
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM	Seed Expo Exhibitors Meeting/ASTA Associates Division Meeting 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM Michigan 1 Add To Calendar More Info
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM	New Breeding Technologies 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Columbus Hall G-J Add To Calendar More Info David Bubeck - Corteva Agriscience Peggy Ozias-Akins - University of Georgia Jesse Poland - Kansas State University Mark Stowers - Inari Agriculture, Inc. Travis Bayer - Sound Agriculture
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Media Room 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Columbus Hall A-B Add To Calendar More Info	Seed Expo 2019 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info		Innovations Lounge 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Grand Ballroom C-F Add To Calendar More Info
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Spouse/Guest Breakfast 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Monarch Suite 3475 Add To Calendar More Info
9:30 AM - 11:30 AM	FuSE Talent Development Session 9:30 AM - 11:30 AM Columbus Hall C-F Add To Calendar More Info Lauren Schreck - Purdue University Mark Waschek - Ag1Source Jake Ware - HM.CLAUSE
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Seed Expo Educational Tour 2: Equipment Innovations 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info Kent Lovvorn - VMek Sorting Technology Andy Winkler - Donaldson Jon Moreland - Prairie Engineering, Inc. - a Premier Tech Company Jason Kaeb - KSi Peter Bratney - Bratney Companies Andy Renyer - USC, LLC Michael Carstensen - Neutec Group, Inc.
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Holistic Solutions Approach to IPM 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM Columbus Hall G-J Add To Calendar More Info Jennifer Riggs - BASF Nathan Kleczewski - University of Illinois Gregory Tylka - Iowa State Univrsity
11:15 AM - 12:30 PM	Organic Seed Committee (Closed to Media) 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM Michigan 1 Add To Calendar More Info Bryan Endres - University of Illinois Ken Dallmier - Clarkson Grain Co., Inc.
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM	"Seed the Future" Student Poster Lunch Reception 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Riverside Center Add To Calendar More Info
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	The ASTA Challenge Session on Biologicals: Answers from Key Players 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Columbus Hall C-F Add To Calendar More Info Todd Mayhew - Valent USA Corporation Alex Cochran - Corteva Agriscience Pamela Calvo Velez - BASF Mike McFatrich - NewLeaf Symbiotics Keith Pitts - Marrone Bio Innovations Adil Anjem - Bayer
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM	Phytosanitary Session 1:45 PM - 3:45 PM Columbus Hall G-J Add To Calendar More Info Margaret Redinbaugh - Ohio State University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	CSS Emerging Issues Working Group/Program Planning Committee Meeting 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Grand Suite 3 Add To Calendar More Info

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