AGENDA

SCHEDULE AT-A-GLANCE

As we continue to build the programming for the 2026 ASTA Field Crop Seed Convention, please check back regularly for updates. The schedule at-a-glance below is subject to change and is intended to help your company begin planning for December.

9:00 AM - 5:00 PMSALT Training (Invitation Only)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AMOrganic Seed Committee Meeting
10:30 AM - 11:30 AMMolecular Markers Working Group (CLOSED)
12:00 PM - 2:00 PMIntellectual Property Rights (IPR) Subcommittee
2:00 PM - 3:30 PMSeed Industry Relations Committee
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMSeed Expo Set-up
2:00 PM - 5:00 PMRegistration & Help Desk Hours
7:00 AM - 11:30 AMSeedbucks Coffee Shop, presented by BASF
7:30 AM - 5:30 PMRegistration & Help Desk Hours
9:00 AM - 10:30 AMOpening General Session: Dan Basse's Global Agricultural Economic Forecast for 2027
10:30 AM - 3:30 PMSeed Expo Open
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLunch in Seed Expo
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMSpotlight Session #1: On the Record: Emerging Tech That's Reshaping the Seed
2:00 PM - 4:00 PMSeed Science Foundation (SSF) Meeting
3:30 PM - 4:30 PMSpotlight Session #2: Intelligence in the Field: How AI is Transforming the Seed Industry
4:30 PM - 6:00 PMWelcome Reception in the Seed Expo
7:00 AM - 11:30 AMSeedbucks Coffee Shop, presented by BASF
7:30 AM - 5:00 PMRegistration & Help Desk Hours
8:30 AM - 9:30 AMSpotlight Session #3: New Commodity Uses: How Should the Seed Industry Prepare and Respond?
10:00 AM - 11:00 AMSpotlight Session #4:  Voices from Washington: Perspectives on the Future of Agriculture from Capitol Hill to the Field
10:30 AM - 2:30 PMSAA Board of Directors Meeting
10:30 AM - 3:30 PMSeed Expo Open
12:00 PM - 1:00 PMLunch in Seed Expo
2:30 PM - 3:30 PMSAA Open Meeting - General Assembly
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMClosing General Session: Harvest Your Victory: How to THRIVE in Every Season
5:00 PM - 6:00 PMClosing Reception in the Seed Expo
7:00 AM - 12:00 PMSeed Expo Tear Down
7:30 AM - 12:00 PMRegistration & Help Desk Hours
8:30 AM - 9:30 AMLEAD Committee Presents: U.S. Agricultural Trade Promotion, Past and Present
9:45 AM - 11:45 AMPotato Seed Subcommittee Meeting
10:30 AM - 1:30 PMJoint PBI, BMAT & Crop Biotechnology Subcommittees Meetings
1:30 PM - 3:30 PMPhytosanitary Session
3:30 PM - 4:30 PMTreated Seed Session
Time Zone: (UTC-05:00) Central Time (US & Canada) [Change Time Zone]

SEED EXPO HOURS

The Seed Expo, centrally located in the Sheraton Ballroom (4th Floor), will be open as follows: 

Monday, December 7

Tuesday December 8

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Set-Up)

7:30 a.m.  - 8:30 a.m. (Set-Up)

10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Dedicated Hours)

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Welcome Reception)

Wednesday, December 9

Thursday, December 10

10:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. (Dedicated Hours)

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. (Closing Reception) 

7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. (Tear-down)