Tentative Program

Name Time
Welcome Reception5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Early Registration 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Name Time
Registration7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Welcome + Opening8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
Keynote #19:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Session 1.1 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
Session 1.211:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Lunch12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Session 21:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Break3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Session 33:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Poster Session #1 and Social5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Name Time
Keynote #28:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Session 49:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Session 511:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Lunch12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Feild Trip1:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Name Time
Field Trip Day8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Banquet5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Name Time
Keynote #38:30 AM - 9:00 AM
Session 69:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Session 711:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Lunch12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Session 81:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Break3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Session 93:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Poster Session #2 and Social5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Name Time
Keynote #49:30 AM - 10:00 AM
Session 10.1 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Break10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Session 10.211:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Final Summary and Closing Remarks12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Featured Speakers

Richard Sniezko
Richard Sniezko
Center Geneticist
the USDA Forest Service’s Dorena Genetic Resource Center
Dr. Jörg Bohlmann
Dr. Jörg Bohlmann
Professor and Distinguished University Scholar
Michael Smith Laboratories at the University of British Columbia
Sanushka Naidoo
Sanushka Naidoo
Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
University of Pretoria, South Africa