Tentative Program
- Sunday, June 1, 2025
- Monday, June 2, 2025
- Tuesday, June 3, 2025
- Wednesday, June 4, 2025
- Thursday, June 5, 2025
- Friday, June 6, 2025
Name | Time |
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Meeting Registration & Welcoming Reception | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM |
Name | Time |
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Meeting Registration | 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM |
Welcome Address | 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM |
Keynote Address | Exploiting Eucalyptus Pathosystems to Dissect Tree Resilience to Pests, Pathogens, and Climate Change | 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM |
Session 1.1 : Classical Screening | 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM |
Break | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Session 1.2 : Classical Screening (Cont.) | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM |
Lunch | 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Session 2.1 : Genomics in Conifers | 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Break | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 2.2 : Genomics in Conifers (Cont.) | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Poster Session #1 & Social | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
Name | Time |
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Keynote Address | Save the Ash/Rädda Asken" Research Program: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities | 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM |
Session 3 : Emerald Ash Borer and Ash Dieback | 9:15 AM - 10:30 AM |
Break | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Session 4 : Tools and Alternative Approaches | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM |
Lunch | 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM |
Feild Trip | Kalamalka Research Station | 1:15 PM - 4:30 PM |
Name | Time |
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Field Trip | Skimikin Seed Orchard | 8:15 AM - 4:00 PM |
Banquet | Farmstrong Cider Company | 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM |
Name | Time |
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Keynote Address | Terpenoid Defense Systems in Conifers | 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM |
Session 5.1 : Classical Screening in Pine | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM |
Break | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Session 5.2 : Classical Screening in Pine (Cont.) | 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM |
Lunch | 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
Session 6.1 : Genomics and Metabolomics | 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
Break | 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
Session 6.2 : Genomics and Metabolomics (Cont.) | 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Poster Session #2 and Social | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM |
Name | Time |
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Keynote Address | The Road to Success in Forest Tree Resistance Breeding | 8:30 AM - 9:15 AM |
Session 7 : Remote Session | 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM |
Break | 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM |
Session 8 : Final Summary & Closing Remarks | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
Featured Speakers


Professor and Distinguished University Scholar
Michael Smith Laboratories at the University of British Columbia

Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology
University of Pretoria, South Africa

Field Trips