Schedule of Events

Friday, July 26

Note: Friday functions will be held at the Milwaukee Hilton
7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Councilors Forum
7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Financial Advisory and Executive Committees
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Turf Tour (#1 on registration form)
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. APS Council
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Cancelled. Web Page Design for APS Service Workshop, by invitation only
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Committee on Committees

Friday and Saturday, July 26 and 27

8:00 a.m. Friday to
6:00 p.m. Saturday Forest Pathology Field Trip (#2 on registration form)

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Saturday, July 27

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. APS Council
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. APS Foundation
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. APS PRESS Board
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Office of International Programs Luncheon, by invitation only
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. Leadership Workshop
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Scientific Programs Board
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Councilors Forum
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. APS Job Placement Service Registration
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Postharvest Diseases Discussion Group
1:00 – 6:00 p.m. Registration
1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Office of International Programs Standing Committee Meeting (Education, Policies & Programs, Research & Service)
2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Publications Board, 103A
2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Speaker Ready Room 202E
2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Open Meeting Room 101B
3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Section Chairs Meeting
3:00 – 5:00 p.m. Office of International Programs Open Meeting, visitors welcome
4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Committee Chairs/Vice Chairs Program Orientation
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. First-Timers Orientation (#3 on registration form)
5:30 – 7:30 p.m. APS Committee Meetings

• APS PRESS Biological and Cultural Tests Editorial Board 203A
• Awards and Honors 102D
• Biotechnology Impact Assessment 203B
• Collections and Germplasm 102B
• Cultural Diversity 203D
• Extension 203E
• Graduate Student 103E
• Industry 103D
• Placement 103B
• Private Practice 201A
• Regulatory Plant Pathology 201B
• Teaching 202A
• Women in Plant Pathology 202B
• Youth Programs 202D

7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Committee Meetings

• APS PRESS: Fungicide and Nematicide Tests Editorial Board 102D
• APS PRESS: Phytopathological Classics 203A
• Biological Control 203B
• Chemical Control 203D
• Diagnostics 103D
• Diseases of Ornamental Plants 103E
• Epidemiology 103B
• Genetics 201A
• Mycotoxicology 201B
• Nematology 102B
• Postharvest Pathology 102E
• Seed Pathology 202B
• Tropical Plant Pathology 202D
• Virology 202A

8:30 – 10:00 p.m. Committee Meetings

• APS PRESS: Illustrations of Plant Pathogens and Diseases 203A
• APS PRESS: Standardization of Common Names for Plant Diseases 203B
• Bacteriology 203D
• Biochemistry, Physiology, and Molecular Biology 203E
• Environmental Quality and Plant Health 102E
• Forest Pathology 103D
• Host Resistance 103E
• Integrated Pest Management 102A
• Mycology 103A
• Pathogen Resistance 201A
• Phyllosphere Microbiology 201B
• Plant Disease Losses 202A
• Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection 202B
• Soil Microbiology and Root Diseases 202D
• Sustaining Associates 102B
• Turfgrass Pathology 103B

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Sunday, July 28

6:30 – 8:00 a.m. Vegetable Extension and Research Plant Pathologists Breakfast (#4 on registration form)
6:30 – 8:30 a.m. Division Officers Breakfast, by invitation only
7:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Authors set up posters in Session A
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Speaker Ready Room 202E
7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Registration
7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Sustaining Associates Breakfast, by invitation only
7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Department Heads Breakfast (#5 on registration form)
7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Small Fruit Diseases Working Group
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. APS Committee Web page Guidelines Meeting, by invitation only
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Phytopathology Senior Editors, by invitation only
8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Plant Disease Senior Editors, by invitation only
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Phytopathology Editorial Board, by invitation only
8:00 – 9:30 a.m. Plant Disease Editorial Board, by invitation only
8:00 – 11:30 a.m. APSnet Education Center Senior Editors, by invitation only
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Plant Disease Diagnosis contest
9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Posters
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Welcome and Plenary: Call to Action: A Critical Shortage in U.S. Agricultural Research Funding
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Plant Health Progress Editorial Board
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. APS Foundation Luncheon, by invitation only
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. APS Journals Senior Editors Luncheon, by invitation only
12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Deciduous Tree Fruit Disease Workers Lunch and Business Meeting (#6 on registration form)
12:30 – 5:00 p.m. Office of Electronic Communications
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. APS Job Placement Service
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Oral Paper Presentations
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Symposia and Special Sessions

• Non-Traditional Careers or Alternative Careers in Plant Pathology
• Crop Biosecurity: Countering Agricultural Terrorism
• Creating the Right Environment for Biological Control
• How Many Genes Does it Take to Make a Plant Pathogen?
• Programmed Cell Death in Disease and Development

2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Open Meeting Room 101B
3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Exhibits and APS Press
4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Forum on Genomic Analysis of Plant-Associated Microbes

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Awards and Honors Reception, by invitation only
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Awards and Honors Ceremony
7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Opening Reception and University Alumni Socials

• Cornell University
• Iowa State University
• Ohio State University
• Pennsylvania State University
• Potomac Division (University of Delaware, VPI&SU, University of Maryland, and West Virginia University
• Rutgers State University of New Jersey
• Texas A&M University
• University of California, Riverside
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia
• University of Kentucky
• University of Minnesota
• University of Missouri
• University of Wisconsin

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Monday, July 29

6:30 – 8:00 a.m. Extension Plant Pathologists Breakfast (#7 on registration form)
7:00 – 8:00 a.m. Graduate Student Breakfast (#8 on registration form)
7:00 – 10:00 a.m. Public Policy Board
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Speaker Ready Room open 202E
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Chestnut Blight Field Trip (#9 on registration form)
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Oral Paper Presentations
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Symposia and Special Sessions

• Airborne Mycotoxigenic Fungi in Plant and Human Disease
• Comparison of Molecular Marker Techniques and How They can be Used in Breeding Programs
• Diagnosis of Abiotic Diseases
• The Interaction Between Endosymbiotic Bacteria in Insects and the Circulative Transmission of Viruses
• New Products and Services, Part I
• Spatial Scale and Phyllosphere Biology
• Microbial Genome Sequencing Priorities: The Plant-Associated Microbe Sequencing List Revisited.

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Open Meeting Room 101B
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Posters, Authors Present 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. APS Job Placement Service
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Exhibits and APS Press Open
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Plant Disease Diagnosis Contest
12:00 – 1:15 p.m. Past Presidents’ Luncheon, by invitation only
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Affiliates Meeting
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Oral Paper Presentations
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Symposia and Special Sessions

• Detection and Management of Foodborne Human Pathogens of Fruits and Vegetables
• International Service in APS: Opportunities Abroad for Aspiring Plant Pathologists
• New Products and Services, Part II
• Implications for Plant Pathology of the NRC 2002 Report, "Countering Agricultural Bioterrorism: A Framework for Action"
• Viral Expression Vectors
• New Applications of Statistical Tools in Plant Pathology

1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Turfgrass Pathology Working Group
2:00 – 5:00 p.m. APS Job Placement Service
3:30 – 5:00 p.m. 10th Annual deBary Bowl Preliminary Rounds
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. ARS Social
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Women in Plant Pathology Social (#10 on registration form)
6:30 – 8:30 p.m. University Alumni Socials

• Michigan State University 101B
• North Carolina State University 101C
• Northwest Passage (Oregon State University, University of Idaho, Washington State University) 102A
• Old West Trails (Colorado State University/Kansas State University/Montana State University/University of Nebraska/Oklahoma State University/North Dakota State University/South Dakota State University) 102B
• University of Arizona 103B
• University of Arkansas 101D
• University of California, Davis 103D
• University of Florida 103A
• University of Georgia 103E
• University of Illinois/Ohio State University/Purdue University 102D
• University of Minnesota/University of Wisconsin 102C

7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Authors set up posters in Session B
7:30 – 8:30 p.m. 10th Annual deBary Bowl Final Rounds

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Tuesday, July 30

7:00 – 9:00 a.m. APS Business Meeting and Breakfast
7:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Registration
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Speaker Ready Room open 202E
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Posters, Authors Present 12 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. APS Job Placement Service
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Office of Industry Relations
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Oral Paper Presentations
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Symposia

• The APS Public Policy Board: Progress and Vision
• Managing Risk to Minimize Crop Loss
• Extension and Teaching at a Distance
• Product Development in the Ornamental Market
• Application of Quality Assurance and ISO Certification to Plant Pathology
• Strobilurins and Turfgrass Disease Management
• Surface Interactions and Biofilms of Plant-Associated Microbes
• Special Demonstration. Assess: Image Analysis Software for Plant Disease Quantification.

10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Plant Disease Diagnosis Contest, answers displayed
10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Exhibits Open
10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. APS PRESS Open
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. North Central Division Business Meeting
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. APS/APHIS Prevalent Bacteria Working Group
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Cultural Diversity Luncheon and Social: Plant Pathology: A Positive Career Choice (#12 on registration form)
12:00 – 1:30 p.m. Phytopathology News Advisory Board
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Diagnostics Working Group
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Oral Paper Presentations
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Symposia and Special Sessions

• 3rd IE Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: New Thesis Research Contributions to Plant Disease Epidemiology
• Chestnut Blight: A 10-year Case Study of Disease Management Using Hypoviruses
• Functional Genomics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions
• Commercial Biopesticides: Practice and Experience
• Plant Diseases Impacting Resource-Poor Farmers in Developing Countries: Can They be Successfully Controlled?

1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Office of Public Affairs and Education Meeting, visitors welcome
2:00 – 5:00 p.m. APS Job Placement Service
2:00 – 6:00 p.m. Open Meeting Room 101B
3:30 – 5:30 p.m. 2003 Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Graduate Student Social
6:30 – 10:30 p.m. Industry Extension Social (#13 on registration form)

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Wednesday, July 31

7:00 – 10:00 a.m. APS Foundation
7:00 – 3:00 p.m. Speaker Ready Room 202E
7:30 – 10:30 a.m. Office of International Programs Board Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Oral Paper Presentations
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Symposia and Special Sessions

• Diagnosis and Management of Nematodes on Ornamental Plants
• Innovations in Bacterial Disease Control Materials
• IPM Labeling - Has the Time Come?
• Resources and Funding for Plant Pathology Outreach
• Statistical Epidemiology Workshop: Meta-Analysis: Synthesis Across Studies in Plant Pathology (#14 on registration form)
• Sudden Oak Death: A New Disease Reported on Oaks and Rhododendrons

8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. APS Council
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. APS PRESS Open
8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Posters
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Open Meeting Room 101B
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. APS Job Placement Service
12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Publishers Book Display Drawing
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. New Council Orientation
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Oral Paper Presentations
1:00 – 5:00 p.m. Symposia and Special Sessions

• Real-Time PCR for Field Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases
• The Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA): Expected Impact on Agriculture and the Consumer
• Forces that Shape Microbe Population in Forest Ecosystems

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.Authors take down posters in Session B

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