Daily Schedule

7:00 – 8:30 a.m.

Sustaining Associates Breakfast, by invitation

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Department Heads Breakfast
Heads of plant pathology or related departments are invited to get together and discuss issues affecting universities around the country. Ticket purchase required. $25

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Scientific Programs Board (SPB) Meeting w/ Breakfast

7:00 – 9:00 a.m.

Small Fruit Disease Workers Breakfast

7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Foundation Board Meeting, by invitation

7:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Registration

7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Poster Viewing

8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

APS PRESS Bookstore

8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Exhibits Open

8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Oral Technical Sessions

• Biology of Viruses
• Chemical Control
• Phyllosphere/Rhizosphere Ecology
• Vegetable Diseases

8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Special Sessions

• Working with Genetically Engineered Plant Pathogens in the Modern Regulatory Environment
• Broad-Based Education in Plant Pathology
• 9th I.E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Integrating Pre- and Postharvest Views of Yield and Quality Loss
• Can You Hear Me Now? Expanding Plant Pathology Coverage with Diverse Delivery Tools
• Finding an Exotic Pest – What Do I Do Now?
• Molecular Mechanisms of Host Susceptibility

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

APS Placement

10:00 – 11:00 a.m.
10:00 – 11:00 a.m.

Flash-and-Dash Poster Sessions
Flash-and-Dash poster authors who submit an abstract for their contributed presentation as a poster will have the opportunity to present their individual poster in the form of a five-minute, three-slide talk. Poster viewing with these authors follows in the exhibit hall.

• Plant Disease Management
• Biology of Fungi

11:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Flash-and-Dash Authors Present

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Pacific Division Business Meeting Lunch
During the Pacific Division Business Meeting the Division Awards, and winner of the Graduate Student Competition will be announced. Ticket purchase required. $26

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Phytopathology News Advisory Committee

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

12:00 – 1:00 p.m.

Sugarcane Orange Rust Discussion

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

2010 Annual Meeting Program Planning Meeting

1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Oral Technical Sessions

• Chemical Control
• Disease Detection
• Forest Pathology
• Molecular Biology – Fungi

1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

1:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Special Sessions

• Mechanisms of Post-Transcriptional Control of Gene Functions in Plant-Microbe Interactions (AS, PTGS, Sumoylation and more…)
• Schroth Faces of the Future Symposium in Bacteriology
• Cucurbit Downy Mildew: Reemergence of a Historical Disease
• Meta-Analysis for Evidence Synthesis in Plant Disease Epidemiology and Management
• The Balance is Tilting: Finding Resistance to Vascular Wilting

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Office of Public Relations & Outreach (OPRO) Board Meeting

2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.

Flash and Dash Poster Sessions
Flash-and-Dash poster authors who submit an abstract for their contributed presentation as a poster will have the opportunity to present their individual poster in the form of a five-minute, three-slide talk. Poster viewing with these authors follows in the exhibit hall.

• Biology of Bacteria and Viruses
• Epidemiology

3:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Flash-and-Dash Authors Present

3:30 – 5:00 p.m.

Publish with APS PRESS
Open house for prospective authors.

3:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Posters with Authors
Even-numbered poster authors present.

5:30 – 6:45 p.m.

Awards & Honors Ceremony

5:30 – 10:00 p.m.

Exhibit Take Down

7:00 – 11:00 p.m.

Final Night Celebration
What better way to wrap up the 2009 APS Annual Meeting! Mingle with new contacts and old colleagues while enjoying food, beverages, and entertainment! Don’t miss this must attend event. Ticket is included with full registration.