January 2006 • Volume 40 • Number 1

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National Soybean Rust Symposium Experiences Exceptional Success

The first of its kind National Soybean Rust Symposium, organized by APS, which concluded Wednesday, November 16, 2005, in Nashville, TN, was an exceptional success. A diverse audience of more than 350 attendees participated. The event was coordinated by Gary Bergstrom; a technical program planning committee chaired by Anne Dorrance, with members Craig Grau, Glen Hartman, Roger Magarey, Brian Olson, and John Rupe; and an advisory board made up of representatives from several key related organizations.

A total of 43 presentations, 3 breakout sessions, and 53 posters made up the two day event, which had a two-fold purpose:

• Provide the best research and latest information on soybean rust acquired during North America’s first crop season with the disease.
• Identify national priorities for strategic response and research planning on soybean rust.

According to Gary Bergstrom, symposium coordinator, “The symposium successfully met its purpose. We have a wealth of information that we’ve compiled and are making available to all the key stakeholders dealing with soybean rust. Attendees were also able to walk away from the meeting with the latest information available on the disease. We anticipate the findings will play a significant role in plans for 2006.”

Participants were extremely pleased with the event, noting, “One of the best meetings I have attended”; “This meeting was the first very focused meeting I’ve attended, and it was excellent”; “Good forum for expressing ideas and concerns. The amount of feedback regarding last year’s effort was invaluable”; “It provided an excellent forum for collaboration and engagement among all of the key stakeholders”; and “For a disease that we know very little about, this meeting enabled people to come together to discuss their work and future work on this disease…very useful!”

The organizers thank the 17 sponsors, 9 partnering organizations, 43 speakers, 53 poster presenters, 34 breakout session facilitators and recorders, and everyone who contributed significantly to the event. The proceedings from the symposium are posted on the PLANT MANAGEMENT NETWORK’S publicly available Soybean Rust Information Center at www.plantmanagementnetwork.org/infocenter. To access the Proceedings, click the green Symposium icon on the upper right of the page.
 
 

Nominations for APS Officer Requested

On January 2 an e-mail requesting participation in the APS officer nominations process was sent to all APS members. Your involvement
is important. To submit your nominees for APS officers, simply use the web form here.  Paper nomination ballots were only sent to those members without an e-mail address on file at APS headquarters. All nominations must be received on or before Friday, January 27, 2006. Please exercise your right as a voting APS member to nominate fellow members for the offices of APS vice president and councilor-at-large.
 

Celebrate Great Partnerships and Help APS Grow!

 
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