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Check back for more additions to the program as the meeting develops. Sessions and times are subject to change.  

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Friday, August 6

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. APS Countil Meeting Westin: Providence 1
1:00 - 6:00 p.m. APS Leadership Forum, by invitation 218AB

 

Saturday, August 7 

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Leadership Opportunity: APS Leadership Insititute* 201AB
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Field Trip: Ornamental & Forestry Nursery*
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. APS Councilor's Forum Meeting 205
12:00 - 3:00 p.m. APS PRESS Board Meeting 204
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Workshop: Scientific Writing for APS Journals*

212AB
1:00 - 4:00 p.m. Workshop: Meet the Geek: Creating Podcasts and Using Syndicated Content* 216AB
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Leadership Opportunity: Enhance Your Team Performance - Understand Your MBTI* 202AB
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Postharvest Pathology Committee Discussion Session 209A
1:00 - 5:30 p.m. Workshop: Mixed Models for Data Analysis in Plant Pathology* 211AB
1:30 - 3:00 p.m. APS Advisory Committee on Plant Biosecurity Meeting 215
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Office of International Programs (OIP) Board Meeting 214
2:00 - 6:00 p.m. Registration A Concourse
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Committee Chair/Vice Chair Orientation 219AB
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Scientific Program Board (SPB)/Section Chairs Meeting 205
3:30 - 6:00 p.m. Publications Board Meeting 215
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Program Planning Orientation 219AB
4:00 - 6:00 p.m. Microbial Forensics Interest Group 210A
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. First Timers' Orientation 213A
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Awards and Honors Committee Meeting, by invitation 204
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. PDMR Editors' Meeting 209B

New Time!
6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Committee Meetings

  • Biotechnology Committee
  • Collections and Germplasm Committee
  • Committee for Diversity and Equality
  • Diagnostics Committee
  • Emerging Pathogens and Diseases Committee
  • Integrated Plant Disease Management Committee
  • Pathogen Resistance Committee
  • Phyllosphere Microbiology Committee
  • Postharvest Pathology Committee
  • Regulatory Plant Pathology Committee
  • Tropical Plant Pathology Committee


216AB
205
201AB
212AB
211AB
214
210A
204
209B
202AB
215

New Time!
8:00 - 9:30 p.m.

Committee Meetings

  • Biological Committee
  • Epidemiology Committee
  • Extension Committee
  • Host Resistance Committee
  • Industry Committee
  • Mycotoxicology Committee
  • Nematology Committee
  • Seed Pathology Committee
  • Soil Microbiology and Root Diseases Committee
  • Turfgrass Pathology Committee
  • Virology Committee

219AB
218AB
210A
216AB
205
211AB
202AB
201AB
209B
204
212AB

Sunday, August 8  

7:00 - 8:30 a.m. APS Auxiliary Meetings Board Breakfast 214
7:00 - 9:00 a.m. APSnet Education Center Editorial Board Meeting 205
7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Vegetable Extension & Reserach Plant Pathologists Breakfast, by invitation 213A
7:00 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Registration A Concourse
8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Moderator Orientation 218AB/219AB
8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Exhibitor Set-Up Exhibit Hall A
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. APS Phytopathology Senior Editors' Meeting 209B
8:30 - 9:30 a.m. APS Plant Disease Senior Editors' Meeting 210A
New Time!
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Committee Meetings

  • Bacteriology Committee
  • Chemical Control Committee
  • Crop Loss Assessment & Risk Evaluation Committee (CARE)
  • Diseases of Ornamental Plants Committee
  • Early Career Professionals Committee
  • Forest Pathology Committee
  • Genetics Committee
  • Graduate Student Committee
  • Molecular and Cellular Phytopathology Committee
  • Mycology Committee
  • Plant Pathogen and Disease Detection Committee
  • Teaching Committee


215
202B
202A

208AB
216AB
209A
206A
211AB
212AB
201AB
210B
204

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Ornamental Discussion Group 218AB
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. APS Phytopathology Editorial Board 209B
9:30 - 10:00 a.m. APS Plant Disease Editorial Board 210A
New for 2010!
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Opening General Session and Awards Ceremony
Westin: Grand Ballroom
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. Journals Senior Editors Luncheon, by invitation 219AB
12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Division Officers' Luncheon 204
12:00 - 3:00 p.m. Poster Set-Up Exhibit Hall A
12:00 - 6:00 p.m. APS-OIP Silent Auction A Concourse
12:15 - 3:00 p.m. PMN Oversight Committee, by invitation 205
12:30 - 4:00 p.m. Office of Electronic Communication (OEC) Board Meeting 215

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.


1:00 - 3:45 p.m.

1:00 - 3:45 p.m.

1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
1:00 - 4:15 p.m.

Special Sessions

  • The 2009 Tomato and Potato Late Blight Crisis: The Interaction of the Urban Home Garden and Commercial Agriculture - What Went Wrong and What We Learned
  • Induced Resistance: Where Does This Fit in IPM Programs?
  • Kasugamycin: The Risks and Benefits of Introducing a New Antibiotic
  • Advances in Plant Virus Evolution
  • The APS Public Policy Board: New Challenges

217D


207CD

203A

217A
203B

1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Oral Technical Sessions

  • Biological Control/Bacteriology
  • Defense Responses/Biology of Pathogens
  • Turfgrass/Pathogen Diversity

217AB
207AB
208B
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Plant Health Progress Editorial Board Meeting, by invitation 214
New Time!
4:00 - 4:45 p.m.

University Alumni Socials
Cornell University
Iowa State University
Louisiana State University
Michigan State University
North Carolina State University
Penn State
University of Arkansas
University of Florida
University of Georgia
University of Kentucky
University of Minnesota
Washington State University

Ballroom AB
4:30 - 6:30 p.m. APS PRESS Bookstore Exhibit Hall A
4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Welcome Reception - with Exhibition and Posters Exhibit Hall A
4:30 - 10:00 p.m. Poster Viewing Exhibit Hall A

New!
6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Leadership Opportunity: Committee of Diversity and Equality Social with Mentoring and Strategizing Session* 213D
6:30 - 10:00 p.m. Industry & Extension Social* TBD

 

Monday, August 9

6:30 - 8:00 a.m. Extension Plant Pathologists Breakfast* 213A
7:00 - 11:00 a.m. Public Policy Board Meeting 204
7:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Registration A Concourse
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. USDA NIFA Plant Biosecurity Program Project 216AB


8:30 - 10:45 a.m.


8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
8:30 - 11:15 a.m.

8:30 - 11:15 a.m.


8:30 - 11:15 a.m.

8:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Special Sessions

  • 10th I.E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Seed Pathology - Epidemiology, Management, and Phytosanitary Concerns
  • New Products and Services
  • Broad Spectrum Resistance: Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Pathogen Reception and Resistance 
  • More Than Just Antibiotics: The Multiple Mechanisms Leading to Biological Control and Plant Growth Promotion
  • Plant Pathogen Population Genetics: An Essential Tool for Crop Biosecurity 
  • Small Molecules in Phytopathology: From Determiants of Disease to Modulators of Defense

207CD


217A
217D

208A


203B

207AB

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

Oral Technical Sessions

  • Bacteriology/Pathogen Detection
  • Virology/Diseases of Plants

208B
217BC
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Affiliates Meeting TBD
9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. APS PRESS Bookstore Exhibit Hall A
9:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. Exhibits Open Exhibit Hall A
10:30- 11:30 a.m. APS Leadership Institute Ad-Hoc Committee Meeting 205
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Past Presidents' Luncheon, by invitation 214
11:30 - 1:00 p.m. Widely Prevalant Fungi Working Group 204
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. USDA-ARS Meeting 218AB/219AB
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Graduate Student & Industry Lunch* 213ABC
New TIme!
1:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Plenary Session
Looking to the Future: Possibilities and Challenges in Plant Pathology
Westin - Grand Ballroom
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. APS PRESS Book Signing Event for Plant Bacteriology Exhibit Hall A
3:30 - 6:00 p.m. Office of Industry Relations (OIR) Board Meeting 205
3:30 - 10:00 p.m.

Poster Viewing
4:00 - 5:30 p.m., odd-numbered poster authors present
5:30 - 7:00 p.m., even-numbered poster authors present

Exhibit Hall A
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Early Career Professionals Social* 213D
6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Graduate Student Social* 213A

 

Tuesday, August 10

7:00 - 8:30 a.m. Sustaining Associates Breakfast, by invitation 214
7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Department Heads Breakfast* 218AB
7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Scientific Programs Board (SPB) Meeting 205
7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Foundation Board Meeting, by invitation 215
7:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Registration A Concourse
7:30 - 9:00 a.m. Small Fruit Disease Workers Discussion 219AB
8:00 - 5:30 p.m. APS PRESS Bookstore Exhibit Hall A
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Exhibits Open Exhibit Hall A

8:30 - 10:45 a.m.

8:30 - 10:45 a.m.

8:30 - 10:45 a.m.

8:30 - 11:15 a.m.

8:30 - 11:15 a.m.

Special Sessions

  • Identifying Quantitative Resistance Using Modern Technologies - Challenges for Plant Breeding
  • Nature's Molecular Biologist: Xanthomonas and TAL Effector Function, Structure, and Diversity
  • Plant Disease Epidemics and Food Security in Globally Changing Agricultures and Environments
  • Prepare for Your Future: Career Opportunities After Graduate School: Part 2 - Extension
  • Refining Systematics (Taxonomy, Nomenclature, Phylogenics) for Better Resolution in the Polulation Biology and Evolution of the Oomycetes 

217D

217A

207AB

203A

207CD

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

  • Detection & Diagnosis
  • Fungicides/Host Responses
  • Mycology
  • Virology/Virology & Nematology

208B
203B
217BC
208A
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Phytopathology News Advisory Committee 214
11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Widely Prevalent Bacteria Committee Meeting, by invitation 205
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. 2011 Meeting Program Planning Committee 209AB/210AB

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

Oral Technical Sessions

  • Disease Management - A
  • Disease Management - B
  • Molecular & Cellular Biology

217ABC
208B
207CD

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

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



1:00 - 3:30 p.m.


1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

Special Sessions

  • Biology and Management of Rhizoctonia Diseases in Turfgrass Systems
  • Restoring Forest Ecosystems Impacted by Invasive Pathogens
  • Schroth Faces of the Future in Virology
  • Creating Possibilities for Sustainable Postharvest Disease Control Through Integrated Approaches to Both Pre- and Postharvest Fungicide Resistance Management
  • Edible and Medicinal Mushrooms: Diversity, Commercial Production, and Disease Management in High-Volume Production Facilities
  • Assuring the Safety of Fresh Produce: Issues and Strategies


208A

203B

217A
203A



217D


207AB

1:30 - 4:00 p.m. Office of Public Relations & Outreach (OPRO) Board Meeting 240

 

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Flash-and-Dash Poster Presentations with Author Time

  • Biology of Pathogens
  • Diseases of Plants
  • Epidemiology/Ecology/Environmental Biology
  • Plant Disease Management
  • Molecular/Cellular/Plant-Microbe Interactions - Session 1 
  • Molecular/Cellular/Plant-Microbe Interactions - Session 2


217BC
208B
208A
217A
217BC

217D
3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Poster Viewing Exhibit Hall A
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. APS Visioning Forum Meeting, by invitation XXXXXX
5:30 - 10:00 p.m. Exhibit Take-Down Exhibit Hall A
6:30 - 10:30 p.m. Final Night Celebration Crown Ballroom

 

Wednesday, August 11

7:00 - 9:00 a.m. Exhibitor Take-Down Exhibit Hall A
7:00 - 10:00 a.m. APS Council Meeting 204
7:00 - 11:00 a.m. Registration A Concourse
8:00 - 10:00 a.m. Office of International Programs Board Meeting 205
8:00 - 11:00 a.m. APS PRESS Bookstore Exhibit Hall A


8:30 - 11:15 a.m.

8:30 - 11:15 a.m.

8:30 - 11:15 a.m.
8:30 - 11:15 a.m.

8:30 - 11:15 a.m.

Special Sessions

  • Biocontrol Beyond the Bench: Large-Scale, Successful Biocontrol
  • Cryptic Foes: Gathering the Latest Advances on Pythium
  • Integrated Microbial Bioinformatics
  • The Sophistication of Host-Pathogen Interactions Involving Necrotrophic Fungi
  • Virus Fishing with Chips: Plant Virus Microarrays and Next Generation Sequencing

208B

208A

207CD
207AB

203B

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

Oral Technical Sessions

  • 'Candidatus Liberibacter'/Epidemiology & Ecology
  • Chemical Control
  • Epidemiology and Ecology/Plant Disease

217BC
217A
208B
9:00 - 11:00 a.m. Poster Take-Down Exhibit Hall A
12:30 - 4:30 p.m. Workshop: An Introduction to Statistics Using R ("R for Dummies")* 202AB

 *ticket required