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Preliminary Schedule

Schedule by Day 

 Saturday  Sunday  Monday Tuesday  Wednesday 

 

 Tuesday, August 8, 2017

7:00 – 8:30 a.m. Sustaining Associates’ Breakfast, by invitation
7:00 – 9:00 a.m. Annual Meeting Board Meeting, by invitation
7:30 – 9:30 a.m. Small Fruit Diseases Workers Discussion
7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Take a Walk Session:  San Antonio River Improvements
Project - Mission Reach, pre-registration required. Meet at the
APS registration area, at 7:45 a.m.,
bus transportation will leave
promptly at 8:00 a.m.
Requires 1-1.5 miles of walking once at the destination.
8:00 – 11:00 a.m. Academic Unit Leaders Forum Meeting
8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Poster Viewing
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. SPECIAL SESSION:
Re-emergence of Bacterial Blight of Cotton
8:30 – 9:45 a.m. TECHNICAL SESSIONS:
Oomycetes
Viral-Host Interactions
8:30 – 11:30 a.m. SPECIAL SESSIONS:
17th I. E. Melhus Graduate Student Symposium: Today's Students Addressing Tomorrows Challenges Concerning Plant Diseases and Phytobiomes
Addressing Nematode Parasitic Tactics through Biology
The Rise and Management Challenges of Multi-Fungicide-Resistant Pathogens
Translation of Basic Biological Control Research into Effective Grower Products and Practices
8:30 – 9:30 a.m. Office of Public Sector Relations (OPSR) Board Meeting
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. APS PRESS Bookstore
9:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Foundation Board Meeting, by invitation
10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Exhibits Open
10:15 – 11:30 a.m. HOT TOPIC: Next Generation of Plant Pathologists Exploiting Sequencing Strategies to Further our Understanding of Plant Virus-insect Vector Interactions
10:15 – 11:30 a.m. SPECIAL SESSIONS:
New Products and Services, Part II. (ends at 11:45 a.m.)
10:15 – 11:30 a.m. TECHNICAL SESSION:
Pathogen Virulence and Effectors
11:30 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. Sugarcane Orange Rust Meeting, brown bag lunch
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. APHIS Widely Prevalent Bacteria Committee Meeting, by invitation
12:30 – 2:00 p.m. Phytopathology News Advisory Committee Meeting
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. HOT TOPIC: Navigating Contentious Conversation
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. SPECIAL SESSIONS
Plant Pathologists of the Future: Showcasing the Top Graduate Students from the APS Division Meetings
Pursuit of Solutions to Mycotoxin Risks by Next Generation Plant Pathologists
The Socioeconomic Impact of New and Re-emerging Bacterial Diseases: A National Perspective
1:00 – 2:15 p.m. TECHNICAL SESSIONS
Biological Control
Epidemiology and Quantification of Disease
Fungicide Resistance and Fitness
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. APS-CSPP Working Group Meeting, by invitation
2:30 – 3:00 p.m. Poster Huddles
2:30 – 5:00 p.m. APS Annual Meeting Career Fair
2:30 – 5:00 p.m. Poster Viewing with Authors and Poster Huddles    
2:30 – 3:00 p.m.  Poster Huddles
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Poster Viewing with Authors
3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Presidential Meeting of Plant Pathology Organizations, by invitation
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Idea Cafes
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. APS Past Presidents’ Meeting, by invitation
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Diagnostics Working Group
6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Wheat-Mite-Virus Project
6:30 – 7:30 p.m. LGBTQA Social and Networking Hour
Open to all meeting attendees, cash bar, no pre-registration required
7:30 – 9:30 p.m. Committee for Diversity and Equality presents "STRIDE for the Future” Workshop,
pre-registration required.


Schedule is subject to change.