Conference Agenda

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7:00-9:00 p.m.

Registration Open - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer

6:30 a.m	Registration Open - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer
7:00-8:30 a.m.	Executive Committee Meeting - Melbourne includes full breakfast
8:30-10:00	Rice Acreage Committee Meeting - Tokyo
10:00-12:00	Germplasm Committee Meeting - Tokyo
12:00-1:30 p.m.	Panel Chairs and Moderators Meeting - Melbourne includes lunch
1:30-5:30	Symposium: Rice Irrigation: Water Use and Greenhouse Gas Management (Benjamin Runkle) - Barcelona
6:00-8:00	Opening Reception - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer Strolling dinner and appetizers

7:00 a.m.	Registration Open - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer
7:00-8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer
7:15-7:45 a.m.	Judges Meeting - Tokyo includes full breakfast (Please note earlier starting time.)
8:00	Opening Business Meeting - Salon A Bruce Linquist, UC Davis Lee Tarpley, Texas A&M University
8:30	Welcome - Salon A Glenda Humiston, Vice President, UC Agriculture and Natural Resources
8:45	Keynote: Global Food Security and Rice - Salon A Ken Cassman, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
9:25	Keynote: What's Good for the Goose is Good for the Grower: Waterfowl Conservation in the Agricultural Landscape - Salon A John Eadie, UC Davis
10:05	Break
10:25	Keynote: From RFLPs to 3,000 Genomes: What We Have Learned and How It Has Impacted Rice Breeding - Salon A Susan McCouch, Cornell University
11:05	Transition to Student Panels
11:15	Student Oral Competition Panels
12:00 p.m.	Industry Luncheon - Salon B
12:30	Welcome - Salon B Pat Clay, Valent U.S.A.
12:40	Keynote: Never Turn Your Back on a Water Buffalo - Salon B Jim Morris, California Rice Commission
1:30	Student Oral Competition Panels
2:45	Break
3:05	Technical Sessions
4:45	Poster Viewing and Competition - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer Strolling dinner and appetizers
6:30	Symposium: Application of Genomic Technologies to USA Rice Breeding Programs - Tokyo

7:00 a.m.	Registration Open - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer
7:00-8:15 a.m	Continental Breakfast - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer
8:20	Technical Sessions
10:20	Break
10:40	Technical Sessions
12:00-1:30 p.m.	Awards Luncheon - Salon B
1:30	Technical Sessions
3:10	Break
3:40	Technical Sessions

8:30 a.m.

10:00

Executive Committee Meeting - Tokyo
includes full breakfast

Closing Business Meeting - Tokyo