Conference Agenda
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Sunday, February 18
7:00-9:00 p.m. |
Registration Open - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer |
Monday, February 19
6:30 a.m |
Registration Open - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer |
7:00-8:30 a.m. |
Executive Committee Meeting - Melbourne |
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 |
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 |
Tuesday, Feb. 20
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 |
8:00 |
Opening Business Meeting - Salon A |
8:30 |
Welcome - Salon A |
8:45 |
Keynote: Global Food Security and Rice - Salon A |
9:25 |
Keynote: What's Good for the Goose is Good for the Grower: Waterfowl Conservation in the Agricultural Landscape - Salon A |
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 |
11:05 |
Transition to Student Panels |
11:15 |
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12:00 p.m. |
Industry Luncheon - Salon B |
12:30 |
Welcome - Salon B |
12:40 |
Keynote: Never Turn Your Back on a Water Buffalo - Salon B |
1:30 |
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2:45 |
Break |
3:05 |
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4:45 |
Poster Viewing and Competition - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer |
6:30 |
Symposium: Application of Genomic Technologies to USA Rice Breeding Programs - Tokyo |
Wednesday, February 21
7:00 a.m. |
Registration Open - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer |
7:00-8:15 a.m |
Continental Breakfast - Centennial Prefunction/Foyer |
8:20 |
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10:20 |
Break |
10:40 |
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12:00-1:30 p.m. |
Awards Luncheon - Salon B |
1:30 |
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3:10 |
Break |
3:40 |
Thursday, February 22
8:30 a.m. 10:00 |
Executive Committee Meeting - Tokyo Closing Business Meeting - Tokyo |