2nd Annual Plant Breeding Workshop
An Initiative of the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee (SCC-080)
2nd Annual Meeting, June 2008
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What: the annual meeting of the Plant Breeding coordinating committee
Who: all those interested in plant breeding are invited to attend; there are no annual dues; attendees will include public and private sector scientists and graduate students
Where: Des Moines, Iowa
When: June 16-18, 2008
Host: Ted Crosbie, Monsanto
Objective: The plant breeding coordinating committee serves as a forum regarding issues and opportunities of national and global importance to the public and private sectors of the U.S. national plant breeding effort. This year's workshop will focus building partnerships between society and the global community of plant breeders. The workshop will include invited speakers, discussion sessions, and focus groups
Organized by: the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee (SCC-080)
Newsletter notice:
- June 16-18, 2008, Des Moines, Iowa: 2nd National Plant Breeding Workshop (sponsored by SCC-080, the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee). The PBCC serves as a forum regarding issues and opportunities of national and global importance to the public and private sectors of the U.S. national plant breeding effort. The 2008 workshop will focus on building partnerships between society and the global community of plant breeders. The workshop will include a visit to Monsanto’s facilities at Huxley, Iowa, as well as invited speakers and discussion sessions (Registration: $200 until April 15, $250 after April 15 for professionals; $100 for graduate students)
Online registration:
Accomodations:
- Hotel
Address:
- Embassy Suites Des Moines - On the River
- 101 East Locust Street
- Des Moines, Iowa 50309
- Phone Number: 515-244-1700
- The hotel is approximately a 10 minute drive from the Des Moines Airport
- Hotel Online Registration Link:
- Cost: $129/night; includes full breakfast on June 17-18
- Reservations can be made directly with the hotel, either online or by phone
- Reservations must be made by May 25, 2008 to guarantee the room rate
- When reserving by phone, please be sure to indicate you are attending the Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee Meeting
Contacts:
- Registration and meeting logistics: Denise Pierce (dapierc@monsanto.com), Phone Number: 515-963-4215
- Agenda subcommittee chair: Linda Wessel-Beaver
- Speaker subcommittee chair: Keith Woeste
- Kay Simmons
- Ann Marie Thro
- Nominations subcommittee chair: Todd Wehner
Optional tours:
- On Wednesday afternoon, June 18th, participants are invited to visit the North Central Plant Introduction Station at Ames. Contact Kathy
Reitsma to reserve a space.
- Graduate students and their advisors are invited to visit Pioneer Hi-Bred at Johnston. Contact Leslie Lorenc to reserve a space. Partipants must make their own transportation arrangements.
Schedule:
- Monday, June 16
- 2:00 pm: Arrive and registration
- 2:00 pm: Executive committee meeting
- 4:15 pm: Leave for Monsanto
- 5:00 pm: Welcome and Monsanto tour
- 6:30 pm: Dinner
- 7:30 pm: Speaker, Science in the public arena: Monsanto Scientist
- 9:00 pm: Return to hotel
- Tuesday, June 17
- 7:00 am: Breakfast
- 8:00 am: Introduction / Overview of APBA (PBCC) activities
- 8:30 am: Invited speaker, Food and nutrition: Henry Thompson, Colorado State University
- 9:00 am: Small-group discussions (7 groups of 30 or 3 groups of 70)
- 10:05 am: Refreshment break
- 10:45 am: Small-group reports (3 min reports from 7 groups or 5 min reports from 3 groups)
- 11:15 am: Invited speaker, Environment and plant breeding: Jerry DeWitt, Leopold Center
- 12:00 noon: Lunch
- 1:15 pm: Small-group discussions (7 groups of 30 or 3 groups of 70)
- 2:15 pm: Small-group reports (3 min reports from 7 groups or 5 min reports from 3 groups)
- 2:45 pm: Panel discussion, Metrics and accountability
- Moderator: Ann Marie Thro
- Variety registration journals: Jeff Pedersen
- Agricultural experiment stations: Molly Jahn
- USDA-ARS: Charlie Stuber, NC State Univ.
- Sustainable agriculture groups: Chuck Hassebrook, Univ. Nebraska
- Seed company plant breeders: Greg Tolla, Seminis Vegetable Seeds
- 3:15 pm: Refreshment break
- 3:45 pm: Small-group discussions (7 groups of 30 or 3 groups of 70)
- 4:45 pm: Small-group reports (3 min reports from 7 groups or 5 min reports from 3 groups)
- 5:15 pm: Summarizing remarks
- 6:30 pm: Dinner
- 7:30 pm: White paper discussions; subcommittee meetings; elections subcommittee; early career discussion group
- Wednesday, June 18
- 7:00 am: Breakfast
- 8:00 am: Breakout sessions, subcommittee sessions (white paper development)
- 9:00 am: Report from subcommittees / Summarizing remarks
- 10:00 am: Refreshment break
- 10:30 am: Large-group discussion
- 11:00 am: Concluding remarks
- 11:30 am: Business session, elections
- 12:30 pm: Return home
- 1:00 pm: Executive committee meeting
Presenters:
- Invited speaker, Food and nutrition: Henry Thompson, Colorado State University
- Invited speaker, Environment and plant breeding: Jerry DeWitt, Leopold Center
- Discussion panel: Ann Marie Thro, Jeff Pedersen, Molly Jahn, Charlie Stuber, Chuck Hassebrook, Greg Tolla
Background: a new national coordinating committee of US plant breeders (SCC-080) was established in 2007 at a workshop co-organized by CSREES-USDA and the Departments of Crop Science and Horticultural Science at North Carolina State University. The committee will actively work to raise awareness of what plant breeders have done for the nation and how they can contribute to the future vitality of the US economy. The group will also seek to strengthen US plant breeding capacity by encouraging improvements in infrastructure and education. The new committee was established as a Land Grant University Multistate Project.
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