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  • Sunday, Aug 3rd
    9:00 AM - 10:30 AM HST
    OPENING GENERAL SESSION: Award Ceremony & Keynote Speaker - Dr. Van Schepler-Luu
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Keynote Speaker: Van Schepler-Luu, Ph.D (she/her/hers) – International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)
    Ballroom B/C
  • Sunday, Aug 3rd
    11:00 AM - 12:15 PM HST
    SPECIAL SESSION: Biology and Management of Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death in Hawaiʻi
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Organizer: Marc Anthony Hughes, PhD – USDA Forest Service
    Moderator: James B. Friday, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
    Ballroom B/C
  • Sunday, Aug 3rd
    1:45 PM - 3:00 PM HST
    TECHNICAL SESSION: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Moderator: Catalina Rodriguez-Puerto, MSc – University of Arkansas
    Moderator: Jason Heindl, PhD – Rowan University
    Ballroom B/C
  • Monday, Aug 4th
    8:00 AM - 9:15 AM HST
    SPECIAL SESSION: What's Next in Biocontrol?: Genetically-modified Biocontrol Agents
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Organizer: David Hubert, PhD – Indigo Ag, Inc.
    Moderator: David Hubert, PhD – Indigo Ag, Inc.
    Ballroom B/C
  • Monday, Aug 4th
    9:45 AM - 11:00 AM HST
    TECHNICAL SESSION: Oomycetes
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Moderator: Bullo Mamo, PhD – University of Arizona Tucson
    Moderator: Shunping Ding, Ph.D – California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
    Ballroom B/C
  • Monday, Aug 4th
    12:30 PM - 1:45 PM HST
    TECHNICAL SESSION: Bacteriology
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Moderator: Aleacia E. Laird (she/her/hers) – The Ohio State University
    Moderator: Jianjun Hao, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Maine
    Ballroom B/C
  • Monday, Aug 4th
    2:15 PM - 3:30 PM HST
    TECHNICAL SESSION: Epidemiology
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Moderator: Elias Zuchelli, n/a – University of Tennessee
    Moderator: Fidel E. Jiménez-Beitia – Michigan State University
    Ballroom B/C
  • Tuesday, Aug 5th
    8:00 AM - 9:15 AM HST
    SPECIAL SESSION: The Ascendancy of Persistent Propagative Vector-borne Plant Viruses
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Organizer: Kiran R. Gadhave – Texas A&M University
    Organizer: Daniel K. Hasegawa – USDA-ARS
    Moderator: Kiran R. Gadhave – Texas A&M University
    Moderator: Stephanie Preising, Ms. – Cornell University
    Ballroom B/C
  • Tuesday, Aug 5th
    12:15 PM - 1:45 PM HST
    PLENARY SESSION: Society Updates & Plenary Speaker - ​Jan Kreuze
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Keynote Speaker: Jan F. Kreuze (he/him/his) – International Potato Center
    Ballroom B/C
  • Tuesday, Aug 5th
    2:00 PM - 3:15 PM HST
    SPECIAL SESSION: From Models to Action: Global Strategies for Surveillance and Management of Plant Disease Spread
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Organizer: Wanderson Moraes – Corteva Agriscience
    Organizer: Katie Gold – Cornell University
    Organizer: Roy Ladell Davis, II, PhD – University of Connecticut
    Moderator: Wanderson Moraes – Corteva Agriscience
    Moderator: Roy Ladell Davis, II, PhD – University of Connecticut
    Ballroom B/C
  • Tuesday, Aug 5th
    3:45 PM - 5:00 PM HST
    TECHNICAL SESSION: Microbiome and Microbial Communities
    Location: Ballroom B/C
    Moderator: Salisu Sulley – University of Massachusetts-Amherst Cranberry Station
    Moderator: Jenna M. Moore – Ohio State University
    Ballroom B/C