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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, August 2, 2025
  • 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM HST
    FIELD TRIP: Hawaiian Agriculture Up Close: A Field Tour of Crops, Pathogens, and Research Efforts

    Organizer: Madison Flasco, PhD – Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center

    Organizer: Alejandro Olmedo-Velarde – Department of Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology, Iowa State University

    Organizer: Andrea Sierra-Mejia – University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

    Organizer: Jennifer R. Wilson – USDA-ARS Corn, Soybean & Wheat Quality Research Unit

  • 7:45 AM - 4:30 PM HST
    FIELD TRIP: Tour of tropical crop production in Hawaii

    Sponsoring Chairperson: Christian G. Aguilar – Agrofresh

    Organizer: Achour Amiri, Associate Professor – Washington State University

    Organizer: Collins Bugingo – Oregon State University

    Sponsoring Chairperson: Romina Gazis, PhD – Tropical Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Homestead, FL, USA

    Organizer: Wayne Jurick II – USDA-ARS

    Organizer: Achala N. KC – Oregon State University

    Organizer: Jane Marian S. Luis – University of Hawaii at Manoa

  • 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM HST
    PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP: Python and Machine Learning for Plant Pathologists

    Organizer: Nikita Gambhir – FMC Corp.

    Organizer: Daniel Winter Heck – Cornell University

    Organizer: Camila Nicolli – University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture

  • 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM HST
    PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP: Emerging Rice Diseases: Challenges and Solutions
  • 8:15 AM - 5:15 PM HST
    FIELD TRIP: Experience Oahu’s Rich History: Byodo-In Temple, Waimea Valley Botanic Garden & Nursery Tour

    Organizer: Achyut Adhikari – University of Hawaii at Mānoa

    Organizer: Bhawana Ghimire – Bartlett Tree Experts

    Organizer: Emma Lookabaugh – BASF

    Organizer: Alberto Ricordi – University of Hawaii

  • 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM HST
    FIELD TRIP: APS Gives Back: Native Roots Volunteer Experience
  • 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM HST
    Emerging Viruses in Cucurbit Working Group Meeting
  • 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM HST
    FIELD TRIP: HARC Maunawili Substation Tour and Tree Disease Walk

    Organizer: Nicklos S. Dudley – Hawaii Agriculture Research Center

    Organizer: Carrie Fearer – Virginia Tech

    Organizer: Elena Karlsen-Ayala – USDA Forest Service

  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM HST
    Phytopathology Editorial Board Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM HST
    Plant Disease Editorial Board Meeting
  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM HST
    PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP: Automated analysis of pathogen genomes using PathogenSurveillance and the genomeRxiv web server

    Organizer: Niklaus Grünwald – USDA-Agricultural Research Service

    Organizer: Jeff Chang – Oregon State University

    Organizer: Upasana Dhakal – Oregon State University

    Organizer: Reza Mazloom – Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, U.S.A.

    Organizer: Boris A. Vinatzer – School of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061

  • 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM HST
    PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP: Tackling Global Challenges in Plant Pathology with AI: Forecasting, Imaging, and Protein Prediction

    Organizer: Ashish Adhikari, PhD – Plant Pathology Department, University of Florida

    Organizer: Karen Garrett, PhD – Plant Pathology Department, Global Food Systems Institute, 3Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Organizer: Romaric Mouafo Tchinda – Plant Pathology Department, Global Food Systems Institute, 3Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Organizer: Aaron Isai Plex Sula – Plant Pathology Department, Global Food Systems Institute, 3Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA

    Organizer: Jacobo Robledo Buritica, n/a – Plant Pathology Department, University of Florida

  • 1:00 PM - 5:30 PM HST
    Registration Open
  • 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM HST
    Exhibitor Set-Up
  • 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM HST
    PhytoFrontiers Editorial Board Meeting
  • 3:00 PM - 5:30 PM HST
    Speaker Ready Room Open
  • 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM HST
    Subject Matter Committee Meetings - Group 1
  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM HST
    First Timers' Orientation
  • 5:45 PM - 7:15 PM HST
    Subject Matter Committee Meetings - Group 2
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM HST
    Undergraduate Student Primer