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Full Schedule

Full Schedule

  • Saturday, August 2, 2025
  • 7:00 AM – 7:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    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 East Coast USA Time
    FIELD TRIP: Tour of tropical crop production in Hawaii
    Sponsoring Chairperson: Christian G. Aguilar – Agrofresh
    Organizer: Achour Amiri – 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 East Coast USA Time
    PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP: APHIS Permitting: getting it right and why it is important
    Organizer: Zhaowei Liu – USDA APHIS
    Organizer: Dimitre Mollov – USDA APHIS
  • 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    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 East Coast USA Time
    PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP: Emerging Rice Diseases: Challenges and Solutions
  • 8:15 AM – 5:15 PM East Coast USA Time
    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 East Coast USA Time
    FIELD TRIP: APS Gives Back: Native Roots Volunteer Experience
  • 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    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 – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP: Automated analysis of pathogen genomes using PathogenSurveillance and the genomeRxiv web server
    Organizer: Logan Blair – USDA ARS
    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 East Coast USA Time
    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 – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    PRE-MEETING WORKSHOP:What is your story? How to explain your science narrative #SciComm2025
    Organizer: Danielle N. Mikolajewski – West Virginia University
    Organizer: Charlotte Oliver – Colorado State University
  • 1:00 PM – 5:30 PM East Coast USA Time
    Registration Open
  • 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM East Coast USA Time
    Exhibitor Set-Up