Schedule

Symposium Schedule

Thursday, October 9, 2025

11:00 - 11:30 amArrival and registration (through the day)
11:30 am - 12:30 pmLunch
12:30 - 1:30 pmWelcome & Panel: Incorporating AI into our research
1:30 - 1:45 pmBreak
1:45 - 2:45 pmSaet-Byul Kim: From field to cell: investigating resistance to Puccinia in maize and sorghum
2:45 - 4:00 pmShort talks (5: 13+2)
4:00 - 4:15 pmBreak
4:15 - 5:15 pmToby Kellogg: Controls of shattering in cereals
5:15 - 5:30 pmLightening talks (4: 3 min each)
5:30 - 6:30 pmPoster session 1
6:45 - 10:00 pmSocial

Friday, October 10, 2025

8:30 - 9:00 amRegistration & arrival
9:00 - 10:00 amJosh Cuperus: Understanding the grammar of regulatory DNA in plants through new genome-scale technologies
10:00 - 11:00 amScott Jackson: Designer crops—integrating engineering and biology
11:00 - 11:15 amBreak
11:15 am - 12:15 pmChristine Diepenbrock: Improving crop nutritional quality and abiotic stress tolerance
12:15 - 1:15 pmLunch & Heuermann awards recognition
1:30 - 2:30 pmPoster session #2
2:30 - 3:15 pmDaniel Schachtman: Developing a scientific startup company as a professor at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln
3:15 - 3:30Break
3:30 - 4:30 pmDavide Sosso: Big data and computational agriculture: opportunities and misuse
4:30 PMWrap up: Awards and Thanks