Program Overview
This is the working program overview. It is subject to change and a new detailed program will be coming soon! Feel free to download the program here.
| Date | Start | End | Duration | Topic | Speakers | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monday, June 23, 2025 | 9:00am | 10:00am | 60 min | TreeSnap/TreeSnapPlots | 106 FRB | |
| 10:00am | 12:00pm | 2 hours | CartograPlant/TreeGenes? | 107 FRB | ||
| 1:00pm | 5:00pm | 4 hours | North American Quantitative Genetics Workshop | 107 FRB | ||
| 1:00pm | 4:00pm | 3 hours | Eastern Seed Zone Forum | 106 FRB | ||
| 3:00pm | 4:00pm | 1 hour | Northern Forest Genetics Association Meeting | 106 FRB | ||
| 4:00pm | 8:00pm | 4 hours | Opening Reception | Arboretum | ||
| Tuesday, June 24, 2025 | 7:30am | 8:30am | 60 min | Registration Desk Open and Breakfast Snacks | Lewis Katz Building | |
| 8:30am | 8:55am | 30 min | Opening & Welcome | 118 Katz | ||
| 8:55am | 9:00am | 5 min | Intro | Meg Staton | 118 Katz | |
| 9:00am | 9:50am | 50 min | Keynote #1 | Richard Buggs | 118 Katz | |
| 9:50am | 10:05am | 15 min | Featured Student Speaker | 118 Katz | ||
| 10:05am | 10:25am | 20 min | Break | Lewis Katz Building | ||
| 10:25am | 10:30am | 5 min | Intro | Meg Staton | 118 Katz | |
| 10:30am | 11:20am | 50 min | Keynote #2 | Caterina Villari | 118 Katz | |
| 11:20am | 11:35am | 15 min | Featured Student Speaker | 118 Katz | ||
| 11:35am | 1:30pm | 1 hr 55 min | Lunch | Business Atrium | ||
| 1:30pm | 3:00pm | 1.5 hrs | FOREST HEALTH, PESTS and PATHOGENS | 107 Business | ||
| 1:30pm | 3:00pm | 1.5 hrs | TREE IMPROVEMENT and BREEDING | 108 Business | ||
| 1:30pm | 3:00pm | 1.5 hrs | POPULATION and QUANTITATIVE GENETICS | 110 Business | ||
| 3:00pm | 3:30pm | 30 min | Break | Business Atrium | ||
| 3:30pm | 5:00pm | 1.5 hrs | CLIMATE CHANGE and ADAPTATION | 107 Business | ||
| 3:30pm | 5:00pm | 1.5 hrs | TREE IMPROVEMENT and BREEDING | 108 Business | ||
| 3:30pm | 5:00pm | 1.5 hrs | FOREST HEALTH | 110 Business | ||
| 5:00pm | 6:00pm | 1 hour | SFTIC Meeting (Society meeting) | |||
| Wednesday, June 25, 2025 | 6:00am | 7:00am | 60 min | Fun Run | ||
| 7:30am | 8:30am | 60 min | Registration Desk Open and Breakfast Snacks | Lewis Katz Building | ||
| 8:30am | 8:35am | 5 min | Intro | Andreas Hamann | 118 Katz | |
| 8:35am | 9:25am | 50 min | Keynote #3 | Mats Berlin | 118 Katz | |
| 9:25am | 9:40am | 15 min | Featured Student Speaker | 118 Katz | ||
| 9:40am | 10:05am | 25 min | Break | Lewis Katz Building | ||
| 10:05am | 10:10am | 5 min | Intro | Andreas Hamann | 118 Katz | |
| 10:10am | 11:00am | 50 min | Keynote #4 | Jessica Savage | 118 Katz | |
| 11:00am | 11:15am | 15 min | Featured Student Speaker | 118 Katz | ||
| 11:15am | 1:00pm | 1 hr 45min | Lunch | Business Atrium | ||
| 1:00pm | 5:00pm | 4 hours | Field Trips | |||
| Student Mixer | ||||||
| Thursday, June 26, 2025 | 7:30am | 8:30am | 60 min | Registration Desk Open and Breakfast Snacks | Business Atrium | |
| 8:30am | 10:00am | 1.5 hrs | GENOMICS and BIOTECHNOLOGY | 107 Business | ||
| 8:30am | 10:00am | 1.5 hrs | Symposium on North American Ash (Organizer: Zane Smith, Meg Staton) | Zane Smith | 108 Businnes | |
| 8:30am | 10:00am | 1.5 hrs | Advances in Molecular Applications in Tree Breeding (Organizer: Fikret Isik) | Fikret Isik | 110 Business | |
| 10:00am | 10:30am | 30 min | Break | Business Atrium | ||
| 10:30am | 12:00pm | 1.5 hrs | GENOMICS and BIOTECHNOLOGY | 107 Business | ||
| 10:30am | 12:00pm | 1.5 hrs | DIGITAL TOOLS, NETWORKS and MODELS | 108 Business | ||
| 10:30am | 12:00pm | 1.5 hrs | Advances in Molecular Applications in Tree Breeding (Organizer: Fikret Isik) | Fikret Isik | 110 Business | |
| 12:00pm | 1:00pm | 60 min | Lunch | Business Atrium | ||
| 12:30pm | 2:00pm | 1.5 hrs | Career Panel (Organizers: Zane Smith and Michelle Zavala-Paez) | 110 Business | ||
| 2:00pm | 4:30pm | 2.5 hrs | Poster Session | Business Atrium | ||
| 4:30pm | 5:30pm | 1 hr | Zoom/In-Person Society Meeting (WFGA) | 110 Business | ||
| 6:00pm | 9:00pm | 3 hours | Banquet | Pegula | ||
| Friday, June 27, 2025 | 7:30am | 8:30am | 60 min | Registration Desk Open and Breakfast Snacks | Lewis Katz Building | |
| 8:30am | 8:35am | 5 min | Intro | Dana Nelson | 118 Katz | |
| 8:35am | 9:25am | 50 min | Keynote #5 | Alayna Mead | 118 Katz | |
| 9:25am | 9:40am | 15 min | Featured Student Speaker | 118 Katz | ||
| 9:40am | 10:05am | 25 min | Break | Lewis Katz Building | ||
| 10:05am | 10:10am | 5 min | Intro | Dana Nelson | 118 Katz | |
| 10:10am | 11:00am | 50 min | Keynote #6 | Stephen Keller | 118 Katz | |
| 11:00am | 11:15am | 15 min | Featured Student Speaker | 118 Katz | ||
| 11:15am | 12:35pm | 1 hr 20 min | Closing/Poster & Speaker Awards | Lewis Katz Building | ||
| 12:35pm | 1:00pm | 25 min | Lunch on your own | |||
| 1:00pm | 3:30pm | 2.5 hrs | Post-Conference Oak PanGenome Workshop & Lunch | 217 FRB |