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DateStartEndDurationTopicSpeakersLocation
Monday, June 23, 20259:00am10:00am60 minTreeSnap/TreeSnapPlotsFlorence Caldwell, Chance Stribling106 FRB
10:00am12:00pm2 hoursCartograPlant/TreeGenesJill Wegrzyn107 FRB
1:00pm5:00pm4 hoursNorth American Quantitative Genetics WorkshopFikret Isik107 FRB
3:00pm4:00pm1 hourHemlock Working Group Meeting (Organizer: Vidya Vuruputoor)331 FRB
3:00pm4:00pm1 hourNorthern Forest Genetics Association Meeting106 FRB
4:00pm6:00pm2 hoursOpening ReceptionTBDArboretum
Tuesday, June 24, 20257:30am8:30am60 minRegistration Desk Open and Breakfast SnacksLewis Katz Building
8:30am8:55am30 minOpening & Welcome118 Katz
8:55am9:00am5 minIntroMeg Staton118 Katz
9:00am9:50am50 minA TALE OF TWO PANDEMICS FROM A HOST GENOME PERSPECTIVERichard Buggs118 Katz
9:50am10:05am15 minFacilitating brown spot needle blight resistance screening for loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) with artificial inoculationsRhys Eshleman118 Katz
10:05am10:25am20 minBreakLewis Katz Building
10:25am10:30am5 minIntroMeg Staton118 Katz
10:30am11:20am50 minNEW TECHNOLOGIES TO THE RESCUE: OPTIMIZING THE SELECTION AND DEPLOYMENT OF GENETICALLY IMPROVED TREESCaterina Villari118 Katz
11:20am11:35am15 minGenomic selection across generations in Norway Spruce, evaluated with real and simulated dataEdward Carlsson118 Katz
11:35am1:30pm1 hr 55 minLunchBusiness Atrium
1:30pm3:00pm1.5 hrsFOREST HEALTH, PESTS and PATHOGENS107 Business
1:30pm3:00pm1.5 hrsTREE IMPROVEMENT and BREEDING108 Business
1:30pm3:00pm1.5 hrsPOPULATION and QUANTITATIVE GENETICS110 Business
3:00pm3:30pm30 minBreakBusiness Atrium
3:30pm5:00pm1.5 hrsCLIMATE CHANGE and ADAPTATION107 Business
3:30pm5:00pm1.5 hrsTREE IMPROVEMENT and BREEDING108 Business
3:30pm5:00pm1.5 hrsFOREST HEALTH 110 Business
5:00pm6:00pm1 hourSFTIC Meeting (Society meeting)
Wednesday, June 25, 20256:00am7:00am60 minFun Run (Organizers: Patrick Cumbie, Mary McCafferty)Nittany Lion Inn
7:30am8:30am60 minRegistration Desk Open and Breakfast SnacksLewis Katz Building
8:30am8:35am5 minIntroAndreas Hamann118 Katz
8:35am9:25am50 minASSISTED MIGRATION IN PRACTICEMats Berlin118 Katz
9:25am9:40am15 minA CLIMATE-INFORMED SEED SELECTION TOOL FOR NORTH AMERICA: NA-SSTNicholas Boyce118 Katz
9:40am10:05am25 minBreakLewis Katz Building
10:05am10:10am5 minIntroAndreas Hamann118 Katz
10:10am11:00am50 minCLIMATE CHANGE AND FALSE SPRINGS: WHEN MILD WINTERS BECOME DANGEROUSJessica Savage118 Katz
11:00am11:15am15 minTHE ROLE OF CLIMATE AND INTERSPECIFIC GENE FLOW IN STOMATAL EVOLUTION ACROSS A POPULUS HYBRID ZONEMichelle Zavala-Paez118 Katz
11:15am1:00pm1 hr 45minLunchBusiness Atrium
1:00pm5:00pm4 hoursField Trips
5:30pm6:30pm1 hourNorth American Forest Genetics Society Business Meeting (Organizer: Patrick Cumbie)108 Business
6:00pm9:00pm3 hourStudent Mixer at Champs Downtown State College (139 S Allen St., Organizer: Kyra LoPiccolo)Champs Downtown
Thursday, June 26, 20257:30am8:30am60 minRegistration Desk Open and Breakfast SnacksBusiness Atrium
8:30am10:00am1.5 hrsGENOMICS and BIOTECHNOLOGY107 Business
8:30am10:00am1.5 hrsSymposium on North American Ash (Organizer: Zane Smith, Meg Staton)Zane Smith108 Businnes
8:30am10:00am1.5 hrsAdvances in Molecular Applications in Tree Breeding (Organizer: Fikret Isik)Fikret Isik110 Business
10:00am10:30am30 minBreakBusiness Atrium
10:30am12:00pm1.5 hrsGENOMICS and BIOTECHNOLOGY107 Business
10:30am12:00pm1.5 hrsDIGITAL TOOLS, NETWORKS and MODELS108 Business
10:30am12:00pm1.5 hrsAdvances in Molecular Applications in Tree Breeding (Organizer: Fikret Isik)Fikret Isik110 Business
12:00pm1:00pm60 minLunchBusiness Atrium
12:30pm2:00pm1.5 hrsCareer Panel (Organizers: Zane Smith and Michelle Zavala-Paez)110 Business
2:00pm4:30pm2.5 hrsPoster SessionBusiness Atrium
4:30pm5:30pm1 hrZoom/In-Person Society Meeting (WFGA)110 Business
6:00pm9:00pm3 hoursBanquetPegula
Friday, June 27, 20257:30am8:30am60 minRegistration Desk Open and Breakfast SnacksLewis Katz Building
8:30am8:35am5 minIntroMichelle Zavala-Paez118 Katz
8:35am9:25am50 minGENETIC VARIATION UNDERLIES DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN TREES: PREDICTING AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF RANGEWIDE HETEROGENEITYAlayna Mead118 Katz
9:25am9:40am15 minUTILIZING SOUTHERN OAK GENOTYPES AS A RESTORATION STRATEGY IN OUR NORTHEASTERN FORESTSSamantha Fuentes-Gigliotti118 Katz
9:40am10:05am25 minBreakLewis Katz Building
10:05am10:10am5 minIntroMichelle Zavala-Paez118 Katz
10:10am11:00am50 min ADDRESSING CONSERVATION PRIORITIES AND KNOWLEDGE GAPS WITH HELP FROM GENETICS – A STORY OF PARTNERSHIPS IN SUPPORT OF RED SPRUCE FORESTSStephen Keller118 Katz
11:00am12:35pm1 hr 20 minClosing/Poster & Speaker AwardsLewis Katz Building
12:35pm1:00pm25 minLunch on your own
1:00pm3:30pm2.5 hrsPost-Conference Oak PanGenome Workshop & Lunch107 FRB