2019 Everson Global Seed Symposium

Let seed be thy medicine       The seeds of India

The seed artist       A day without seeds

 

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2019_everson_global_seed_symposium_program.pdf

Sunday, October 13 - Pre-session

10/13 – 6pm-8pm - Full film viewing at Memorial Union Pioneer Room with Thor Hanson speaking afterwards to faculty, staff, students and public

Monday, October 14

10/14 Morning Sessions – A Day Without Seeds/Let Seed Be Thy Medicine

  • 7:30-8:30am – Continental breakfast, mingle, and registration
  • 8:30-9:00am –  Welcome: Dr. Catherine Woteki
  • 9:00-9:10am – Seed film episode plays: “A Day Without Seeds”
  • 9:10-10:10am – Key note: A Day Without Seeds
  • 10:10-10:25am – Break
  • 10:25-10:35am – Seed film episode plays “Let Seed Be Thy Medicine”
  • 10:35-11:45 – Let Seed Be Thy Medicine

10/14 Lunch Session – The Seed Artist

  • 11:45am-12:15pm – Lunch being served
  • 12:15-12:25 –  Seed film episode plays : “The Seed Artist”
  • 12:25-1:15 – The Seed Artist
  • 1:15-1:30 – Outstanding award for Seed Science, Technology and Systems

                     Recognition of high school student posters

10/14 Afternoon Sessions – The Seed Pioneers/The Seed Bank

1:40-1:50pm – Seed film episode plays – “The Seed Bank”

1:50-2:50pm - The Seed Bank panel discussion

2:50-3pm – Short Break

3:00- 3:10pm – Seed film episode plays – “The Seed Pioneers”

3:10-4:30pm – The Seed Pioneers Panel Discussion

10/14 Reception – 4:30-6:30pm – Hors d'oeuvres and drinks at hotel

10/14 - 2019 Norman Borlaug Lecture  with 2019 World Food Prize Laureate, Simon Groot 

7:00-8:00pm – Student poster display in Memorial Union South Ballroom (College Students)              

8:00-9:00pm – Lecture – Great Hall, Memorial Union

 

Tuesday, October 15

10/15 Morning Sessions – The Seeds of India (Andhra Pradesh)

7:30-8:30am Continental Breakfast and mingle.

8:30-8:40am – Seed film episode plays – “The Seeds of Andhra Pradesh”

8:40-9:50am – The Seeds of Andhra Pradesh

  • Speakers to be Announced

9:50-10:00am – Short Break

10:00-11:15am – Seed Innovations, Business and Technology

  • Speakers to be Announced

11:15-11:30am – Closing Remarks