Wednesday, October 11th, 2017
| Time | Activity |
| 8:00-8:30 | Registration, Breakfast, Poster Set-up |
| 8:30-8:35 | Opening Remarks – CSU |
| 8:35-8:45 | Kevin Hayes– DuPont Pioneer |
| 8:45-9:35 | Keynote 1, Troy Ocheltree (CSU) : The fundamental role of hydraulic traits in understanding water-use strategies: Opportunities and limitations for applying research across agricultural and natural ecosystems. |
| 9:35-10:15 | Keynote 2, John Mullet (TAMU): Sorghum – A Drought Tolerant Grain, Forage and High Biomass Crop |
| 10:15-10:35 | Coffee Break |
| 10:35-10:40 | Introduce Student Speakers – CSU |
| 10:40-11:00 | Student Speaker 1 |
| 11:00-11:20 | Student Speaker 2 |
| 11:20-11:40 | Student Speaker 3 |
| 11:40-12:40 | LUNCH |
| 12:40-1:20 | Keynote 3, Dan Manter (USDA): Harnessing the Soil Microbiome for Increased Drought Resistance. |
| 1:20-2:00 | Keynote 4, Lisa Donovan (UGA): Drought resistance strategies: lessons learned so far from wild and cultivated sunflowers. |
| 2:00-2:40 | Keynote 5, Jeff Habben (Pioneer): Transgenic and CRISPR Cas enabled advanced breeding approaches to improving the grain yield of maize under drought stress conditions |
| 2:40-2:50 | Poster Elevator Speeches |
| 2:50-3:20 | Coffee Break, Poster Presentations |
| 3:20-4:00 | Keynote 6, Dr. Tim Crews (Land Institute): Will drought tolerance improve if agriculture mimics natural systems? |
| 4:00-4:10 | Present Student Poster Awards – CSU |
| 4:10-4:15 | Closing remarks – CSU |
| 5:00-8:30 | Evening Social at Avogradro’s Number (605 S Mason St, Fort Collins, CO 80524) |
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