Monday, July 17


6:30 am – 7:45 am Borlaug/Carver Breakfast

Location: Studio 220 NOMA


8:00 am – 9:30 am General Session 1

The Crossroads of Food and Agriculture in the Southeast

8:00 am – 8:20 am Peter Coclanis

8:20 am – 8:40 am BJ Dennis

8:40 am – 9:00 am Glenn Roberts

9:00 am – 9:20 am Sandra Branham


9:30am – 10:15 am

Borlaug/Carver Scholar Introduction

 Awardee Talk – 2022 PhD – First Place

10:00am – 10:15am Clayton Carley“Knowing Nodulation, Let’s Dig In!”


10:15 am – 12:00 pm

Poster Session 1

30 Minute Break during this session

Location: Crepe Myrtle Regency A2


12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch – Speed Networking


1:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Awardee Talk – 2022 Public Sector Impact Award

Jim Anderson


1:30 pm – 2:45 pm

General Session 2: Culinary-driven Plant Breeding

1:30 pm – 1:50 pm Lane Selman

1:50 pm – 2:10 pm Michael Mazourek

2:10 pm – 2:30 pm Julie Dawson


2:30 pm – 2:45 pm

Awardee Talk – 2022 PhD – Second Place

Sarah Jones 

“Multi-modal phenotyping for drought tolerance breeding in soybean”


2:45 pm – 4:30 pm

Poster Session 2

30 Minute Break during this session

Location: Crepe Myrtle Regency A2


4:30 pm – 6:30 pm

PBCC Session


6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Graduate Student and Early Career Mixer

Location: Studio NOMA


Evening Dinner On Your Own