Wednesday, July 19


8:00 am – 8:30 am

Awardee Talk – 2022 Private Sector Impact Award

Edwin Grote


8:30 am – 9:45 am

General Session 3: Participatory Plant Breeding

8:30 am – 8:50 am Lisa Kissing Kucek

8:50 am – 9:05 am Nicolas Enjalbert

9:05 am – 9:20 am Solveig Hanson

9:20 am – 9:30 am Panel Discussion- “Can digitalization make participatory plant breeding the norm?”


9:30 am – 9:45 am

Awardee Talk – 2022 MS Second Place

Autumn Brown

“Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) Fiber Traits”


9:45am – 10:15am Break


10:15 am – 10:45 am

Awardee Talk – 2022 Early Career Award

 Marcio Resende


10:45 am – 11:15 am

Awardee Talk – 2022 Lifetime Achievement

Fernando Gonzalez


11:15 am – 12:00 pm

Plant Breeding Listening Session

11:15 am – 11:30 am Opening Remarks: Christian Tobias

11:30 am – 12:00 pm “Plant Breeding Innovation”  John Lovell


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


1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

General Session 4: Plant Breeding Innovation

1:00 pm to 1:20 pm Manny Saluja

1:20 pm to 1:40 pm Lolita Mathew

1:40 pm to 2:00 pm Chris Saski


2:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Round Table Discussion


2:30 pm to 2:45 pm

Awardee Talk – 2022 Early Career – First Place

Leonardo Volpato

“Digital Phenotyping to Measure Agronomic Traits in Plant Breeding”


2:45 pm – 3:15 pm Break


3:15 pm – 4:45 pm

NAPB Business Meeting


5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Pre-dinner Mixer with Beverage Station


6:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Awardee Talk – 2022 Friends of Plant Breeding Award

Peter Bretting, USDA-ARS


7:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Banquet