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ICAR 2020 FULL PROGRAM
Draft- subject to change

Monday, July 6, 2020
12:00 PM - 2:00 PMStory Collider Workshop #1, Advanced Purchase Ticked Required, Maximum: 70 tickets sold Kane Hall, Rm 210Attend 1 at most
3:00 PM - 5:00 PMStory Collider Workshop #2, Advanced Purchase Ticked Required, Maximum: 70 tickets sold Kane Hall, Rm 210Attend 1 at most
2:00 PM - 9:00 PMREGISTRATION OPEN: MEANY PERFORMANCE HALL
6:00 PM - 7:30 PMOfficial ICAR 2020 Welcome and Opening Keynote Speaker:
Detlef Weigel, Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Germany
MEANY PERFORMANCE HALL
7:30 PM - 9:30 PMOfficial ICAR 2020 Welcome Reception
MEANY PERFORMANCE HALL
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Plenary Session #1 (Kane Hall, Room 130): Plasticity of Plant Development In Response to the Environment
 Miltos Tsiantis, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany   
 Kathleen Donohue, Duke Univ., USA   
 Yuling Jiao, IGDB- CAS, China   
10:30 AM- 11:00 AM: KANE HALL: COFFEE BREAK SPONSORED BY THE PLANT CELL JOURNAL- Meet TPC Editors at the Break!
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Plenary Session #2 (Kane Hall, Room 130): New Frontiers in Plant-Biotic Interactions
 Ken Shirasu, RIKEN, Japan   
 Xin-Li, Univ. of British Columbia, Canada   
 Noah Whiteman, UC Berkeley, USA   
12:30 PM- 1:45 PM: LUNCH PROVIDED (LOCATION TBC)
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM: LUNCH SEMINAR (OPTIONAL), TOPIC TBC; LOCATION: HUB 160/LYCEUM ROOM (BRING LUNCH INSIDE SEMINAR)
AFTERNOON EVENTS: MOVE TO HUSKY UNION BUILDING (HUB)
2:00 - 3:30 PMMinisymposium #1: Active Learning and CUREs in Undergraduate Plant Science Education
Organized by: Brit Moss, Whitman College and Thelma Madzima, Univ. of Washington-Bothell
2:00 - 3:30 PMMinisymposium #2: Feeling Stressed? Environmental Adaptation in Extremophyte Relatives of Arabidopsis
Organized by: Maheshi Dassanayake, Louisiana State Univ.
2:00 - 3:30 PMMinisymposium #3: Metabolite-mediated Regulation of Plant Growth and Development
Organized by: Hiroshi Maeda, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison and Jazz Dickinson, Duke Univ.
SECOND SET OF AFTERNOON SYMPOSIA
3:45 - 5:15 PMMinisymposium #4: How Do Plants Sense and Respond to Elevated Carbon Dioxide, Ozone, and Drought?
Organized by: Maija Sierla, Univ. of Helsinki and Julian Schroeder, UC San Diego
3:45 - 5:15 PMMinisymposium #5: Molecules on the Move (MOM): Plant-microorganism Communication
Organized by: Patricia Baldrich, Danforth Center and Ryan DelPercio, Danforth Center and Univ. of Missouri
3:45 - 5:15 PMMinisymposium #6: Using Evolutionary Novelty to Understand General Principles of Plant Biology
Organized by: Dan Kliebenstein, UC Davis
5:00 - 7:00 PM: Exhibits and Posters Open (South Ballroom) with refreshments: browse posters, visit booths, or attend a workshop
5:30 - 6:30 PM Workshop #1: Quantitative Development in the Digital World
Organized by: Margaret Frank, Cornell Univ., and Sam Leiboff, UC Berkeley
5:30 - 6:30 PM Workshop #2: Running a Research Group in the Next Generation
Organized by: Heather McFarlane, Univ. of Toronto and Jacqueline Monaghan, Queen's Univ.
5:30 - 6:30 PM Workshop #3: Taking an Equity Lens: Empowering Women in Computational Biology
Organized by: Aleksandra Beric, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
5:30 - 6:30 PM Workshop #4: The Cell Cycle in Plant Growth, Development and Stress Responses
Organized by: John Larkin, Louisiana State Univ. and Adrienne Roeder, Cornell Univ.
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Official Poster Session #1: Half of posters to be displayed (to be confirmed)
Exibition Hall Open: HUB South Ballroom
Official End: 9:00 PM/ Ballroom Doors Close: 9:30 PM
     
Wednesday, July 8, 2020
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMWeed Stampede, 5K Fun Run/Walk
Advanced Purchase Ticked Required, optional (location near campus to be confirmed)
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Plenary Session #3 (Kane Hall, Rm 130): Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Cell Differentiation and Intracellular Signaling
 Katie Dehesh, UC Riverside, USA   
 Roger Deal, Emory Univ, USA   
 Mary Gehring, MIT-Whitehead, USA   
10:30 AM- 11:00 AM: KANE HALL: COFFEE BREAK SPONSORED BY PLANT PHYSIOLOGY JOURNAL
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Plenary Session #4 (Kane Hall, Room 130): Intercellular Communication
 Tessa Burch-Smith, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA   
 Sota Fujii, Univ. of Tokyo and NAIST, Japan   
 Ji-Young Lee, Seoul National Univ., South Korea   
12:30 PM- 1:45 PM: LUNCH PROVIDED (LOCATION TBC)
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM: LUNCH SEMINAR (OPTIONAL), TOPIC TBC; LOCATION: HUB 160/LYCEUM ROOM (BRING LUNCH INSIDE SEMINAR)
AFTERNOON EVENTS: MOVE TO HUSKY UNION BUILDING (HUB)
2:00 - 3:30 PMMinisymposium #7: Exploring Brassicaceae Diversity
Organized by: Kathleen Greenham, Univ. of Minnesota and Patrick Edger, Michigan State Univ.
2:00 - 3:30 PMMinisymposium #8: The role of Intrinsically Disordered Proteins in Plant Biology
Organized by: Heather Meyer, Carnegie Institution, Stanford and Cesar Cuevas-Velazquez, UNAM
2:00 - 3:30 PMMinisymposium #9: When Development Meets Stress- Integration of Plant Growth and Defense
Organized by: Cris Argueso, Colorado State Univ.
SECOND SET OF AFTERNOON SYMPOSIA
3:45 - 5:15 PMMinisymposium #10: Encoding Calcium Spikes, Waves, and Oscillations in Arabidopsis
Organized by: Sheng Luan, UC Berkeley
3:45 - 5:15 PMMinisymposium #11: Sensing the Cell Wall: Mechanical Signals and Downstream Responses
Organized by: Lauri Vaahtera, Norwegian Univ. of Science and Technology and Nora Gigli-Bisceglia, Wageningen Univ.
3:45 - 5:15 PMMinisymposium #12: The Arabidopsis Algorithm: Mathematical Modeling in Plant Biology
Organized by: Kari Miller, Washington Univ. in St. Louis
     
5:00 - 7:00 PM: Exhibits and Posters Open (South Ballroom) with refreshments: browse posters, visit booths, or attend a workshop
5:30 - 6:30 PM Workshop #5: Arabidopsis Bioinformatics
Organized by: Nick Provart, Univ. of Toronto and Eva Huala and Tanya Berarding, Phoenix Bioinformatics/TAIR
5:30 - 6:30 PM Workshop #6: Social Media and Science Communication
Organized by: Eva Hellmann, Sainsbury Lab, Univ. of Cambridge,  and Javier Brumos, NCSU
5:30 - 6:30 PM Workshop #7: Stress Granules in Plants as Novel Mechanism in Stress Signaling
Organized by: Monika Chodasiewicz (Kosmacz), Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam
5:30 - 6:30 PM Workshop #8: Utilizing Arabidopsis in the Classroom: Empowering Students and Your Research Program
Organized by: Siohban Braybrook, UCLA
     
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Official Poster Session #2: Half of posters to be displayed (to be confirmed)
Exibition Hall Open: HUB South Ballroom
Official End: 9:00 PM/ Ballroom Doors Close: 9:30 PM
Thursday, July 9, 2020
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Plenary Session #5 (Kane Hall, Room 130): Post-transcriptional Mechanisms of Gene Regulation
 Steven Spoel, Univ. of Edinburgh, UK   
 Hongwei Guo, Southern China Univ. of Science and Technology, China   
 Greg Vert, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, France   
10:30 AM- 11:00 AM: KANE HALL: COFFEE BREAK SPONSORED BY THE PLANT CELL JOURNAL- Meet TPC Editors at the Break!
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM: Plenary Session #6 (Kane Hall, Room 130): Systems Approaches to Understanding and Engineering Plant Biology
 Elizabeth Sattely, Stanford Univ., USA   
 David Savage, UC Berkeley, USA   
 Naomi Nakayama, Imperial College London, UK   
12:30 PM- 1:45 PM: LUNCH PROVIDED (LOCATION TBC)
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM: LUNCH SEMINAR (OPTIONAL), TOPIC TBC; LOCATION: HUB 160/LYCEUM ROOM (BRING LUNCH INSIDE SEMINAR)
AFTERNOON EVENTS: MOVE TO HUSKY UNION BUILDING (HUB)
2:00 - 3:30 PMMinisymposium #13: Plant Hormones
Organized by: Anna Stepanova, NCSU
2:00 - 3:30 PMMinisymposium #14: RNA Modifications-mechanism and Biology
Organized by: Xuemei Chen, UC Riverside and Yiji Xia, Hong Kong Baptist Univ.
2:00 - 3:30 PMMinisymposium #15: Technological Innovations to Jumpstart Biological Discovery
Organized by: Christine Queitsch, Univ. Washington, Seattle and Roger Deal, Emory Univ.
SECOND SET OF AFTERNOON SYMPOSIA
3:45 - 5:15 PMMinisymposium 16: Leveraging Natural Variation to Understand Immune Functions
Organized by: Adam Steinbrenner, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
3:45 - 5:15 PMMinisymposium 17: Plant Memory: Environmental Information Integration Within and Across Generations
Organized by: Gabriela Auge, FIL-IIBBA-CONICET / DFBMC-FCEN-UBA
3:45 - 5:15 PMMinisymposium 18: Translational Regulation of Gene Expression
Organized by: Astrid Gadeyne, Ghent Univ., Catharina Merchante, Univ. of Málaga, and Pamela Ribone, Sainsbury, Univ. of Cambridge
     
5:00 PM: Exhibits and Posters Open, with refreshments, for informal browsing/discussions: HUB South Ballroom
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM: Official Poster Session #3 and Exhibition Hall Open
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: ALL STUDENTS INVITED TO PUT THEIR POSTERS BACK UP
All attendees encouraged to browse student posters
All posters and booths must be removed by 9:00 PM/ Ballroom Doors Close: 9:30 PM
     
7:30 - 10:30 PM Official ICAR 2020 Dinner Party
Off site: The Burke Museum, Ticketed event, Advance ticket purchase recommended
     
     
Friday, July 10, 2020
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM: Plenary Session #7 (Kane Hall, Room 130): Translating Research Into Impact
 Vi Shukla, Gates Foundation, USA   
 Pam Ronald, UC Davis, USA   
 Tim Kelliher, NCSU and Syngenta, USA   
10:30 AM- 11:00 AM: KANE HALL: COFFEE BREAK SPONSORED BY THE PLANT CELL JOURNAL- Meet TPC Editors at the Break!
     
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMMinisymposium 19: Arabidopsis Transposable Element Biology
Organized by: Keith Slotkin, Danforth Plant Science Center / Univ. of Missouri-Columbia
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMMinisymposium 20: From Molecules to Organs: Quantitative Imaging in Plant Biology
Organized by: Daniels Kierzkowski, Univ. of Montréal, Charlotte Kirchhelle, Univ. of Oxford, and Marisa Otegui, Univ. WI, Madison
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMMinisymposium 21: Impact and Application of Basic Research to Sustainable Agriculture Improvement
Organized by: Xiaoyu Liu and Huachun Larue, Bayer Crop Science
     
12:30 PM- 1:30 PM: LUNCH PROVIDED (LOCATION TBC)
1:45 - 3:15 PMMinisymposium 22: Exploring the Single Cell Landscape of Arabidopsis
Organized by: Josh Cuperus, Univ. Washington, Seattle, Travis Lee and Joseph Swift of Salk Inst., and Rachel Shahan, Duke Univ.
1:45 - 3:15 PMMinisymposium 23: Getting More Power From Your Flower: Multi-functional Flowers Improve Plant Fitness
Organized by: Diarmuid Ó’Maoiléidigh, Univ. of Liverpool
1:45 - 3:15 PMMinisymposium 24: Stochasticity and Robustness in Plant Development
Organized by: Adrienne Roeder & Vijaya Vadde, Cornell Univ., Arezki Boudaoud, ENS- Lyon,  Jennifer Lachowiec, Montana State Univ., & James Locke, Sainsbury Lab, Univ. of Cambridge
     
3:30 - 5:00 PMAnnouncements and ICAR 2020 Closing Keynote Speaker:
Joanne Chory, Salk Institute, USA
130 Kane Hall
5:00 PMOfficial ICAR 2020 Closure
FAREWELL AND DEPARTURE
ICAR 2021- BELFAST---> SAVE THE DATE!  June 21 - 25, 2021
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Wednesday June 21, 2017

7:00 am – 8:00 am Weed Stampede Fun Run/Walk (ticketed event) 
8:00 am – 12:30 pm Posters Open: Grand Ballroom, 4th Floor  
8:00 am – 11:30 am Registration Open: Grand Coatroom, 4th Floor
9:00 am – 11:00 am Plenary Session 5- Modeling, Gene Regulation, Systems, Quantitative and Computational Biology,  Grand Ballroom EFGH, 4th Floor 
11:00 am – 11:30 am Morning Coffee: Grand Foyer, 4th Floor
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Plenary Session 6- Natural Variation, Evolution, and Ecology, Grand Ballroom EFGH, 4th Floor 
12:30 pm – on Free Afternoon (see Special Conference Events Below)
4:15 pm – 6:30 pm Donald Danforth Science Center:
  1. Industry, Biotech, Scientific Careers Seminar, Panel, Resources, and Networking Social (ticketed event)
  2. Danforth Center Tours (limited slots for ticket-holders of either the Industry/Networking event or the Conference party) 
6:30 pm - 10:30 pm ICAR 2017 Official Conference Party at the Donald Danforth Science Center, (ticketed event) 

Thursday June 22, 2017

8:00 am – 9:30 pm Posters Open: Grand Ballroom, 4th Floor 
8:00 am – 6:30 pm Registration Open: Registration Open: Grand Coatroom, 4th Floor 
9:00 am – 10:30 am Plenary Session 7- Epigenetics and Chromatin: Grand Ballroom EFGH, 4th Floor
10:30 am – 11:00 am Morning Coffee: Grand Foyer, 4th Floor
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Concurrent Session 5- Cell and Developmental Biology 2: Grand Ballroom E and Concurrent Session 6- Translational Biology: Grand Ballroom FGH 
12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Lunch with Exhibitors and Posters: Grand Ballroom ABCD and Foyer, 4th Floor
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Concurrent Session 7- Natural Variation, Evolution and Ecology: Grand Ballroom E and Concurrent Session 8- Hormone Signaling: Grand Ballroom FGH, 4th Floor 
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Afternoon Coffee: Grand Foyer, 4th Floor
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Concurrent Session 9- Structural Biology Grand Ballroom E and Concurrent Session 10- Abiotic Interactions Grand Ballroom FGH
5:45 pm – 6:45 pm Workshops 2  
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Keynote Address 3: Keiko Torii, Breaking the Silence: Making Decisions in the World of Uncertainty, Grand Ballroom EFGH, 4th Floor 
8:00 pm – 9:30 pm Exclusive Poster Session/Exhibit Hall Session: Grand Ballroom ABCD and Foyer, 4th Floor 
9:30 – 10:30 pm Dismantle posters and exhibit booths
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Friday June 23, 2017

7:00 am - 3:00 pm Luggage Hold Available: Mills 1, 4th Floor
9:00 am – 10:30am Plenary Session 8- Novel Approaches: Grand Ballroom EFGH, 4th Floor
10:30 am – 11:00 am Coffee: Grand Foyer, 4th Floor
11:00 am – 12:00 pm Keynote Address 4: Sheng Yang He, Disease-climate-microbiome triangles in the phyllosphere: Grand Ballroom EFGH, 4th Floor 
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm: Announcement of ICAR 2018; Official Closure of ICAR 2017, Grand Ballroom EFGH, 4th Floor
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