Day 1

March 16, 2001

Time

Schedule

4:00 PM

CHECK-IN

4:30 PM

WELCOME RECEPTION & APPETIZERS

6:30 PM

DINNER

SESSION I (8:00 - 11:00 PM)

8:00 PM

Bob Goldberg & Dick Flavell - "Introductory Remarks"

8:15 PM

Bob Goldberg - "Using Genomics to Dissect Seed Development"

9:15 PM

John Harada - "The Role of LEC1 in Embryo Development"

9:50 PM

Sandra Stone - "The Role of LEC2 in Embryo Development"

10:15 PM

BREAK & DISCUSSION

10:30 PM

Yiwen Fang - "Comprehensive Transcript Profiling in Arabidopsis"

Day 2

March 17, 2001

Time

Schedule

8:00 AM

BREAKFAST

SESSION II (9:00 AM - NOON)

9:00 AM

Wayne Volkmuth - "Computational Analysis of Gene Expression & Function"

9:30 AM

Nickolai Alexandrov - "Annotation of the Arabidopsis Genome Using Integrated Bioinformatics Tools"

10:30 AM

BREAK & DISCUSSION

10:45 AM

Gary Drews & Cory Christensen - "Development of the Angiosperm Female Gametophyte"

11:45 AM

Koen Weterings - "Analysis of Embryo Sac ESTs"

NOON

LUNCH & AFTERNOON FOR DISCUSSION/HIKING/SKIING

4:30 PM

POSTERS & DISCUSSION/RECEPTION & APPETIZERS

6:30 PM

DINNER

SESSION III (8:00 PM - 11:00 PM)

8:00 PM

Bob Fischer - "Control of Plant Reproduction by Polycomb Proteins and Their Regulators "

9:00 PM

Roger Pennell - "The Search for Apomixis Mutants"

9:45 PM

Nir Ohad - "Function of Polycomb Proteins"

10:00 PM

DISCUSSION & SNACKS

Day 3

March 18, 2001

Time

Schedule

8:00 AM

BREAKFAST

SESSION IV (9:00 AM - NOON)

9:00 AM

Van-Dinh Dang - "Targeted Expression of Chimeric Transcription Regulators to Manipulate Seed Development"

9:30 AM

Jack Okamuro - "Genes to Traits"

10:00 AM

BREAK & DISCUSSION

10:30 AM

Diane Jofuku - "Strategies for Increasing the Size and Yield of Seeds"

SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS

11:30 AM

Dick Flavell - "What Have We Learned & Where do We Go From Here?"

12:00 PM

LUNCH

1:00 PM

FAREWELL