Day 1

Friday - February 28

Time

Schedule

4:00 PM

CHECK-IN

5:00 PM

WELCOME RECEPTION & APPETIZERS

6:30 PM

DINNER

SESSION I (8:00 - 10:00PM/Pineview)

8:00 PM  

Bob Goldberg - "Introductory Remarks"

8:15 PM

KEYNOTE LECTURE

Eric Davidson - "Gene Regulatory Network for Development"

9:15 PM

BREAK & DISCUSSION

9:30 PM

Bob Goldberg - "Using Genomics to Dissect Seed Development"

10:15 PM

SNACKS, POSTERS, & DISCUSSION (Lakeview)

Day 2

Saturday - March 1

Time

Schedule

8:00 AM

BREAKFAST

SESSION II (9:00 AM - NOON/Pineview)

9:00 AM

Gary Drews - "Development of the Female Gametophyte"

10:00 AM

Bob Fischer - "Imprinting at the Intersection of DNA Repair & Gene Transcription"

10:45 AM

BREAK & DISCUSSION

11:00 AM

John Harada - "Regulators of Embryo Development"

12:00 PM

LUNCH & FREE AFTERNOON FOR DISCUSSION, HIKING, OR SKIING

5:00 PM

RECEPTION, POSTERS,& DISCUSSION (Lakeview)

6:30 PM

DINNER

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

SPECIAL GUEST LECTURES

8:00 PM

Brian Larkins - "Molecular Approaches to Developing Quality Protein Maize"

9:00 PM

Linda Walling - "Novel Signaling Pathways and Elicitors: Lessons Learned From Plant-whitefly Interaction"

9:45 PM

BREAK & DISCUSSION

10:00 PM

Ken Feldmann - "Dissecting the Brassinosteroid Pathway"

10:45 PM  

SNACKS, POSTERS, & DISCUSSION (Lakeview)

Day 3

Sunday - March 2

Time

Schedule

8:00 AM

BREAKFAST

SESSION IV (9:00 AM - 1:45/ Cedar Lodge)

9:00 AM

Jack Okamuro

9:45 AM

BREAK & DISCUSSION

10:00 AM

Hongyu Zhang - "Bioinformatics Tools for Arabidopsis Genome Analysis"

10:30 AM

Diane Jofuku

SUMMARY (11:45 - NOON/Cedar Lodge)

11:15 AM

Dick Flavell - "What Have We Learned?"

11:30 AM

LUNCH & DEPARTURE