Administrator's Council Meeting
December 5, 2013
Welcome and Overview of the Afternoon
Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Chair for the Afternoon
Welcome and Etiquette for those joining via Webcast - Sharon Drumm
Scientific Presentations Part One
Big Data Workshop Preview, Rosalind James, The Pollinating Insects Biology, Management and Systematics Research Unit, Logan, Utah
Next-Generation Genetic and Genomic Information for World Food Security, Jack Okamuro, Office of National Programs, Beltsville, Maryland
GRIN Global, Gary Kinard, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, and Peter Cyr, North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station, Ames, Iowa
(Slides | Video)
E. coli O 157:H7 DNA , Jim Bono, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska
(Slides | Video)
Discussion with USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan
Scientific Presentations Part Two
Putting Big Data to Work: Prediction-Enabled Plant Breeding, Jean-Luc Jannink, U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research Unit, Ithaca, New York
(Slides | Video)
Agricultural Chapter of the National Climate Assessment, Charlie Walthall, Office of National Programs, Beltsville, Maryland, and Jerry Hatfield, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, Iowa
(Slides | Video)
