Presentations: Scientific Seminars at Administrator's Council (December 5, 2012) |
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12:15 to 12:20 p.m. | Welcome and Overview of the Afternoon? Chavonda Jacobs-Young, Chair for the Afternoon ? Welcome and Etiquette for those joining via Webcast - Sharon Drumm |
12:20 to 2:00 p.m. | Scientific Presentations Part One ? Big Data Workshop Preview (Slides | Video) - Rosalind James, The Pollinating Insects Biology, Management and Systematics Research Unit, Logan, Utah ? Next-Generation Genetic and Genomic Information for World Food Security (Slides | Video) - Jack Okamuro, Office of National Programs, Beltsville, Maryland ? GRIN Global (Slides | Video) - Gary Kinard, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland, and Peter Cyr, North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station, Ames, Iowa ? E. coli O 157:H7 DNA (Slides | Video) - Jim Bono, Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, Nebraska |
2:00 to 3:00 p.m. | Discussion with USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan |
3:00 to 3:15 p.m. | BREAK |
3:15 to 4:00 p.m. | Scientific Presentations Part Two ? Putting Big Data to Work: Prediction-Enabled Plant Breeding (Slides | Video) - Jean-Luc Jannink, U.S. Plant, Soil and Nutrition Research Unit, Ithaca, New York ? Agricultural Chapter of the National Climate Assessment (Slides | Video) - Charlie Walthall, Office of National Programs, Beltsville, Maryland, and Jerry Hatfield, National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment, Ames, Iowa |