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4:30 - 6:00  Networking social
                      with the new TALENTS CORNER

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

• Mohsen B. Mesgaran
  Assistant Professor
  Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
  
  Dr. Mesgaran is interested in understanding the eco-evolutionary processes underpinning the spread and escalation of weedy and invasive plants both in agricultural and natural systems. In research on weeds, he is striving to establish links between ecological patterns and physiological processes through advanced modeling approaches. His lab uses a diverse variety of tools and techniques including advanced modeling, remote and proximal sensing, image processing, and GIS to develop “eco-tech” solutions for ecological management of weeds as well as a better understating of the spatial and temporal variability of weed populations and communities. His research has direct outcomes for ecological management of weeds and thus can help reduce the use of chemicals in weed management. The current focuses of the lab are:
  - Reproduction biology (mating system) of weeds and invasive plants
  - Interaction between weedy plants and their pollinators
  - Spatiotemporal dynamics of weeds and invasive plants
  - Seed germination and emergence ecology with focus on development of predictive models
  - Big data modeling and precision agriculture
  - Application of artificial intelligence (deep learning) in weed science and management

Location: ARC Ballrooms, UC Davis (W)

Special event

at the new USDA/ARS' Sam Farr United States
Crop Improvement and Protection Research Center
in Salinas, California.

Researchers funded by the California Leafy Greens Research Board (CLGRB) will speak about available traits and resources that are perhaps underutilized.

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Location: USDA/ARS, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, California

4:30 - 6:00 
Networking social with a SCOPE TOMATO TASTING and the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Syngenta.

6:00 - 7:00 
Featured speaker Allen Van Deynze
Director of the Seed Biotechnology Center at UC Davis
Associate Director of the Plant Breeding Center at UC Davis
Scientific Director of the African Orphan Crops Consortium
 

Location: ARC Ballrooms, UC Davis (J)

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER.\

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with GreenVenus.

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

• Pamela Ronald
  Distinguished Professor of Plant Pathology
  UC Davis
  
  Topic: TBA

Location: Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis (J)

Open to all

Seed Central hosts
the California Seed Association's
Fall Student Tour
for lunch and a n

With students from UC Davis, Cal-Poly, California State University Chico / Fresno / Monterey Bay, Woodland Community College, and Woodland high schools.

• 11:30 - 12:30
  Lunch + Industry Panelists Testimonials: transitioning after graduation, the decision to work in industry, experiences in the first job, career path, advice to new talents.
   
• 12:30 - 1:30
  Networking Career Fair

Location: : Woodland Community College, Woodland, California (J)
 

The "Job Panorama" in a seed company
An opportunity for students to discover the wide range of exciting, high tech jobs that make up a seed company.
We will hear from a wide range of employees about their respective jobs, they
will understand what sort of teams it takes in each functional area of the company to go from research through production, supply chain, operations, sales and marketing, all the way to the market.

4:30 - 6:00  Job Panorama : Sakata Seed America

6:00 - 7:00  Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Sakata Seed America.

Location: Buehler Alumni Center, UC Davis (W)

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

Richard Michelmore	Blake Meyers

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speakers

• Richard Michelmore, Founding Director, The Genome Center
  Blake Meyers, incoming Director, The Genome Center
  
  Changing of the guard at the UC Davis Genome Center
  See: UC Davis Genome Center appoints new Director - Plant scientist Blake Meyers to lead 'the next generation of genomics'

Location: ARC Ballrooms, UC Davis (W)

12:00 to 12:45 PM
Exhibits set up at the Conference Center, UC Davis (J/W)

1:00 to 3:00 PM
Pitch session at the Conference Center, UC Davis

3:30 to 6:00 PM
Networking exhibits at the Conference Center, UC Davis
with the TALENTS CORNER

Students, postdocs, win a meal for 3 with

TBA

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

> If you wish to present & exhibit, please contact François Korn @ fkorn@seedcentral.org.

> If you wish to register to attend the presentations and exhibits, click HERE to register.

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured postdoctoral researchers present their research.

Location:  UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

• Xiaofei Zhang
  Assistant Professor
  Genetics and Breeding of Small Grains Crops
  Department of Plant Sciences, UC Davis
  
  Dr. Zhang's research program aims to address the needs of small grains crop growers and consumers both nationally and internationally. It will be focusing
  on 1) Yield Increase beyond the Green Revolution; 2) Nutrient Use and Environmental Footprint; 3) Nutrition and Health; 4) Breeding Technology and Genetic Gains.

Location: , UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

• The featured speaker will be
  the new Dean
  of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
  UC Davis

Location: , UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speakers

• Barbara Blanco-Ulate, Associate Professor,
  and Irwin Donis-Gonzalez, Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension
  Co-Directors of the UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center
  
  Topic: The UC Davis Postharvest Technology Center

Location: , UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

Location: , UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

Location: , UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

• (TBA)

Location: , UC Davis

4:30 - 6:00 Networking social with the TALENTS CORNER

RAFFLE: 3 students or postdocs will win a Meal with Industry (TBA).

6:00 - 7:00  Featured speaker

• (TBA)

Location: , UC Davis