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Summit Schedule

The First International Summit on Plant Resilience was held at the East Lansing Marriott on M.A.C. Avenue.

Day 1 - Thursday, May 16th

 SESSION TIME AGENDA PRESENTER
12:00-4:00 PM Put Up Posters  
3:00-8:00 PM Registration  
4:00-5:30 PM Poster Session  
5:30-5:40 PM Opening Remarks Sue Rhee
5:40-6:30 PM Keynote Speaker Michelle Heck
6:30-8:00 PM Reception  

Day 2 - Friday, May 17th

SESSION TIME AGENDA PRESENTER
8:00-8:05 AM Opening remarks Sue Rhee
8:05-9:05 AM Session 1 - Plant metabolism Tom Sharkey
8:05-8:20 AM Metabolic Redesign of Oil Metabolism for Enhanced Food, Feed, and Biofuel Traits Ed Cahoon
8:20-8:35 AM Plant Volatile Communication and Climate Resilience Natalia Dudareva
8:35-8:50 AM Can we redesign photosynthetic carbon assimilation? Andreas Weber
8:50-9:05 AM The challenge of metabolomics in RIKEN CSRS Kazuki Saito
9:05-9:20 AM Discussion / Synthesis Tom Sharkey
9:20-9:40 AM Coffee break  
9:40-11:00 AM Session 2 - Abiotic Stresses  Bob VanBuren
9:40-9:55 AM The dynamic role of protein structural disorder: an exploration into stress response mechanisms Alejandra Covarrubias
9:55-10:10 AM Stress combination: What you should all be working on! Ron Mittler
10:10-10:25 AM Plant winners and losers in a changing climate Danielle Way
10:25-10:40 AM Discussion / Synthesis Bob VanBuren
10:40-11:00 AM Coffee break  
11:00-12:15 PM Session 3 - Signaling pathways for stress acclimation
Gregg Howe
11:00-11:15 AM Flavonols protect tomato pollen from reproductive failure at elevated temperatures Gloria Muday
11:15-11:30 AM Balancing Act: The Intricate Regulation of Phosphatidic Acid in Plant Immunity Libo Shan
11:30-11:45 AM Biotechnological and computational approaches toward improved climate resilience in rice Sally Assmann
11:45-12:00 PM Ethanol mitigates abiotic stresses in plants Motoaki Seki
12:00-12:15 PM Discussion / Synthesis Gregg Howe
12:15-1:30 PM Lunch  
1:30-2:45 PM Session 4 - Data science for plant climate resilience
Emily Josephs
1:30-1:45 PM Plant Life at the Extremes in the Atacama Desert Rodrigo A. Gutiérrez
1:45-2:00 PM Data Science in Ag - Accelerating Translational Agricultural Research Cranos Williams
2:00-2:15 PM Harnessing the power of deserts to make plants resistant to heat, drought and flooding stress Heribert Hirt
2:15-2:30 PM Discussion / Synthesis Emily Josephs
2:30-2:50 PM Coffee break  
2:50-4:05 PM Session 5 - Translational science in plant climate resilience
Addie Thompson
2:50-3:05 PM Interpretable Machine Learning Improves Gene Discovery and Trait Prediction in Breeding Programs Mariano Alvarez
3:05-3:20 PM Breeding for the present and future: Perspectives on Common bean Clare Mukankusi
3:20-3:35 PM The Journey to Social Acceptance of Genome-Edited Crops: The Case of High-GABA Tomatoes Hiroshi Ezura
3:35-3:50 PM Multiplex gene engineering for climate-resilient crops Dirk Inze
3:50-4:05 PM Discussion / Synthesis Addie Thompson
4:05-4:15 PM Closing remarks Sue Rhee