November 19-20, 2024
Washington, DC
Welcome Remarks
Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences
Peter L. Thoren, Executive Vice President, Access Industries, Inc.
Edward Buckler, Forum Co-Chair, Cornell University
Avraham Levy, Forum Co-Chair, Weizmann Institute of Science
Keynote Session
Session Chair:
Edward Buckler, Cornell University
Speakers:
Ron Milo, Weizmann Institute of Science
David Lobell, Stanford University
Session I: New Breeding Technologies
Session Chair:
Zachary Lippman, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Speakers:
Carlos Messina, University of Florida
Michal Lieberman-Lazarovich, Agricultural Research Organization
Session II: Adapting Cropping Systems
Session Chair:
Avraham Levy, Weizmann Institute of Science
Speakers:
Omri Finkel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Pankaj Trivedi, Colorado State University
David Zeevi, Weizmann Institute of Science
Naftali Lazarovitch, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Session III: Pathogen and Pest Control
Session Chair:
Jan Leach, Colorado State University
Speakers:
Sheng Yang He, Duke University
Tzion Fahima, University of Haifa
Michelle Heck, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Cornell University
Session IV: Plant Physiology and Mechanism
Session Chair:
Sigal Savaldi-Goldstein, Technion
Speakers:
Menachem Moshelion, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tamar Azoulay-Shemer, Agriculture Research Organization
Lisa Ainsworth, U.S. Department of Agriculture and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Conference Adjourn
Organizing Committee
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