AMSEED - AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION

Calendar of Events

Conferences & Expos

2008 ASTA Farm &
Lawn Seed Conference

Corn & Sorghum and Soybean Seed Research Conference 2007
December 4 - 7, 2007, Hyatt Regency Hotel
Chicago, Illinois

Schedule

Research Conference Programming

The following sessions will offer credits toward CCA (Certified Crop Adviser) certification
(pending program approval by the Society of Agronomy)

Wednesday, December 5

37th Soybean Seed Research Conference

10:00 am	Introductory Remarks ASTA Chairman, Mike Peterson, Peterson Genetics Soybean Division Chair, Jack Carlson, Winfield Solutions, LLC Soybean Super Session I: Herbicide Tolerance Part 2: The Next Generation (RR2 Yield, Optimum GAT, Liberty Link) Moderated by Jack Carlson, Winfield Solutions, LLC Innovating for the Future Robb Fraley, Monsanto Next Generation Soybean Technologies – The Optimum GAT trait and Accelerated Yield Technology Bart Baudler, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. LibertyLink Soybeans – Countdown to Launch in 2009 Jon Fischer, Bayer CropScience

11:00 am	Q & A

1:30 pm	Soybean Super Session II: Will Food Use Drive the U.S. Soybean Industry? Moderated by Tray Thomas From Farm to Fork: What are the Constraints on IP Oils as They Move Through this Value Chain? Carl Hausmann, President & CEO, Bunge North America Will Modified Oils Drive the U.S. Soybean Industry? Dr. James D. Astwood, Vice President, Nutrition, Scientific and Regulatory Affairs, Research, Quality and Innovation, ConAgra Foods Connecting the Links of the Value Chain Keith Newhouse, Winfield Solutions, LLC

2:30 pm	Q & A

Thursday, December 6

Joint Corn & Sorghum and Soybean General Session

8:30 am	Introductory Remarks Corn & Sorghum Division Chair ASTA Chairman NCCPB Award Presentations

9:00 am	Introductions of Joint Session: To Eat or to Drive? Feeding into the Food and Energy Markets Moderated by James Richardson, Texas A&M University The NCGA Vision: 15 x 15 x 15 Rick Tolman, CEO, National Corn Growers Association Linking Seed Technologies with the BioEconomy Russ Sanders, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Future Directions for U.S. Biofuels Industry Bruce Babcock, Iowa State University Biofuels Opportunities in the U.S. James S. Blair, Core Venture Renewable Fuels

11:00 am	Q & A

11:30 am	Adjourn

62nd Corn & Sorghum Seed Research Conference

1:30 pm	Corn Session I: Corn Following Corn Moderated by Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois Making Corn After Corn Work – What Research Tells Us Dr. Steve Paszkiewicz, Pioneer Hi-Bred International and Dr. Emerson Nafziger, University of Illinois Idle Thoughts from a Weed in Your Corn Field Dr. Chris Boerboom, University of Wisconsin IPM is Still Alive for Corn Leaf Diseases — Look Before You Spray Dr. Gary Munkvold, Iowa State University Insect Management in Corn Following Corn — What Have We Forgotten? Dr. Kevin Steffey, University of Illinois

3:30 pm	Q & A

4:00 pm	Sorghum Session Herbicide tolerance in Sorghum using the Rapid Trait Development System (RTDS^TM) Peter Beetham, Cibus, LLC New Herbicide Tolerance Traits in Sorghum Dr. Mitchell Tuinstra, Purdue University (Co-authored by Kassim Al Khatib, Kansas State University)

5:00 pm	Q & A

Friday, December 7


8:00 am	Corn & Sorghum Session – Genomics Moderated by Charles Miller, MMR Genetics Pedigree Selection Using Markers; Genome Mapping Geoff Graham, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. Graphical Genotyping of Sorghum Inbreds Robert R. Klein, USDA-ARS Is Applied Genomics an Oxymoron? William Dale Beavis, Iowa State University

9:00 am	Q & A

9:20 am	Corn Session II – Breeding and Genetics Moderated by David Gibson of Texas Corn Producers Adaptation and Heterosis in U.S. Hybrid Corn Forrest Troyer, University of Illinois Genetic Perspectives on Loss of Diversity in Elite Maize Germplasm Jode Edwards, USDA-ARS

10:20 am	Q & A