53rd Vegetable and Flower Seed Conference Schedule

Monday, January 20

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. UC Davis Pre-Conference Workshop

Tuesday, January 21

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. UC Davis Pre-Conference Workshop

Wednesday, January 22

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. UC Davis Pre-Conference Workshop

Thursday, January 23

8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. UC Davis Pre-Conference Workshop

Friday, January 24

8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. UC Davis Pre-Conference Workshop
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. National Garden Bureau Board and Committee Meetings (closed)

Saturday, January 25

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Golf Tournament
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. All-America Selections Board and Committee Meetings (closed)
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Trading Room Open
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Genetic Tools for Breeding Programs, a pre-conference workshop sponsored by BioDiagnostics, Inc. Click here for session description.
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Emerging Issues Working Group (closed)
5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. NGB Membership Meeting

Sunday, January 26

7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration
7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Trading Room Open
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. ASRF Board of Directors (closed)
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. All-America Selections Annual Meeting
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. STEC Discussion
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Biotechnology Committee
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Organic Seed Committee
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception

Monday, January 27

7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Trading Room Open
8:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. General Session/Vegetable & Flower Division Meeting
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Phytosanitary Committee
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Spouses’ Luncheon
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Vegetable & Flower Seed Research Fund
1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Intellectual Property Rights Committee
3:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Membership Committee (closed)
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Food Safety Working Group
4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. FuSE Meeting
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. FuSE Reception/Mixer
5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Home Garden Seed Association Meeting/Reception

Tuesday, January 28

7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Registration
7:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Trading Room Open
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Emerging Diseases Committee
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. Legislative and Legal Concerns Committee
12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ASTA Board of Directors (closed)