Appendix B
Forum Agenda
7:30 am |
Light Breakfast (Lecture Room) |
8:00 |
Welcome Dale Bauman, Cornell University, Chair, Board on Agriculture Michael Clegg, University of California, Riverside Chair, Board on Biology |
8:10 |
Toward a USDA Food Genome Project Ronald Phillips, Chief Scientist, National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program |
8:30 |
Panel One: USDA Programs Arabidopsis: Chris Somerville, Carnegie Institute of Washington Maize: Brian Larkins, University of Arizona Livestock: Colin Scanes, Iowa State University Livestock: Dan Laster, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center |
9:30 |
Q&A |
10:00 |
Break |
10:15 |
Panel Two: Commercial Agricultural Enterprises Wallie Hardie, National Corn Growers Assoc. Tony Cavalieri, Pioneer Hi-Bred Chuck Schroder (unconfirmed), National Cattlemen's Beef Assoc. Sam Buttram, Dekalb Swine Breeders, Inc. |
11:00 |
Q&A |
11:30 |
Working Lunch |
12:30 |
Panel Three: Non-Agricultural Genome Programs Mary Clutter, Biological Sciences Directorate, National Science Foundation Ari Patrinos, Office of Health and Environmental Research, U.S. Department of Energy Neal Copeland, Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, National Cancer Institute |
1:30 |
Q&A |
1:45 |
Wrap-Up |
2:00 |
Adjourn |