Program
General Sessions Program
| Tuesday September 10th General Sessions | ||
| 7:00 – 7:45 am | BREAK | Breakfast, included |
| 8:00 – 8:10 am | Welcome | Dr. Hannah Carter: Welcome to Maine |
| 8:10 – 8:25 am | Inclusion | Dr. Neil McRoberts: Welcome to the 7th National NPDN Meeting |
| 8:25 – 9:00 am | Inclusion | DEI Working Group: U.S. Diagnosticians Means All of Us: Meeting Kickoff |
| 9:00 – 9:15 am | Support | Dr. Amer Fayad: NIFA National Programs that Fit NPDN |
| 9:15 – 9:30 am | Support | Piera Siegert: National Plant Board and NPDN: State Partners in Plant Health |
| 9:30 – 10:00 am | BREAK | Poster and exhibitor space open with refreshments |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Support | Joe LaForest: IPM Center Resources that Fit NPDN |
| 10:15 – 10:45 am | Support | Dr. Wendy Jin: APHIS PPDCP and NPDN: Partners in Regulatory Plant Diagnostics |
| 10:45 am –12:00 pm | Diagnostic Tools | Panel: Adapting data tools to serve NPDN diagnosticians and stakeholders (Mike Hill NPDN, Angel Saavedra USFS, and Dr. Robin Choudhury UT RGV) |
| 12:00 – 1:30 pm | BREAK | Lunch, included: Meeting buddies event and poster and exhibitor space open |
| 1:30 – 3:00 pm | Diagnostic Tools | Panel: Evolving Technology: From Legacy to Cutting-Edge |
| 3:00 – 3:30 pm | Diagnostic Tools | NPDN and DAVN: Focus on the future |
| 3:30 – 5:30 pm | Poster Session | Poster and exhibitor space open, 5-minute Quick Connection talks (refreshments 3:30 - 4:30 pm) |
| 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Banquet | Awards and recognitions (dinner included) |
| Wednesday September 11th General Sessions | ||
| 7:00 – 7:45 am | BREAK | Breakfast, included |
| 8:00 – 8:45 am | Impact | Dr. Alicyn Smart and Dr. Jan Byrne: Success stories, stakeholders, and 20 years of NPDN impacts |
| 8:45 – 9:30 am | Impact | Michelle Vazquez Jacobus: Communication and learning styles |
| 9:30 – 10:00 am | BREAK | Networking, posters, and exhibitor booths |
| 10:00 – 11:00 am | Impact | Annual capacity survey background, patterns, and updates |
| 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | BREAK | Lunch, included: Rotten Tuber awards, then networking at posters and exhibitor booths |
| 12:30 – 1:00 pm | Focus on the future | Dr. Peter DiGennaro: AI and Deep Learning to expand nematode diagnostic capacity and speed up triage |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Focus on the future | Panel: Feeding the professional pipeline by learning from the past |
| 2:00 – 2:30 pm | BREAK | Fill out map |
| 2:30 – 4:00 pm | Focus on the future | New pests and old problems: detection and diagnosis of Vascular Streak Disease (Dr. John Bonkowski and Dr. Fulya Baysal-Gurel) and Bacterial Wilt (Elizabeth Dorman and Aimee Hyten) |
| 4:00 – 4:30 pm | Focus on the future | Dr. Tania Brenes-Arguedas and Dr. Carrie Harmon: Adding value to NPDN diagnostics and data: NPDN upload guidelines, pest codes, and data sharing (NPB and APHIS) |
| 4:30 – 4:45 pm | Closing | Dr. Neil McRoberts and Dr. Alicyn Smart: Passing the gavel and closing comments |
Workshops & Field Trip Program
| Thursday September 12th Workshops & Field Trip | ||
| 7:00 – 7:45 am | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 – 10:00 am | Bacterial Basics | Dr. John Bonkowski, Purdue University Dr. Nick Goltz, University of Connecticut Dr. Alicyn Smart, University of Maine |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:15 am – 12:15 pm | Fungal Basics | Dr. Megan Romberg, MRP-APHIS |
| 12:15 – 1:15 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:15 – 3:00 pm | Micro Lepidoptera Specimen Preparation Techniques and Identification | Dr. Jason J. Dombroskie, Cornell University |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Break | |
| 3:15 – 5:00 pm | Sampling and Identifying Eriophyid Mites | Dr. Matt Bertone, North Carolina State University |
| 7:30 am – 5:30 pm | Acadia National Park Tour | Aaron Bergdahl, Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry |
| Friday September 13th Workshops & Field Trip | ||
| 7:00 – 7:45 am | Breakfast | |
| 8:00 – 10:00 am | Fusarium for Busy People | Dr. David Geiser, Penn State University |
| 10:00 – 10:15 am | Break | |
| 10:15 am – 12:00 pm | Fusarium for Busy People (cont.) | Dr. David Geiser, Penn State University |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 3:00 pm | Emerging Insect Pests from Each Region | Gary Fish, Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry and a representative from USDA - APHIS Pest Survey Specialist |
| 3:00 – 3:15 pm | Break | |
| 3:15 – 5:15 pm | Comparison of Phytopythium with Phytophthora and Pythium | Dr. Alejandro Rojas and Austin Mccoy, Michigan State University |
| 8:30 am – 4:00 pm | Wild Blueberry Tour | Dr. Lily Calderwood and Dr. Seanna Annis, University of Maine |
Program updated 4-23-2024; pdf available here
