Innovations in Pest Management One Day Symposium
August 27, 2019
Lory Student Center
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The Agricultural Biology () department at Colorado State University is hosting a one day symposium full of exciting content related to applied and molecular pest management research. Graduate students in the department have invited several keynote speakers to share current and upcoming research in these two fields. Attendees will also be able to share their own research during the poster session. Graduate and undergraduate students will have the opportunity to compete in a student poster competition.
Please attend to help kick off the first year of this symposium!
Poster Submission Guidelines
We welcome attendees to submit and present research posters during the day of the symposium.
Poster session will occur during the lunch period, starting at 12:30 pm.
Graduate and undergraduate students can participate in a student poster competition, there will be prizes! To submit a poster for the poster session:
1. Email abstracts to Shannon Clark at shannon.clark@colostate.edu by August 1st, 2019.
2. With your abstract submission, please specify if you would like to participate in the student contest.
3. For poster guidelines, please visit this link.
Register Here
Booking and Hotel Reservation
Book your reservations at the Hilton in Fort Collins by calling 970-482-2626 or online and requesting the CSU Room Block.
The group code is MBP.
Reservations can be made until August 12th at the symposium room rate.
Event Schedule
| 8:00 | Breakfast/Check-in, Lory Student Center, Ballroom D | 12:30 | Student Poster Session/Lunch | |
| 8:45 | Welcoming remarks | 1:30 | Harvest Weed Seed Control | |
| 9:00 | Introduction to Symposium Series | 2:00 | Molecular Methods in Pest Management | |
| 9:10 | Framing the Importance of Innovations in Pest Management | 3:00 | Overview of Crop Breeding for Pest Resistance | |
| 9:50 | Break | 3:30 | Break | |
| 10:00 | Management Impacts on Pollinators | 3:45 | RNAi for Insect Control | |
| 11:00 | Innovations in BioControl: Economics and Integration | 4:45 | Closing Remarks/Student Poster Awards | |
| 12:00 | Lunch | 5:00-6:30 | Mixer |
Keynote Speakers
