Sunday Afternoon, 9 January 2000 --- 3:00 pm - 5:30 pm
US Government Grants/Funding Workshop -
- Pacific Salon 2 Room
Organizer:
US Interagency Workshop on Plant Genomics
This years' workshop will highlight: (1) a Progress report on the National
Plant Genome Initiative and; (2) presentations and panel discussion with
representatives from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the National
Science Foundation (NSF), and the US Department of Energy.
Speakers:
3:00pm - 3:10 pm
Ed Kaleikau,
USDA/CSREES
3:00 pm - 4: 00 pm
SESSION 1 - The National Plant Genome Initiative -- Goals and Progress
Report
Mary Clutter, NSF
Panel Discussion:
Moderator: R. Michael Roberts,
USDA
USDA: Phil Schwab, Sally
Rockey, Judy St. John, Ed
Kaleikau, Tom
Osborn.
NSF: Mary Clutter, Machi
Dilworth, Jane Silverthorne
DOE: Greg Dilworth
Topics:
--Have the National Plant Genome Programs been using the right mix of approaches - Large groups vs. Smaller groups/individuals, infrastructure building vs. biological research?
--Are the National Plant Genome Initiative's research priorities appropriate and in step with the advances in plant biology and in genomics--so far and in the future?
--Additional areas in need of investment in advancing the goals of the National Plant Genome Initiative?
--Societal impact of the National Plant Genome Initiative?
4:00 pm - 4:15 pm : Coffee Break
4:15 pm - 5:15 pm
SESSION 2 - US Federal Funding opportunities
USDA: Sally Rockey, CSREES
and Judy St. John, ARS
NSF: Jane Silverthorne
DOE: Greg
Dilworth
NIH: Invited
Open Question and Answer session
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