Monday, August 4, 2025
08:30 EDT Zoom Rooms Open
09:00 EDT Welcome – Dr. James Matthews, Associate Dean for Research, and Dr. Montse Salmerón, Associate Professor, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky
09:10 EDT Background & Introductions
• DSSAT Sprint – Gerrit Hoogenboom
• DSSAT Development: Past, Current & Future – Gerrit Hoogenboom
• Contribution: Why, What & How – Each participant
09:30 EDT DSSAT Sprint Program
• Review of Agenda – Gerrit Hoogenboom
• Development Sprint priorities & schedule breakouts
10:00 EDT Begin work in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms available)
12:00 EDT Lunch
13:00 EDT Continue work in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms available)
17:30 EDT Adjourn
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
08:00 EDT Zoom Rooms Open
09:00 EDT Presentation 1: Benoit Vasseur – “Intercropping with DSSAT-Mixed”
09:20 EDT Presentation 2: Guillaume Ezui – “Optimizing Nutrient Requirements in Space and Time for Increased Crop Yield and Income: The S2P Approach”
09:40 EDT Quick Check-in
10:00 EDT Begin work in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms available)
12:00 EDT Lunch
13:00 EDT Continue work in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms available)
17:30 EDT Adjourn
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
08:00 EDT Zoom Rooms Open
09:00 EDT Presentation 3: Xu Tao – “Farming Resources Optimization Using AI”
09:20 EDT Presentation 4: Virginia Covert – “Command-Line Interface for ex-post Analysis of Nitrogen Management”
09:40 EDT Daily Check-in
10:00 EDT Begin work in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms available)
12:00 EDT Lunch
13:00 EDT Continue work in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms available)
17:30 EDT Adjourn
Thursday, August 7, 2025
08:00 EDT Zoom Rooms Open
09:00 EDT Presentation 5: Cheryl Porter – “Update on the 2D Model”
09:20 EDT Presentation 6: Bruce Kimball – “Improvement in Soil Temperature Simulation – Accounting for Mulches”
09:40 EDT Presentation 7:
10:00 EDT Begin work in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms available)
12:00 EDT Lunch
13:00 EDT Continue work in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms available)
17:00 EDT Adjourn
18:30 EDT Workshop dinner @ “to be determined.”
Friday, August 8, 2025
08:00 EDT Zoom Rooms Open
09:00 EDT Presentation 8: Jeff White – “ICASA Data Template & Data Dictionary”
09:20 EDT Presentation 9: Alwin Hopf – “Biofuel Carbon Intensity Modeling – DSSAT-GREET Linkage”
09:40 EDT Begin work in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms available)
11:00 EDT Check-in and Final Report
12:00 EDT Lunch
13:00 EDT Continue work in small groups (Zoom breakout rooms available)
15:00 EDT Check-in and Final Wrap-up
15:30 EDT Sprint Closure
