Event Schedule 

1st day | Wednesday | November 15th

Afternoon

02:00 pm - Registration

03:00 pm - Conference opening

Speaker: Adelir Aparecida Saczk (Pro-Dean of Graduate Students), Teodorico de Castro Ramalho (Director of ICN), João Paulo Rodrigues Alves Delfino Barbosa (DBI Deputy Chie), José Airton Rodrigues Nunes (PPGGM Coordinator), and Lorena Gabriela Coelho de Queiróz (GEN Coordinator)

03:30pm - Tribute to 30 years of GEN

07:00pm - Opening cocktail

2nd day | Thursday | November 16th

Morning

08:00 am - Event start

08:30 am - CORTEVA PRESENTATION

Speaker: Jason Rauscher – Corteva

08:45 am - INTRODUCTION TO POPULATION GENETICS: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS IN CROP BREEDING

Speaker: Alexandre Siqueira Guedes Coelho - UFG

09:55 am - Coffee Break

10:25 am - GENOMIC EDITING TO RESISTANCE AGAINST BEGOMOVIRUSE

Speaker: Elizabeth Pacheco Batista Fontes - UFV

11:20 am - Raffle

11:30 am - Lunch break

Afternoon

01:30 pm - GENOMIC AND EPIGENOMIC INSIGHTS INTO POLYPLOID PLANT EVOLUTION AND CROP DOMESTICATION

Speaker: Zengjian Jeffrey Chen - University of Texas

03:10 pm - Coffee Break

03:40 pm - HARNESSING HETEROSIS THROUGH POPULATION GENETICS IN HYBRID CROP BREEDING

Speaker: Jose Crossa - CIMMYT

04:50 pm - Poster session

3rd day | Friday | November 17th

Morning

08:00 am - Event start

08:30 am - MANAGING LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM IN CROP POPULATIONS FOR TARGETED BREEDING

Speaker: José Marcelo Soriano Viana – UFV

09:40 am - Coffee Break

10:10 am - GENOTYPE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS AND THEIR ROLE IN CROP ADAPTATION

Speaker: João Luis da Silva Filho – EMBRAPA

11:20 am - Raffle

11:30 am - Lunch break

Afternoon

01:30 pm - A TALE OF TWO TEOSINTES AND THE ORIGINS OF MODERN MAIZE

Speaker: Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra - University of California

03:10 pm - Coffee Break

03:40 pm - POPULATION GENETICS IN BREEDING AND CROP IMPROVEMENT AT CORTEVATM  

Speaker: Justin Gerke - Corteva

04:50 pm - Closing and award ceremony