Travel 2025

Corteva Agriscience, Johnston, IA

Description

Join is at the Corteva AgriScience NAPPN hub! This will be a free in-person event held on Tuesday, February 25 as part of the 2025 NAPPN Conference at the Corteva Agriscience Carver Center in Johnston, IA targeting 100 participants. Participants outside of Corteva should register for the virtual conference and the hub separately. Corteva employees only need to register for the hub. We will be livestreaming the 2025 NAPPN virtual conference from 9:00am-12:15pm with informal poster sessions during breaks. Lunch is on your own, and food is available for purchase in the cafeteria or nearby restaurants. In the afternoon, the hub will host two additional keynote speakers, student lightning talks, and a poster and networking session to wrap up the event. Please register for the hub and submit your abstract here to be considered for a poster and/or talk or to attend the event. Speakers from the NAPPN Virtual Conference on Tuesday morning are also welcome to present in person at the hub, please reach out to Sara Tirado Tolosa at sara.tiradotolosa@corteva.com if this is the case. Registration for this hub closes on Tuesday, February 11th, at 12:00CST.

Registration

• In-person, open to all.

• Non Corteva employees, please register for the virtual conference here if interested in attending the remaining days, and register for the in-person hub event on Feb 25 here.

• Corteva employees, please register for the in-person hub here. If you would just like to attend the virtual event, please RSVP here to get the link.

• Registration for this hub closes on Tuesday, February 11th, at 12:00CST.

Full hub registration link: https://forms.monday.com/forms/1a79dec029fefec81be38e4a066c9c3d?r=use1

Program

Tuesday, Feb. 25

7:30-8:45 AM Registration and poster setup

8:45 AM - 12:15 PM: NAPPN Virtual Conference

12:15 PM - 2:00 PM: Lunch (provided) & Networking

2:00 PM: Corteva Hub Session 1 Talks

2:00-2:30 PM: Alencar Xavier, LAAF Breeding Analyst, Corteva Agriscience- Megavariate methods capture complex genotype-by-environment interactions

2:30-2:45 PM: Swas Kaushal, PhD Student, South Dakota State University - Optimizing Winter Wheat Breeding with High-Throughput Phenotyping and Deep Transfer Learning

2:45 PM: Break

3:00 PM: Corteva Hub Session 2 Talks

3:00-3:15 PM: Eli Rodgers-Melnick, Artificial Intelligence in Breeding Leader, Corteva - From Cells to Satellites: Using Al in Breeding

3:15-3:30 PM: Jodi Callwood, PhD Student, Iowa State University - Advancing Root Maize Phenotyping Through Automation and Data Analysis

3:30-3:45 PM: Yizhou Mao, PhD Student, University of Wisconsin-Madison - Integrating Metabolomics and Genomics to Improve Cranberry Flavor by Identifying Key Genes in Sugar and Organic Acid Metabolism

3:45-3:52 PM: Dinakaran Elango, ORISE Established Scientist, ORAU/USDA-ARS - Development and Deployment of Minimally Invasive Sensors for Real-Time Monitoring and Quantification of Methyl Jasmonates in Plants

3:52 PM: Closing

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Poster and Networking Session

6:00 PM: End of Day