86th Annual Cornell Seed Conference
December 5, 2024
9:55am - 3:15pm

PRE-REGISTER BY FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER at 

https://cornell.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_79RZIiiei3cJbTw

Cornell AgriTech
Jordan Hall Auditorium
630 W. North Street
Geneva, New York

Cost: $35 per person; pay at the door either by cash or check made payable to NYSABA/Seed
Lunch and breaks with refreshments will be provided.

* DEC and CCA credits will be received for attending the entire conference from 9:55am - 3:15pm

Pre-Conference Meetings
 
9:00 – 9:30am       NYSABA meeting – Jeanette Marvin, NYSABA Administrator
 
9:30 – 9:45am       NYSIP meeting – RJ Richtmyer, NYSIP Manager

Morning Session
 
9:55 - 10:00am     Morning Session Moderator John Uveges, Northern Farm Seed Business Manager of SeedWay

10:00 - 10:30am    Eloy Corona, “Why Seed Intellectual Property Matters?”, Executive Director Seed Innovation Protection Alliance, Alexandria, VA
                                   
10:30 - 11:00am   Lan Chi Trinh, “Federal Seed Act Requirement Overview”, Regulatory Manager USDA AMS S&T SRTD, Gastonia, VA
                                         
11:00 - 11:30am   Dr. Greg Vogel, "Cornell tomato and eggplant breeding: overview, research updates, and pest management through resistance breeding" Asst. Professor Plant Breeding, SIPS, Cornell

11:30 - 12:00pm   Vipan Kumar, " Impact of Production Practices on Weed Seed Bank Dynamics" Assoc. Professor of Weed Science, SCS, SIPS, Cornell.

          
Lunch and Awards
 
12:05 - 12:45pm   Lunch - catered by Club 86
 
12:45 - 12:55pm   NYSABA Seed Committee Undergrad Award – Margaret Smith, Professor of Plant Breeding, Cornell
 

Afternoon Session
 
12:55 - 1:00pm    Afternoon Session Moderator, Dr. Alejandro Calixto, Director of NYS IPM, Cornell AgriTech
 
1:00 - 1:15pm     Dr. Alejandro Calixto, “Explaining the Birds and Bees Act and how it will impact neonicotinoid seed treatments in NYS”
                         
1:15 - 2:00pm     Dr. Katja Poveda, “Seedcorn Maggot: Predicting Damage Risk and Identifying Tools for Better Monitoring” Assoc. Prof, Entomology, Cornell

2:00 - 2:10pm     Break
                        
2:10 - 2:40pm     Justin Clark, “BASF Seed Treatments” Updates from BASF Technical Field Manager – BASF Seed Treatments, BASF RTP, NC           
                                               
2:40 - 3:10pm     Jaime Cummings, “Seedcare Updates from Syngenta” Crop Protection Agronomist/Tech Rep, Trumansburg, NY
 
3:10pm               Concluding Remarks: Alan Taylor