Cohosted by FFAR and Purdue University
Thank you to the more than 180 attendees who joined the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and Purdue University in uniting the community of phenotyping technology users and developers for a dynamic and collaborative three days of phenomics presentations and discussions.
For a recap of the August 29 – 31, 2016 event, please review this collaborative working document.
Event Objectives
1) Initiate formation of a Plant Phenotyping Network for North America (NAPPN), which will include private and public sectors
2) Identify potential research thrusts in the pre-competitive space and guide FFAR toward relevant areas in plant phenotyping.
FFAR and Purdue University are pleased to recognize the following Event Sponsors:
AGENDA
MONDAY, AUGUST 29
10:30 Building Dedication & Lunch | Indiana Corn & Soybean Innovation Center Regional event to celebrate the opening of Purdue’s new automated field phenotyping and seed processing facility. Dedication by Purdue President followed by facility tours and lunch.
11:30 Conference Check-In Available | Beck Agricultural Center Atrium
12:30 Welcome Suresh Garimella, Exec. Vice President for Research and Partnerships, Purdue Karen Plaut, Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture, Purdue Sally Rockey, Executive Director, Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research
1:00 Keynote Address | Xavier Sirault, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
2:00 Invited Talk | Advancing sensing tools and future of phenomics Sindhu Sankaran, Washington State University, USA
3:00 Afternoon Break/Tour | Indiana Corn and Soybean Innovation Center
4:00 Lightning Talks | 5 minute overviews from representatives of attending organizations, research programs or companiesModerated by Jennifer Clarke, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
5:30 Closing
6:00 Dinner & Activities | Farmhouse at Prophetstown State Park A 1920s farmstead highlighting sustainable agriculture, homesteading, heirloom gardening and farm to table cooking
TUESDAY, AUGUST 30
8:00 Welcome
8:15 Invited Talk | Phenes, Phenomes and Phenotyping Jonathan Lynch, Penn State University
9:15 Proposed Research Thrusts in Plant Phenomics
1. Below-Ground Phenotyping
2. Abiotic & Biotic Stress
3. Value-Added Traits
4. Understanding the Phenome Beyond Simple Genetics
10:45 Proposed Research Thrusts in Plant Phenomics II
5. Data Acquisition I: Sensors, Systems and Vehicles
6. Data Acquisition II: Plant & Environmental Perspective
7. Data Management I: Processing & Preprocessing, Algorithms and Modeling
8. Data Management II: Discovery and Reuse
11:30 Breakout Sessions & Lunch | Research Thrusts & Pre-Competitive Space
1:30 Invited Talk | The Power of Public-Private Partnerships Aled Edwards, CEO – Structural Genomics Consortium
2:15 Funding Agency Panel DOE ARPA-E USAID Genomes Canada NSF FFAR
3:45 Industry Panel Doane Chilcoat – DuPont Pioneer Jasenka French – The Climate Corp Gabe Gusmini – PepsiCo Bas van Eerdt – PhenoKey
5:30 Poster Session & Dinner | Purdue – Marriott Hall
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31
8:00 Welcome | April Agee Carroll, Purdue University
8:15 Invited Talk | Research Highlights for Plant Phenotyping Networks Abroad Roland Pieruschka, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany
9:00 Invited Talk Edgar Spalding, University of Wisconsin, Madison
11:00 Breakout Sessions | Goals of the NAPPN Moderated by April Agee Carroll, Purdue University
- Governance, membership and policy
- Engineering: sensors, rovers and environments
- Facilities: sharing
- Methods: data processing
- Data and standards: data discovery and re-use
- Initial working group topics
12:00 Box Lunch & Depart