28th Annual IPG Symposium

Plants for the Future: May 25-27, 2011

Speakers

• Marc Albertsen, Ph.D., Research Director, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
• Kristin Bilyeu, Ph.D., Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Plant Genetics Research Unit, Columbia, MO
• James Birchler, Ph.D., Curators' Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri
• Edward S. Buckler, Ph.D., Research Geneticist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, and Professor, Cornell University
• Claude Fauquet, Ph.D., Director ILTAB, Danforth Plant Science Center
• David A. Fischhoff, Ph.D., VP-Technology Strategy and Development, Monsanto
• Richard Flavell, Ph.D., Chief Scientific Officer, Ceres, Inc.
• Stanton B. Gelvin, Ph.D., Edwin Umbarger Distinguished Professor of Biology, Purdue University
• Ken Giller, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Production Systems, and Chair N2 Africa, Wageningen University
• Ian Graham, Ph.D., Director of the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products, The University of York
• Michael Hermann, Ph.D., Global Coordinator, Crops for the Future
• Christopher N. Herndon, M.D., Clinical Fellow, University of California-San Francisco
• Shibu Jose, Ph.D., Director, Center for Agroforestry, University of Missouri
• Toni Kutchan, Ph.D., Oliver M. Langenberg Distinguished Investigator, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
• Jane Langdale, Ph.D., Professor of Plant Development, University of Oxford
• Steve Long, Ph.D., Gutgsell Endowed Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Stephen Mayfield, Ph.D., Director of the San Diego Center for Algae Biotechnology and John Dove Isaacs Chair of Natural Philosophy, University of California
• Sarah E. O'Connor, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Mark Plotkin, Ph.D., L.H.D., President, The Amazon Conservation Team
• Vipula Shukla, Ph.D., Scientific Leader, Technology Licensing and Commercialization, Dow AgroSciences
• Vibha Srivastava, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Arkansas
• Roger Thilmony, Ph.D., Research Molecular Biologist, USDA-Agricultural Research Service

Organizing Committee

• James Birchler, Ph.D., Co-Chair
• Kathleen Newton, Ph.D., Co-Chair
• Kristin Bilyeu, Ph.D.
• David Braun, Ph.D.
• William Folk, Ph.D.
• Sherry Flint-Garcia, Ph.D.
• Dmitry Korkin, Ph.D.
• J. Chris Pires, Ph.D.
• Gary Stacey, Ph.D.
• Zhanyuan Zhang, Ph.D.