I imported the updated spreadsheet. I am seeing where Plenary session V has Harkamal listed as a speaker.
I went through and checked the schedule, and I am having some issues getting the side events to show up. On my schedule, the Nebraska Innovation Campus Tour is not showing up. I checked and it only shows that
one person is currently registered. Do you know what happened to all the other registrations?
Also – I am seeing this same pattern for the Nebraska Agricultural Innovation Tour, and the Nebraska Agricultural Management Tour. I am guessing that none of these sessions are showing up in any of the apps.
One other note, Chittaranjan just let me know that the schedule is not up to date on the DWFI website. I already asked Kyle to update it earlier and am waiting for him to do so. But it seems that people are
also looking at that schedule, so we will need to also keep it up to date.
Craig
From: Frances Hayes <fhayes@nebraska.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2025 3:07 PM
To: Craig Eiting <ceiting@nebraska.edu>
Cc: dwficomms@lists.nebraska.edu
Subject: FW: Prasanna update + speaker slides
Hi Craig,
Harkamal has graciously agreed to fill in for our final plenary speaker on Thursday. I’ve updated the Cvent spreadsheet. Could you please update that session in the app/website?
Thanks!
Hi Frances,
Please see the title and descriptive text for the session below. Let me know if you have questions or need me to change anything. I will work on the slides and try to send them tomorrow. Thanks.
Harkamal
Title: Using Wild Germplasm to Enhance Drought Adaption in Wheat
Global water and food security face unprecedented challenges, exacerbated by weather extremes and increasing population pressures. This
plenary session will explore the critical role that crop improvement through breeding and genetics plays in making crops more adaptive to water limiting environments. The session will highlight the use of genetic resources from wild relatives of wheat for
discovering novel sources of drought adaption using cutting edge phenomics, genomics and crop physiology for integration into high-yielding varieties. Discussions will focus on identifying opportunities for collaboration, expanding the scope of integrating
wild genetic resources into other crops and role of seed banks in making this a solution for a more resilient food system.
That’s great - thanks so much Tala!
Hi Frances, Rabi is collecting the slides from all his team to put them together in one file. So that includes the majority in his group on circular economy.
I will email the group that Joe and I are leading and gather the slides.
Tala
Hi Tala,
Happy Friday!
Have you heard from Prasanna yet whether the lunch speaking option will work? If so, I’m happy to update our schedule. Additionally, we may want to name Harkamal’s Thursday
morning plenary something different than Prasanna’s to differentiate the two. We have already printed programs but can make the change in our digital materials and our conference app.
Additionally, I have the following speakers from whom we are still awaiting slides:
- William Aderholdt – CS2
- Tala Awada – CS2 (You may not have slides since you’re moderating.)
- Joe Luck – CS2
- Roric Paulman – CS2
- Santosh Pitla – CS2
- Ozan Ciftci – CS4
- Samira Daroub – CS4
- Konstantinos Giannakas – CS4
- Marty Matlock – CS4
- Rabi Mohtar – CS4
- Prasanna – Lunch talk (New addition!)
- Harkamal Walia – Plenary 5 (Extra time is fine on this since it’s so last minute!)
The speakers should have received several reminders about their presentations being due last Monday, April 21 and instructions to send them along to their session leader. Have
you heard anything from them or are some not using slides? I just want to avoid any last-minute presentation additions as our A/V team tests these in advance.
As a reminder, here are the instructions to upload slides:
Speaker presentations
- Due ASAP
- Naming system: SessionCode_SpeakerLastName.pptx (Ex: CS1_Hayes.pptx) (Your session code is CS6)
- Powerpoint template (optional)
- Session leaders upload to Sharepoint
folder .
- Email after you have uploaded the presentations and I will sort into the appropriate folders for our AV team.
Thanks so much!
