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2010 DIRECT SEED CROPPING SYSTEMS CONFERENCE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

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Concurrent Sessions
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TWO

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010
	7:00 am to 11:00 am	l	Exhibit/Trade Show registration and set-up
	11:30 am	l	Exhibits/Trade Show open to public CLICK HERE FOR EXHIBITORS
	11:00 am to 1:00 pm	l	Registration
	1:00 pm	l	Opening Comments - PNDSA President Welcome
	The Future of Farming Direct Seed Viewpoints: Grower Research Industry Global		PLENARY SESSION 1 Grower View: The Importance of Research in My Direct Seed Cropping System Russ Zenner, Grower, Genesee, ID Dean's View: Agriculture Research in the PNW Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, Dean, College of Agriculture Sciences, Oregon State University Industry View: The Future of Wheat Genetics and Pest Control Product Resarch Carl Casale, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Monsanto, St. Louis, MO Global View: Conservation Agriculture - the Future of Farming Theodor Friedrich, Senior Officer, FAO Crop Production Systems Intensification, Rome, Italy
	3:20 pm to 3:50 pm	l	Coffee & Exhibits/Trade Show
	3:50 pm to 5:20 pm	l	CONCURRENT SESSION ONE CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
	5:20 pm to 6:00 pm	l	Cocktails in the Exhibit/Trade Show Area
	6:00 pm	l	Evening Buffet in the Exhibit/Trade Show Area
	6:45 pm	l	Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations David R. Montgomery, Author, Professor of Earth and Space Sciences, Univeristy of Washington
	7:30 pm	l	Exhibit Area Closes
	8:00 pm	l	PNDSA 10th Annual Meeting

Thursday, January 21, 2010
	6:45 am	l	Registration Opens
	7:00 am	l	BREAKFAST
	PNW Direct Seed Breakfast		Reconciling Conflicting Views on Climate Change & Carbon Markets …from the Brazilian Rainforest Dwellers to Washington DC Dick Wittman, Grower/Consultant, Culdesac, ID Economic Reality Check - Direct Seed Mentor Project Dr. Kate Painter, Agriculture Economics Analyst, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID Ty Meyer, Production Ag Program Manager, Spokane County Conservation District, Spokane, WA
	8:30 am	l	PLENARY SESSION 2
			Carbon and AgroEcosystem Services: The Value of What We Do Dr. Don Reicosky, Retired Soil Scientist, USDA-ARS Wheat Plant Growth: From Physiology to Production Dr. Betty Klepper, Retired USDA-ARS Research Scientist
	10:00 am to 10:45 am	l	Coffee & Exhibits/Trade Show
	10:45 am	l	CONCURRENT SESSION TWO CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO
	12:15 pm	l	Lunch
	1:15 pm	l	Creating Change: 10 Years of History Mark Sheffles, Grower, Wilbur, WA
	1:30 pm	l	PLENARY SESSION 3
	Agriculture Policy: Society and the Environment		Agriculture Policy and the Need to Hear About Agriculture Karl Kupers, Shepherd's Grain, Harrington, WA The Alchemy of Air Thomas Hager, Author, Eugene, OR
	3:05 pm	l	Dialogue: Closing the Perception Gap
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Thank you to the 2010 Direct Seed Sponsors

	Registration Package
Keynote Speaker	Official Publication	Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker	Keynote Speaker	Two Concurrent Session Rooms
Keynote Speaker	Direct Seed Breakfast Speakers	Keynote Speaker

January 20 Evening Buffet Sponsors

A Unit of Monsanto

Jan 20 Afternoon Refreshement	Jan 21 Morning Coffee	Jan 21 Direct Seed Breakfast HORSCH ANDERSON
January 21 Lunch	Jan 21 Dessert & Coffee	Research Poster Session