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Monday, July 28
 

1:00pm CDT

Student/First Time Attendee Welcome: Conference Overview
Monday July 28, 2025 1:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Student/First Time Attendee Welcome: Conference Overview Session


Led by Essie Fallahi and Curt Rom. This session will provide the essential information for how to get the most out of your attendance at the ASHS Annual Conference. Specific events, sessions, and competitions will be explained. ASHS staff and volunteers will be on hand to make sure that you are aware of all that ASHS and specifically the ASHS Conference has to offer.
Presiding/Moderator
avatar for Curt Rom

Curt Rom

University Professor. And Associate Director, University of Arkansas and ASHS
Monday July 28, 2025 1:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Empire D

1:30pm CDT

Careers in Horticulture
Monday July 28, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm CDT
Dr. Rom will present an on overview of the possible career paths for horticulture and plant science professionals.
Presiding/Moderator
avatar for Curt Rom

Curt Rom

University Professor. And Associate Director, University of Arkansas and ASHS

Monday July 28, 2025 1:30pm - 2:15pm CDT
Empire D

2:15pm CDT

Networking Jam Session: Making the Right Connections
Monday July 28, 2025 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Moderator: Janel Ohletz

The right connections can help your career flourish. Learn networking tips and tricks.
Presiding/Moderator
Monday July 28, 2025 2:15pm - 3:00pm CDT
Empire D

3:00pm CDT

Finding Your Rhythm: Choosing the Right Career Path
Monday July 28, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Representatives from Academia, Government, and Industry will participate in a Panel Discussion with Q&A.

Presiding/Moderator
AK

Amir Khoddamzadeh

Florida International University
NA
Speakers
EL

Eugene Livingston Jr.

State Outreach Coordinator, FPAC-NRCS, LA
AC

Alicain Carlson

Syngenta Flowers

Monday July 28, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Empire D

4:00pm CDT

Career and Graduate School Fair
Monday July 28, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Meet with representatives from industry and academia.

Companies and universities register for a free table at https://ashs.org/page/ASHSCareerFair_RecruiterTalk

Monday July 28, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Strand 12
 
Tuesday, July 29
 

12:00pm CDT

AHIS Lightning Talk Competition
Tuesday July 29, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Graduate student lightning talk sessions.

Moderatos:
Dr. Tripti Vashisth
Dr. Jyostna Devi Mura
Tuesday July 29, 2025 12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT
Strand 12A

2:00pm CDT

Scholars Ignite
Tuesday July 29, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Competition Entry https://ashs.org/page/SIEntry

The Graduate Student Activities Committee hosts this competition to allow graduate students members (both MS and PhD) a fun and exciting way to communicate the impact of their research projects and scholarly activities.
Graduate students make compelling presentations in three minutes using no more than one single PowerPoint slide or visual aid. The purpose of the presentation is to generate awareness, stimulate thought, and inspire attendees to appreciate the breadth and depth of horticultural research and scholarly activities. Graduate students will meet other students and scientists, learn about an array of research topics and other creative and scholarly activities across ASHS, and most importantly have fun!

The competition is designed similar to other popular three-to-five-minute thesis and research presentation events (e.g. Three-minute thesis, ‘Ignite’ or Scholars’ Studio) occurring around the globe, and done especially well in Australia, British Columbia, and the University of Washington.

Winners will receive a cash award of $500, $250, and $100 for the top three places, respectively.
The winners are announced at the Student Awards Night.
Students must enter by the deadline of July1st. 
Applicants may use only one Introductory Slide (using the ASHS provided template) and one Presentation Slide for a total of 2 slides. The Introductory Slide must follow the format of the template and include Title of Presentation (Calibri 44 bold), Student’s Name (Calibri 32 bold), Advisor(s) Name (Calibri 28) and Institution’s Name (Calibri 28). The Presentation Slide must be one single page without any animation. Students may use any color, background or font for their Presentation Slide but not for the Introductory Slide. Slides need to be in the 16:9 format. Both slides must be presented in 3 minutes. Once the student reaches the podium the timer will start and after 3 minutes we will move to the next student.
Tuesday July 29, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Empire CD

3:00pm CDT

Negotiating Your Worth: Don't Play for Free
Tuesday July 29, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Strategies for negotiating and accepting an offer.
Presiding/Moderator
HL

Holly Little

Director, research and development, Acadian Plant Health
Speakers
avatar for Logan McCollum

Logan McCollum

Driscoll's

Tuesday July 29, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Empire CD

4:00pm CDT

Polishing Your CV, Resume, and Cover Letters: Hitting the Right Notes
Tuesday July 29, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm CDT
Learn how to make your CV, resume, and cover letter shine! The session will start with a presentation of important things to remember when crafting your CV, resume, and cover letter.
In-person reviews will be conducted after the presentation so bring your CV, resume, and cover letter.
Presiding/Moderator
avatar for Julie Campbell

Julie Campbell

University of Georgia
Speakers
JB

Jeffrey Brecht

University of Florida
NA
HL

Holly Little

Director, research and development, Acadian Plant Health
AC

Alicain Carlson

Syngenta Flowers
avatar for Logan McCollum

Logan McCollum

Driscoll's

Tuesday July 29, 2025 4:00pm - 5:30pm CDT
Empire CD

6:00pm CDT

Student and Early Career Reception
Tuesday July 29, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
All students and early career professionals are invited to a reception/mixer. This is a chance to meet and learn from each other
Presiding/Moderator
KM

Kimberly Moore

University of Florida
Tuesday July 29, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Empire CD
 
Wednesday, July 30
 

10:00am CDT

Syngenta Recruiter Talk
Wednesday July 30, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am CDT
Learn about careers at Syngenta Flowers.
Speakers
AC

Alicain Carlson

Syngenta Flowers
Wednesday July 30, 2025 10:00am - 10:30am CDT
Hort Theater

10:30am CDT

Come work with Driscoll's Global R&D Team
Wednesday July 30, 2025 10:30am - 11:15am CDT
Come to the Hort Theater to hear about exciting job opportunities with Driscoll’s, the global leader in fresh market berries! You’ll hear an overview of our business operations and locations as well as the types of roles we hire for and what we look for in prospective candidates. You may even hear a few tips and tricks to help get your application noticed that you can use with us – or other prospective employers. Please join for an informal presentation and short Q&A session.
Speakers
avatar for Logan McCollum

Logan McCollum

Driscoll's
Wednesday July 30, 2025 10:30am - 11:15am CDT
Hort Theater

6:00pm CDT

Graduate Student Poster Competition
Wednesday July 30, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
The student must stand in front of the physical poster during the competition hours and the judges will walk around to each contestant. The student will be given 5 minutes to make a presentation to the judges, followed by a 2 minute period of questions and answers. There is no virtual presentation option.
Please note: Signing up for the competition means that you are agreeing to present twice – once for your regularly scheduled poster session and once in the competition.  If you do not also present your poster during the regularly scheduled Conference Poster session program, you will be disqualified from the Poster Competition, and your abstract will not be published in the on-line supplement of HortScience.
Competition winners in each graduate level program (MS and PhD) will each receive monetary prizes ($300 first; $200 second; $100 third) and the winners' names and abstracts will be posted to the ASHS web site and highlighted in the ASHS E-News.
The winners are announced at the Awards and Trivia Night on Thursday, July 31 at 6:00 pm during the conference.

Wednesday July 30, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
Empire AB
 
Thursday, July 31
 

10:00am CDT

An Introduction To Watney (Interest Group Session)
Thursday July 31, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Luke Concollato will provide an introduction to new, intuitive platform for digital phenotyping and integration of environmental data. Luke Concollato will introduce the program and give instructions on how this platform can be used for specified organization of data and ultimately, breakthroughs in plant science.

This is a pre-recorded Zoom webinar that will be shown at the Hort Theater.
Thursday July 31, 2025 10:00am - 11:00am CDT
Hort Theater

6:00pm CDT

Trivia Night/Competition Award Ceremony
Thursday July 31, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm CDT
Don't miss this fun event!

Test your horticultural knowledge against other teams for a night of fun and camaraderie! 4 players per team allowed. You can join as a team, or sign up as an individual and we will team you up. https://forms.gle/3WptLLMCxm1ATtn78

Awards for the student and early career competitions will be presented between rounds of trivia.
Thursday July 31, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm CDT
Empire AB
 
Friday, August 1
 

10:15am CDT

Pi Alpha Xi Photo Contest Results
Friday August 1, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am CDT
Pi Alpha Xi Photo Contest Results
Presiding/Moderator
SM

Sonja Maki

University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Friday August 1, 2025 10:15am - 10:45am CDT
Hort Theater
 


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