ASHS 2025 Conference: Full Schedule

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Conference Poster session program, you will be disqualified from the Poster Competition, and your abstract will not be published in the on-line supplement of HortScience.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
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Competitions, Student Activities

12:15pm CDT

Thursday Poster Session Time

Thursday July 31, 2025 12:15pm - 1:00pm CDT

Empire AB

Thursday July 31, 2025 12:15pm - 1:00pm CDT
Empire AB

Poster presentation

1:00pm CDT

Thursday Poster Session Time

Thursday July 31, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm CDT

Empire AB

Thursday July 31, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm CDT
Empire AB

Poster presentation

6:00pm CDT

Trivia Night/Competition Award Ceremony

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

Empire AB

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

Competitions, Student Activities

Subject Professional Development/Career

12:15pm CDT

Friday Poster Session Time

Friday August 1, 2025 12:15pm - 1:00pm CDT

Empire AB

Friday August 1, 2025 12:15pm - 1:00pm CDT
Empire AB

Poster presentation

1:00pm CDT

Friday Poster Session Time

Friday August 1, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm CDT

Empire AB

Friday August 1, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm CDT
Empire AB

Poster presentation