2012 - 6th Annual Plant Breeding Coordinating Committee Meeting
_____2nd Annual National Association of Plant Breeders Meeting______
Save the date, the 2012 NAPB annual meeting will be held August 6-8th (Mon-Wed) in Indianapolis, IN hosted by Dow AgroSciences. This year’s meeting theme is “Sustaining Life through Plant Improvement”. The meeting and speakers committees are finalizing the list of speakers, tour stops and hotel arrangements. Watch the web site for more details. Below is a list of confirmed speakers. It looks like it will be another fantastic meeting!
Current schedule PDF
Meeting Registration:
Registration is $300 until June 1st, $400 for late registration. Student registration is $200.
Registration site will be availible soon.
REGISTER (takes you to the ASA/CSSA/SSSA website hosting registration. NOTE: If you are not a member of CSSA you can quickly and easily create a guest account which will just be used for this transaction and will not be used by ASA/CSSA/SSSA. The ASA/CSSA/SSSA needs a login to process payment though.)
Hotel:
We have set aside a block of rooms consisting of 100 single rooms - $125/room/night and 50 double occupancy rooms - $135/room/night. The hotel will be holding this block of rooms for the meeting. Reservations at these rates can ONLY be made by going to the annual meeting website - and doing so helps to support the meeting. The hotel is University Place at IUPUI.
Use this Hotel Reservation Link to Book
Parking: For any guest that is attending the meeting but not staying overnight, their parking charges in our garage are included in the Meeting Package price. For those guests staying overnight, we are pleased to extend a discounted rate of $14 per night.
Getting there and getting around:
Carey Indiana information for airport transportation: Current rate is $16 per person each way
Contact information: http://www.careyindiana.com
#800-888-4639
Dow AgroSciences Lead - Dr. Donald Blackburn
PBCC/ NAPB Organizational Lead - Dr. Mike Havey
International visitors needing a letter should contact the NAPB secretary (Dr. Elizabeth Lee)
More information will be forthcoming as the meeting develops - Please check back often