General Session/Vegetable & Flower Seed Division Meeting
(Room Asbury B-D)
30 Jan 17
8:30 AM
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11:00 AM
Speaker(s):
Harry Klee, Eminent Scholar and Professor, University of Florida; Harold Browning, Chief Operations Officer, Citrus Research and Development Foundation; Kevin Diehl, Director, Regulatory Strategy and Industry Relations, DuPont Pioneer; Bernice Slutsky, Senior Vice President for Innovation, American Seed Trade Association; Eric Darden, Disney's Horticulture; Debbie Mola Mickler, Disney's Horticulture
Be sure not to miss our two-part general session this year – including a special announcement by Disney for the seed industry and a key panel discussion on innovation in plant breeding.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: ERIC DARDEN, HEAD OF EPCOT’s FLOWER AND GARDEN FESTIVAL
Meet the man behind the magic of EPCOT's International Flower and Garden Festival, an event that has grown in popularity in each of its 20-plus years to an audience that is now over 7 million visitors. Bringing to life renewed interest in gardening, produce and food, not to mention creative design in planting from flowers to edibles, this festival has been instrumental in the creation of EPCOT as the "festival park" of Walt Disney World.
PANEL DISCUSSION: Plant Breeding Innovation
Immediately following the keynote presentation, the general session continues with an in-depth discussion on innovation in plant breeding and its future impacts on the seed business.