Pre-Conference Events

Pre-Conference Activities

The pre-conference activities take place on Monday, February 12, 2024. All of the events are free for participants, but registration may be required when space is limited. See the conference program for a full schedule.

Corteva Headquarters Student Tour and Networking

The field trip to Corteva’s Indianapolis headquarters is for STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS ONLY and space is limited to 30 participants.

Agenda

Depart Purdue Memorial Union – 8:45 AM EST

Arrive at Indy HQ – 10:00 AM EST

Career Panel and Discussion – 10:15-11:00 AM EST

Campus Tour: 11:00-Noon EST

Lunch and Networking – Noon-12:45 PM EST

Wrap up and depart – 1:00 PM EST

Return to campus 2:15 PM EST

Workshops

  • Organizer: NAPPN EID Committee

    Location: Beck’s Agricultural Center, Room 143

    Date: Monday, February 12, 2024 3:30PM-6:00PM EST

    Getting a professional job is often a difficult process and for those unfamiliar with the culture, there are additional barriers to successfully navigating the process. To promote increased diversity, equity and inclusion, the NAPPN-EID committee will facilitate a workshop that delves into the challenges of career mobility as an important cornerstone for expanding knowledge, honing skills, and building expansive networks to help early career people prepare for entering the job market. It is not an even playing field and moving across state lines or country borders can be overwhelming for individuals for a multitude of reasons. Topics that will be covered are:

    • How to prepare for industry and academic interviews and the differences in the interview processes;

    • Gain a comprehensive understanding of the visa processes and regulations, demystifying the often complex web of paperwork and procedures

    • Useful suggestions for easing the transition into the USA;

    • Engage with experts and peers in lively discussions about real-life experiences, solutions, and best practices to overcome these barriers.

    • Access resources and tools to streamline academic transitions, ensuring that geography never becomes a limiting factor in one’s academic journey.

    These topics will help to demystify the process used in industry and in academic hiring processes to help people become successful candidates. We have created partnership with human resources groups within companies and universities to provide the most recent and relevant information to attendees. Whether you're an early-career researcher considering international collaboration or a seasoned academic looking to share your experiences, this workshop offers invaluable insights and connections. We hope to make academic mobility more accessible to all.

  • Organizer: Jinha Jung, Purdue University

    Location: Beck’s Agricultural Center, Room 141

    Date: Monday, February 12, 2024 2:00PM-6:00PM EST

    D2S (Data to Science) Online Platform is an open-source solution for storing, processing, and visualizing UAS HTP data. The platform includes a web application for private, internal collaboration, and a central public catalog where users can share their findings with the broader community. This activity will introduce the D2S Online Platform, starting with a demonstration of its core features. Attendees will then be instructed on how to deploy the platform in the Anvil and CyVerse environments.

  • Organizer: NC1212 Project

    Location: Beck’s Agricultural Center, Room 111

    Date: Monday, February 12, 2024 3:30PM-6:00PM EST

    Invited speakers and business meeting for the NC1212 Multistate Research Project

  • Organizer: Phenospex

    Location: Beck’s Agricultural Center, Room 143

    Date: Monday, February 12, 2024 1:00PM-3:00PM EST

    Our digital phenotyping experts give a live and in depth overview of our phenotyping technology. This interactive workshop will give you the opportunity to ask questions directly related to your applications.

    Live demonstration of the 3D & Multispectral sensor the PlantEyeF600.

    Precision irrigation, gravimetric data from our DroughtSpotter system

    The benefits of combining PlantEye and DroughtSpotter for drought research

    Open data demo - BrAPI demonstration on how to create your own connection between Phenospex data and a genbank database.

  • Organizer: Plant-DiTech

    Location: Beck’s Agricultural Center, Room 141

    Date: Monday, February 12, 2024 1:00PM-2:00PM EST

    PlantArray is a high-throughput physiology phenotyping platform that automatically changes soil-water conditions for each plant and measures the plants’ dynamic response to stresses. The system measures continuously and simultaneously whole plant water-loss, stomata activity, water-use efficiency, biomass development, root water uptake, NDVI, IR, as well as the environment (atmosphere, soil, fertigation etc). As a result, it captures changes in plants’ performances much before the eye/image could spot it, and selects the best-performing plant in a short time by assessing plants’ yield potential in days (instead of seasons). In this workshop, we will discuss the PlantArray Functional Phenotyping approach and platform and will cover different scientific and commercial R&D use cases in Gene-Environment, Nutrients, and Biostimulants screening.

  • Organizer: PlantCV Team

    Location: Beck’s Agricultural Center, Room 111

    Date: Monday, February 12, 2024 1:00PM-3:00PM EST

    This workshop offers a practical introduction to PlantCV, for performing high-throughput plant phenotyping. Participants will learn to extract size and color data from plant images, gaining insights into their work. The workshop includes a machine learning lab using dry beans, where participants will use PlantCV to develop a training set and train a machine learning model. This model will be capable of differentiating each legume in a mixed sample. By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped with the skills to apply these techniques to their own research.