| Friday, February 2 |
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
NGB Board Meeting |
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| Saturday, February 3 |
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| 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
ASTA Trading Room Setup |
| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
AAS Board Meeting |
| 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Golf Tournament |
| 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
ASTA Trading Room & Reserved Appointment Tables |
| 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. |
NGB Members Meeting & Reception |
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| Sunday, February 4 |
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| 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
ASTA Registration Desk |
| 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
ASTA Trading Room & Reserved Appointment Tables |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
V&F Admin Committee |
| 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. |
NEW! State and Regional Associations
Workshop |
| 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch Concessions in Trading Room |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
AAS Open Meeting |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Officers and Chairs Meeting |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. |
ASTA Organic Seed Committee |
| 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. |
Superbowl Reception |
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| Monday, February 5 |
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| 7:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
ASTA Registration Desk |
| 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast in Trading Room |
| 7:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. |
ASTA Trading Room & Reserved Appointment Tables |
| 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. |
General Session
Welcome address from The Honorable Don Butler, Director of the Arizona Department of Agriculture
Featured Speaker:
• Elizabeth
Pivonka, Ph.D., R.D., President & CEO, Produce for Better
Health Foundation
• Matt McInerney, Executive Vice President of Western Growers |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
NGB - Vegetative Survey |
| 9:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
NEW! ASTA Communications
Committee |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
Bacterial Fruit Blotch Industry Concerns Ad Hoc
Committee |
| 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Future Seed Executives (FuSE) |
| 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. |
Lunch Concessions in Trading Room |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. |
Spouses' Luncheon |
| 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Vegetable & Flower Seed Research Fund |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. |
ASTA Associate Members |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
NEW! ASTA Stewardship Committee |
| 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
Joint Phytosanitary / International Committee
Meeting |
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| Tuesday, February 6 |
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| 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. |
Continental Breakfast |
| 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
ASTA Registration Desk |
| 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
ASTA Trading Room & Reserved Appointment Tables |
| 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Vegetable & Flower Seed Division Meeting
Featured Speaker:
• George
Gough, Manager, State & Local Government Affairs, Monsanto |
| 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
Intellectual Property Rights Committee |
| 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
ASRF Board of Directors |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. |
Legislative and Legal Concerns Committees |
| 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. |
Membership Committee - Members Only |
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| Wednesday, February 7 |
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| 7:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. |
ASTA Board of Directors |
