Agenda

2nd Annual CA&ES Symposium

Monday, May 5, 2025

 

TimeEventPresenters
9:30 a.m.Registration opens 
10 a.m.Welcome and remarks

Helene Dillard, dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, UC Davis 

Ashley Stokes, incoming dean, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, UC Davis

10:15 a.m.           Opening KeynoteDon Cameron, President of the California State Board of Food and Agriculture
10:30 a.m.           Innovations in action
  • Andrew Latimer, Professor, Department of Plant Sciences
    • "Strengthening California Forests for the 21st Century"
  • Frances Moore, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy
    • "Understanding impacts of climate change to inform climate change mitigation and adaptation"
  • Cassandra Swett, Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Pathology
    • "Protecting California agriculture: managing emerging pests through equipment sanitation"
  • Agricultural Water Center
    Isaya Kisekka, Professor, and Thomas Harter, Professor and Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Land, Air and Water Resources
    • "Innovations in Groundwater Demand Management for a Secure Water Future and Sustainable Food Systems"
11:45 a.m.    Making Connections networking lunch with hosted discussion tables
1:15 p.m.     Panel discussion
Preserving biodiversity for the future

Moderater: Fernanda S Valdovinos, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy

  • Justin Valliere, Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Plant Sciences
  • Rob Lusardi, Assistant Professor, Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology
  • Emily Meineke, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology
  • Brett Milligan, Professor, Department of Human Ecology 
2:05 p.m.       Panel discussion
Growing for the future

Moderator: M. Anne Visser, Professor, Department of Human Ecology

  • Mason Earles, Assistant Professor, Departments of Viticulture and Enology and Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  • Andre Daccache, Associate Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering
  • Anna Denicol, Associate Professor, Department of Animal Science
  • Christine Diepenbrock, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Sciences
2:55 p.m.Closing Keynote
  • Ashley Boren, CEO, Sustainable Conservation
  • Cannon Michael, President, Bowles Farming Company and recipient of the 2024 California Leopold Conservation Award
3:30 p.m.          Post event networking with refreshments