AgMIP at the ASA International Annual Meeting
Oct 8, 2014
By: Jenna Famular
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CCSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) will host more than 4,000 scientists, professionals, educators, and students at the 2014 International Annual Meetings, “Grand Challenges – Great Solutions,” November 2-5, 2014, in Long Beach, CA. The events will take place primarily at the Long Beach Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Long Beach Hotel.
There will be an AgMIP Poster Session on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 from 2:30-4:30 pm at the Long Beach Convention Center, in Exhibit Hall ABC.
The session will include posters from AgMIP collaborators and other contributors exploring a wide range of subjects. Topics such as the regional assessments of climate change on farming systems undertaken by AgMIP teams in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, multi-model crop assessments, uncertainty, and the use of satellite imagery for surveying and crop modeling will be presented. Click here to see the complete list of posters that will be included.
AgMIP collaborators will also be participating in the following events during the ASA International Annual Meeting:
Symposium – Evapotranspiration in Crop and Hydrologic Models: Testing, Refinements and Cross-Comparisons: I
This event will take place Monday, November 3, 2013 from 1:00-4:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Beacon Ballroom A.
This session will discuss the large variation in prediction of evapotranspiration that occurs in crop and hydrological models. The symposium will focus on papers that may support the improvement in crop and hydrological models. Please see the event link below for more information on the speakers.
Global Agronomy:I
This event will take place Sunday, November 2, 2014 from 2:00-5:30 pm at the Long Beach Convention Center, Room 203A.
Please see the event link below for the list of speakers.
Climatology & Modeling:I
This event will take place Tuesday, November 4, 2014 from 7:55 am -12:00 pm at the Long Beach Convention Center, Room 203B.
Please see the event link below for the list of speakers.
AgMIP will also be hosting the following meetings before or during the ASA International Annual Meeting:
AgMIP Meeting I (Strategic Planning) – This meeting will be for AgMIP Principal Investigators and AgMIP Leadership.
Saturday, November 1, 2014 from 9:00 am – 5:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Pacific.
AgMIP Meeting II (Crop-Water-ET) – This meeting will be for crop and water modelers.
Sunday, November 2, 2014 from 9:00 am – 12:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Pacific.
AgMIP Meeting III (Crop-Water-ET) – This meeting will be for crop and water modelers.
Sunday, November 2, 2014 from 1:00 – 5:00 pm at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Regency Ballroom ABC.