75th Southeastern Turfgrass Conference
Agenda | Wednesday, October 25
7:30 am | Registration & Refreshments |
8:00 am | Welcome & Introduction Dean Nick Place & Brian Schwartz, PhD, University of Georgia |
8:10 am | Turfgrass Science – Does Innovation and Technology Help Turfgrass Managers? Brian Schwartz, PhD and Jing Zhang, PhD, UGA-Tifton Turfgrass Breeding |
8:30 am | Nozzle Density Optimization for AI-based Weed Control Systems for Turfgrass Pawel Petelewicz, PhD, University of Florida |
8:50 am | Resilient Greenspaces – Turfgrass Selection and Management to Address Emergent Water Challenges Rebecca Bowling, PhD, University of Tennessee |
9:10 am | Where is the Future of Turfgrass Management? Drew Miller, Brentsville High School |
9:30 am | Break | Conference Sponsor Booths |
10:00 am | Future-Proofing the American Lawn Jay McCurdy, PhD, Mississippi State University |
10:20 am | Operation Double Eagle Scott Johnson, The Warrior Alliance |
10:40 am | Precision Turfgrass Management: Current Trends and Future Applications Chase Straw, PhD, Texas A&M University |
11:00 am | Understanding Mechanisms Underlying Drought Performance in Warm-Season Turfgrasses David Jespersen, PhD, University of Georgia |
11:20 am | Benefits of the USGA’s Investment in Turfgrass and Environmental Research Cole Thompson, PhD, United States Golf Association |
11:40 am | Breeding Seed-Propagated Turfgrasses Sameer Khanal, PhD and Phillip Vines, PhD, UGA-Tifton Turfgrass Breeding |
12:00 pm | Lunch | Conference Sponsor Booths | Raffle Giveaway |
1:00 pm | Rapid-Fire Turfgrass Talks Graduate Students |
1:45 pm | Walk to Sanford Stadium |
2:30 pm | Sanford Stadium Tour | Field | Locker Room | Recruiting Lounge Matt Hollan & Gerald Henry, PhD, University of Georgia |
3:30 pm | Adjourn |