Critical Dates

Please add these important dates to your calendar:

September 8, 2020

Call for Abstracts Announced


November 20, 2020

All Presenter Abstracts Due


December 4, 2020

Agenda Grids Due by Session Organizers
(We will provide a template to be completed.)

December 17, 2020

Presenter Notifications Released

December 21, 2020

Detailed Agenda & Poster Directory Published on Conference Web Site


January 22, 2021

All Session Organizers, Speakers, Poster Presenters and Moderators Must Be Registered to Confirm Participation in the Program


February 12, 2021

Hotel Reservation Deadline
(The host hotel is walking distance to many restaurants)

Regular Registration Discount Expires

February 19, 2021

Deadline to Cancel and Receive a Refund


March 22-25, 2021

Symposium in Progress


UF/IFAS

The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) is a federal-state-county partnership dedicated to developing knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and the life sciences, and enhancing and sustaining the quality of human life.

UF/IFAS OCI

The Office of Conferences & Institutes is a full service conference planning agency at the University of Florida. OCI was created to support the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) mission to develop knowledge in agriculture, human and natural resources, and to make that knowledge available to people to sustain and enhance the quality of human life.

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