Tentative Schedule

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Attendee Arrival Day
Registration Opens - Palm Foyer [4:00 PM - 6:00 PM]
Registration Opens - Palm Foyer [6:00 AM - 4:30 PM]
6:30am-8:00am Group Breakfast Location: Breezes Terrace
Concurrent Sessions [8:00 AM - 10:00 AM]
Room Orchid Ibis Royal
Poinciana
8:00am-10:00am Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD) & Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED) Association of Research Directors (ARD) Association of Extension Administrators (AEA)
10:00am-10:30am AM Break Location: Grand Floridian Foyer
Concurrent Sessions [10:30 AM - 12:00 PM]
Room Egret /
Sandpiper
Sawgrass /
Mangrove
Ibis Royal
Poinciana
10:30am-12:00pm Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED) Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD) Association of Research Directors (ARD) Association of Extension Administrators (AEA)
12:00pm-1:30pm Group Lunch Location: Breezes Terrace
Concurrent Sessions [1:30 PM - 3:00 PM]
Room Egret /
Sandpiper
Sawgrass /
Mangrove
Orchid Cocoplum Royal
Poinciana
1:30pm-3:00pm Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED) Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD) Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching - Southern Region
(S-CARET) & Administrative Heads Section - Southern Region (S-AHS)
Academic Programs Section - Southern Region
(S-APS)
Association of Research Directors (ARD) & Association of Extension Administrators (AEA)
3:00pm-3:30pm PM Break Location: Grand Floridian Foyer
Concurrent Sessions [3:30 PM - 5:00 PM]
Room Egret /
Sandpiper
Sawgrass /
Mangrove
Orchid Ibis Cocoplum Royal
Poinciana
3:30pm-5:00pm Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED) Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD) Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching - Southern Region
(S-CARET)
Administrative Heads Section - Southern Region (S-AHS) Academic Programs Section - Southern Region
(S-APS)
Association of Research Directors (ARD) & Association of Extension Administrators (AEA)
6:00pm-9:00pm Welcome Reception Location: Breezes Terrace
Program Concludes for the Day
6:30am-8:00am Group Breakfast Location: Breezes Terrace
8:00am-5:30pm

Joint Session [Great Cypress / Royal Poinciana]

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Administrative Heads Section – Southern Region (S-AHS)
Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD)
Association of Extension Administrators (AEA)
Association of Sothern Region Extension Directors (ASRED)
Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching – Southern Region (S-CARET)
Association of Research Directors (ARD)
Academic Programs Section - Southern Region (S-APS)

9:45am-10:15am AM Break Location: Grand Floridian Foyer
12:00pm-1:30pm Group Lunch Location: Cypress/Royal
3:00pm-3:30pm PM Break Location: Grand Floridian Foyer
6:00pm-8:00pm Dinner Banquet Location: Breezes Terrace
6:30am-8:00am Group Breakfast Location: Breezes Terrace
Concurrent Sessions [8:00 AM - 10:00 AM]
Room Egret /
Sandpiper
Orchid Sawgrass /
Mangrove
Cocoplum Ibis
8:00am-10:00am Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED) Council for Agricultural Research, Extension and Teaching - Southern Region
(S-CARET)
Southern Association of Agricultural Experiment Station Directors (SAAESD) Academic Programs Section - Southern Region
(S-APS)
Administrative Heads Section - Southern Region (S-AHS)
10:00am-10:30am AM Break Location: Grand Floridian Foyer
Optional Tour [10:00 AM - 4:00 PM]
(Bus boards at 10:00am and departs promptly at 10:30am from the Convention Center Entrance)
Room Egret / Sandpiper
10:30am-12:00pm Association of Southern Region Extension Directors (ASRED)
Meeting Concludes 12:00pm
5:30pm –7:30pm Closing Reception (hosted by Jack Payne, UF/IFAS Senior VP for Agriculture and Natural Resources)

2019 Southern Region Mini Land-Grant Meeting Program Book

Program Book

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Advanced registration is now closed but, we will be happy to register you onsite.



The Southern Region of the U.S. has abundant opportunity as well as some enduring challenges in ensuring a safe and profitable food system, community and individual economic vitality and a healthy citizenry. The 2019 Southern Region Mini Land-grant Meeting brings together leaders from seven groups from both 1862 and 1890 Land-grant universities.



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.

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