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Field Crop Research Workshop

Tuesday, January 28 & Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Best Western Plus Lamplighter Inn & Conference Centre
591 Wellington Road South, London, Ontario N6C 4R3

The 2020 Field Crop Research Workshop builds on the highly successful 2018 Technician Training Workshop, which was focused on technicians and supervisors in field crop breeding programs.

The 2020 Field Crop Research Workshop is a unique opportunity for all staff involved in a field research program, including faculty members, technicians, research associates, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, from across Ontario to learn essential skills for field crop trial management. It is being designed to address research in crop protection, agronomy and breeding.

Topics

Presentations will be given on topics such as:

  • Data Collection
  • Experimental Design and Statistics
  • General Agronomy
  • Remote Sensing for Research
  • People and Organizational Management.

See detailed agenda.

The organizing committee wants your input!
If you have a specific topic you would like to see discussed at the upcoming workshop, please provide details to Chris Gillard at cgillard@uoguelph.ca or 519-784-7110.

Fee

$282.50 includes HST (only credit card payment accepted)

Receipts and confirmation will be issued directly to the registrant.

Fee includes refreshment breaks, lunch and banquet on January 28th and breakfast and refreshment break on January 29th.

Register

Registration will OPEN on October 1, 2019 and will be open to Ontario residents only until November 30, 2019.

December 1, 2019 - registration is open to anyone (providing the workshop is not sold out).

Please note: By registering for this event, you agree to have your name and contact information shared with the other attendees for networking purposes. If you do not want your information shared, please contact us to have it removed. 

Registration Questions

For registration questions, please contact Krista Gladstone, Ag Business Centre, at kgladsto@uoguelph.ca or 519-674-1500 x63597

Accomodations

A block of rooms ranging in price from $129.00 - $169.00 (subject to availability) at the Lamplighter Inn will be set aside for workshop registrants until December 28, 2019. Please call 519-681-7151 to reserve a room.

Each registrant is responsible for booking and paying for their own accommodations.

More information

For more information, please contact Steering Committee Members:

Reviewed 11/05/2019