The open symposium is April 5 will include a demonstration of the PlantAid Database. There will be a global panel of speakers as well as a graduate student and post-doc poster session. Two coffee breaks and a lunch will be provided for registered guests.
The N.C. Plant Sciences Initiative presents the Bridging Research Ideas for Greater Extension — or BRIDGE — Symposium. Interdisciplinary teams of graduate students and postdoctoral scholars from across NC State University's campus will present their ideas for research that would meet the needs of growers and those who work in Extension.
Data science is the focus of this first-in-a-series of North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative Mashups. Speakers Mark Wolff, from leading analytics company SAS, and Haley Houser, from NC State University's Data Science Academy, will highlight their research.
Come learn about entrepreneurship at the North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative and celebrate the launch of the Startup Company Incubator in the Plant Sciences Building.