Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Lessons from Adaptation: Evolution of Carbon Assimilation Pathways
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:50 pm - 8:10 pm
"Explaining the Ecophysiological Differences Between C3 and C4 Plants"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:40 pm
"C4 Evolution in Grasses: Insights from Neurachne"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:10 pm
"Changes in Stomatal Conductance and Assimilation Rate with Geological Time"
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Stomatal and Mesophyll Conductance
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"Stomatal and Mesophyll Conductance"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
"Mesophyll Conductance Across Land Plants Phylogeny"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Mechanisms and Models of Stomatal/Mesophyll Form and Function"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"Mesophyll Conductance: An Oxygen Perspective"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Concentrating CO2 Mechanisms
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"What Does It Take to Be C4"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
"Building a Cyanobacterial CCM in C3 Crops"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
"Introducing an Algal Pyrenoid into Higher Plants to Enhance CO2 Assimilation"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Rubisco and Photorespiration
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"Engineering Rubisco Using Transgenic Approaches in Maize"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
"Exploiting Rubisco Diversity to Improve Crops"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:45 am
Coffee Break
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Optimising Rubisco Activation to Improve Crop Yields"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"On the Identification of Regulatory Mechanisms Within and from Photorespiration"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Carbon Assimilation: Global Scale and Modeling
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"Modeling C3 and C4 Photosynthesis at Various Scales"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm
"Using a Multi-Functional Enzyme-Based Approach to Constrain the Magnitude of the Terrestrial Biosphere CO2 Sink"
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 9:00 pm
"The Carbon Isotope Ratio of Mature C3 Leaves Carries a Legacy of Leaf Development that Can Bias Estimates of Intercellular CO2 Concentrations"
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Metabolic Integration and Feedback
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"Sucrose Signalling and Regulation of Sucrose Metabolism by Trehalose 6-Phosphate"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
"C2 Photosynthesis: A New Path to Crop Improvement"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
"Environment-Coupled Models of Leaf Metabolism Capture Mechanisms of Crassulacean Acid Metabolism"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Bicarbonate-Induced Redox Tuning of PS II In Vivo : Glycolate Binding to PSII in a Photorespiration Mutant"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
"Using Engineered Alternative Glycolate Metabolic Pathways to Explore the Cost of Photorespiration in a Changing Climate"
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"Combinational Multigene Engineering for the Increase of Photosynthetic Efficiency"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"Spatially Resolved CO2 Assimilation: Gas Exchange Combined with Thermal and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Imaging"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
"Interrogating the Evolution of PEPC Catalysis in Paniceae"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
"Breaking the Species Barrier in Cereals to Allow Hybridization of C3 and C4 Plants"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Climate Change Impacts on Carbon Assimilation
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
"Genetic Variation in Maize Photosynthetic Sensitivity to Ozone Pollution"
9:30 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:00 am
"Cotton in Future Climates: Role of Climate Drivers and Extreme Events"
10:00 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:40 am
Coffee Break
10:40 am - 11:00 am
"Disentangling Temperature, CO2 and VPD Impacts on Carbon Assimilation"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:30 am
"Improving the Representation of Photosynthesis in Earth System Models"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:00 pm
General Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Keynote Session: Improving Food Security
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
5:40 pm - 6:30 pm
"Engineering More per Drop by Manipulation of Crop Photosynthesis"
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 7:00 pm
"Optimising Photosynthesis and Productivity of Complex Crop Canopies"
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
General Discussion
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Closing Remarks
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure