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 Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Metabolic Regulation of CO2 Assimilation
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:55 pm - 8:40 pm
"Sugar and Photosynthesis: To Be, but Not Too, Sweet"
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
"The Sugar Signaling Metabolite Trehalose 6-Phosphate Coordinates Plant Metabolism with Development"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Rubisco and Photorespiration
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"Using New Methods to Decipher Rubisco Adaptation in Plants"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
10:00 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:35 am
Coffee Break
10:35 am - 11:00 am
"Harnessing Optimized Photorespiration to Improve Plant Resilience: A Guard Cell Perspective"
11:00 am - 11:10 am
Discussion
11:10 am - 11:35 am
"Bypassing Photorespiration with Bacterial and New-to-Nature Enzymes"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
General Discussion
12:10 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
CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"C4 and CAM Integration in a Single Plant: Asking the Right Questions"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Understanding Chloroplast Biogenesis to Allow C4 Engineering of C3 Rice"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Modeling CO2 Assimilation
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"Modeling CO2 assimilation in Earth System Models"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
"Using Eco-Evolutionary Optimality Principles to Understand and Predict Photosynthetic Acclimation"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:20 am
"Supporting the Design and Assessment of Modified Crops for Yield Improvement"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:55 am
"A Process-Based Model of Stomatal Conductance Suitable for use in Land-Surface Models"
11:55 am - 12:05 pm
Discussion
12:05 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 as an Integrated Pathway
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Regulation of State Transitions for Optimizing CO2 Assimilation in Low Light"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Direct Linkages Between Isoprene Emission and Photosynthetic Electron Transport: How can a Massive Flux Control a Tiny Flux?"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Stress Impacts on CO2 Assimilation
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"On Ice: Mechanisms of Bacterial and Microalgal CO2 Assimilation at Subzero Temperatures"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
"Anatomically Driven High Internal CO2 to Sustain Photosynthesis in High Elevation Giant Cushions in Los Andes"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:20 am
"Chilling- and Dark-Regulated Non-Photochemical Quenching in Miscanthus, an Economically Important C4 Grass"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Late-Breaking Topic
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
General Discussion
12:10 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
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"New Insights into Water-Use Efficiency Within Plant Lineages and Across Ecosystems"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
"Reducing the Water-Cost of Carbon-Uptake"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:20 pm
Late-Breaking Topic
9:20 pm - 9:25 pm
Discussion
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Improving CO2 Assimilation Through Genetic Variation
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
"Improving Photosynthesis in Grain Legumes"
9:40 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:15 am
"Exploring Photosynthesis Diversity in the Global Indica Rice Collection: Links to Stomatal and Agronomic Traits"
10:15 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:55 am
Coffee Break
10:55 am - 11:20 am
"Genetic Variation for C4 Photosynthesis in Maize"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Short Talk Selected from Poster Abstracts
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
General Discussion
12:10 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
Keynote Session: Synthetic Approaches to Improve CO2 Assimilation
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Energizing C4 Photosynthesis"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 9:05 pm
"Engineering Carbon Assimilation in Eukaryotes Using Photosynthetic Directed Endosymbiosis"
9:05 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Closing Remarks
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure