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22–5,–5, Nov.Nov. 20142014 LLongong Beach,Beach, CACA Noted Speakers to Provide Insight, Expertise at Annual Meeting

RRegistrationegistration & HousingHousing Opening Session Keynote OOpenpen NowNow Welcome Reception Sunday, 2 November; Speaker, 6:00–7:00 pm; aacsmeetings.orgcsmeetings.org Reception, 7:00–8:30 pm Keynote: Jeff Raikes Co-Founder, Raikes Foundation Biographical Sketch: Jeff Raikes is the former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foun- dation, where he led the foundation’s efforts to promote equity for all people around the world. Prior to joining the foundation, Jeff was president of Microsoft’s Business Division and served as a member of the company’s senior leadership team that set overall strategy and direction for the fi rm. He began his career with Microsoft in 1981 and was instrumental in creating the Microsoft Offi ce suite of productivity applications. With his wife, Tricia, Jeff now co-leads the Raikes Foundation, which they founded in 2002 with a mission to empower young people to transform their lives. Jeff serves on the boards of Costco Wholesale Corp. and Stanford University, and on the advisory boards of the Raikes School at University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the Social Enterprise Initiative of Harvard Business School.

and science policy, it is all located at the Society Center. The Agronomic Science Foundation will also be at the Society 2014 Annual Meeting Preview Center to promote priority funds and the Golden Opportunity Scholars Institute. Stop by for a free apple!

Join us 2–5 November in Long Beach, CA for the 2014 International Annual Meeting of ASA, While in the exhibit hall, visit the Career Center where job seekers and employers will connect with on-site interviews CSSA, and SSSA under the theme “Grand Challenges, Great Solutions.” throughout the week and a Career Fair on Monday afternoon. New this year: one-on-one career consultation sessions will be offered on Monday and Tuesday (sign up in advance at www.careerplacement.org/meetings). If graduate school is The Annual Meeting is one of the few gatherings that bring together more than 4,000 next on your career path, stop by the Grad School Forum to discuss opportunities with university representatives. And, scientifi c leaders from industry, government agencies, and academic institutions in be sure to stop by the SSSA International Year of Soils (2015) booth to learn about all of the plans for celebration and one unique environment. It’s the premiere opportunity for professionals working in the outreach. agronomic, crop, soil, and related sciences to hear about the latest research, meet and learn from their peers, expand their knowledge base, and take advantage of an abundance There are plenty of other fun events taking place during the meeting. Please make sure to attend the Welcoming of networking opportunities to enhance their career. This year’s Annual Meeting will feature Reception held on Sunday night, 2 November from 7–8:30 pm. More 2,000 people attend this popular networking more than 3,000 technical presentations, along with a host of networking events and award opportunity. Join your friends on Tuesday, 4 November at 6:30 am for the 5K Run/Walk. This year’s course will start near ceremonies. The world-class exhibition displays the latest scientifi c equipment, supplies, the convention center and follow the shore. Everyone receives a t-shirt and snacks. Awards will go to the top fi nishers. services, and reference materials available. Join your colleagues and sign up!

Attendees are invited to the exhibit hall to participate in the offi cial Passport Game. Every Early registration and housing are now open at www.acsmeetings.org—register before 17 September to get the best rate. registered attendee will get a “Passport” entry card and is encouraged to visit a limited Follow us on Twitter, @ASA_CSSA_SSSA and @SSSA_soils, and use #ACSMtg to get involved in the Annual Meeting number of exhibitors to get the card validated. When all the spaces have been stamped, the conversation. We hope to see you in beautiful Long Beach, CA this November! For more information, please visit www. attendee drops the card at the Society Center for a chance to win cash prizes! acsmeetings.org. Highlighted speakers are featured in this section. The Society Center is the offi cial member service center and attendee information station

located in the exhibit hall. From membership services and certifi cation to publications doi:10.2134/csa2014-59-8-9

20 CSA News August 2014 August 2014 CSA News 21 GRAND CHALLENGES GREAT SOLUTIONS SSSA Plenary Address | Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of 22–5,–5, Nov.Nov. 20142014 LLongong Beach,Beach, CACA CSSA Plenary Address | Soil Science Lectureship Betty Klepper Endowed Lectureship SSSA Awards | Breakfast Tuesday, 4 November, 7:00–9:00 am RRegistrationegistration & HousingHousing CSSA Awards | Breakfast Presenter: Diana Wall OOpenpen NowNow Monday, 3 November, 7:00–9:00 am 2013 Laureate of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement and Colorado State University soil ecologist and environmental scientist Keynote: Jeff Raikes aacsmeetings.orgcsmeetings.org Co-Founder, Raikes Foundation Presentation: “Soil Biodiversity: A Key for a Changing World” Biographical Sketch: Jeff Raikes is the former CEO of Biographical Sketch: Diana Wall is University Distinguished Professor and Director the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where he led the of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University. Her foundation’s efforts to promote equity for all people Ph.D. degree was from the University of Kentucky. As a soil ecologist and environ- around the world. Prior to joining the foundation, Jeff mental scientist she is actively engaged in research on sustaining soils and has spent 24 was president of Microsoft’s Business Division and seasons in the Antarctic McMurdo Dry Valleys examining soil biodiversity and ecosystem processes and climate change. served as a member of the company’s senior leadership Dr. Wall was the 2013 Laureate of the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. She was president of the Ecological team that set overall strategy and direction for the fi rm. Society of America, the American Institute of Biological Sciences, and other scientifi c societies. She received the 2013 He began his career with Microsoft in 1981 and was Presidential Award from SSSA and is a Fellow of AAAS, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Ecological instrumental in creating the Microsoft Offi ce suite of productivity applications. With his Society of America, and the Society of Nematologists. wife, Tricia, Jeff now co-leads the Raikes Foundation, which they founded in 2002 with a mission to empower young people to transform their lives. Jeff serves on the boards of Costco Wholesale Corp. and Stanford University, and on the advisory boards of the Raikes School at University of Nebraska–Lincoln, and the Social Enterprise Initiative of Harvard Business School.

Thank You Sponsors, Exhibitors AMS, Inc. elementar Americas PANalytical We would like to thank all the entities who will be participating in Long Beach this year, Apogee Instruments Elsevier Plant Food Systems, Inc. especially the following exhibitors and sponsors: Association for Women Soil Scientists Gasmet Technologies Inc. Polytec, Inc. BioChambers Incorporated Gylling Data Management PP Systems CABI/CSIRO Gypsoil Sercon Limited / EA Consumables Sponsors Silver Level Soil Measurement Systems, LLC Cambridge Univeristy Press Hortau Soil Health Partnership Decagon Devices, Inc. Campbell Scientifi c, Inc. HUMA GRO Soil Measurement Systems Diamond Level The Samuel Roberts Noble Crop Production Services Foundation CE Elantech, Inc. International Plant Nutrition Institute Soilmoisture Equipment Corp. Dow AgroSciences, LLC Bronze Level CID Bio-Science IRROMETER Company, Inc. Spectrum Technologies Inc. Monsanto Company BASF Plant Science 2014 Exhibitors Conviron Juniper Systems, Inc. Springer Syngenta As of 7 July 2014 Copernicus GmbH Kincaid Equipment Stevens Water Monitoring Systems Patron Level CRC Press / Taylor & Francis Kipp & Zonen Sunvalley Solutions Inc. Adapt-N Platinum Level Campbell Scientifi c, Inc. Daiki Rika Kogyo Co., Ltd. LECO Corporation USDA - NRCS Agrium Ag Leader Technology CHS Decagon Devices, Inc LI-COR Western Ag Innovations, Inc. IRROMETER Company Agriculex Inc DuPont Pioneer Delta-T Devices MO BIO Laboratories, Inc. Wiley AgroClimate MO BIO Laboratories, Inc. DuPont Pioneer Netafi m USA Willamette Exporting, Inc. Agronomix Software Inc Netafi m Dynamax, Inc. Onset Wintersteiger ALMACO

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22–5,–5, Nov.Nov. 20142014 Closing Session Keynote ASA Plenary Address | E.T. & Vam York LLongong Beach,Beach, CACA Entertainment | Reception Distinguished ASA Lectureship Wednesday, 5 November, Reception, 4:30–5:00 pm; Keynote, 5:00–6:00 pm ASA Awards | Breakfast RRegistrationegistration & HousingHousing Keynote: Randy Olson OOpenpen NowNow Wednesday, 5 November, Writer, Filmmaker, Science Communicator 7:00–9:00 am Presentation: “The Story in Science”

Presenter: Barbara Burlingame Biographical Sketch: Randy Olson is the writer/director of the feature fi lms Flock of aacsmeetings.orgcsmeetings.org Former Deputy Director at the Food and Agriculture Dodos: The Evolution-Intelligent Design Circus (Tribeca 2006, Showtime 2007) and Sizzle: Organization of the United Nations A Global Warming Comedy (Outfest 2008) and author of Don’t Be Such a Scientist: Talking Substance in an Age of Style (Island Press 2009). His work focuses on the challenges in- Presentation: “Sustainable Diets: Linking Agriculture, volved in communicating science to the general public and the current attacks on main- Health, and the Environment” stream science in fi elds such as evolution and climate science. He is a former marine Biographical Sketch: Barbara Burlingame is a nutrition scien- biologist (Ph.D., Harvard University) who achieved tenure at the University of New tist with a Ph.D. from Massey University (New Zealand) and Hampshire before changing careers to fi lmmaking by obtaining an M.F.A. in cinema undergraduate degrees from University of California–Davis. from the University of Southern California. His production company, Prairie Starfi sh Productions, is based at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles. He is currently writing his new book for 2015, Houston, We Have A Narrative: Strategic Storytelling She has recently retired as Deputy Director at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the for Scientists, which will be published by University of Chicago Press. United Nations (FAO), which she joined in 1998. Before joining FAO, Dr. Burlingame spent 12 years as Nutrition Programme Leader at the New Zealand Institute for Crop & Food Research. She is currently a Senior Adviser to the Millennium Institute in Washington, DC; honorary professor at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia; faculty member of the American University of Rome; and Specialty Chief Editor of Frontiers in Nutrition and En- vironmental Sustainability. Her expertise includes food composition, nutrient requirements, biodiversity for food and nutrition, sustainable diets, and food systems.

ASF Lectures In addition to the E.T. and Vam York Distinguished ASA Lectureship, the Betty Klepper Endowed Lectureship, and the Nyle C. Brady Frontiers of Soil Science Lectureship, the Agronomic Science Foundation presents the following lectures:

Monday, 3 November Zed Rengel Irena Creed Daniel Binkley James Jorge Susan Paul Gepts Joshua • Martin and Ruth Massengale Lectureship Schepers Dubcovsky McCouch Schimel 11:00 am–noon | Zed Rengel, University of Western Australia | “Designing Crop Root Systems Effi cient in Capturing Soil Water and Nutrients” • William H. Patrick, Jr. Memorial Lectureship Wednesday, 5 November 4:45–7:15 pm | Irena Creed, Western University, London, Canada | “Climate Effects • Ron Phillips Plant Genetics Lectureship on Wetland Soils Create the ‘Perfect Storm’ for Toxic Cyanobacteria Blooms: Fresh 8:00–9:00 am | Jorge Dubcovsky, University of California–Davis and Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Perspectives on an Old Problem” Susan McCouch, Cornell University Tuesday, 4 November • Calvin Sperling Memorial Biodiversity Lectureship 11:00–11:50 pm | Paul Gepts, University of California–Davis | “Plant Breeding Only Makes Sense in the Light of Evolu- • Sergei A. Wilde Distinguished Lectureship on Forest Soils tion: the Role of Genetic Conservation in Cultivar Development” 1:05–2:05 pm | Daniel Binkley, Colorado State University | “Ode to the O Horizon: the Uniqueness of Forest Soils” • Francis E. Clark Distinguished Lectureship on Soil Biology 1:15–2:30 pm | Joshua P. Schimel, University of California–Santa Barbara | “Soil Ecology in a Dry World” • Leo M. Walsh Soil Fertility Distinguished Lectureship 5:15–6:15 pm | James Schepers, USDA-ARS (retired) and University of Nebraska | “Faces, Places, and Excursions Along the Nitrogen Trail”

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