July 9-12, 2024
NASA, USDA, and DOE are hosting a workshop on Controlled Environment Agriculture.
I expect this workshop will have a direct impact on the development of future Bioregenerative Life Support Systems. You can still submit an abstract @PlantAWG
Here is a message about it from Dr. Kai Ling at the USDA.
Dear Colleagues:
It is only a little over a month before the 2024 National Workshop on Controlled Environment Agriculture to be held in Charleston, SC on July 9-12, 2024. Thanks to the talented scientific organizing committee, we have developed an exciting program with 2-day intensive oral presentations by invited experts on CEA in the U.S. and around the world, which will be followed by a field educational tour on the third day and a half day on July 12th for a brainstorming session on challenges and opportunities in CEA and the needs for research. There are still opportunities for poster presentations. You can submit an abstract for a poster, check meeting agenda (draft) and see the invited speakers through the meeting website: https://sites.google.com/view/cea2024jointworkshop/home
We are honored to inform you that the USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education and Economics (Dr. Sanah Baig), Associate Administrator (Acting) of USDA-Agricultural Research Service (Dr. Nora Lapitan), and Executive Director of the CEA Alliance (Mr. Tom Stenzel) have confirmed to make their opening remarks for the meeting on the first day (July 9th).
I would like to remind those who are interested in attending the meeting to please make your meeting registration and hotel reservation soon. By checking with the hotel reservations from both designated hotels, there are still nice rooms available for selection. The block of rooms with a government per diem rate for Charleston ($249/night) is still available, but not for long. The cut off date for Francis Marion Hotel is June 8th and for Embassy Suites is June 14th. After that, there is no guarantee for a government rate.
Please make your hotel reservation and meeting registration through the meeting website: https://sites.google.com/view/cea2024jointworkshop/home
Best regards,
Kai
Kai-Shu Ling, Ph.D.
Research Plant Pathologist (Virology)
USDA-ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory*