| 4:00–8:00 PM | Registration |
| 6:00–8:00 PM | Welcome Mixer |
| 7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00–9:00 AM | Welcome and Keynote Address |
| Sarah O’Connor †, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology Exploring and Exploiting Plant Specialized Metabolism |
| 9:00–11:15 AM | Programming Plants to Sense-and-Respond |
| Jenn Brophy †, Stanford University Synthetic Biology Tools for Engineering Plants for Stress Resilience |
| Francesco Licausi †, University of Oxford Plant Oxygen Sensing and Sensor Development |
| Markus Schwarzländer †, University of Münster Sensors and Controllers for and from Plants |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 9:30–9:50 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:15–12:15 PM | Panel Discussion: Transition of Emerging Technologies from the Laboratory to Real-World Agricultural Applications |
| 11:15–1:00 PM | Poster Setup |
| 11:15–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
| 1:00–10:00 PM | Poster Viewing |
| 2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight 1: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
| Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
| 5:00–7:00 PM | Engineering Microbial-Plant Interactions |
| Maria J. Harrison †, Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Mechanisms of Nutrient Exchange in Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Symbioses |
| Jean-Michel Ane †, University of Wisconsin - Madison Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms of Plant-Microbe Symbioses to Promote Sustainable Agriculture and Bioenergy Production |
| Uta Paszkowski †, University of Cambridge Molecular Mechanisms of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbioses |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
| 7:30–10:00 PM | Posters |
| 7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00–11:00 AM | Advanced Insect Control and Biocontainment |
| Omar S. Akbari †, University of California, San Diego CRISPR-based Systems for Insect Control |
| Jiang Zhang †, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences RNAi Control of Pest Insects |
| Alexander E. Hromockyj †, Impetus Agriculture, Inc. Insect Control with Cry Proteins |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 9:00–9:20 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00–1:00 PM | Poster Setup |
| 11:00–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
| 1:00–10:00 PM | Poster Viewing |
| 3:00–4:30 PM | Career Roundtable |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
| 5:00–7:00 PM | Engineering the Rhizosphere for Agricultural Sustainability |
| Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Soil Microbial Communities and Climate Change |
| Jill Banfield †, University of California, Berkeley Engineering the Microbiome in Rice Paddies |
| Alvin Tamsir †, Pivot Bio Nitrogen Fixing Root Associated Microbes in Corn and Rice |
| Gozde S Demirer †, Caltech Nanobiotechnology Tools for Rhizosphere Bioengineering |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
| 7:30–10:00 PM | Posters |
| 7:00–8:00 AM | Breakfast |
| 8:00–11:00 AM | Synthetic Microbial, Plant and Organellar Genomes |
| Ralph Bock, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology Plastid Genome Engineering |
| Patrick Cai †, University of Manchester Synthetic Eucaryotic Life |
| Ian Ehrenreich †, University of Southern California The SynMoss Project: Rewriting the Physcomitrium Patens Genome |
| Annie Saltarikos †, Plastomics Beneficial Traits by Engineering Chloroplasts |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 9:00–9:20 AM | Coffee Break |
| 11:00–5:00 PM | On Own for Lunch |
| 2:30–4:30 PM | Symposia Spotlight 2: Late-breaking research presentations selected from abstract submissions |
| Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts |
| 4:30–5:00 PM | Coffee Available |
| 5:00–6:45 PM | Plant Engineering for Enhanced Performance and Sustainability |
| Daniel F Voytas, University of Minnesota Enabling Plant Gene Editing at Scale |
| Caixia Gao †, Chinese Academy of Sciences Precision Plant Gene Editing |
| Jane Langdale †, Oxford University Engineering C4 Photosynthesis |
| Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts |
| 6:45–7:00 PM | Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions (Organizers) |
| 7:00–8:00 PM | Social Hour with Dinner |
| 8:00–11:00 PM | Entertainment |
| 8:00–11:00 PM | Cash Bar |
| 12:00–11:59 PM | Departure |