Organizing Committee

Meeting Co-Chairs

Gurcharn Singh Brar Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Colin Hiebert Research Scientist (Wheat Genetics), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, MB, Canada

Scientific Committee

Ana Badea Research Scientist (Barley Breeding and Genetics), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Brandon, MB, Canada

Xianming Chen Research Geneticist (Plants), USDA-ARS, Pullman, Washington, USA

Samuel Holden Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Miao Liu Research Scientist (Mycology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Matthew Moscou Research Plant Pathologist USDA-ARS and Adjunct Assistant Professor - Department of Plant Pathology, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, USA

Curtis Pozniak Professor, University of Saskatchewan and Director, Crop Development Centre, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

Harpinder Randhawa Senior Research Scientist (Spring Wheat Breeding and Genetics), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

Canadian Phytopathological Society (CPS) Representatives

Guillaume Bilodeau Research Scientist, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa, ON, Canada

Maria Antonia Henriquez Research Scientist (Cereal, Oilseed and Pulse Pathology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Morden, MB, Canada

Michelle Hubbard Research Scientist (Pulse Pathology), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current, SK, Canada