SCHEDULE
The OPGA Annual Convention & Trade Show is a 3-day conference designed for the Oklahoma, and surrounding areas, pecan industry. We've created sessions to educate and expand your current businesses to equip you to stay ahead of the game. (Blue indicates CEU credit)
*Agenda is subject to change
DAY 1
MAY 30th
10:00am – 2:00pm
Exhibitor Setup
Location: Lloyd Noble Exhibit Hall
12:30pm – 2:00pm
Registration Open
Location: Valero Hall
Be sure to check-in and receive your name badge, agenda and more.
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Educational Programs
Location: Salon DE
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Tips for Successful Planting
Speaker: Becky Carroll, Associate Extension Specialist, Fruits & Pecan, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture, Oklahoma State University
Location: Salon DE
2:00pm – 8:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Location: Salon DE
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Seasonal Occurrence of Insect Pests in Pecan
Speaker: Kelly Seuhs, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University
Location: Salon DE
CE Credit Available
3:00pm – 8:00pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Location: LLoyd Noble Exhibit Hall
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Break With Exhibitors
Location: LLoyd Noble Exhibit Hall
Become a break sponsor.
3:00pm – 8:00pm
Guest Room Check-In
Be sure to make reservations with the Holiday Inn I-35 Ardmore.
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Pecan Diseases & Management
Speaker: Dr. Mustafa Jibrin, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University
Location: Salon DE
CE Credit Available
4:30pm – 5:00pm
Pecan Cultivars
Speaker: Dr. Charles Rohla, Senior Regenerative Ranching Advisor, Noble Research Institute
Location: Salon DE
6:00pm – 7:00pm
DAY 2
MAY 31st
7:30am – 10:00am
7:30am – 10:00am
Registration Open
Location: Valero Hall
Be sure to check-in and receive your name badge, agenda, and more.
8:00am – 4:30pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Location: LLoyd Noble Exhibit Hall
8:00am – 4:00pm
Nut Show Viewing
Location: LLoyd Noble Exhibit Hall
8:00am – 12:00pm
Morning Educational Programs
Location: Salon DE
8:00am – 8:15am
Welcome
Speaker: Bob Knight & Becky Carroll
Location: Salon DE
8:15am – 9:00am
Monitoring Techniques for Improving Management of Pecan Orchards
Speaker: Charlie Graham, Noble Research Institute
Location: Salon DE
CE Credit Available
9:15am – 9:30am
Economics of Using BioPesticides
Speaker: Kelly Seuhs, Associate Professor & Extension Specialist, Entomology & Plant Pathology, Oklahoma State University
Location: Salon DE
CE Credit Available
9:30am – 9:45am
Meet Our New Plant Pathologist
Speaker: Dr. Mustafa Jibrin
Location: Salon DE
9:45am – 10:15am
Break With Exhibitors
Location: LLoyd Noble Exhibit Hall
Become a break sponsor.
10:15am – 10:45am
Murray State Pecan Project
Speaker: Brian Cothran, Professor, Agriculture Program Chair, Murray State College School of Agriculture, Business & Occupational Technology
Location: Salon DE
10:45am – 11:00am
Partnership for Client-Smart Commodities
Speaker: Gregorio Cruz Gonzalez, National Program Officer, Farm Production Conservation, Chickasaw Nation Office of Natural Resources
Location: Salon DE
11:00am – 11:30am
Pecan Scab and Disease Resistance
Speaker: Dr. Angela Hilton, Research Plant Pathologist, USDA ARS Pecan Breeding & Genetics Program in College Station TX
Location: Salon DE
11:30pm – 1:00pm
Luncheon
Lunch is on your own.
Location: Salon AB
12:00pm – 4:00pm
Food Show Viewing
Location: Conference Room 1
1:00pm – 1:30pm
OPGA Business Meeting
Speaker: Bob Knight, President, OPGA
Location: Salon DE
1:30pm – 5:00pm
Afternoon Educational Programs
Location: Salon DE
1:30pm – 2:00pm
Break with Exhibitors
Location: LLoyd Noble Exhibit Hall
Become a break sponsor.
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Our Unified Plan to Win with Pecans
Speaker: Anne Warden, Chief Executive Officer, American Pecan Council & American Pecan Promotions Board
Location: Salon DE
2:30pm – 3:00pm
Pecan Breeding for Northern Growers
Speaker: Dr. Xinwang Wang, Geneticist & Breeder, USDA ARS Pecan Breeding & Genetics, College Station, TX
Location: Salon DE
3:00pm – 3:30pm
Break with Exhibitors
Location: LLoyd Noble Exhibit Hall
3:30pm – 4:00pm
Cracking the Nut Code: How Your Pecan Trees Calculate Carbohydrates to Determine Nut Production
Speaker: TBADr. Lu Zhang, Assistant professor in Pecan/Tree Fruit Physiology, Oklahoma State University, Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Department
Location: Salon DE
4:00pm – 4:45pm
Pecan Shellers Panel on Pricing
Speaker: Dan York, York Pecan Company, Forman, AR
Location: Salon DE
6:00pm – 9:00pm
DAY 3
JUNE 1st
8:00am – 11:00am
Guest Room Check-Out
9:00am – 12:00pm
12:00pm – 2:00pm