| 7:30 a.m. | Coffee service available | |
| 8 a.m. | Welcome | Donnell Brown, NGRA President |
| 8:05 a.m. | ARS and the grape industry: Partnering to drive innovation | Chavonda Jacobs-Young, USDA-ARS, Acting Chief Scientist |
| SESSION 1 – Introduction to Sensor Technologies | ||
| 8:15 a.m. | Session introduction | Donnell Brown, NGRA |
| 8:20 a.m. | Proximal and in situ sensors in vineyards | Andrew McElrone, USDA-ARS, Davis |
| 8:40 a.m. | Sensor technology and precision vineyard management | Terry Bates, Cornell University |
| 9 a.m. | UAV sensor applications in vineyards | Alfonso Torres-Rua, Utah State |
| 9:20 a.m. | UAVs: Opportunities and challenges | Mac McKee, Utah State, Utah Water Research Laboratory (retired) |
| 9:40 a.m. | Use of satellites in agriculture management | Forrest Melton, Cal State Monterey Bay, NASA |
| 10 a.m. | Break | |
| SESSION 2 – Remote Sensing and Irrigation Management | ||
| 10:10 a.m. | Session introduction | Tony Stephen, American Vineyard Foundation |
| 10:20 a.m. | GRAPEX: An interdisciplinary project for developing irrigation scheduling tools | Bill Kustas, USDA-ARS, Hydrology & Remote Sensing Lab (HRSL) |
| 10:40 a.m. | Monitoring canopy size and development | Feng Gao, USDA-ARS, HRSL |
| 11 a.m. | Mapping daily vineyard evapotranspiration (ET) | Martha Anderson, USDA-ARS, HRSL |
| 11:20 a.m. | Water balance modeling for estimating plant available water | Wade Crow, USDA-ARS, HRSL |
| 11:40 a.m. | Development of an operational dashboard for irrigation scheduling | Kyle Knipper, USDA-ARS, HRSL |
| 12 p.m. | Remote sensing tools for irrigation management at scale | Forrest Melton, Cal State Monterey Bay, NASA |
| 12:20 p.m. | Lunch | |
| 12:50 p.m. | Afternoon welcome | Tim Rinehart, USDA-ARS |
| SESSION 3 – Pests and Diseases | ||
| 12:55 p.m. | Session introduction | Julie Tarara, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates |
| 1:05 p.m. | Current and future directions in insect monitoring | Jana Lee, USDA-ARS |
| 1:25 p.m. | Direct detection of disease with dogs | Tim Gottwald, USDA-ARS |
| 1:45 p.m. | Using plumes to sense pests | Kam Leang, University of Utah |
| 2:05 p.m. | Remote sensing for disease management | Kaitlin Gold, Cornell University and NASA |
| 2:25 p.m. | Postharvest sensor applications | Moon S. Kim, USDA-ARS, Environmental Microbial & Food Safety Laboratory |
| 2:45 p.m. | Trapping and mapping disease resistance | Walt Mahaffee, USDA-ARS |
| 3:05 p.m. | Break | |
| SESSION 4 – Data Integration and Information Transfer | ||
| 3:15 p.m. | Panel discussion: Making sense of the sensors· Machine learning and AI
· Big data and imaging · Dashboards and apps · Forecasts and models |
Moderator: Mike Buser, USDA-ARS· Ken Sudduth, USDA-ARS
· Jennifer Carter, USDA-ARS · Nicole Kaplan, USDA-ARS · Brian Bailey, UC Davis |
| SESSION 5 – Sensors in the Real World | ||
| 4 p.m. | Panel discussion: Applying the tech – An industry perspective· Irrigation
· Pests and diseases · Data integration |
Moderator: Tom Smith, E. & J. Gallo Winery· Russ Smithyman, Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
· Chris Storm, Vino Farms · Tony Stephen, Scheid Family Wines |
| 4:45 p.m. | Closing remarks and takeaways | Donnell Brown and Tim Rinehart |
| 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. |
Reception | |
TICKETS
$150 – NGRA Board members
$250 – Industry and academic guests
Ticketing fees apply
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