Come join us for the final storage workshop of Dr. Chris Watkins' illustrious career!

Registration is $75 per person before August 12th, and $85 per person after August 12th.

Sponsorship Opportunities: These are limited. Sponsors register and pay online with a credit card here: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/sp...

To be invoiced and/or pay by a check, click here: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/event_preregistration_new.php?id=2109

Sponsor registration questions? Contact Craig Kahlke at cjk37@cornell.edu or Liz Tee at emt44@cornell.edu.

We thank our sponsors to date - Fowler Farms, Fresh Inset, Lytone Enterprise, MirTech, Storage Control Systems and Valent BioSciences.

Agenda

8:00 AM   Coffee and pastries, check-in and receive name tag.

8:30   Welcome and industry panel on storage priorities. What are the most wicked challenges?  Joel Crist (Crist Brothers Orchards), Ryan Hess (Hess Brother's Fruit Company), JD/Austin Fowler (Fowler Farms), Chelsea Van Acker Gowan & Scott Hennings (Yes! Apples) , Emily Verbridge (KM Davies Co. Inc.), Henry Forrence (Forrence Orchards, Inc.)

9:00   Gala Update (Dr. Chris Watkins, Cornell University)

9:20   NY1 Update (Chris)

9:40   DCA and Storage Temperatures for NY1 (Dr. Yosef Al Shoffe, Cornell University)

9:50   Sponsor Presentation (TBA)

9:55   Sponsor Presentation (TBA)

10:00   Break

10:30   Postharvest Pathology Update (Ms. Riley Harding & Dr Kerik Cox, Cornell University)

11:00   Sponsor Presentation (TBA)

11:05   MAIA-1 (Dr. Randy Beaudry, Michigan State University)

11:25   MAIA-1 (Yosef)

11:45   Sponsor Presentation (TBA)

11:50   Application of Peel Sap Prediction Models to Gala (Dr. Lailiang Cheng, Cornell           

               University)

12:00 PM   Lunch

1:00   Skin Disorders (Dr. Carolina Torres, Washington State University, via Zoom)

1:20   Skin disorders (Dr. Jason Londo, Cornell University)

1:40   Sponsor Presentation (TBA)

1:45   1-MCP Formulations (Randy)

2:05   Sponsor Presentation (TBA)

2:10   Club Varieties and More - SCRI Block Grant Study (Chris)

2:40   CA/DCA fundamentals (Randy)

3:00   Break

3:25   Acidity and Sensory Analysis in Honeycrisp  (Mr. Craig Kahlke, Cornell University)

3:35   Honeycrisp Rootstock Trials (Yosef)

3:50   Embracing PGRs while Understanding All Impacts (Chris)

4:10   Summing Up the Day / Q&A (Panel of Speakers)

4:30   ADJOURN & SAFE JOURNEY HOME!

Space is limited!  Attendees, please register soon at: https://lof.cce.cornell.edu/ev...

There is a block of rooms reserved at the hotel in which the workshop is located. The rate ($149), is available until July 30th at: 41 Lakefront Hotel, Trademark Collection By Wyndham, 41 Lake Front Dr, Geneva, NY 14456 

Use block code: 081825LAK when you register by phone 315-789-0400 or online at https://www.wyndhamhotels.com/...

Questions?  Contact Craig Kahlke (cjk37@cornell.edu) or Chris Watkins (chris.watkins@cornell.edu)