2021 General Meeting

41st Biennial Meeting – March 1 - March 4, 2021

Please mark your calendars:

41st Biennial Meeting

Virtual Meeting – March 1 – March 4, 2021

Call For Papers
- Abstract submissions due October 28th EXTENDED DUE DATE
- Presentations, PowerPoints, and Posters due February 4, 2021
Awards Nomination Letter
Savitsky Award Letter

UPCOMING EVENTS

No upcoming events. See past meeting events list below.

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2017 Biennial Meeting (Past)

Monday, February 27	Class
08:00 - 12:00	USDA / ARS / Industry Meeting	Regency F
09:00 - 18:00	Registration
13:00 - 15:00	BSDF Board Meeting	Crepe Myrtle
13:00 - 17:00	Crop Germplasm Committee	Regency F
15:00 - 16:00	Program Committee	Crepe Myrtle
18:00 - 20:00	Presidents Reception	Studio 220
Tuesday, February 28	Class
08:00 - 17:00	Registration	Meeting Planner Office
09:00 - 12:00	General Session	Regency Ballroom
13:15 - 17:00	Section A	Regency B	David Tarkalson
13:15 - 18:00	Section B	Regency C	Mike Metzger
13:15 - 18:00	Section C	Regency F	Jorge DeVarona
Wednesday, March 1	Class
08:00 - 12:00	Section A	Regency B	Tom Peters
08:00 - 12:00	Section B	Regency C	Lee Panella
08:00 - 12:00	Section C	Regency C	Craig Giles
13:15 - 15:00	Section A	Regency B	Mohamed Kahn
13:15 - 14:55	Section B	Regency C	Oliver Neher
13:15 - 15:00	Section C	Regency F	Jeff Carlson
13:15 - 17:00	Section C	Regency D	Jeff Carlson
15:00 - 17:00	Posters	Redbud Room	Mitch McGrath
Thursday, March 2	Class
08:00 - 12:00	Section A	Regency B	Jim Stewart
08:00 - 12:00	Section B	Regency C	Peter Regiting
08:00 - 12:00	Section C	Regency D	Mike Benedict
13:15 - 18:00	Free Afternoon
18:00 - 19:00	Reception	Pre-Function Area
19:00 - 20:00	Banquet and Awards Program	Regency Ballroom
Friday, March 3	Class
08:00 - 12:00	Board Meeting	Mandalay Room

Thank you to the following companies for their sponsorship:

Syngenta Seeds, Inc. – Dessert Table at President’s Reception

SESVanderHave – Refreshment Breaks

Betaseed, Inc. – Wine at the Awards Banquet

MCAG – Wednesday Evening Reception

Monsanto – Two Drinks for President’s Reception

Program Committee

The ASSBT Board of Directors met in March 2020 to begin planning this meeting. Final arrangements are being made for an interesting General Session. An excellent Program Committee has been appointed, who have developed a strong program with attention to current topics of importance to our industry. The Committee consists of:

General Program Chairperson: Mike Metzger – Minn-Dak Farmers’ Cooperative Email: [email protected]

General Program Co-Chairperson: Jay Anderson– Lantic, Inc Email: [email protected]

Agronomy Program Chairperson: Mark Bloomquist Email: [email protected]

Genetics and Plant Pests Program Chairperson: Ashok Chanda – University fo Minnesota Email: [email protected]

Operations Program Chairperson: Ryan Wall – Crystal Sugar Company Email: [email protected]

Poster Program Chairperson: Oliver Neher – Amalgamated Sugar Company Email: [email protected]

American Society of Beet Sugar Technologists

The objectives of the American Society of Sugar Beet Technologist (ASSBT) are to foster all phases of sugarbeet and beet sugar research, to promote the dissemination of resultant scientific knowledge, to strive to maintain high standards of ethics, and to cooperate with other organizations having objectives beneficial to the beet sugar industry.

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