We will update this web page as we add new information or update/change the conference web site pages. The below list will be a continuing record of the changes. Check the conference web site periodically, but come to this News page first to see if there have been any changes since you last visited.
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Activity or Change or Update |
| 14 Jul 06 |
Conference Program web page now finalized. Abstract submission web page now closed. Registration web page will remain open until 1 Aug 06. For those flying into Omaha and needing shuttle service to Lincoln, please see the Travel web page for the web sites of the two shuttle service companies. |
| 26 Aug 05 |
Soy/2006 Website URL provided (via e-mail) to soybean research community (public and proprietary sectors). |
| 15 Sep 05 | Program Session Chairs Selected And Confirmed |
| 15 Dec 05 | Program Committee (Clemente, Specht, Session Chairs) prepared a list of potential speakers for each session. |
| 15 Jan 06 | Speakers now selected for all but two or three of the speaker slots per session. Abstract submissions will be examined by the program committee to fill these open slots. Please see abstract submission page. |
| 24 Mar 06 | See updated program page, where we have listed the scientists who have committed (as of 15 Mar) to speak in the various program sessions. Dr. Stephen Goff, who was a key player in the Rice Genome Sequencing Project, has agreed to speak at our Conference Opening Reception.
A few oral presentation slots remain open. To be considered for an oral presentation slot, an abstract must be submitted before 15 April. Note that this is an extension of a prior 15 March deadline - go to the abstract submission page if you have not yet submitted.
We thank the United Soybean Board, North Central Soybean Research Program, and the Nebraska Soybean Board for providing partial (matching) support of this conference. See the new Sponsor and Donor Page where will be listing sponsors or donors and their institutional logos.
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| 30 Apr 06 | Repeat of Soy/2006 Conference Announcement. Most oral presentation slots now filled. Conference Program updated. |
| 05 Jun 06 | Another Soy/2006 Conference Announcement. Sent as a reminder. |
| 21 Jun 06 | Many abstracts for volunteer poster presentation abstracts have been received to date. E-mails from several scientists to the hosts indicated that they would like more like more time to submit an abstract (currently on vacation, or attending another conference, etc.). Therefore, the deadline for abstract submission for poster presentations has been extended from 20 Jun 06 to 7 July 06. No other extension of this deadline is anticipated. Note that conference participants not making a presentation have until 1 August 2006 to pre-register for Soy/2006.
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