2023 Grape Day

ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON FEBRUARY 14, 2023
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2023 Grape Day

Join us for our annual event highlighting research that impacts Oregon winegrape industries. Members of the Oregon Wine Research Institute will share the latest information from their research projects during a series of presentations and an interactive poster session. This year, we are focusing on Grapevine Red Blotch Disease.

Date: April 4, 2023
Time: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM PDT
Location: The LaSells Stewart Center, Corvallis, Oregon

Registration
Registration is required in advance to ensure that adequate materials are available. Lunch and handouts will be provided. $100/person early-bird February 14 through March 14, 2023. General registration: $150/person March 15-28, 2023.

Program Schedule

8:30 - 9:00 AM	Registration Check-in and Refreshments
9:00 - 9:15 AM	Welcome and Introductions Dr. Staci Simonich, Dean and Reub Long Professor, College of Agricultural Sciences, OSU
9:15 - 10:15 AM	Session 1: Clean Plant Materials Dr. Maher Al Rwahnih, Plant Pathologist, UC Davis and Director, Foundation Plant Services Dr. Elizabeth Savory, Plant Health Program Manager, Oregon Department of Agriculture
10:15 - 11:00 AM	Interactive Poster Session This session will provide you with the opportunity to interact one-on-one with scientists and students conducting research at the OWRI. Posters will feature research findings that are in-progress for various research projects being conducted across a wide array of topics within viticulture, enology, and economics.
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 2: Entomology/Pathology Dr. Vaughn Walton, Professor of Horticultural Entomology, OSU Dr. Achala KC, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology, OSU-Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center Rick Hilton, Senior Faculty Research Assistant, OSU-Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center
12:00 - 12:45 PM	Lunch
12:45 - 1:45 PM	Session 3: Viticultural Practices Dr. Patty Skinkis, Viticulture Extension Specialist and Professor, OSU Dr. Alec Levin, Associate Professor of Viticulture, OSU-Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center Cody Copp, Assistant Professor (Practice), OSU Extension Service - Umatilla County
1:45 - 2:15 PM	Break/Poster Session
2:15 - 3:00 PM	Session 4: Enology/Sensory Dr. James Osborne, Enology Extension Specialist and Professor, OSU Dr. Elizabeth Tomasino, Associate Professor of Enology, OSU Dr. Michael Qian, Professor of Food Science, OSU