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BARC Symposium 2018headline bar **BARC Symposium** **On Thursday, September 20, more than 200 people attended the 2018 BARC Symposium Workshop.  The Symposium steering committee and discussion group moderators are compiling an executive summary of the day’s proceedings and hope to publish that compilation in the coming months.  The attached PowerPoint highlights many of the activities from September 20.  Please view it at your leisure.  Depending on your computer and/or connection, the show may take a few minutes load.**  /ARSUserFiles/80420500/images/BRAND LOGO ART 4. 6_25_18.jpg **September 20, 2018****BARC Symposium Workshop****10300 Baltimore Avenue****Bldg. 003, BARC-West****Beltsville, MD 20705**
 **Symposium Program** Registration 8:00am to 8:30amWelcome Speeches 8:30am to 9:00am **The Varied Urban Agriculture Landscape,****Implications for Research** **Session I - Part 1** - Moderator: Dr. Howard Zhang, Director, BARC **Speakers Bios** 9:00am to 9:25am * Dr. Sabine O’Hara, University of DC “Building a Resilient Model for Urban Agriculture” 9:25am to 9:50am * Dr. Andrew K. Swanson, Aero Farms Inc., Newark, NJ“Indoor Vertical Farming: Leading the Way for Urban Farming and Broader Agriculture” 9:50am to 10:15am * Dr. Bruce Bugbee, Utah State University“Energy and Water Use Efficiency in Urban Agriculture” **10:15am to 10:30am - BREAK** **Session I - Part 2** - Moderator: Robert E. Davis, Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory 10:30am to 10:55am * Dr. Naomi Fukagawa, USDA-ARS Human Nutrition Institute“Why Urban Agriculture? Impacts on Human Health and Nutrition” 10:55am to 11:20am * Dr. Keiko Saito, Dept. of Marine Biotechnology, UMBC“Farming of Marine Animals in Controlled Environments” 11:20am to 11:45am * Dr. Sarah Federman, USDA Office of the Chief Scientist“Recommendations from the USDA June 2018 Workshop on Innovation and Design in Vertical Agriculture and Sustainable Urban Ecosystems” 11:45am to 12:00pm * Dr. John Hartung, USDA-ARS-BARC”Research Opportunities in Urban Agriculture” **12:00noon to 1:30pm - LUNCH**
 **Identifying Research Needs****(5-min intro talks) and Group Discussions** **Session II** - 1:30 - 3:00 Each Discussion will have a Lead speaker acting as Chair plus a Recorder for reporting the discussion.) Discussion A: New High Value Crops, Genotypes/Phenotypes, Breeding Discussion B: Implications for Nutrition and Food Safety Discussion C: Engineering Challenges/Systems Design, Energy, Light, Water Discussion D: Animals and Management of Animal Waste in Integrated Systems Discussion E: Disease and Pest Problems Discussion F: Partnerships for Research and Technology Development **3:00pm to 3:15pm - BREAK** **Session III** - 3:15pm to 4:15pm - Moderator: Dr. Robert DavisWrap-up/Feedback/Looking Forward **Closing remarks - 4:15pm to 4:30pm - Dr. Howard Zhang**
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