Schedule of Events

All times listed are US Pacific Time.

Friday, June 03
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Conference Success Tips and Welcome from the Early Career Leadership Program
Online
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Getting Involved in GSA's Early Career Professional Development
Online
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Career Exploration Panel

Online
02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Careers in Academia
Online
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Multilingual Networking
Online
Tuesday, June 07
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Speaker Ready Room
11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Virtual Posters
Take time to view the posters that are available online through the app and leave a question for the author. Posters are available in the app from June 3 to June 30
12:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Registration
Show your green validation check mark to pick up your conference materials
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Conference Success Tips and Welcome from the Early Career Leadership Program
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Getting Involved in GSA's Early Career Professional Development
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
COVID-19 Testing 
by appointment
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Multilingual Networking
04:15 PM - 05:45 PM
Welcome and Opening Keynote from Ryan Hernandez
Chair
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, University of California, Davis
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Dinner
Virtual Networking
Topics:
Applying to Graduate School
Disability in Science
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Evolutionary Genetics
Science Communication
Wednesday, June 08
07:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Speaker Ready Room
07:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Registration
Show your green validation check mark to pick up your conference materials
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Open Poster Viewing
"W"ednesday Posters
09:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Platform Session 1 Complex Traits
Chair
Lorin Crawford, Microsoft Research New England
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
Virtual Networking
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
COVID-19 Testing 
by appointment
01:30 PM - 03:45 PM
James F. Crow Early Career Researcher Award Finalist Talks
Chair
Bret Payseur, University of Wisconsin, Madison
04:00 PM - 05:15 PM
Platform Session #2 Genetics of Adaptation
Chair
Daniel Runcie, University of California, Davis
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Dinner
07:30 PM - 08:15 PM
Keynote #2 Magnus Nordborg
Chair
Emilia Huerta-Sanchez, Brown University
08:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Poster Session
"W"ednesday Poster Presentations
8:30-9:15 pm Even Poster Numbers
9:15-10:00 pm Odd Poster Numbers
Quantitative Genetics
Science & Society
Evolutionary Genetics
Population Genetics
Thursday, June 09
07:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Registration
Show your green validation check mark to pick up your conference materials
Speaker Ready Room
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Virtual Networking
09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Open Poster Viewing
"T"hursday Posters
09:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Platform Session #3 Speciation, Hybridization, and Introgression
Chair
Rafael Guerrero, North Carolina State University
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Publishing Q&A
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
COVID-19 Testing 
by appointment
01:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Platform Session #4 Genome and Molecular Evolution
Chair
Rori Rohlfs, San Francisco State University
03:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Platform Session #5 Experimental Evolution
Chair
Nancy Chen, University of Rochester
05:15 PM - 05:45 PM
Undergraduate Research Experience
Chair
Nancy Chen, University of Rochester
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Dinner
07:30 PM - 08:15 PM
Keynote #3 Pleuni Pennings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Chair
C. Brandon Ogbunu, Yale University
08:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Poster Session
"T"hursday Poster Presentations
8:30-9:15 pm Even Poster Numbers
9:15-10:00 pm Odd Poster Numbers
Science & Society
Quantitative Genetics
Population Genetics
Evolutionary Genetics
Friday, June 10
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker Ready Room
09:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Platform Session #6 Theory and Methods
Chair
Priya Moorjani, University of California, Berkeley
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
COVID-19 Testing 
by appointment
01:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Keynote #4 (Session Chairs) and Awards
Chair
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, University of California, Davis
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Dinner
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Closing Mixer
Saturday, June 11
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
Friday, June 03
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Conference Success Tips and Welcome from the Early Career Leadership Program
Online
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Getting Involved in GSA's Early Career Professional Development
Online
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Career Exploration Panel

Online
02:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Careers in Academia
Online
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Multilingual Networking
Online
Tuesday, June 07
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Speaker Ready Room
11:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Virtual Posters
Take time to view the posters that are available online through the app and leave a question for the author. Posters are available in the app from June 3 to June 30
12:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Registration
Show your green validation check mark to pick up your conference materials
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Conference Success Tips and Welcome from the Early Career Leadership Program
02:30 PM - 03:00 PM
Getting Involved in GSA's Early Career Professional Development
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
COVID-19 Testing 
by appointment
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Multilingual Networking
04:15 PM - 05:45 PM
Welcome and Opening Keynote from Ryan Hernandez
Chair
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, University of California, Davis
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Dinner
Virtual Networking
Topics:
Applying to Graduate School
Disability in Science
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Evolutionary Genetics
Science Communication
Wednesday, June 08
07:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Speaker Ready Room
07:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Registration
Show your green validation check mark to pick up your conference materials
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Open Poster Viewing
"W"ednesday Posters
09:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Platform Session 1 Complex Traits
Chair
Lorin Crawford, Microsoft Research New England
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
Virtual Networking
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
COVID-19 Testing 
by appointment
01:30 PM - 03:45 PM
James F. Crow Early Career Researcher Award Finalist Talks
Chair
Bret Payseur, University of Wisconsin, Madison
04:00 PM - 05:15 PM
Platform Session #2 Genetics of Adaptation
Chair
Daniel Runcie, University of California, Davis
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Dinner
07:30 PM - 08:15 PM
Keynote #2 Magnus Nordborg
Chair
Emilia Huerta-Sanchez, Brown University
08:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Poster Session
"W"ednesday Poster Presentations
8:30-9:15 pm Even Poster Numbers
9:15-10:00 pm Odd Poster Numbers
Quantitative Genetics
Science & Society
Evolutionary Genetics
Population Genetics
Thursday, June 09
07:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Registration
Show your green validation check mark to pick up your conference materials
Speaker Ready Room
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
07:30 AM - 08:30 AM
Virtual Networking
09:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Open Poster Viewing
"T"hursday Posters
09:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Platform Session #3 Speciation, Hybridization, and Introgression
Chair
Rafael Guerrero, North Carolina State University
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM - 01:30 PM
Publishing Q&A
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
COVID-19 Testing 
by appointment
01:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Platform Session #4 Genome and Molecular Evolution
Chair
Rori Rohlfs, San Francisco State University
03:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Platform Session #5 Experimental Evolution
Chair
Nancy Chen, University of Rochester
05:15 PM - 05:45 PM
Undergraduate Research Experience
Chair
Nancy Chen, University of Rochester
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Dinner
07:30 PM - 08:15 PM
Keynote #3 Pleuni Pennings
Sponsored by Ancestry
Chair
C. Brandon Ogbunu, Yale University
08:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Poster Session
"T"hursday Poster Presentations
8:30-9:15 pm Even Poster Numbers
9:15-10:00 pm Odd Poster Numbers
Science & Society
Quantitative Genetics
Population Genetics
Evolutionary Genetics
Friday, June 10
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast
08:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Speaker Ready Room
09:00 AM - 11:50 AM
Platform Session #6 Theory and Methods
Chair
Priya Moorjani, University of California, Berkeley
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM - 02:00 PM
COVID-19 Testing 
by appointment
01:30 PM - 04:50 PM
Keynote #4 (Session Chairs) and Awards
Chair
Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, University of California, Davis
06:00 PM - 07:00 PM
Dinner
07:30 PM - 09:30 PM
Closing Mixer
Saturday, June 11
07:30 AM - 09:00 AM
Breakfast