ARD 15TH BIENNIAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM

• Sponsoring Institution: National Institute of Food and Agriculture
• Project Status: COMPLETE
• Funding Source: SERD GRANT
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0217547
• Grant No.: 2009-38837-19610
• Proposal No.: 2009-00795
• Project Start Date: Apr 1, 2009
• Project End Date: Mar 31, 2010
• Grant Year: 2009
• Program Code: [MQ.2]- SERD-Admin. Discretionary & Reim.- Researc

Recipient Organization
WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY
PO BOX 1000
INSTITUTE,WV 25112

Performing Department
Administration

Non Technical Summary
The ARD's 15th Biennial Research Symposium will be held in Atlanta, GA from March 28 to April 1, 2009. The theme of this conference is "1890 Research: Sustainable Solutions for the 21st Century". The main goal of this collaborative event is to provide its membership with a forum for interactions, knowledge sharing, building networks for expanded partnerships, and to showcase the talents and achievements of the 1890 community.

Animal Health Component

(N/A)

Research Effort Categories

Basic

100%

Applied

(N/A)

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
902	6050	3030	100%

Knowledge Area
902 - Administration of Projects and Programs;

Subject Of Investigation
6050 - Communities, areas, and regions;

Field Of Science
3030 - Information and communication;

Keywords

symposia

conferences

Goals / Objectives
The ARD's 15th Biennial Research Symposium will be held in Atlanta, GA from March 28 to April 1, 2009. The theme of this conference is "1890 Research: Sustainable Solutions for the 21st Century". The main goal of this collaborative event is to provide its membership with a forum for interactions, knowledge sharing, building networks for expanded partnerships, and to showcase the talents and achievements of the 1890 community. The Association expects to repeat the success of its 2006 Symposium which engaged 633 registrants.

Project Methods
The conference is comprised of exciting and informative sessions and competitive research events for all faculty and students in attendance. This event requires support from its membership through registration fees as well as sponsorship from several organizations, including federal agencies such as USDA CSREES. The ARD is requesting financial support to enhance the activities that this event provides to participating faculty and students.

Progress 04/01/09 to 03/31/10

Outputs
OUTPUTS: The ARD's 15th Biennial Research Symposium was held in Atlanta, GA. The theme was "1890 Research: Sustainable Solutions for the 21st Century". The main goal of this collaborative event was to provide its membership with a forum for interactions, knowledge sharing, building networks for expanded partnerships, and to showcase the talents and achievements of the 1890 community. The Association exceeded expectations of repeating the success of its 2006 Symposium. There were over 800 participants. PARTICIPANTS: Not relevant to this project. TARGET AUDIENCES: Not relevant to this project. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.

Impacts
The main goal of this collaborative event is to provide its membership with a forum for interactions, knowledge sharing, building networks for expanded partnerships, and to showcase the talents and achievements of the 1890 community. The conference was comprised of exciting and informative sessions and competitive research events for all faculty and students in attendance. This event requires support from its membership through registration fees as well as sponsorship from several organizations, including federal agencies such as USDA CSREES. The ARD is requesting financial support to enhance the activities that this event provides to participating faculty and students.

Publications

• No publications reported this period