Dear Faculty, Research Staff, and Students:

I want to personally invite you and encourage your participation in the 2009 OARDC Annual Research Conference to be held at Blackwell Center, Columbus Campus, (Directions), on Thursday, April 23, 2009.

The theme of the conference is “Recasting Our Agbioscience Research Agenda: Collaborative, Academic and Industry Projects.”  I would very much appreciate your presence at the conference as there will be several presentations of great interest (Agenda to be posted).  

Annual awards will be presented for outstanding research including:

• Distinguished Research Award for Top Junior Faculty and Top Senior Faculty
• Innovator of the Year Award
• Krauss Award recognizing the best student research paper  
• Poster Competition on Graduate Student Research Projects.  First, second and third place posters will be selected separately for the M.S. and Ph.D competitions.  Awards will be $500 for first place, $300 for second place, and $150 for third place.

 ****Web-based Conference Registration and luncheon RSVP****     

Faculty, Staff and Students can now register on-line for the conference and luncheon at the following address:  http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/annualconference/registration.asp  

Please note: Registration is required by 5:00 pm April 10 for all faculty, staff and graduate students who plan to attend the luncheon.  Failure to register may result in forfeiture of lunch.  

Graduate Student Poster Competition and Conference Information:
All information about the 2009 OARDC Annual Research Conference, including the graduate student poster competition can be found at the following website:  http://www.oardc.ohio-state.edu/annualconference/postercall.asp.

Warmest regards,

Steven A. Slack
Associate Vice President for Agricultural
Administration and Director, OARDC