Tuesday, June 6
2:00–5:00 pm: ESS Board of Directors meeting (Fall Creek)
2:00–8:00 pm: Conference registration open (International Foyer)
2:00–5:00 pm: Hang posters (must be hung by 5:00 pm) (Texas Grand Ballroom)
2:00–8:00 pm: Presentation upload (Wed or Fri presentations) (Lightcatcher)
2:00–8:00 pm: Presenter practice rooms available (Becker I & Becker II)
5:00–7:00 pm: Opening Reception (Texas Grand Ballroom)
7:00 pm: Welcome by Pat Harris & Shannon Pratt-Phillips (Texas Grand Ballroom)
Wednesday, June 7
7:00 – 5:00 pm: Conference registration open (International Foyer)
7:00 – 5:00 pm: Presentation upload (Lightcatcher)
7:00 – 8:00 pm: Presenter practice rooms available (Becker I & Becker II)
8:00 - 8:15 am: Welcome
8:15 - 9:15 am: Invited Talk: Past, Present and Future of ESS featuring Drs. Sarah White-Springer, Texas A&M University, Jason Breummer, USDA-APHIS, and Robert Coleman, University of Kentucky with moderator: Dr. Carey Williams, Rutgers (Texas Grand Ballroom)
9:15 - 9:45 am: Refreshment Break
9:45 - 12:00 pm: Equine Biosciences: Graduate Student Competition (International I&II)
9:45 - 11:45 am: Exercise Science: Graduate Student Competition (International III)
11:45 - 12:00 pm: Reproductive Physiology: Graduate Student Competition (International III)
9:45 - 11:00 am: Nutrition: Undergraduate Student Competition (International IV)
11:00 - 12:00 pm: Production & Management: Undergraduate Student Competition (International IV)
9:45 - 12:00 pm: Teaching & Extension: Graduate Student Competition (Cap Rock Room)
12:00 - 1:00 pm: Invited Speaker Luncheon: Social License to Operate presented by Dr. Camie Heleski, University of Kentucky with moderator Dr. Carey Williams, Rutgers (Texas Grand Ballroom)
1:00 - 1:30 pm: Equine Biosciences: Graduate Student Competition (International I&II)
1:30 - 3:00 pm: Nutrition: Graduate Student Competition (International I&II)
1:00 - 1:45 pm: Reproductive Physiology: Graduate Student Competition (International III)
1:45 - 3:00 pm: Production & Management: Graduate Student Competition (International III)
1:00 - 2:30 pm: Production & Management: Undergraduate Student Competition (International IV)
2:30 - 3:00 pm: Teaching & Extension: Undergraduate Student Competition (International IV)
1:00 – 2:15 pm: Teaching & Extension: Graduate Student Competition (Cap Rock Room)
2:15 - 3:00 pm: Genetics: Graduate Student Competition (Cap Rock Room)
3:00 - 4:00 pm: Poster Session Break & Refreshments (Texas Grand Ballroom)
4:00 - 5:45 pm: Nutrition: Graduate Student Competition (International I&II)
5:45 - 6:00 pm: Late Breaking Abstract (International I&II)
4:00 - 5:30 pm: Production & Management: Graduate Student Competition (International III)
5:30 - 6:00 pm: Late Breaking Abstracts (International III)
4:00 - 4:45 pm: Equine Biosciences: Undergraduate Student Competition (International IV)
4:45 - 5:30 pm: Exercise Science: Undergraduate Student Competition (International IV)
5:30 - 5:45 pm: Equine Genetics: Undergraduate Student Competition (International IV)
5:45 - 6:00 pm: Reproductive Physiology: Undergraduate Student Competition (International IV)
4:00 - 5:30 pm: Teaching & Extension: Graduate Student Competition (Cap Rock Room)
7:00 - 10:00 pm: Student Social (International I&II)
Thursday, June 8
7:00 – 5:00 pm: Conference registration open (International Foyer)
7:00 – 5:00 pm: Presentation upload (Flightcathter)
7:00 – 8:00 pm: Presenter practice rooms available (Becker I & Becker II)
8:00 –8:50 am: Invited Speaker: Equid nutritional physiology and behavior: an evolutionary perspective presented by Dr. Marcus Clauss, University of Zurich with moderator: Dr. Shannon Pratt Phillips, North Carolina State University (Texas Grand Ballroom)
9:00 - 11:50 am: Workshops
Noon - 8:00 pm: Tours (All tours depart at 12:10 from the Hotel Lobby)
6:00 pm: All tours arrive at Billy Bob’s Texas for dinner, line dancing, and buck-off competition on the mechanical bull. Winner receives a champion buckle. The buck off is open to those that paid for the mechanical bull T-shirt at registration or conference check-in. Cash payments also accepted on site.
7:00 pm: Dinner at Billy Bob’s Texas with cash bar and live band.
8:30 pm: Buses start departing for the hotel
10:00 pm: Last bus departs for the hotel
Friday, June 9
6:00 – 8:00 am: ARPAS Exam (Cross Timbers Room)
7:00 – 5:00 pm: Registration open (International Foyer)
7:00 - 5:00 pm: Presenter practice rooms available (Becker I & Becker II)
8:00 – 9:00 am: Invited Speaker: Equine endocrine disease: challenges with case definition for research presented by Dr. Cathy McGowan, University of Liverpool with moderator: Dr. Shannon Phillips, North Carolina State University (Texas Grand Ballroom)
9:00 – 10:00 am: Poster Session & Refreshments (Texas Grand Ballroom)
10:00 –12:00 pm: ESS General Business Meeting (Texas Grand Ballroom)
12:00 - 1:00 pm: Invited Speaker Luncheon: Influence of mTOR-regulated anabolic pathways on equine skeletal muscle health presented by Dr. James Fluckey, Texas A&M University with moderator Dr. Sarah White-Springer, Texas A&M University (Texas Grand Ballroom)
1:00 - 3:00 pm: Nutrition: General Session (International I&II)
1:00 - 2:30 pm: Equine Biosciences General Session (International III)
2:30 - 2:50 pm: Equine Biosciences: Poster Presentations (International III)
2:50 - 3:00 pm: Genetics: Poster Presentations (International III)
1:00 - 1:45 pm: Teaching & Extension: General Session (International IV)
1:45 - 2:30 pm: Reproductive Physiology: General Session (International IV)
2:30 - 3:00 pm: Late Breaking Abstracts (International IV)
1:00 - 3:00 pm: Production & Management: General Session (Cap Rock Room)
3:00 - 3:30 pm: Refreshment Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm: Nutrition: General Session (International I&II)
5:00 - 5:30 pm: Nutrition: Poster Presentations (International I&II)
3:30 - 3:45 pm: Genetics: General Session (International III)
3:45 - 4:00 pm: Reproductive Physiology: Poster Presentations (International III)
4:00 - 5:00 pm: Exercise Science: General Session (International III)
5:00 - 5:05 pm: Exercise Science: Poster Presentation (International III)
5:05 - 5:30 pm: Nutrition: Poster Presentations (International III)
3:30 - 4:25 pm: Teaching & Extension: Poster Presentations (International IV)
4:25 - 4:55 pm: Production & Management Posters Presentations (International IV)
5:00 - 5:30 pm: Late Breaking Abstracts (International IV)
3:30 - 5:15 pm: Production & Management: General Session (Cap Rock Room)
6:30–9:00 pm: ESS Awards Banque at the Austin Ranch DFW. The Austin Ranch is located a few minute’s walk from the Hilton conference hotel, please see map in program.
6:30 pm: Cocktails
7:00 pm: Dinner