Tuesday, June 3, 2025
1:00 - 4:00 pm: Joint ESS/NAEAA Workshops at CSU
5:00 - 5:30 pm: Welcome and Opening Session
5:30 - 6:30 pm: Invited Speaker: "The “Misbehaving” Performance Horse: Is It Ever Behavioral?" Dr. Erin Contino, an Associate Professor at Colorado State University
6:30 - 7:30 pm: Poster Session I and Undergraduate Poster Competition
Wednesday, June 4, 2025 (Hilton)
8:00 am - Noon: Scientific Presentations, Student Competitions
Noon - 2:00 pm: Invited Speaker and Lunch: "How Nutrigenomics Impacts Equine Health - A Case Study of Vitamin E". Dr. Carrie Finno, a Professor at the University of California at Davis
2:00 - 4:30 pm: Scientific Presentations, Student Competitions
4:30 - 5:30 pm: Live Podcast Recording
Thursday, June 5, 2025 (Hilton and Off-Site Tours)
6:30-7:30 am: Fun Run!
8:00 - 11:00 am: Poster Session II and Scientific Presentations
Noon: Lunch
1:00 pm: Invited Speaker: "Sequencing and Assembling the Genome of Przewalski’s Horse in the Classroom". Dr. Chris Faulk, Associate Professor of Functional Genomics at the University of Minnesota
2:00 - 6:00 pm: Tours
6:00 pm: Dinner at CSU
Friday, June 6, 2025 (Hilton)
8:00 - 9:00 am: Scientific Presentations (Teaching and Extension), Late-Breaking Abstracts and Panel Discussions
9:00 - 11:00 am: ESS General Meeting
11:00 am: Invited Speaker: "Rethinking the Origins of Horse Domestication and its Impact on the Ancient World". Dr. William Taylor, Assistant Professor and Curator of Archaeology at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
Noon - 2:00 pm: Lunch and Awards Banquet