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Tuesday, June 3, 2025
1:00 - 4:00 pm: Joint ESS/NAEAA Workshops (Workshop Abstracts) at CSU and Equine Insights and Applications Abstracts
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 and Late Breaking Abstracts
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), and Panel Discussions (Panel Abstracts)
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
*Invited lectures have been RACE approved for 4 hours of continuing education credit. To receive this credit, visit the conference registration desk to sign the roster and receive your Certificate of Attendance.