Pollinators, plants and people: Building networks for resilience
2025 AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture
November 20, 2025 @ 02:30 pm to 08:30 am
AAAS Auditorium, 1200 New York Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC
Christina Grozinger
Penn State Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the C.V. Riley Memorial Foundation invite you to attend the 2025 AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture and the 2025 AAAS-RMF Policy Roundtable.
Agenda:
2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. || in person only
Policy Round Table
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. || hybrid format
Pollinators, plants and people: Building networks for resilience, Dr. Christina Grozinger
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. || in person only
Reception
2025 AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture
“Pollinators, plants and people: Building networks for resilience"
Dr. Christina Grozinger, Publius Vergilius Maro Professor of Entomology, director of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, and founding director for the Center for Pollinator Research and Insect Biodiversity Institute at Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. Grozinger’s remarks will highlight the crucial relationship between pollinators, plants, and humans, addressing the threats to pollinator populations and the need for habitat improvement strategies, as well as emphasizing the role of technology and data science in supporting these efforts for ecological balance.
These remarks will be followed by a Q&A session and a panel discussion with distinguished experts Dr. Elizabeth Hill, Director of Research for Federal Relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Gabriela Quinlan, Postdoctoral Researcher and Upcoming Assistant Professor of Pollinator Science at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, and Ms. Claudia West, Principal at Phyto Studio. Dr. Erin Cadwalader, Director of Strategic Leadership and Policy at the Entomological Society of America, will moderate the discussion. A reception will follow for the in-person attendees..
2025 AAAS-RMF Policy Roundtable
Agricultural Research and U.S. Competitiveness
Moderator:
- Lowell W. Randel, J.D., Executive Director, Agricultural Policy Advocacy Program, Davis College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Texas Tech University
Panelists:
- Scott H. Hutchins, Ph.D., Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, Chief Scientist for the United States Department of Agriculture
- Carson Fort, Manager of Government Affairs, American Soybean Association