APS Opening General Session and Awards Ceremony
Plenary Session I: Minding the Gaps – Yielding Tomorrow’s Solutions
MSA Karling Lecture: Evolution of Virulence in Fungal Pathogens of Plants
Plenary Session II: Striking a Better Balance: Balancing Stress at Work and Home
With more to do faster and with fewer resources, more and more of us are stretched to the limit. In a 24/7 world driven by instant technology, the default is to reflex and retaliatory behavior, which drives automatic stress, burnout, and overload. This presentation provides crucial tools to reduce stress, increase effectiveness, and strike a better balance between work and life. A work-life and productivity trainer, speaker, consultant, and author, Joe Robinson is one of the most quoted experts on work-life balance. He has appeared on The Today Show, CNN, NBC Nightly News, and National Public Radio’s All Things Considered and in dozens of newspapers and radio stations around the country. He has conducted work-life training programs for organizations from IBM to Genentech, LEGO, Homeland Security, and McDonald’s. His articles have appeared in publications from the New York Times to the Los Angeles Times, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, and National Geographic Adventure. He is author of Work to Live, a roadmap out of stress and overload, and the audio program “The Email Overload Survival Kit.”
