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Monday, June 15
Keynote: State of the Truffle Industry and Perspectives from Italy by Alessandra Zambonelli, PhD, Univ of Bologna, Italy
Keynote: "Truffle hunting and extraction in Italy" was officially inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2021.
Best Practices in Truffle Dog Training by Raúl Deoiz, Spain, Founder and Manager of Trufdog (trufdog.com)
Research Task Force: Latest Updates in NATGA Truffle Research by Ann Scanlan, Mark Coleman, and Scott Oneto
Tuesday, June 16
Business Meeting: 2025 Annual Business meeting minutes
Keynote: Soil Ecology, Microbial Interactions, and Their Implications for Truffle Cultivation by Alessandra Zambonelli, Italy
GIS Mapping and the Future of Truffle Cultivation in the USA by Rafael Rovirosa and Ximena Zamacona, Rovirosa Farms, NM
Truffle Species and Tree Species; New Combinations and Opportunities by Brian Upchurch, Carolina Truffiéres, NC
Harvesting Truffles in Record Time: Lessons from Acorn to Truffle by Aziz Turkoglu, PhD, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA
Artificial Truffle Flavoring: Fake Ass Truffle; Truffle Grower’s Top Competitor by Ken Fry, Homer Fry Ranch, Eagle, ID
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