The Women in Agribusiness 2018 agenda is now available!
SUNDAY 9/23/2018
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm WIA Member's Only Night Out (Learn more about becoming a WIA member)
MONDAY 9/24/2018
7:00 am - 2:00 pm Industry Tour: Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, LLC - Kuner Feedlot & Loveland Products Plant
8:00 am - 2:00 pm One Hour Walking Industry Tour Ardent Mills Innovation Center (AMIC)
8:30 am -12:00 pm Short Course: WIA Leadership Workshop: Transitioning to the Front Lines of Leadership
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Welcome Mixer - Sponsored by Cargill
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Temple Grandin Book Signing - Sponsored by Colorado State University
3:00 pm - 3:10 pm Welcome
3:10 pm - 4:00 pm Transforming the Innovation and Gender Gap
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Keynote Address: The Growing Need for Transparency in Agriculture
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Reception Sponsored by Stoel Rives
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Women in Protein Dinner - Sponsored by Beef Checkoff
TUESDAY 9/25/2018
6:30 am - 7:30 am Yoga
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast - Sponsored by Land O'Lakes, Inc.
8:30 am - 9:15 am Breakout Sessions
Room 1: Marketing B2C or B2B? That is the question!
Room 2: Hemp: Ag's Great Missed Opportunity
Room 3: Soil Health
9:25 am - 10:10 am Breakout Sessions
Room 1: Improving Workplace Culture for Better Employee Retention
Room 2: How to Make Sense of the Changing Trade Environment
Room 3: Alternative Protein: Hype or Hope
10:10 am -10:40 am Coffee Break
10:40 am -11:25 am Breakout Sessions
Room 1: Commodity Market Update
Room 2: Case Study in Urban Agriculture
Room 3: Big Data in Agriculture Today
11:35 am -12:20 pm Breakout Sessions
Room 1: Relationships at Work: Managing Up
Room 2: Landing a Board Position
Room 3: Privilege: The "Dirty" Word that Exists in Every Workplace
12:20 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch - Sponsored by Faegre Baker Daniels
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm Women in Agribusiness Demeter Award Presentation
2:15 pm - 3:15 pm Blockchain: What It Is and Why It Matters to You
3:15 pm - 4:15 pm Ag Innovation Hour
4:15 pm - 4:45 pm Coffee Break
4:45 pm - 5:45 pm Keynote Address: How to Go ALL IN and Embrace Change in Agribusiness
5:45 pm - 7:45 pm Reception - Sponsored by Syngenta
WEDNESDAY 9/26/2018
6:30 am - 7:30 am Yoga
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast - Sponsored by Cargill and Texas A&M University
7:30 am - 8:30 am Breakfast Workshop: Student & Young Professional Workshop Session
8:30 am - 8:30 am Welcome
8:35 am - 9:35 am Female Producers' Panel: Viewpoint from the Farm
9:35 am -10:20 am Big Data and Consumer Tracking
10:20 am -11:20 am Origin Green: A Sustainability Success Story
11:20 am -12:2 0pm Executive Profiles
12:20 pm - 1:30 pm Close of Program and Roundtable Discussions
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Editor’s Note: This article by Agri Marketing sent on behalf of Women in Agribusiness.