November 30 - December 1
Lincoln, NE – Graduate Hotel
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Agenda
Day 1
9:00 AM Registration, Coffee, and Poster Setup
10:00 AM Welcome and Introduction
- Welcome and IANR Hub overview – Mike Boehm
- WICS Hub vision and introduction – Ron Yoder
- WICS conference overview – Daren Redfearn and Daran Rudnick
10:30 AM Research Overview, Panel & Discussion
- Opening comments and panel moderator - Archie Clutter
- Research updates
- Research Panel
- Soil Health – Michael Kaiser
- Water Quantity – Trenton Franz
- Water Quality – Dan Snow
- Digital/Precision Ag – Yeyin Shi
- Integrated Cropping Systems – Nicolas Cafaro La Menza
- Ag Econ – Taro Mieno
- Crops/Livestock – Amy Schmidt
- Collaboration Space - Informal open discussion with colleagues (break integrated)
12:00 PM Lunch
1:00 PM Teaching Overview, Panel & Discussion
- Opening comments and panel moderator - Tiffany Heng-Moss
- Teaching updates
- Teaching- Facilitated Panel
- Andrea Basche
- Saleh Taghvaeian
- Tamra Jackson-Ziems
- Don Lee
- Leah Sandall
- Collaboration Space – Informal open discussion with colleagues (break integrated)
2:30 PM Extension Overview, Panel & Discussion
- Opening comments and panel moderator - Charlie Stoltenow
- Regional educator updates
- Panhandle - John Thomas, Gary Stone, Karen DeBoer
- Southwest – Chuck Burr, Samantha Daniel
- Central – Sarah Sivits, Todd Whitney, Ron Seymour, Amy Timmerman
- Northeast – Wayne Ohnesorg, Bruno Lena, Mitiku Mamo, Luan Oliveira, Nate Dorsey
- Southeast – Jenny Rees, Steve Melvin, Gary Lesoing, Aaron Nygren, Nathan Mueller
- Regional educator updates
- Extension Panel – Specialist/Statewide Educator panel
- Soil Health – Katja Koehler-Cole
- Water Quantity – Xin Qiao
- Water Quality – Troy Gilmore
- Digital/Precision Ag – Andrew Little
- Integrated Cropping Systems – Justin McMechan
4:00 PM Poster Session and Social
6:00 PM Dinner on own at local restaurants
Day 2
9:00am Welcome and Day 1 Recap - Daren Redfearn and Daran Rudnick
9:15am WICS Theme Group Discussions with Regional Integration
11:00am Conference Summary and Take-away, Looking Forward
11:30am Lunch (Free to go)
12:00pm Theme Group Planning Sessions