Content
Tying Things Together
2026 Water & Integrated Cropping Systems Conference
March 3, 2026
East Campus Union, Lincoln, Nebraska
Agenda
8:55 AM Daren Redfearn - Conference Overview
9:00 AM Derek McLean - Tying This Together
9:10 AM Jeff Bradshaw - Wheat Stem Sawfly
9:30 AM Amanda Easterly/Katherine Frels - Wheat Variety Testing/Field Days
9:50 AM Chris Proctor - T.A.P.S.
10:00 AM Yeyin Shi - Artificial Intelligence
10:10 AM Nipuna Chamara - Applied Artificial Intelligence
10:20 AM Discussion
10:50 AM Meghan Sindelar - Teaching/Experiential Learning Opportunities
11:10 AM Chittaranjan Ray - Crop Modeling/Systems Modeling
11:30 AM Crystal Powers - Master Irrigator
11:50 AM Daren Redfearn - WICS Conference Summary
12:00 PM Lunch/Informal Discussions
1:30 PM Dismiss to Nebraska Innovation Campus for Heuermann Lecture
