Mini Land-Grant Conference Schedule

1:00-6:00 pm

Registration Open (2nd Floor of Graduate Hotel)

6:00-8:00 pm

Welcome Reception, UA Fayetteville Campus, Don W. Reynolds Stadium, Diamond Suite

(Shuttles will be provided from the hotel starting at 5:45 p.m. Parking is available in Lot 201, and you will enter Gate 1, in the south endzone.)

6:30-8:00 am	Breakfast (Brodie Payne, 2nd Floor)
7:00-5:00 pm	Registration Open (2nd Floor of Graduate Hotel)
8:00-10:00 am	Plenary Session I: "Strategically Communicating the Land-grant Mission in the 21st Century" (Spoofer's Stone, 1st Floor) Moderator Marianne Smith Edge Keynote Speaker Blake Woosley Panelist Kelli Russell Panelist Latasha Ford Panelist Nick Kordsmeier
10:00-10:30 am	Break (2nd Floor)
10:30-Noon	Separate and Joint Sessions S-AHS (Brodie Payne AB, 2nd Floor) S-CARET (Levon Helm, 1st Floor) ASRED (Brodie Payne CD, 2nd Floor) AEA (Johnny Cash, 2nd Floor) S-APS (Al Green Boardroom, 2nd Floor) SRCC/PLN/1890 Communications (Glenn Campbell, 1st Floor) ARD & agInnovation South (Trammel, 2nd Floor)
Noon-1:30 pm	Lunch and Joint Sessions S-AHS, ASRED & S-CARET (Brodie Payne AB, 2nd Floor) ARD & agInnovation South (Trammel, 2nd Floor) SRCC/PLN/1890 Communications (Glenn Campbell, 1st Floor) General Lunch for All Others (Brodie Payne, CD)
1:30-3:00 pm	Separate and Joint Sessions ASRED (Brodie Payne CD, 2nd Floor) S-AHS (Levon Helm, 1st Floor) AEA (Johnny Cash, 2nd Floor) SRCC/PLN/1890 Communications (Glenn Campbell, 1st Floor) ARD & agInnovation South (Trammel, 2nd Floor) S-APS & S-CARET (Brodie Payne AB, 2nd Floor)
3:00-3:30 pm	Break (2nd Floor)
3:30-5:00 pm	Lewis Burke and NIFA Updates (Spoofer's Stone, 1st Floor)
Evening	Dinner on your own (see Hotel & Travel Info page for local restaurant ideas)

6:30-8:00 am	Breakfast (Brodie Payne, 2nd Floor)
7:00 -2:00 pm	Registration Open (2nd Floor)
8:00-10:00 am	Plenary Session II: "Growing Together: Faculty Recruitment and Retention Strategies for Advancing Land-Grant Missions" (Spoofer's Stone, 1st Floor) Moderator and Speaker Carmen Agouridis Speaker Deacue Fields Keynote Speaker Randy Woodson Speaker Kim Beatty Speaker Vaden Spurlock
10:00-10:30 am	Break (2nd Floor)
10:30-Noon	Seperate and Joint Sessions with Communicators S-APS (Levon Helm, 1st Floor) S-AHS & S-CARET (Brodie Payne AB, 2nd Floor) agInnovation South & ASRED (Trammel, 2nd Floor) ARD & AEA (Brodie Payne CD, 2nd Floor)
Noon-1:30 pm	Lunch and Joint Session S-AHS, agInnovation South, & S-CARET (Brodie Payne AB, 2nd Floor) General Lunch for All Others (Brodie Payne CD & Trammel, 2nd Floor)
1:30 pm	Depart for tour of the Center for Arkansas Farms and Food (CAFF) and the Market Center of the Ozarks (Hotel Lobby)
4:45-7:30 pm	Visit Crystal Bridges Museum (self-tour) Dinner at Heartland Whole Health Institute of the Museum

6:30-8:00 am	Breakfast (Brodie Payne, 2nd Floor)
8:00-10:00 am	Plenary Session III: "AI in Agriculture and the Environment" (Spoofer's Stone, 1st Floor) Speaker and Panelist David Warren Speaker Dana Choi Speaker Olga Bolden-Tiller Panelist Bruce Erikson Panelist Robert Gilbert
10:00-10:30 am	Break (2nd Floor)
10:30-Noon	Seperate and Joint Sessions S-AHS (Brodie Payne AB, 2nd Floor) ARD, AEA & S-CARET (Brodie Payne CD, 2nd Floor) agInnovation South & S-APS (Trammel, 2nd Floor)
Noon	Lunch on Your Own and Depart NW Arkansas

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