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January 6, 2018
January 6, 2018
10:00 am
to
11:15 am
Future of the Renewable Fuel Standard and the Impact of Natural Gas
Pavilion I
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Eddie Fields
Local Food Systems and State's and Provinces' Efforts to Support Entrepreneurship
Ballroom Prefunction Area
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Carolyn McGinn
Affordable Rural Housing and its Impact on the Rural Workforce
Pavilion VI
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Annette Sweeney
State Legislation Impacting Pets
Pavilion II
Speaker(s):
Moderator:
Marijuana Regulation, Successes and Failures
Pavilion III
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Norine Hammond
1:45 pm
to
3:00 pm
Cyber Security
Pavilion VI
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Dana Brooks
Market Driven Sustainability Efforts
Pavilion I
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Doug Jones
State/Provincial Water and Environmental Efforts
Pavilion III
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Didi Barrett
New Ideas for Rural Schools
Pavilion II
Speaker(s):
Moderator: John Patterson
Challenges Facing the Growing Livestock Industry
Ballroom Prefunction Area
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Bill Heath
3:15 pm
to
4:30 pm
The Changing Face of Rural Health Care
Ballroom Prefunction Area
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Terry Goodin
Growing the Dairy Industry
Pavilion VI
Speaker(s):
Moderator:
Building the Rural Infrastructure
Pavilion II
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Bill Hansell
Hemp: Successes and Failures
Pavilion I
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Ralph Eichler
Options to Address Opioid and Drug Abuse in Rural Communities
Pavilion III
Speaker(s):
Moderator: Ron Miller