Agenda for Saturday, January 6, 2018
6:30 am to 7:45 am
Buffet Breakfast
Salon II & III7:00 am to 5:00 pm
8:15 am to 8:45 am
Millennial Focus Group
Salon II & III8:45 am to 9:45 am
How to Sell the Rural Story
Salon II & III10:00 am to 11:15 am
Local Food Systems and State's and Provinces' Efforts to Support Entrepreneurship
Ballroom Prefunction Area10:00 am to 11:15 am
10:00 am to 11:15 am
State Legislation Impacting Pets
Pavilion II10:00 am to 11:15 am
Marijuana Regulation, Successes and Failures
Pavilion III10:00 am to 11:15 am
11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Buffet Lunch
Salon II & III12:45 pm to 1:30 pm
Trade: The Role of and Reward for States and Provinces
Salon II & III1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Cyber Security
Pavilion VI1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Market Driven Sustainability Efforts
Pavilion I1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
State/Provincial Water and Environmental Efforts
Pavilion III1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
New Ideas for Rural Schools
Pavilion II1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Challenges Facing the Growing Livestock Industry
Ballroom Prefunction Area2:45 pm to 3:00 pm
3:15 pm to 4:30 pm
The Changing Face of Rural Health Care
Ballroom Prefunction Area3:15 pm to 4:30 pm
Growing the Dairy Industry
Pavilion VI3:15 pm to 4:30 pm
Building the Rural Infrastructure
Pavilion II3:15 pm to 4:30 pm
Hemp: Successes and Failures
Pavilion I3:15 pm to 4:30 pm
4:45 pm to 5:30 pm
Ag Technology, Research and the Rural Economy
Salon I & II6:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Reception
Salon II & III7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Dinner
Salon II & III8:30 pm to 10:00 pm
After Dinner Movie
Salon I & II10:00 pm to 11:45 pm