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Concurrent Breakouts

Full Agenda Plenary Sessions Site Visits

January 6, 2018

January 6, 2018

10:00 am to 11:15 am

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

Future of the Renewable Fuel Standard and the Impact of Natural Gas
Pavilion I

Speaker(s):
Moderator: Eddie Fields

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