We has an amazing time at the 2017 Summit, and are now gearing up for our 2018 Summit in Des Moines, IA! Check out our 2017 Detailed Agenda below to get a feel for what this year's Summit will be like.
2018 Summit At-A-Glance
Day 1 // Wednesday, June 20th
7:30 am – 9:00 am
9:00 am - 4:00 pm
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm
6:30 pm
7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
9:30 pm
Pre-Summit Registration
Pre-Summit Launch
Registration & Registration Happy Hour
Buses depart for Opening Summit Dinner Reception
Opening Reception Happy Hour and Dinner Program | The World Food Prize Headquarters
Buses depart for hotel
End of Day 1 of Summit
Day 2 // Thursday, June 21st
7:30 am - 8:30 am
8:30 am – 9:15 am
9:15 am – 9:45 am
9:45 am – 10:00 am
10:00 am – 11:00 am
11:00 am – 11:15 am
11:15 am – 11:25 am
11:30 am – 11:40 am
11:45 am – 11:55 am
12:00 pm – 12:10 pm
12:15 pm – 1:30 pm
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
4:00 pm – 4:15 pm
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
5:15 pm – 5:30 pm
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
7:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Networking Breakfast
Welcome & Opening Enrichment Experience
Opening Keynote Speaker
Networking Break
LGBT Leadership - Diversity & Inclusion Roundtable
Networking Break
POWER Talk | Nathan Looney
POWER Talk | Courtney Yuskis
POWER Talk | Grant Lee Ermis
POWER Talk | John Monaghan
POWER Talk Networking Lunch
Concurrent Workshop Session “A”
Featured Panel: USDA
Finding Welcoming and Inclusive Environments for LGBTQ Youth Through 4-H
Cultivating Identity
Changing Policy and Changing Minds
Cultivating Perspectives: Sharing Your Farm’s Story
Who Me? Recognizing and Addressing the Bias in Us All!
Networking Break
Concurrent Workshop Session “B”
Could Grandpa Have Been Wrong? Sustainable, Profitable
Managed Grazing
Creating an Inclusive Classroom Environment
Growing Bridges: Research on Lesbian Farmers & Their
Communities
Finding and Navigating an Inclusive and Diverse Work
Environment
Sweat the Small Stuff: Harnessing Your Soil’s Microbiome
Potential
Networking Break
Fireside Chat – Leaders in Agriculture Roundtable
Updates and Announcements
Networking Dinner Break
VIP & Founder’s Circle Reception (Ticketed Event; Invite Only)
Rocks & Realness (Sponsored Event)
End of Day 2 of Summit
Day 3 // Friday, June 22nd
9:00 am – 10:00 am
10:00 am - 10:45 am
10:45 am – 11:00 am
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
1:30 pm – 1:40 pm
1:45 pm – 1:55 pm
2:00 pm – 2:10 pm
2:15 pm – 2:25 pm
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Breakfast & Research Poster Session
Morning Session & Keynote
Networking Break
Concurrent Workshop Session “C”
Featured Panel: Monsanto
Authentic Connections ... Allowing the LGBT+ Voice to be
Heard
“Veterans to Farmers”
Queering the Classroom -- Supporting Queer and Trans
Youth in Education
US Farm Tours
Networking Lunch
POWER Talk | Natalina Sents
POWER Talk | Gabriella Coughlin
POWER Talk | Xyin Yang
POWER Talk | Bill Hendrix
POWER Talk Networking Reception
Closing Enrichment Experience
End of 4th Annual Summit
Iowa Ag Experience
Day 4 // Saturday, June 23rd
9:00 am
9:15 am
12:30 pm
1:30 pm
3:45 pm
5:00 pm
Meet in hotel lobby/load bus
Meredith Corporation Tour
Farm to Table Lunch at HoQ
Farm Tour - TBD
Jasper Winery Tour
Travel back to hotel