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Agenda for Saturday, January 6, 2018
6:30 am
to
7:45 am
Buffet Breakfast
Salon II & III
7:00 am
to
5:00 pm
Registration
8:15 am
to
8:45 am
Millennial Focus Group
Salon II & III
8:45 am
to
9:45 am
How to Sell the Rural Story
Salon II & III
10:00 am
to
11:15 am
Local Food Systems and State's and Provinces' Efforts to Support Entrepreneurship
Ballroom Prefunction Area
10:00 am
to
11:15 am
Affordable Rural Housing and its Impact on the Rural Workforce
Pavilion VI
10:00 am
to
11:15 am
State Legislation Impacting Pets
Pavilion II
10:00 am
to
11:15 am
Marijuana Regulation, Successes and Failures
Pavilion III
10:00 am
to
11:15 am
Future of the Renewable Fuel Standard and the Impact of Natural Gas
Pavilion I
11:30 am
to
12:30 pm
Buffet Lunch
Salon II & III
12:45 pm
to
1:30 pm
Trade: The Role of and Reward for States and Provinces
Salon II & III
1:45 pm
to
3:00 pm
Market Driven Sustainability Efforts
Pavilion I
1:45 pm
to
3:00 pm
State/Provincial Water and Environmental Efforts
Pavilion III
1:45 pm
to
3:00 pm
New Ideas for Rural Schools
Pavilion II
1:45 pm
to
3:00 pm
Challenges Facing the Growing Livestock Industry
Ballroom Prefunction Area
1:45 pm
to
3:00 pm
Cyber Security
Pavilion VI
2:45 pm
to
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm
to
4:30 pm
The Changing Face of Rural Health Care
Ballroom Prefunction Area
3:15 pm
to
4:30 pm
Growing the Dairy Industry
Pavilion VI
3:15 pm
to
4:30 pm
Building the Rural Infrastructure
Pavilion II
3:15 pm
to
4:30 pm
Hemp: Successes and Failures
Pavilion I
3:15 pm
to
4:30 pm
Options to Address Opioid and Drug Abuse in Rural Communities
Pavilion III
4:45 pm
to
5:30 pm
Ag Technology, Research and the Rural Economy
Salon I & II
6:00 pm
to
7:00 pm
Reception
Salon II & III
7:00 pm
to
8:30 pm
Dinner
Salon II & III
8:30 pm
to
10:00 pm
After Dinner Movie
Salon I & II
10:00 pm
to
11:45 pm
Hospitality Suite
Rooftop Bar