Agenda
| Thurday, May 8, 2025 | ||
| 8:30 AM | Registration | |
| 9:00 AM |
Welcome |
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| Dr. Scott Angle (UF/IFAS SVP) and Dr. Lisa House (Dept Chair, UF Food and Resource Economics) | ||
| 9:30 AM | State Agricultural Policy | |
| Entrepreneurship and Workforce Development | Secretary J. Alex Kelly, Florida Department of Commerce | |
| Priority Issues and Updates | Tripp Hunter, Director of State Legislative Affairs, Florida Farm Bureau Federation | |
| 10:15 AM | Break & Graduate Student Poster Session | |
| 10:30 AM | Federal Agricultural Policy | |
| Priority Issues and Updates: Farm Bill | Dr. John Newton, Executive Head, Terrain | |
| Priority Issues and Updates | John Walt Boatright, Director, Government Affairs, American Farm Bureau Federation | |
| 11:15 AM | Legislative Perspective | |
| Representative J.J. Grow, Florida State House of Representatives | ||
| 11:45 AM | Overview of the Plant Science Research and Education Unit | |
| Dr. James (Jim) Boyer, Center Director, Plant Science Research and Education Unit | ||
| 12:00 PM | Lunch & Graduate Student Poster Session | |
| 1:00 PM | Welcome and Reconvene | |
| Dr. Derek Farnsworth, Associate Professor, UF Food and Resource Economics | ||
| 1:15 PM | Agricultural Research and Extension Partnerships | |
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Panel chaired by Dr. Damian Adams, UF/IFAS Associate Dean for Research Panelists:
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| 2:30 PM | Break & Graduate Student Posters Session | |
| 2:45 PM | Artificial Intelligence Applications for Agriculture | |
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Panel chaired by Dr. Nathan Boyd, Associate Center Director and Professor of Horticulture, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast REC Panelists:
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| 3:45 PM |
Wrap-Up, Evaluations, and Poster Results |
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| Dr. Suzanne Thornsbury, Professor, UF Food and Resource Economics Department | ||
| 4:00 PM | Optional Tour of Plant Science Research and Education Unit | |