Welcome

Jon Scholl,
President, American Farmland Trust

Outcomes of the Regional Roundtables

Moderator:
Dave White - Chief, USDA NRCS

Blue Ribbon Panel Members:
Roger Allbee, Varel Bailey, A.G. Kawamura, Teresa Lasseter, Patrick O'Toole, Ross Racine

Opening Keynote

Kathleen Merrigan
USDA Deputy Secretary
The Next Generation of Soil & Water Conservation

Lunch

Speaker:
A.G. Kawamura
Former Secretary, California
Department of Food & Agriculture
Envisioning Healthy Rural Communities of the Future:
The Convergence of Watersheds, Energy Sheds & Foodsheds

Water Security: Quality, Quantity and Water Rights

Moderator:
Patrick O'Toole
President, Family Farm Alliance

Panel:
Jose Aguto
Policy Advisor, National Congress of American Indians
Jeff Jacobs
Scholar, National Research Council, Water & Technology Board
G. Tracy Mehan III
Principal, The Cadmus Group LLC
Kristen Saacke Blunk
Director, Agriculture & Environment Center, Penn State University
Marc Thalacker
Manager, Three Sisters Irrigation District

Landscape Integrity

Moderator:
Roger Allbee
Former Secretary, Vermont Agency of Agriculture, Food & Markets

Panel
J. Gordon Arbuckle
Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
Richard Barringer
Research Professor, University of Southern Maine
Craig Cox
Senior Vice President for Agriculture & Natural Resources, The Environmental Working Group
Jeff Herrick
Research Soil Scientist, USDA ARS
Charles W. Rice
President, Soil Science Society of America
Walter Hill
Dean of Tuskegee University

Dinner: Choosing a Future for Conservation

Speaker: Krysta Harden
Chief of Staff, Secretary of Agriculture

Innovation, Technology and Research to Develop Solutions for Producers and the Agricultural Landscape

Moderator:
Varel Bailey
Bailey Farms, Anita, IA

Panel:
John Copple
President & CEO, Sanborn Total Geospatial Solutions
Raymond Forney
Global Stewardship Manager, DuPont Crop Protection
Leonard Gianessi
Director, Crop Protection Research Institute, CropLife Foundation
Mark S. Kieser
Principal & Senior Scientist, Kieser & Associates

Reaching Across Jurisdictional Authorities

Moderator:
Otto Doering
Professor, Purdue University

Panel:
Earl F. (Buddy) Hance
Secretary of Agriculture, Maryland
Bruce Knight
Principal & Founder, Strategic Conservation Solutions
Doug O'Brien
Acting Deputy Under Secretary, USDA Rural Development
Ross Racine
Executive Director, Intertribal Agricultural Council
Steve Robinson
Former President, National Association of Conservation Districts

What Do We Need in a 21st-Century Agenda for Conservation

Moderator:
Charles Stenholm
Former Congressman, Texas

Panel:
Larry Elworth
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Tom Hebert
Principal & Founder, Bayard Ridge Group
Bill O'Conner
Senior Agricultural Policy Advisor, McLeod, Watkinson & Miller
Will Shafroth
Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior
Dave White
Chief, USDA NRCS

Closing Remarks

Dave White
Chief, USDA NRCS
Bringing It All Together