Greetings!
If you are coming to the USASBE annual conference in Las Vegas, be sure to join us on Thursday February 13th from 12:30pm to 3:50pm for an amazing workshop and community building event on:
SIG PRESENTATION: State of the "Field" in Rural and Agricultural Entrepreneurship
The domains of rural and agricultural entrepreneurship have many complementary as well as unique elements. Similarly, USASBE's Rural Entrepreneurship and Agricultural Entrepreneurship Special Interest Groups (SIGs) have many unique and complementary people, who we are calling together for this joint SIG workshop. At the core of this community-building workshop are four 30-minute panel discussions, lead by members of both SIGs, in the areas of: Technology; Agricultural Extension & Entrepreneurial Support Organizations; Education & Training; and Ecosystems & Resilience. These panels will be followed by a forward-looking brainstorming session that will generate potential collaborative projects, both between individual members of the two SIGs, as well as future joint activities for the two SIGs. Members all USASBE SIGs are welcome to attend.
12:30-12:45 Introduction to SIGs and each other
12:45-13:15 Panel 1 - Technology
• Jameilla Robinson-Frazier, jrobinson@umkc.edu, University of Missouri - Kansas City
• Mark Gagnon, mag199@psu.edu, Penn State University
• Subbu Kumarappan, kumarappan.1@osu.edu, Ohio State University
• Linda Niehm, niehmlin@iastate.edu, Iowa State University
13:15-13:45 Panel 2 - Agricultural Extension & Entrepreneurial Support Organizations
• Travis Lesser, tal218@psu.edu, Penn State University
• Christian Butzke, butzke@purdue.edu, Purdue University
• Jason Entsminger, jason.entsminger@maine.edu, University of Maine
13:45-14:00 Networking/Bio Break
14:00-14:30 Panel 3 - Education & Training
• Greg Bertsch, Gregory.bertsch@usd.edu, University of South Dakota
• Michael Valdez, mevaldez@fortlewis.edu, Fort Lewis College
• Bob Milner, rlm088@shsu.edu, Sam Houston State University
• Michael Conger, congermj@miamioh.edu, Miami University
14:30-15:00 Panel 4 - Ecosystems & Resilience
• Erik Monsen, emonsen@uvm.edu, University of Vermont
• Stephen Mukembo. Mukembos@missouri.edu, University of Missouri
• Lauran Fuller, lfuller@se.edu, Southeastern Oklahoma State University
• Kyle Scott, kas216@shsu.edu, Sam Houston State University
15:00-15:50 Future Brainstorming/Planning
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Erik Monsen
University of Vermont
Burlington VT
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