Executive Women in Agriculture
De c e m b e r 4 - 5 , 2 0 1 4
Palmer House Hilton Hotel
Downtown Chicago
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Time
Room
Session Speaker
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
Optional Pre-event Tour - Chicago Board of Trade: Pre-registration is Required
8:00 a.m. State Ballroom Registration & Networking Connection Point
10:00 - 10:15 a.m.
Grand Ballroom Welcome
10:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Grand Ballroom
Jeanne Bernick, Editor,
Top Producer
Women in Agriculture:
A Call to Action
Julie Borlaug, Norman E. Borlaug
Institute for International Agriculture
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom Panel Discussion: Women in Agribusiness-
Success Stories
12:00 – 12:15 p.m.
Moderator: Jeanne Bernick
Panelists:
Kate Danner, Longley Farms, Aledo,IL
Kerry Dull, Dull Tree Farms,
Thorntown, IN
Jennifer Holle, Northern Lights
Dairy, Mandan, ND
Grab a box lunch and choose from the sessions below.
12:15 – 12:50 p.m.
Learning Session 1 (sessions TBA)
12:55 – 1:30 p.m.
Learning Session 2 (sessions TBA)
1:35 – 2:10 p.m.
Learning Session 3
2:15 – 2:45 p.m.
State Ballroom
Networking Connection Point
(sessions TBA)
2:45 – 3:30 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Getting Ready for Growth
Jill Eberhart, Principal,
Kennedy & Coe
3:30 – 4:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Structuring Big Decisions
Nicole Olynk Widmar,
Ag Economist, Purdue University
4:15 – 5:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
What’s Ahead for the
2015 Markets? A “US Farm
Report” Roundtable
5:15 – 6:30 p.m.
State Ballroom
Networking Cocktail Reception
Host: Tyne Morgan, “Ag Day”
Agribusiness Director
Panelists: Kim Burton, Top Third Ag Marketing; Julianne Johnston, Pro Farmer; Angie Maguire, Vice President, Grain for Citizens LLC
Executive Women in Agriculture
De c e m b e r 4 - 5 , 2 0 1 4
Palmer House Hilton Hotel
Downtown Chicago
Friday, December 5, 2014
Time
7:00 – 8:00 a.m.
Room
Grand Ballroom
Session
Breakfast with Your State – Come find the table with your state ID 8:15 – 9:10 a.m.
and get to know other executive women from your region!
See below for sessions
Breakout Session 1
Salon 1
Branding/Relationship Development with
Buyers and Suppliers
Brett Oelke, Ag Consultant, Innovus Agra, LLC
Salon 3
Avoiding Pitfalls and Decision Traps
Nicole Olynk Widmar, Ag Economist, Purdue University
See below for sessions
Choose from the list below
Salon 5
Commodity Marketing Strategies for Grain
Angie Maguire, Vice President of Grain for Citizens LLC
Salon 2
Profitability Tips: Managing Land, Equipment and
Inputs
Chris Barron (Top Producer Columnist) & Emily Flory,
Carson and Barron Farms
9:20 – 10:15 a.m.
Speaker
Salon 6
3 Truths Female Leaders Need to Know
Colette Carlson, Business Communication
Expert, Motivational Speaker with “Speak Your Truth”
Salon 7
Manage Your Farm’s Legal Liability
Liza Moore, Attorney, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC
Breakout Session 2
Salon 1
Branding/Relationship Development with
Buyers and Suppliers
Brett Oelke, Ag Consultant, Innovus Agra, LLC
Salon 2
Profitability Tips: Managing Land, Equipment
and Inputs
Chris Barron (Top Producer Columnist) & Emily Flory,
Carson and Barron Farms
Salon 3
Avoding Pitfalls and Decision Traps
Nicole Olynke Widmar, Ag Economist, Purdue University
Choose from the list below
Salon 5
Commodity Marketing Strategies for Livestock
Julianne Johnston, Pro Farmer
Salon 6
The Doctor is In: Management Metrics for Business
Health
Brenda Duckworth, AgKnowledge
Salon 7
Manage Your Farm’s Legal Liability
Liza Moore, Attorney, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC
Executive Women in Agriculture
De c e m b e r 4 - 5 , 2 0 1 4
Palmer House Hilton Hotel
Downtown Chicago
Friday, December 5, 2014
Time
Room
Session
10:15 – 10:55 a.m.
Break
10:55 – 11:50 a.m.
See below for sessions
Breakout Session 3
Salon 1
Branding/Relationship Development with
Buyers and Suppliers
Brent Oelke, Ag Consultant, Innovus Agra, LLC
Salon 2
Profitability Tips: Managing Land, Equipment and
Inputs
Chris Barron (Top Producer Columnist) & Emily Flory,
Carson and Barron Farms
Salon 3
Avoiding Pitfalls and decision Traps
Nicole Olynk Widmar, Ag Economist, Purdue University
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Grand Ballroom
Speaker
Choose from the list below
Salon 5
Commodity Marketing Strategies for Grain
Kim Burton, Top Third Ag Marketing
Salon 6
The Doctor is In: Management Metrics for
Business Health
Brenda Duckworth, AgKnowledge
Salon 7
Manage Your Farm’s Legal Liability
Liza Moore, Attorney, Foster Swift Collins & Smith PC
Lunch with Guest Speaker – Colette Carlson, Business
The Truth About Balance:
Communication Expert,
Stress Less, Laugh More
Motivational Speaker with
“Speak Your Truth”
1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
State Ballroom
Dessert in Networking Connection Point
1:30 – 2:15 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Top Regulations Affecting Lauren Lurkins, Director of Agriculture in 2015
Natural and Environmental
Resources Governmental Affairs and Commodities Division, Illinois Farm Bureau
Executive Women in Agriculture
De c e m b e r 4 - 5 , 2 0 1 4
Palmer House Hilton Hotel
Downtown Chicago
2:15 – 3:00 p.m.
Grand Ballroom
Panel Discussion: Farm to Table Moderator: Jeanne Bernick
with Chicago Top Chefs and Panelists: Chef Nicole Pederson, Found, American Farm Women Evanston, IL; Sarah Peterson, Peterson Farm, Niles, IL; Lorna D. Christie, President, Christie Consulting, former COO of Produce Marketing Association
3:00 p.m.
Sponsored by
Grand Ballroom
Adjourn

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