Agenda
Tuesday, October 8, 2019
All Sessions will take place at NCSA unless otherwise noted.
8:00 am
Registration and Breakfast
NCSA atrium
8:30 am
Opening Remarks: Campus Leadership, Center Kickoff
NCSA auditorium
8:45 am
Presentation of Vision/Goals for the Center
Vikram Adve, Center Co-Director
Matthew Hudson, Center Co-Director
Matthew Hudson, Center Co-Director
9:15 am
Keynote: Vision
Sam Eathington, Chief Science Officer, The Climate Corporation
10:00 am
Networking Break
NCSA lobby
10:30 am
Lighting Talks from Industry
David Potere, Head of GeoInnovation, Indigo Ag
Steven Valencsin, CEO and Founder, Growers
Justin Welch, Digital Product Manager, Syngenta
Mark Moran, Director, John Deere Technology Innovation Center
Landon Frye, Director, Acre Value
Brian Williams, Vice President Business Development and Marketing, Buhler Inc.
Robert Smith, Regional Sales Manager, CNH Inc.
Steven Valencsin, CEO and Founder, Growers
Justin Welch, Digital Product Manager, Syngenta
Mark Moran, Director, John Deere Technology Innovation Center
Landon Frye, Director, Acre Value
Brian Williams, Vice President Business Development and Marketing, Buhler Inc.
Robert Smith, Regional Sales Manager, CNH Inc.
Noon
Lunch
NCSA atrium
1:15 pm
Agriculture Industry Case Studies
Hendrik Hamman, Senior Manager, IBM Watson Research Center
Matthew Wong, Director, Fuse Product Strategy, AGCO Corporation
Claudia Roessler, Director, Agriculture Strategic Projects, Azure Global Engineering, Microsoft Corporation
Matthew Wong, Director, Fuse Product Strategy, AGCO Corporation
Claudia Roessler, Director, Agriculture Strategic Projects, Azure Global Engineering, Microsoft Corporation
2:30 pm
Break
NCSA lobby
2:45 pm
Lightning Talks from CDA Proposals
Kaiyu Guan, Natural Resources and Environmental Science
Praveen Kumar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Angela Green-Miller, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Kevin Xie, Plant Biology
Adam Davis, Crop Sciences
Kathrine Driggs-Campbell, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Girish Chowdhary, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Amy Marshall-Colon, Plant Biology
Rodney Johnson, Animal Sciences
Praveen Kumar, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Angela Green-Miller, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Kevin Xie, Plant Biology
Adam Davis, Crop Sciences
Kathrine Driggs-Campbell, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Girish Chowdhary, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Amy Marshall-Colon, Plant Biology
Rodney Johnson, Animal Sciences
4:00 pm
Supported Networking Break
Rooms 1030, 1040
5:00 pm
Closing Remarks
5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Reception with NCSA Industry
Riggs Brewery, 1901 S. High Cross Road, Urbana, 217-718-5345