Friday, January 27, 2017

4:00 p.m. Conference Registration Open
4:00 p.m. LEAD Alumni Board Business Meeting
6:00 p.m. Member Social and Cash Bar
7:00 p.m. LEAD Alumni Conference Dinner
Welcome and Opening Comments, LEAD 33
Invocation
Dinner
LEAD Conference Video Presentation
Recognition of LEAD Alumni Board/Dignitaries
8:00 p.m. Evening Entertainment/Activity and Cash Bar
Gayle Becwar, Magician

Saturday, January 28, 2017
7:30 a.m. Conference Registration Open
7:30 a.m. Breakfast Buffet – Sponsored by: Nebraska Soybean Board
8:30 a.m. LEAD 33 Welcome & Opening Comments
Kearney Greetings and Welcome Stanley Clouse, Mayor
LEAD Alumni Board Greetings Kerry Glandt
LEAD Conference Video Presentation Matt Dolch
9:00 a.m. The Challenge of Science Literacy
Kevin Folta – Professor & Chairman, University of Florida
9:45 a.m. Conference Break – Sponsored by: Nebraska Soybean Board
10:00 a.m. The Challenge of Developing New Markets
Greg Anderson Nebraska Soybean Board
10:45 a.m. Conference Break – Sponsored by: Syngenta/NK Seeds

11:00 a.m. Local Business Development Speaker
Roger Berry with the Nebraska Corn Board
11:45 a.m. Nebraska LEAD Program Comments
Dr. Terry Hejny LEAD Program Director
12:00 p.m. Lunch Buffet – Sponsored by: Nebraska Corn Board
LEAD ISTS Presentation – LEAD 34
Entrepreneurship Panel
1:15 p.m. Entrepreneurship Panel: The Challenge of Entrepreneurship
Neal Ely, Owner, Ely Farms Pickled Asparagus
Mike Brown – Owner, Adams Superfoods
Silas Clarke – City of Hickman
Kristi Boswell – Congressional Relations, AFBF
2:45 p.m. Conference Break Sponsored by – Union Bank & Trust/Big Iron
3:00 p.m. The Challenge of Local Entrepreneurship
Calvin/Desiree Wineland American Butchers

3:45 p.m. The Challenge of Sustainability
Jenny Penny, Land 0’Lakes – SUSTAIN Manager
4:30 p.m. Conference Break Sponsored by –
Farm Credit Leasing/Co Bank

4:45 p.m. The Challenge of Today’s Agricultural Economy
Shane Frahm, Farm Credit Services of America
5:30 p.m. Social Hour
6:30 p.m. LEAD Alumni Conference Banquet
Recognition of LEAD Class 4
Keynote Address: Michelle Payne-Knoper, Cause Matters
LEAD 33 Thank You and Challenge