| Agenda All sessions in Cowles Auditorium, unless otherwise noted.
Friday, September 13
8.00 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast [Humphrey Center Atrium]
8.30 am
Introduction and Program Overview
Charles Muscoplat -- Vice President for Agricultural Policy and Dean, College of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences
Rodney J. Brown -- Deputy Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lee W. Munnich, Jr. -- Humphrey Institute Senior Fellow and Director, State and Local Policy Program
G. Edward Schuh -- Regents Professor and Director, Freeman Center for International Economic Policy
10.15 am
Panel: Perspectives on the Rural Economy
Chuck Fluharty -- Director, Rural Policy Research Institute, Columbia, Missouri (moderator)
Stuart Rosenfeld -- Principal, Regional Technology Strategies, Carrboro, North Carolina
Cornelia Flora -- Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Ames, Iowa
Joseph Cortright -- Economist, Impresa, Inc., Portland, Oregon
Louis Swanson -- Professor of Sociology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
12.00 pm
Luncheon and Keynote Address [Humphrey Center Atrium]
"Getting Unstuck: Rural Policy that Might Work"
David Freshwater -- Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of Kentucky and Program Manager, UK Rural Studies Program
1:45 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Session 1: Rural Knowledge Clusters and Dynamic Rural Economies
Joe Cortright -- Economist, Impresa Inc. (moderator)
David McGranahan -- Economist, USDA Economic Research Service
Philip Psilos -- Director, Economic & Technology Policy Studies, Center for Best Practices, National Governor's Association
Craig Mathisen -- Assistant Director, Regional Services, Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government, Australia
Session 2: Globalization and the Rural Economy [Room 180]
Cornelia Flora -- Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development (moderator)
Stan Johnson -- Vice Provost, Extension Program, Iowa State University
Robbin Johnson--Senior Vice President, Director of Corporate Affairs, Cargill Inc.
Sandy Renner -- President, Global Resource Associates Inc.
3:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions
Session 3: Rural Institutions and the Promotion of Innovation and Knowledge Creation
Jane Leonard -- Acting Executive Director, Minnesota Rural Partners (moderator)
Kevin Kopischke -- Vice President, Alexandria Technical College
Gary Green -- Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Dick Senese -- Associate Dean, and Capacity Area Leader for Community Vitality, University of Minnesota
Session 4: Devolution, Local Capacity, and Rural Development [Room 180]
Louis Swanson -- Professor of Sociology, Colorado State University (moderator)
Tom Stinson -- Associate Professor of Applied Economics and Minnesota State Economist, University of Minnesota
Karen Miller -- President, National Association of Counties
Bert May, Legislative Liaison, Kentucky League of Cities
5.00 pm
Reception [Humphrey Center Atrium]
Saturday, September 14
7.45 am
Continental Breakfast [Humphrey Center Atrium]
8.15am
Panel: Diversity and Rural Community Vitality
Sharon Sayles Belton -- Senior Fellow, Roy Wilkins Center for Human Relations and Social Justice, Humphrey Institute (moderator)
Claudia Fuentes, Executive Director, HACER
Katherine Fennelly -- Professor, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
Joe Nathan -- Senior Fellow, and Director, Center for School Change, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
9.15 am
Panel: Successful Rural Economies: What Can Be Learned?
Stuart Rosenfeld -- Principal, Regional Technology Strategies, Carrboro, North Carolina (moderator)
Craig Mathisen -- Assistant Director, Regional Services, Department of Primary Industries, Queensland Government, Australia
Jane Leonard -- Acting Executive Director, Minnesota Rural Partners
10.45 am
Synthesis Panel: Where Do We Go from Here?
John Adams -- Professor and Chair, Department of Geography, University of Minnesota (moderator)
Chuck Fluharty -- Director, Rural Policy Research Institute, Columbia, Missouri
Patricia Hipple, Cooperative State Research Education and Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture
Mary Rothchild, Program Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Workforce Development, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, St. Paul, Minnesota
Vernon Ruttan, Regents Professor, Applied Economices, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
12:15 pm
Adjourn
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