Agenda
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
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Early Check-in/Registration - Level 3 Foyer
5:30 - 7:30 pm
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Cocktail Reception for Early Arrivers - Level 3 Foyer
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Arrive early, mingle and relax with custom Mojitos! Try the signature drink of Women in Agribusiness - Blueberry Mojitos!
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Monday, September 17, 2012
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Check-In/Registration - Level 3 Foyer
7:15 - 8:15 am
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Breakfast - Level 3, Celestin Ballroom
7:15 - 8:15 am
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GENERAL SESSIONS - LEVEL 3, CELESTIN BALLROOM
Opening Remarks: The Changing Demographics of Women in Agribusiness
8:15 - 8:30 am
Mary L. Shelman, Director, Agribusiness Program, Harvard Business School and President, IFAMA
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Welcome from U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (via video)
8:30 - 8:45 am
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PANEL: Navigating the Global Agro-Economy
8:45 - 9:45 am
Moderator:
Susan Burns, Manager, External Communications, Bunge Limited
Panelists:
Rhonda Cole, Director of Grains and Oilseeds Division, SunOpta, Inc.
Roe Stone,Tour Outreach Manager - Technology Communications Team, Monsanto
Susan Grelling, Vice President of Commodity Risk Management, Land O' Lakes
Alice Sterkel, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Novus International
- What challenges arise from the global nature of our agricultural system?
- What strategies might be employed to navigate these challenges?
- How might China's increasingly dominant role in the global economy impact the agricultural industry as a whole?
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Keynote Presentation: Celebrate the People, Promise and Passion of Agriculture
9:45 - 10:45 am
Michele Payn-Knoper, Principal, Cause Matters, Inc.
Michele Payn-Knoper will help you stand up as a thought leader for agriculture and celebrate the people, promise and passion in our business. Laugh and cry while celebrating work from the farm gate to the consumer plate. Find inspiration for agriculture from one of our own. You'll find new "fighting moves" that will get you thinking about our opportunity for the conversation around the plate in this keynote. After all, if your voice isn't in the conversation, who is speaking for you?
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Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15 am
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Developing Leadership Through Coaching
11:15 - 11:35 am
Michelle Smith, Field Research Manager, Dow AgroSciences
Coaching and mentoring are mentioned frequently in literature on women leaders in industry as interactions that have made a difference in keeping women employed and advancing. In 2010, Dow AgroSciences Women’s Innovation Network became engaged in helping to form a pilot program on coaching for women’s leadership development; this approach, we believe, may have real potential to result in lasting change in our company. Michelle will discuss the results of 2011 pilot program and subsequent expansion of the coaching initiative at Dow AgroSciences.
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Monsanto's America's Farmers Mom of the Year Award
11:35 - 12:05 pm
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Conversation with Today's Ag Leaders - a Town Hall Style Discussion
12:05 - 1:05 pm
Moderator:
Rhonda Caughlin Werner, Partner and Agronomy and Seed Recruiting Consultant, Ag 1 Source
Panelists:
Beverly Gabaldon, Senior Vice President/Chief Financial Officer, Farm Credit
Mary Ellen Hennessy-Jones, President, Solera Capital LLC
Ann Hastings Kafer, Director, Corporate Communications and Marketing Services, Growmark, Inc.
Elizabeth Hund, Senior Vice President and Division Manager, U.S. Bank Food Industries
Carol Kitchen, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Global Ingredients, Land O'Lakes
Agribusiness leaders will field a diversity of questions from the audience and address challenges in agribusiness today.
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Lunch
1:05 - 2:30 pm
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Optional Breakout Sessions (2:00 - 2:30 pm)
Session 1: Capturing Career Opportunities in Agribusiness
For students, recent graduates and high-potential agribusiness women hoping to climb the career ladder
Session Leader: Rhonda Caughlin-Werner, Partner and Agronomy and Seed Recruiting Consultant, Ag1 Source
Session 2: Building an Effective and Lasting Network of Women in Agribusiness
For women interested in continuing the conversation from and strategies to capitalize on relationships built at Women in Agribusiness
Session Leader: Mary L. Shelman, Director, Agribusiness Program, Harvard Business School and President, IFAMA
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PANEL: Transportation and Infrastructure: Are We Ready for the Future?
2:30 - 3:30 pm
Moderator:
Janine Mansour, Commercial Manager, Port of New Orleans
Panelists:
Ashley Ritteman, General Manager - Minneapolis Office, BNSF Logistics
Vanessa Kummer, Chairperson, United Soybean Board
Pam Moses, President, Trans Coastal Supply Company
- What investments in transportation infrastructure are needed to increase transportation efficiency in the ag value chain?
- What are the biggest challenges to appropriate investment in ag infrastructure?
- What current projects show the most promise for improving ag transportation and infrastructure and what market demands will dictate future investment?
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PANEL: Managing Volatility in a High-Priced Commodity Market
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Moderator:
Elizabeth Hund, Senior Vice President, U.S. Bank Food Industries
Panelists:
Maria José Capelle, Commercial Manager, Adecoagro
Ayesha Choudhury, Commodities Structuring, Deutsche Bank AG
Susan Sutherland, Senior Director, Agricultural Commodity Products, CME Group
- What are the underlying drivers considered when creating risk management strategies?
- What are the implications of the globalization and consolidation of the exchanges?
- What new hedging tools would allow them to manage their positions most effectively?
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Closing Remarks: Women in Agribusiness, Moving Forward Together
4:30 - 4:45 pm
Mary L. Shelman, Director, Agribusiness Program, Harvard Business School and President, IFAMA
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Cocktail Reception in Exhibit Hall - Storyville Hall
4:45 - 6:30 pm
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