Program

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 11

8:00 am – Pre-Conference Animal Science, Horticulture, and Sustainable Ag Tours
8:00 am – 5:00 pm NACAA Board Meeting

SATURDAY, AUGUST 12

7:00 am Pre-Conference Animal Science, Horticulture, and Sustainable Ag Tours
12:45 pm Natural Resources Pre-Conference Tour
8:00 am – 5:00 pm NACAA Board Meeting
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Registration at Iowa Events Center
3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Scholarship auction item drop off
6:30 pm Iowa Meeting

SUNDAY, AUGUST 13

8:00 am – 7:00 pm Registration at Iowa Events Center
8:00 am – 7:00 pm Scholarship auction item drop off
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Life Member/Spouses Hospitality
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Commercial Exhibits and NACAA Educational Exhibits, Poster Set Up
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Scholarship Selection Committee
9:00 am – Noon Nominating Committee Meeting
10:00 am – Noon Regional Directors/Vice Directors Meeting
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Past National Board Luncheon
1:00 pm – 6:30 pm Commercial Exhibit Trade Show and NACAA Poster Session Display
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm State Officers Workshop
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm Life and Spouse Member Welcome and Orientation
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm First Lady’s Reception (by invitation)
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm NACAA Educational Foundation Annual Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Break (Exhibit Hall)
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Annie’s Project 20th Anniversary Reception
3:00 pm – 4:30 pm First Timer Orientation and Reception
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Welcome to Iowa Dinner (Tickets Required)
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm State President Rehearsal for Flag Ceremony
6:00 pm – 6:15 pm National Leadership Rehearsal
6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Parents Orientation for Sons and Daughters Program
7:00 pm – 8:45 pm Opening Session and Inspirational Program
9:00 pm Ice Cream Social
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm State Pictures
9:30 pm – 11:30 pm Hospitality Rooms Open (Hilton)
10:00 pm Iowa Meeting

MONDAY, AUGUST 14

6:30 am – 7:30 am Morning Group Exercise
6:30 am – 5:00 pm Life Member/Spouse Hospitality (light breakfast items and snacks available)
6:30 am – 7:45 am Voting Delegates Breakfast (invite only)
6:30 am – 7:45 am Bayer CropScience Breakfast (Tickets Required)
8:00 am – noon Scholarship auction item drop off
8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration at Iowa Events Center
8:00 am – noon NACAA Poster Judging
8:00 am – 10:15 am General Session
9:00 am – 11:00 am Life/Spouse Workshops
9:00 am – 4:30 pm Commercial and NACAA Educational Exhibits Open
10:15 am – 10:30 am Break
10:15 am – 10:45 am Meet the Authors Poster Session
10:30 am – 11:40 am Committee Workshops for all NACAA Members
10:30 am – 11:45 am Life Members Business Meeting
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Agriculture Awareness & Appreciation Award Luncheon (Tickets Required)
11:45 am – 1:15 pm First Time Attendee Luncheon (Tickets Required)
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Professional Improvement and Search for Excellence Luncheons (Tickets Required) Crop, Consumer or Commercial Horticulture
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Merck Educational Luncheon Seminar (Tickets Required)
12:00 pm – 1:15 pm Life Member/Spouse Luncheon
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Committee Oral Presentations (Ag Econ, Horticulture (2))
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Trade Talk Sponsor Sessions
1:30 pm – 2:45 pm Special Iowa Workshops: Climate Hubs and Extension – Partners in Climate Informed Decisions and Agriculture, Save a Child thru Farm Safety Education Programs, Get to Know the Center for Agricultural Law and Taxation
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Life/Spouse Tours
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Life/Spouse Workshops
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Break (Exhibit Hall)
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Regional Meetings and Candidate Presentations
5:00 pm States Night Out
7:00 pm Silent and Live Auction Preview
8:00 pm Live Auction
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm State Pictures
9:00 pm – 10:00 pm Ice Cream Social
9:30 pm – 11:30 pm Hospitality Rooms Open (Hilton)
10:00 pm Iowa Meeting

TUESDAY, AUGUST 15

6:30 am – 7:30 am Morning Group Exercise
6:30 am – 5:00 pm Life Member/Spouse Hospitality (light breakfast items and snacks available)
7:00 am – 8:15 am Achievement Award Recognition Breakfast (invite only)
8:00 am – 2:00 pm Registration at Iowa Events Center
8:30 am – 11:30 am Delegate Session
8:30 am – 11:30 am Committee Oral Presentations (4-H & Youth Programming, Natural Resources, Sustainable Agriculture, Teaching & Educational Technologies, Animal Science)
8:30 am – 11:30 am Super Seminars
#1 – Strategies for promotion packet
#2 – Soil Health
#3 – Landscape Mulch Myth-busting
8:30 am – 2:00 pm Life/Spouse Activities (Tours)
9:00 am – 3:30 pm Commercial and NACAA Educational Exhibits Open
9:00 am – 3:30 pm NACAA Poster Session Open
9:30 am – 11:00 am Life/Spouse Workshops
10:00 am – 10:30 am Break (Exhibit Hall)
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Communication/Poster Awards Luncheon (invite only)
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Search for Excellence Luncheons:
Livestock Production, Young, Beginning or Small Farms/ Rancher Program, Forestry/Natural Resources (Tickets Required)
1:30 pm – 5:00 pm Committee Oral Presentations (4-H & Youth Programming, Agriculture Economics, Agricultural Issues, Agronomy, Animal Science, Horticulture, Leadership & Administrative Skills, Natural Resources, Sustainable Ag, Teaching & Ed Technologies)
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Life/Spouse Workshops
3:00 pm – 3:30 pm Break
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Commercial Exhibits close and take down
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Leadership Academy
4:30 pm – 10:00 pm Iowa State Fair
10:00 pm Iowa Meeting

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16

6:30 am – 7:30 am Morning Group Exercise
6:30 am – 5:00 pm Life Member/Spouse Hospitality (light breakfast items and snacks available)
6:30 am – 8:00 am National Committee Members Breakfast Recognition of Retiring Chairs, Vice Chairs and Special Assignments
7:45 am – 4:30 pm Life/Spouse Activities (Tours)
8:00 am –2:00 pm Registration at Iowa Events Center
8:30 am – 10:00 am NACAA Policy Meeting
8:30 am – 10:15 am General Session
10:15 am – 10:30 am Break
10:30 am – 11:45 am Committee Oral Presentations (4-H & Youth Programming, Agricultural Issues, Ag Econ, Agronomy, Animal Science, Horticulture, Leadership & Administrative Skills, Sustainable Ag, Early Career)
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Search For Excellence Luncheons: (Tickets Required) 4-H and Youth Programming, Sustainable Ag, Farm and Ranch Bus. Mgmt.)
11:45 am – 1:15 pm Ag Pipeline Alliance Luncheon – (Tickets Required)
11:45 am – 3:00 pm Administrative Leaders Luncheon and Program (for Extension Directors, Program Leaders with statewide responsibilities)
1:00 pm – 4:00 pm ARPAS Testing
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Special Iowa Workshop: Preparing for Foreign Animal Diseases
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Super Seminars
#4 – Document impacts of video/ Social Media
#5 – Emotional intelligence as a lever
#6 – Reading the Farm
1:30 pm – 4:30 pm Committee Oral Presentations (Agronomy, Horticulture, Early Career)
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Break
4:30 pm – 5:00 pm Formal Picture Opportunity
5:00 pm – 6:30 pm DSA & AA Recipients, Hall of Fame Recipients, NACAA Board Members, Region Directors, Past Officers, Special Assignments, Special Guests, Council Chairs, Committee Chairs and Vice Chairs Assemble for Banquet
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Annual Banquet (Tickets Required)
9:15 pm – 11:00 pm President’s Reception
10:00 pm Iowa Meeting

THURSDAY, AUGUST 17

6:00 am – 8:45 am Breakfast (Tickets Required)
6:00 am – 9:00 am Assemble for Professional Improvement Tours
6:30 am – 6:00 pm Professional Improvement Tours (23 tours) (Tickets Required)
4:45 pm Shuttle buses for Iowa Dinner for non-tour participants
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Post Tour Dinner (Tickets Required)
10:00 pm Iowa Meeting

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18

8:00 am – 5:00 pm NACAA Board Meeting