April 24-26, 2016
Nebraska Innovation Campus
Lincoln, NE
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Catalytic Collaborations: Building public-private partnerships for water and food security

Join the discussion, featuring leaders from global organizations, academic researchers, policy makers, agricultural producers, students, as well as other public and private colleagues, to focus on the power of partnerships to increase water and food productivity.

Session topics:

- Irrigation research and technology for smallholder farmers, including remote sensing and apps that help farmers target water usage to maximize yields
- Agricultural solutions in both crop development and management; and livestock
- Information technology to improve water and agricultural productivity
- Food processing advancements to reduce water use in the food and beverage sector
- Mitigating the effects of climate change on water and food security and public health
- The rapidly-growing agricultural entrepreneurship ecosystem and its role in PPPs

Plenary speakers:

- Hank Bounds, president, University of Nebraska
- Melissa Ho, managing director, Africa at Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Martin Fisher, co-founder and CEO, KickStart
- Patricia Mulroy, senior fellow, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institute and former general manager of the Las Vegas Valley Water District
- Jeff Raikes, co-founder, Raikes Foundation and Water for Food Institute board chair
- Sally Rockey, executive director, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research – Closing Keynote and Heuermann Lecture

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