Schedules

Schedule

Pre-Conference Schedule

Monday, May 2nd - Pre-Conference Schedule
10:00 am-Noon (CST)	Registration
Noon-1:30 pm (CST)	Opening Luncheon with keynote presentation, Best Practices in Managing Diversity and Leveraging the Value it Brings Luke Visconti, Chief Executive Officer of Diversity Inc Media LLC.
1:45-3:15 pm (CST)	Plenary Session - Investments Made and Strategies to Increase Diversity in Extension Building Excellence through Diversity: A University Approach - Dawn Bratsch-Prince, Associate Provost for Academic Personnel, Chief Diversity Officer, Iowa State University Diversity, Social Justice, and Inclusion in the USDA-Land Grant Partnership - Maurice Dorsey, National Program Leader and Diversity Officer, Division of Family and Consumer Sciences, National Institute for Food and Agriculture Diversity and Inclusion: Reaching Our Full Potential - Richard M. Klemme, Dean and Director, Cooperative Extension, University of Wisconsin - Extension
3:15-3:30 pm (CST)	Break
3:30-4:30 pm (CST)	Breakout Sessions Recruitment Strategies to Increase and Retain a Diverse Workforce - *Ray Ali, National Institute for Food & Agriculture Breaking Down Barriers to Participation* - *Dr. Rubén J. Saldaña, Texas Tech University What will be the Extension CED Programming of the Future?* - Dr. Tim Borich and Alan Vandehaar, Iowa State University Panel Discussion-How do you Work with Partners?
5:45-7:30 pm (CST)	Welcome Reception, Des Moines Embassy Club

Tuesday, May 3rd - Pre-Conference Schedule

7:30-9:00 am (CST)

Breakfast with Morning Presentation
Congressman Chaka Fattah, Chairman Congressional Urban Caucus

9:15-10:45 am (CST)

Plenary Session - Collaborative Partnerships in Urban Extension

Building Connections with Extension –Trudy M. Rice , NaCO Large Urban Counties Caucus, NaCO
Best Practices for Building Collaborative Partners Around the Globe – Donald Tobias, Executive Director, Cornell Cooperative Extension, New York, NY
White House Office of Urban Affairs, Focus on Engagement and Outreach (invited)

10:45-11:00 am (CST)

Break

11:00-11:40 am (CST)

Capstone Address - Urban Connections, USU/APLU/CES for the Enhancement of Outreach and Engagement

Shari O.Garmise, PhD. Vice President of USU/APLU, Office of Urban Initiatives

Conference Schedule

Tuesday, May 3rd

10:00-Noon (CST)

Registration

Noon-12:30 pm (CST)

Welcome & Opening Remarks - Luis Rico-Gutierrez, Dean of the College of Design, Iowa State University

12:40-1:30 pm (CST)

Lunch

1:30-2:30 pm (CST)

Keynote Speaker - Breaking Barriers: Concrete Tools for Changing the Lives of People in Poverty - Donna Beegle, Ed.D., National public speaker and author of "See Poverty, Be the Difference"

2:45-3:45 pm (CST)

Breakout Session 1

3:45-4:00 pm (CST)

Break

4:00-5:00 pm (CST)

Breakout Session 2

6:00-9:00 pm (CST)

An Evening in the Gardens

Des Moines Botanical and Environmental Center

Wednesday, May 4th - Conference Schedule
8:00-9:30 am (CST)	Breakfast Speaker - Oh No! Not the Welfare Model of Cooperative Extension Research - *Dorothy Freeman*, State 4-H Program Leader and Assistant Director, University of Minnesota Extension
9:30-10:00 am (CST)	Break
10:00-11:00 am (CST)	Breakout Session 3
11:00 am-1:00 pm (CST)	Luncheon with Keynote Speaker - Rebooting Extension: Outreach Strategies for the Decade Ahead - *James D. Oliver, Ph.D.*, Associate Chancellor and Assistant Dean/Regional Director for the University of Illinois
1:30-2:30 pm (CST)	Breakout Session 4
2:30-3:00 pm (CST)	Break
3:00-4:00 pm (CST)	Breakout Session 5
4:15-5:15 pm (CST)	Plenary Sessions Broadening the Voices in Urban and Community Forestry: Lessons from 20 Years of Trying - Maureen McDonough, Ph.D., Professor for Social Forestry, Michigan State University Twitter and Facebook and Blogs, Oh My! Building Your Organization’s Social Media Impact - Bill Schrier, Chief Technology Officer, City of Seattle, WA
	Evening out on own Take advantage of the many optional evening outings!

Thursday, May 5th - Conference Schedule
7:30-8:30 am (CST)	Breakfast Speaker - Promising Practices for 4-H Science in Urban Communities Chad Ripberger, National 4-H Project Director, 4-H Science in Urban Communities
8:45-9:45 am (CST)	Breakout Session 6
10:00-11:15 am (CST)	General Session, Capstone Speaker - Leadering our Diverse and Urban Communities: The Power of We - *Juana Bordas, President of Mestiza Leadership International*
11:15-11:30 am (CST)	Closing Remarks, Robin Shepard, Executive Director for the North Central Cooperative Extension Association (NCCEA)