• Organizers: Ben Craker

• Description: The Modus session will cover all things related to the lab test data standard with a review of the updates to the Soil methods list, the new Manure methods list, and an update on the work started in the Plant Tissue/Botanical methods list. We will also review the new CSV format for the method lists, discuss supporting terminology and definitions documentation and recap the progress ADAPT Standard as made on Observations and Measurements for the v2 schema.

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• Description: Quick Connect is a unique opportunity to meet with some of your most important trading partners to determine how to better connect electronically - from booking and delivery to invoicing and inventory management. These sessions allow trading partners to discuss one-on-one what they need to do and what connections they need to build. Participants often come away from these meetings with an execution timetable and a clearer understanding of how to utilize AgGateway electronic messages and resources for a successful implementation.

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• Organizers: Nikki Marshall and Leslie Hedges

• Description: Recommended for new members and first-time attendees, but all are welcome to attend! This session provides an introduction to AgGateway activities and how we operate. Your contributions to the AgGateway mission will be easier and less stressful when you understand how we use the two key tools of collaboration: the AgGateway Wiki and MyAgGateway. The Wiki houses all the key organizational resources, and in the first half of this session you will learn how to find what you are looking for. This will include learning how to create meeting agendas, add meeting minutes, copy pages, view page history, import documents, link to documents, add dynamic content, and more. The second half of this session will focus on AgGateway’s member management system, MyAgGateway. Topics covered will include how to access the member directory, how to update your profile, how to review and pay an open invoice, and much more.

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This is a closed session for the Ag CIO Roundtable members

Are you new to AgGateway, or a first-time attendee at the Annual Conference? This exclusive luncheon event provides you with the information and contacts you will need to make your first AgGateway Annual Conference  a high-value experience. Please be sure to register as a first-time attendee so you will automatically receive an invitation. Sponsored by our Gold Sponsors: BASF, Bayer, SSI

• Description: Quick Connect is a unique opportunity to meet with some of your most important trading partners to determine how to better connect electronically - from booking and delivery to invoicing and inventory management. These sessions allow trading partners to discuss one-on-one what they need to do and what connections they need to build. Participants often come away from these meetings with an execution timetable and a clearer understanding of how to utilize AgGateway electronic messages and resources for a successful implementation.

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• Organizer: Brent Kemp

• Description: The incoming 2025 AgGateway Board of Directors will meet.

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• Description: Please join this open session to discuss ongoing challenges faced within the Crop Nutrition industry and explore the possibility of developing or improving the digital connectivity resources necessary to meet those challenges.

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• Organizer: Kelly Nelson, Stuart Rhea, Dan Danford

• Description: This will be a discussion of all things ADAPT, a brief update on the status of the Framework, plugins, and ADAPT Standard. A main discussion point will be a road map for ADAPT, with focus on establishing some guidelines for determining what is and is not in scope for ADAPT Standard.

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Our Gateway to Ag Careers (GTAC) Student Delegates discuss their studies and professional pursuits and take your questions during this special session.

• Organizer: Chris Crutchfield

• Description: This educations session takes attendees on a deeper dive of the AGIIS database, focusing on subscriber profile management, user management, tips and tricks for entity search, adds and updates, and best practices for a successful user experience.  

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• Organizer: Joe Gifford

• Description: Please join this open session to discuss ongoing challenges faced within the Crop Protection industry and explore the possibility of developing or improving the digital connectivity resources necessary to meet those challenges.

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• Organizer: Stuart Rhea, Steve Francis

• Description: The revised data privacy and stewardship white paper will be discussed. The paper will be shared with membership prior to the annual meeting so come prepared to discuss the paper and provide feedback.

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• Facilitator: Jeff Belding

• Description: A crash course introduction into human centered design. Discover how Human Centered Design (aka Service Design - aka Design Thinking) is not just a set of tools but an entire mindset. You will be introduced to a few practical tools and methods to spark creativity and innovation through collaborative problem-solving, and a mind-shift that will transform how you approach your business, your teams, and your daily tasks.

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• Organizer: Jeremy Wilson

• Description: This is a closed session for the North America Steering Committee

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• Description: AgGateway is collaborating closely with ISO Technical Committee 347 on Data-Driven Agrifood systems. This session will review what AgGateway work and resources are being leveraged by the ISO group and what future implications may be for AgGateway activities.

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• Organizer: Ann Vande Lune

• Description: Please join this open session to discuss ongoing challenges faced within the Seed industry and explore the possibility of developing or improving the digital connectivity resources necessary to meet those challenges.

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• Sponsored by: Winfield United

• Organizer: Paul Schrimpf

• Description: Weigh in on the 2025 communications plan and help prioritize messages, methods, and strategies for the year ahead. Bring your perspective on what we can do more effectively.

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• Organizer: Ben Craker

• Description: Several years ago an AgGateway team developed an implementation guideline for imagery data. This session will review feedback on the applicability and adoption of PICS as well as how it relates to other work like STAC. The discussion will revolve around what gaps still exist in the industry and if a new effort is needed to align PICS and STAC to facilitate improved data exchange for remote sensed agricultural data.

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• Organizer: Julie Mathey

• Description: Please join this open session to discuss ongoing challenges faced within the Ag Retail industry and explore the possibility of developing or improving the digital connectivity resources necessary to meet those challenges.

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Don't miss this opportunity to build networks, share ideas, and plan for Wednesday's sessions.

• Organizer: Zach Leiser

• Description: The “high fidelity” field boundary concept will be reviewed, as well as plans going forward to align with ADAPT. The team will also review the terms, definitions, concepts, and best practices for field boundary definition that were created. Finally the discussion will shift to determine what if any future working groups could be of interest for member related to field boundaries.

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• Description: Please join this open session to discuss ongoing challenges faced within the Feed and Grain industry and explore the possibility of developing or improving the digital connectivity resources necessary to meet those challenges.

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• Organizers: Jim Wilson

• Description: Following up on past discussions, this meetup will focus on the interest in a harmonized contract message. This will include a brief demo of connectCenter currently used to manage ADAPT Standard as well as other standards and its capability to express schemas for a particular context based on a larger common model that seems very applicable to the contract discussions.

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• Resources

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• Organizers: Ben Craker

• Description: The team will review the use cases and data requirements documented and plan on wrapping up this working group. An update will also be provided on collaborations and developments with other organizations like ICAR working in the segment. This will be followed by a discussion on what area is next for a working group to address in related to dairy feed data exchange.

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• Organizer: Leslie Hedges

• Description: Please join this open session to discuss how to improve AgGateway digital resources including AGIIS, the Wiki, and the MyAgGateway member portal. This discussion will summarize and expand upon the sticky note ideas made by attendees during the first two days of the conference. Visit the Member Services desk for more information and to contribute your sticky note ideas.

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• Organizers: Doug Applegate, Ben Craker

• Description: A standard was developed several years ago to facilitate data exchange with fertilizer or chemical blending/mixing equipment. We will discuss feedback on current adoption, potential changes or revisions needed and review if a project is needed to revisit and update the existing resources.

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• Description: Quick Connect is a unique opportunity to meet with some of your most important trading partners to determine how to better connect electronically - from booking and delivery to invoicing and inventory management. These sessions allow trading partners to discuss one-on-one what they need to do and what connections they need to build. Participants often come away from these meetings with an execution timetable and a clearer understanding of how to utilize AgGateway electronic messages and resources for a successful implementation.

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• Facilitator: Jeff Belding

• Description: A continuation on Human Centered Design that focuses on facilitation. Get your hands dirty learning a few tips and tricks on how to equip yourself to lead dynamic sessions that engage teams in exploring new ways to solve problems and uncover opportunities.

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• Organizers: Andres Ferreyra

• Description: The committee will meet to review open agrisementatic topics including review of current and planned AgGateway semantic resources, discuss how the resources are currently managed and if specialized tooling is required. This will also include review of ISO TC347 agrisemnatic activities and how they impact this group in AgGateway.

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• Organizers: Charles Will, Jim Wilson

• Description: The Architecture Committee will review architecture-related concerns that apply across two or more working group activities. The Standards and Guidelines Committee will process any proposed digital resources. Any remaining time will be spent discussing Standards & Guidelines processes.

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