PAC Communications Calendar 2018
Date | Event | Communications Plan/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 18 | KARTA - Kansas Ag Research and Technology Association - Junction City, KS | Jeremy presenting - touching on ADAPT, Core Documents, etc. | |
| Feb 27 - Mar 1 | Commodity Classic - Anaheim, CA | ||
| February 12-14 | Agricultural Equipment Technology Conference - Louisville, KY http://www.asabe.org/meetings-events/2018/02/agricultural-equipment-technology-conference.aspx | Andres attending; some AgGateway activity in ASABE committee meetings - X611 (Andres provides updates); Ben probably also attending | |
| March 8 | Meeting of AEF PT9 | Jim speaking | |
| March 26-29 | AgGateway GODAN Meeting - Singapore | Jim speaking | |
| April | AgGateway Europe Meeting - TBD | Jim speaking | |
| May 1 | Sustainability Consortium Summit - Chicago | Andres speaking | |
| May 3 | IoT Meeting - Minneapolis | Joe Tevis and Scott Nieman speaking on Traceability POC. Description of session: AgGateway is an agricultural business consortium of more than 200 member organizations, including equipment manufacturers, farmer cooperatives, software vendors, and manufacturers. For the last 5 years AgGateway has conducted several proof-of-concepts ranging from equipment level data capture, IoT for augers and moisture readings, and most recently Bluetooth Low Energy beacons and smart edge devices on the Raspberry Pi3 and Arduino to help publish ‘TransferEvents’ to a Cloud IoT platform. Blockchain has also been evaluated for its applicability. This presentation will recap the efforts to date, enhancements to existing standards, and the future roadmap. This is co-presented by Dr. Joe Tevis of Vis Consulting and Scott Nieman of Land O’Lakes. | |
| May 12-18 | Plug Fest (Spring) - Lincoln, NE | Andres possibly attending; Joe Tevis attending; Ben possibly | |
| June 11-14 | AgGateway MYM - Altoona, IA | ||
| June 24-27 | International Society of Precision Agriculture (ISPA) International Conference on Precision Ag - Montreal, Canada | Andres attending and submitting papers; if accepted, then will be speaking | |
| July 29 - Aug 1 | ASABE Annual International Meeting - Detroit, MI | Andres attending and submitting papers; if accepted, then will be speaking | |
| July 17-19 | InfoAg 2018 - St. Louis, MO | Jeremy attending; no speakers designated yet; Andres and Ben may also be attending; check with Susan | |
| August 28-30 | Farm Progress Show - Boone, IA | Jeremy attending | |
| October 3-5 | CGIAR Platform for Big Data in Agriculture Convention - World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya Convention theme: "Decoding the Data Ecosystem" | Andres attending | |
| October 21-25 | ISO TC23/SC18 (Technical Committee 23 / Sub-Committee 18) Plenary Irrigation and drainage equipment and systems Tel Aviv, Israel | R. Andres Ferreyra (Unlicensed), Dan Berne (Unlicensed), Charles Hillyer (Unlicensed), and Steven Smith attending | |
| November 5-8 | Research Data Alliance (RDA) plenary: Interest Group on Agricultural Data (IGAD), Gaborone, Botswana | Andres exploring the possibility of presenting | |
| November 7-8 | Growing Innovations, Las Vegas, NV | Doug Applegate speaking Jessica Trites Rolle should verify if Doug needs AgGateway materials (Mix Ticket, Traceability, other) | |
| November 12-14 | AgGateway Annual Conference - Austin, TX | ||
| Nov 27-29 | ARA - Ag Retailers Association Meeting - Boca Raton, FL | ||
| Dec 3-7 | Irrigation Association's Irrigation Show 2018, Long Beach, CA | Charles Hillyer (Unlicensed) speaking - will need materials |