Reserved for Quick Connect Meetings

• Location: Salon 2/3

• Organizer: Jim Wilson

• Slides/Handouts: This will be a hands-on workshop.

• Description: connectCenter is the future of data model development in AgGateway. Participants in this session will have the opportunity to follow along using their own connectCenter account in a guided tour of its main features.

• Location: Skinner C

• Organizer: Diganta Adhikari

• Slides/Handouts: TBD

• Description: The group will review the drivers for the working group and recap the semantic, syntax, API And related concerns. This will include a overview of current progress, the path forward with CSV and JSON mock-ups as well as a discussion on utilizing GeoParquet.

• Location: Skinner B

• Location: Salon 2/3

• Organizer: Jeremy Wilson

• Slides/Handouts:

• Description: TBA

• Location: Polk Room

Are you new to AgGateway, or a first-time attendee at the Mid-Year Meeting? This luncheon will provide you with information and contacts you need to make your first AgGateway meeting a high-value experience.

Location: Salon 1

• Location: Salon 2/3

• Presenter: Nikki Marshall

• Slides/Handouts:

• Description: Recommended for new members and first-time attendees, but all are welcome to attend! This session will provide an introduction to AgGateway activities and how we operate.

• Location: Skinner C

• Organizer: Ben Craker

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• Description: Description: This will be the first meeting of the Portfolio Team to discuss the plan for working groups through the end of the year. The team will review relationships between projects and identify and prioritize gaps and other future topics.

• Location: Skinner A

• Location: Salon 2/3

• Presenters: Nikki Marshall and Leslie Hedges

• Slides/Handouts:

• Description: 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 of 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 portal 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.

• Location: Skinner C

• Organizer: Kristan Reed

• Slides/Handouts: TBD

• Description: The group will provide a brief summary of the goals and deliverables of the project and the status to date. The team will then review the problems identified, potential follow-up projects by reviewing the main process diagram that was developed. The session will conclude by cleaning up documentation on any remaining use cases.

• Location: Skinner B

• Organizer: Paul Schrimpf

• Slides/Handouts:

• Description: Review first half communications activities and build out plan for the remainder of 2024, including promotion of Annual Conference.

• Location: Skinner A

• Presenters: Chris Crutchfield

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• Description: This education session will provide an overview of the AGIIS functionality and services provided. We will also discuss any new enhancements and modifications made in 2024. This session is recommended for individuals that are new to Ag Industry Identification System and are looking to increase their knowledge of entity and product identification.

• Location: Skinner C

Welcome Reception: AgGateway’s Night at the Races!

We are pleased to announce that for the second year in a row, Prairie Meadows will be presenting live horse racing during the Mid-Year Meeting! Everyone attending the conference will be invited to take part in the food, networking, and fun as we enjoy racing action at AgGateway’s Night at the Races. Don’t miss this opportunity to network with other members, vendors, customers, and staff!

Location: Racetrack Pavilion

• Organizer:

• Slides/Handouts:

• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner B

• Organizer:

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• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner A

• Organizer:

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• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner A

Refreshment Break

Opening General Session and Keynote Presentation

Opening remarks by AgGateway leadership followed by a keynote speaker TBA.

Location: Bishop B

Lunch - On Your Own

• Organizer: Ben Craker, Nancy Bohl Bormann

• Slides/Handouts: GitHub

• Description: Changes to the Modus 2.0 soil methods list since the annual meeting will be recapped followed by debut of the 2.0 manure methods list. The team is also planning to have a first draft of the V2 schema for review as well. There will also be a review of the benefits realized from implementing Modus from the lab perspective.

• Location: Skinner B

• Organizer:

• Slides/Handouts: Link

• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner A

• Organizer:

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• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner B

• Organizer:

• Slides/Handouts:

• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner A

Refreshment Break

• Organizer:

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• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner A

• Organizer: Zach Lesier

• Slides/Handouts: TBD

• Description: The team will present the proposed data model for exchanging accurate field boundary information for feedback. This will include a potential implementation via the ADAPT Standard. The session will conclude by planing and prioritizing subsequent efforts related to field boundaries including obstacles and other attributes as well as field identifiers.

• Location: Skinner B

Networking Reception

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to network with other members, vendors, customers, and staff!

Location: Photo Finish Lounge

• Organizer:

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• Description: Connecting common threads from Modus, Weather Data API, PAIL, Agrisemantics, ADAPT, and new ISO TC

• Location: Skinner B

• Presenter: Chris Crutchfield

• Slides/Handouts:

• Description: The first part of this 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. The second part of this session will focus on products in the AGIIS Directory. Attendees will learn how AGIIS supports product enumeration, industry visibility and data extraction. We will share best practices for adding and updating products and provide resources to help users maintain their product subset

• Location: Skinner C

• Organizer: TBD

• Slides/Handouts: TBD

• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner A

• Organizer: TBD

• Slides/Handouts: TBD

• Description: Several industry segments have identified a need for potential updates to their contract messages. This meetup will review those requirements to gauge the need and also determine if a unified contract could be developed across seed, crop nutrition, crop protection, grain, and other segment use cases.

• Location: Skinner B

Refreshment Break

• Organizer: Joe Tevis, Scot Nieman

• Slides/Handouts: TBD

• Description: The first version of the Traceability API will be reviewed working through the sequence diagram that the group created. There will be an update on the paper the group is drafting for the International Conference on Precision Ag followed by discussion on next steps to align the traceability work with ADAPT Standard.

• Location: Skinner B

• Organizer:

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• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner A

• Organizer: Leslie Hedges

• Slides/Handouts:

• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner A

Networking Lunch

Come and network with others while enjoying lunch!

Location: Bishop B

• Organizer: Charles Hillyer, Andres Ferreyra

• Slides/Handouts: TBD

• Description:

• Location: Skinner B

• Organizer:

• Slides/Handouts:

• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner A

• Organizer:

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• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner B

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• Description: This is a regular meeting of the Directory Oversight Committee (DOC).

• Location: Skinner A

• Organizer: Charles Will and Jim Wilson

• Slides/Handouts:

• Description: TBA

• Location: Skinner B

• Organizer: Scott Meredith

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• Description: We will discuss plans and next steps for the 2024 Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. All individuals interested in helping to improve our face-to-face meetings, please join us!

• Location: Altoona Room