CONFERENCE AGENDA

SUNDAY, JANUARY 24

2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Open

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Breakout Sessions
Turning the Tide in Indiana: A Blueprint for Better Water
Conserving our Soil & Water? Dissolving Barriers to an Effective Watershed Working Group

4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
What it Means to be a Supervisor: For the New and Not So New
Supervisor Training

Dinner on Your Own

MONDAY, JANUARY 25

7:30 AM - 6:00 PM
Registration Desk Open

7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Trade Show Breakfast

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Exhibits & District Showcase Displays Open

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM 
IDEA Silent Auction

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM 
Opening Welcome & General Session

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Break

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Breakout Sessions #1
-Diverse Corn Belt Film Screening
-Who Holds the Power in Power? Transferring Energy from Data Centers to Communities (Part 1, Presentation)
-Advancing Invasive Plant Management Through Multisector Collaboration: Lessons from Jasper County
-Beyond the Fine Print, District Law Every Supervisor Should Know

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM
Break

12:15 PM -1:30 PM
Networking Luncheon

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Breakout Sessions #2
-From Idea to Award: Building Competitive Grant Applications
-Custom Conservation: Tailoring Farm Bill Dollars to Water Quality Goals
-Beyond the Usual: Building Partnerships That Strengthen Your Mission
-Small Farms: Conservation Planning and Partnerships

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Break

2:45 PM - 3:45 PM 
Roundtable Discussions

3:45 PM - 4:00 PM 
Break

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM   
Breakout Sessions #3
-Conservation Marketplace: Programs, Projects & Possibilities
-Strengthening Indiana's Soil & Water Conservation District Capacity: Emerging Insights and Opportunities
-Who Holds the Power in Power? Transferring Energy from Data Centers to Communities (Part 2, Panel)
-Something in The Water: How Ducks Unlimited and Partners are Finding Conservation's Common Ground

5:30 PM - 6:45 PM 
Awards Ceremony Dinner

6:45 PM - 9:00 PM
Welcome Reception

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26

7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Registration Desk Open

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM
Breakfast

8:45 AM - 9:45 AM
Breakout Sessions #4
-Diverse Corn Belt Film Screening (repeat session)
-"Forestry for the Birds:" Forest Management Techniques for Landowners Interested in Bird Conservation
-Renewable Energy Siting: Resources and Lessons from Wisconsin 
-Re-Energizing Cover Crop Interest 

9:00 AM-12:00 PM   
Exhibits & District Showcase Displays Open

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM 
Break with Exhibitors and Checkout
   
10:15 AM - 11:10 AM
Region Meetings

11:15 AM - 12:30 PM 
IASWCD Business Meeting