PROGRAM
Thursday, June 1, 2023
8:00 - 8:30
Registration & Breakfast
8:30 - 8:35
Dr. John Konarski
Chief Executive Officer
American Geographical Society
Welcome
8:35 - 8:45
Dr. Christopher Tucker
Chairman
American Geographical Society
Dr. Marie Price
President
American Geographical Society
Overview
8:45 - 9:00
Dr. Kristin Sobolik
Chancellor
University of Missouri—St. Louis
Introduction
Geospatial Technology and the Future of Agriculture
9:00 - 9:50
Moderator:
VADM Robert Sharp, USN (Ret.)
Research Fellow
UMSL Geospatial Collaborative
Ms. Abigail Fitzgibbon
Product Engineer
Esri
Mr. Aakash Parekh
Chief Commercial Officer
Pixxel Space Technologies
Dr. Vasit Sagan
Acting Director
Taylor Geospatial Institute
Mr. Ian Warner
Director of Industry Workforce Development & Innovation
Trimble
Speakers:
Using Planetary Forensics to Support Food Security and Agricultural Management
9:50 - 10:10
Dr. Joseph Mascaro
Director of Science Strategy & Programs
Planet Labs
10:10 - 10:40
Caucus/Break
10:40 - 11:40
Focus on Heartland Innovators
Mr. Frank Hopper
Managing Director
Capital Innovators
Moderator:
Mr. Carlos Hirsch
Chief Revenue Officer
Eiwa
Ms. Bronwyn Morgan
Chief Executive Officer
Xeo Air and Airversity
Mr. Nick Reinke
Chief Executive Officer
Habiterre
Dr. George Worrall
Director
Deep Grain
Speakers:
Feeding the Future is Not About Food
11:40 - 12:00
Dr. Lee Schwartz
Geographer of the United States Department of State
12:00 - 12:50
Lunch
Indoor Agriculture and the Future of Self-Feeding Cities
12:50 - 1:50
Dr. Haitao Li
Chair of the Department of Supply Chain and Analytics
University of Missouri—St. Louis
Moderator:
Dr. Jejung Lee
Associate Director of Natural and Built Environment
University of Missouri—Kansas City
Mr. Tyrean “Heru” Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Heru Urban Farming
Mr. Thad Simons
Chairman
The Yield Lab
Mr. Tony White
Chief Executive Officer
Tony’s Family Farms
Speakers:
1:50 - 2:20
A Conversation With...
Ms. Adella Jones
Chief of Staff - Office of the Chancellor
University of Missouri—St. Louis
Interviewer:
Ms. Bethany Budde-Cohen
Proprietor
SqWires Restaurant and Market
Ms. Cathy Jenkins
Founder
Cathy’s Kitchen
Guests:
Lightning Talks
2:20 - 2:30
Presenters:
Dr. Allan Trapp
Object Computing
“Empowering ESG Efforts with Geospatial Agility”
Mr. Peter Webb
MARSfarm
"Cultivating Climate Literacy: Greenhouses as Tools for Understanding Geography's Role"
Caucus/Break
2:30 - 3:00
The Future of Surf & Turf: How the Midwest Can Have It All
3:00 - 3:50
Dr. Christopher Tucker
Moderator:
Mr. Daniel Russek
Chief Executive Officer
Atarraya
Dr. Bryon Wiegand
Director - Division of Animal Sciences
University of Missouri Extension
Speakers:
Cultivating the Future: A Culturally Diverse Geospatial Education Program in STEM+Ag
3:50 - 4:00
Dr. Sandra Arango-Caro
Program Manager
Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Building the Next Generation of Mappers Through YouthMappers and the NorthStar of GIS
4:00 - 5:00
Dr. Marie Price
Moderator:
Ms. Adele Birkenes
Geospatial Analyst
USAID
Mr. Clinton Johnson
Racial Equity & Social Justice Solutions Lead
Esri
Ms. Zola Manyungwa
YouthMappers Communications Specialist
West Virginia University
Speakers:
5:00 - 5:10
Lightning Talks
Dr. Mary Fernandes
Solis Agrosciences
“How a Unified Plant Genome Project Will Save Us”
Dr. Allan Trapp
Object Computing
“Beating Crop Disease by Working Smarter, Not Harder”
Presenters:
Concluding Remarks and Future Prospectus
5:10 - 5:15
Dr. Kristin Sobolik
Dr. Chris Tucker