One-day strategy forum for Purdue faculty and staff
Purdue Digital Ag Forum 03.02.2018
DIGITAL AG FORUM
March 2, 2018
Beck Agricultural Center, West Lafayette, IN
Purdue faculty and staff,
Please join us for a one-day strategy forum on digital agriculture. This event will encourage and generate new collaborations across disciplines and shape the future of Purdue's digital agriculture initiative.
Innovation expert and data strategist Lisa Prassack will deliver the keynote. She brings critical market understanding for data-intensive industries since before "big data" even existed. She started working with big data analytics in 1988 while hacking code and modeling 3D systems for military GIS and data applications. Her 25-plus years of experience includes executive positions in some of the largest multinational agriculture, technology and research companies in North America.
Inspire and motivate with regard to digital approaches to solve grand challenges
Inform
Inform, within Purdue, of digital agriculture efforts in teaching, research, and extension
Encourage
Encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration with a shared interest in digital agriculture
Identify
Identify actionable themes for next steps
Digital Agriculture lecture and Panel March 1
As part of Purdue Engineering's Distinguished Lecture Series, Matthew Darr from Iowa State University will speak on digital ag March 1st. He will also be participating in our morning programming on the 2nd.
Lecture | Commercializing Academic Innovations in Digital Agriculture
March 1, 2018 @ 9:30 A.M.
Pfendler Hall, Deans Auditorium
Q&A Panel Discussion w/ reception to follow March 1, 2018 @ 3:30 A.M. Pfendler Hall, Deans Auditorium
Innovation expert and data strategist 
