NU FEWS Scoping Workshop

NUFEWS

February 10, 2016 | Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center (2021 Transformation Drive, Lincoln, NE 68508)


About the NU FEWS Scoping Workshop

The Scoping Workshop represents the second phase of the NU FEWS initiative, a campus-wide process for generating innovative project concepts and organizing research teams focused on the opportunities emerging through the federal priority focus on Innovations at the Nexus of Food, Energy and Water Systems (INFEWS). This one-day, all-of-campus event will be facilitated by Knowinnovation and is designed to bring together faculty from diverse disciplines to generate interesting research questions at the FEWS nexus.

During the workshop, three nationally-recognized experts will help set the stage and challenge our thinking about INFEWS. Participants will then spend the day generating and discussing research questions. The workshop will conclude with a vote on the most interesting of these research questions, which will subsequently serve as the basis for one or more “Jumpstart” events — the third and final phase of NU FEWS.

Schedule

Participants should plan to engage in the entire Scoping Workshop.



Wednesday, February 10

9:30 a.m.
Check-in, Coffee, and Snacks


10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Overview

Andy Burnett, CEO, Knowinnovation



10:15 a.m.
Scoping Workshop Charge

Prem Paul, Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development, UNL



10:35 a.m.
Update on Federal Funding Opportunities for INFEWS

Deb Hamernik, Associate Dean for Research, Agricultural Research Division, UNL



10:45 a.m.
Identifying the Big Questions


11:15 a.m.
Plus 10 Talk

Ken Cassman, Robert B. Daugherty Professor of Agronomy, UNL



11:30 a.m.
Table Discussions


11:40 a.m.
Plus 10 Talk

Tom Armstrong, President, Madison River Group, LLC



11:55 a.m.
Table Discussions


12:05 p.m.
Plus 10 Talk

Kathie Olsen, Founding and Managing Director, ScienceWorks



12:20 p.m.
Table Discussions


12:30 p.m.
Stick up Post-Its


12:40 p.m.
Working Lunch


2:10 p.m.
Vote with Your Feet


2:25 p.m.
Create Posters


3:10 p.m.
Report Back


3:55 p.m.
Vote on the Most Interesting Questions


4:00 p.m.
Scoping Workshop Concludes




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