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October 23-25, 2002 Agenda

October 23, 2002

Time Activity Speaker or Session Organizer
12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

 

12:30 - 1:00 Opening Greetings

Larry Turner

   Associate Dean, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

Clyde Chesney

   Administrator, TSU

   Cooperative Extension Program

1:00 - 2:30

Creating new paradigms in

   sustainable development

Joe Griffey

   Extension Agent, UT

   Agricultural Extension Service

Greg Whitis

   Extension Agent, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

James Reeves

   Extension Agent, TSU

   Cooperative Extension Program

2:30 - 3:00

Break

 
3:00 - 5:00

Facilitation Training

Wendy Stivers

   4-H Youth Development Specialist

   UK Cooperative Extension Service

Gae Broadwater

   State Specialist, KSU

   Cooperative Extension Program

5:00 - 6:00 Networking/Social Hour  
6:00 - 7:30

Dinner

Wendell Berry

   University of Kentucky

 

October 24, 2002

Time Activity Speaker
7:30 - 8:00 Breakfast  
8:15 - 12:00 Concurrent tracts  

   Capacity

   Building

Conflict Resolution

Tim Campbell

   Extension Agent, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

   Economic

   Development

Local Economic Development Strategies

      8:15 - 9:00

Creation, attraction, retention

   and expansion of businesses as

   an economic development strategy

Alan Barefield

   Associate Professor, UT

   Agricultural Extension Service

      9:00 - 9:45

Retail trade analysis and other

   community economic indicators

Eric Scorsone

   Assistant Professor, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

      9:45 - 10:00 Break  
      10:15 - 12:00

Local challenges and opportunities in

   economic development

Mark Beeler

   Extension Agent, UT

   Agricultural Extension Service

Jim Johnson

   Extension Agent, UT

   Agricultural Extension Service

Tim Campbell

   Extension Agent, UT

   Agricultural Extension Service

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch  
1:15 - 5:00 Concurrent tracts  

   Capacity

   Building

Community infrastructure and

   services

Eric Scorsone

   Assistant Professor, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

   Economic

   Development

Economic opportunities of natural resources
      1:15 - 1:45

Multi functional agriculture

Curtis Absher

   Assistant Extension Director, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

      1:45 - 2:15 Land use issues

Rick Maurer

   Assistant Extension Director, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

      2:15 - 3:15 Agritainment

Rob Holland

   Extension Specialist, UT

   Agricultural Extension Service

      3:15 - 3:30 Break  
      3:30 - 4:30 Agritourism

Rick Bates

   Tourism Development Specialist, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

Betty King

   Extension Specialist, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

      4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up

Curtis Absher

   Assistant Extension Director, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

Rick Maurer

   Assistant Extension Director, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

George Smith

   Professor, UT

   Agricultural Extension Service

5:00 - 6:00

Networking/Social Hour/

Share Fair for Projects

Gae Broadwater

   State Specialist, KSU

   Cooperative Extension Program

Kim Smith

   Extension Agent, UT

   Agricultural Extension Service

Lori Garkovich

   Professor, UK Cooperative

   Extension Service

6:00 - 7:30 Dinner  

 

October 25, 2002

Time

Activity

Speaker or Session Organizer
7:30 - 8:00 Breakfast  
8:30 - 9:45 Engaging new audiences

George Okantey

   Extension Educator, Purdue

   Cooperative Extension Service

Gae Broadwater

   State Specialist, KSU

   Cooperative Extension Program

9:45 - 10:15 Break  
10:15 - 11:30

Challenges and opportunities of

   economic and community

   development programs

Staff and support systems with

   fewer people

Engaging other parts of the university

Rick Maurer

   Assistant Extension Director, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service

Tim Cross

   Associate Dean, UT

   Agricultural Extension Service

11:30 - 1:00 Closing Ceremonies/Lunch

Noland Williams

   Kentucky State University

   Cooperative Extension Program

Charles Norman

   Dean, UT

   Agricultural Extension Service

Rick Maurer

   Assistant Extension Director, UK

   Cooperative Extension Service