1:00 pm Welcome from conference organizers and state hosts:

Governor Laura Kelly

Kansas Senator Jerry Moran

1:35 pm Introduction & level setting: progress and change since the 2021 Ogallala Summit, current challenges and opportunities - Meagan Schipanski, Colorado State University

1:55 pm Interactive session #1 - Table Icebreaker

2.10 pm - Applying Science and Data for Regional Agricultural Sustainability

Moderator: Elizabeth Ossowski/National Integrated Drought Information System

Panelists: Brownie Wilson/Kansas Geological Survey, Dave DeWitt/Climate Prediction Center, Jonathan Aguilar/Kansas State University, Rachel O’Connor/Environmental Defense Fund

2.55 pm Interactive session 2- Facilitated table discussion & full group debrief; brain break

4:00 pm Harnessing the Power of Peer Networks for Ag Sustainability

Moderator: Daran Rudnick/Kansas State University

Panelists: Brian Lengel/Colorado Master Irrigator, Jack Russell Middle Republican Natural Resources District, Chris Grotegut/Soil for Water

4:45 pm Facilitated table discussion & full group debrief

5:20-5:30 pm Wrap up, preview of Day 2, directions to evening social

6:30-8:30 pm Evening social at Mitchell Theatres Southgate 6

Food, drinks, films and discussion

8:00 am Welcome back and interactive check in

8:10 am Intro Framing Session: Understanding Ogallala Region Cross-Cutting Risk: Water, Climate, and the Economy

Moderator: Vincent Gauthier/Manager, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Environmental Defense Fund

Panelists: Renata Rimšaitė/University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Nathan Hendricks/Kansas State University

8:45 am Mobilizing Supply Chain Partners to Support Ag Sustainability

Moderator: Ben Weinheimer, Texas Cattle Feeders Association

Panelists: Nick Osman/Regrow, Joel Jarnagin/Cobalt Cattle, Andy Lyon/Trust in Beef

9:30 am Facilitated table discussion & full group debrief; brain break

11:00 am Building the Future We Want: Thinking and Acting Intergenerationally

Moderator: James Rattling Leaf/North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center

Panelists: Katie Durham/Kansas Groundwater Management District 1, Rosy Brummette/Staff for CO Senator Bennet, Chuck Pfeifer/Garden City Community College, Clint Evans/USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service-Colorado

11:30 am Facilitated table discussion & full group debrief

12:30 pm Lunch

1:15 pm CAPSTONE WORKSHOP: Facilitated, interactive room-wide exercise identify and prioritize collaborative action (personal, local, state, regional) that could benefit the aquifer and communities in the next 12, 24, 36 months. With framing thought leadership from Kristen Dickey/Aimpoint Research; Elizabeth Söderström/Water Foundation

3:00 pm Room-wide debrief/report-outs, next steps

3:30 pm Closing remarks - Dr. Marlen Eve, USDA-ARS and Jimmy Emmons, Trust in Beef

4:00 pm Summit officially adjourns

4:00-5:00 pm Social hour for networking, overlapping with kickoff for USDA-ARS Ogallala Aquifer Program annual research planning meeting