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Poster and exhibit proposals for UC ANR Statewide Conference due Dec. 9

All UC ANR academics, programmatic and administrative staff and county-funded staff are invited to join leadership at the UC ANR Statewide Conference in Fresno as we begin to map UC ANR's path in advancing the health, success and sustainability of this unique and bountiful state by 2040.

This year's conference will include two evenings of posters and table exhibits (Monday, April 24 and Tuesday, April 25) accompanied by a strolling dinner. If you would like to showcase your research and extension program or project for selected external VIPs and your UC ANR colleagues, please complete the following form by Friday, Dec. 9: https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=38873.

All proposals will be reviewed by the conference Learning & Poster Sessions Committee; notifications of acceptance with further instructions will be emailed in January 2023. For more information, contact the planning teams at anrswc@ucanr.edu.

Save the date for UC ANR statewide conference on April 24–27

The 2023 UC ANR statewide conference will be held on April 24–27 at the Fresno DoubleTree and Fresno Convention Center in Fresno. Please mark your calendars and plan to join your UC ANR colleagues. 

For the first time since 2018, ANR academics and staff from across the state will gather to share best practices on how to elevate and amplify their research, extension and education efforts.

The conference is also the official kickoff to UC ANR's 2025-2040 visioning process. We will begin identifying the challenges facing California and set a course detailing how we can more effectively address them over 15 years. 

For more information, please visit the conference website at https://ucanr.edu/sites/statewideconference2023.

If you would like to propose a presentation, fill out the request form at https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=38880. All suggestions will be evaluated by the Learning & Poster Session Committee.  

For more information, visit https://ucanr.edu/sites/statewideconference2023.

ANR Statewide Conference reaches maximum capacity

If you haven't registered for the ANR Statewide Conference yet, there's no guarantee space will be available. There are 653 people registered, including speakers and UC President's Advisory Commission members (PAC), for the conference being held at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Ontario April 9-12.

“At this point, we are accepting applications to attend because we're exceeding capacity of the facility,” said Sherry Cooper, director of Program Support Unit. “New registrations will not be confirmed until you receive an email or phone call confirming your registration, so please wait for confirmation before making travel plans.”

Among those registered are 145 UC Cooperative Extension advisors, 71 UCCE specialists, 26 academic coordinators and administrators, 20 Agricultural Experiment Station faculty members and nearly 350 administrative and programmatic staff.

The President's Advisory Commission will meet on Monday afternoon and PAC members have been invited to stay to hear California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross speak Monday evening, ANR leaders discuss “Charting a Sustainable Future for ANR,” and President Janet Napolitano speak on Tuesday.

The agriculture and natural resources industry leaders who serve on PAC will also join ANR members Tuesday morning to listen to keynote speaker Antwi Akom, UCSF and SFSU professor and founding director of Social Innovation and Urban Opportunity Lab (SOUL) and co-founder and CEO of Streetwyze. His talk is titled “Race, Space, Place and Waste: How Innovation, Education, and Inspiration Can Fearlessly Catalyze California Towards Becoming the World's Leader in Agriculture and Natural Resources Management.”

If you plan to tweet about the ANR Statewide Conference, the hashtag is #UCANRconf2018.

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