Data-Enabled Agriculture Resilience
In the face of disruptive environmental and economic change, data and artificial intelligence may offer the best hope for resilience in agriculture, farming, ranching, and water use. A panel of UArizona researchers and extension specialists discuss the benefits, challenges and ideas associated with the use of data and technology in agriculture.
Opening Remarks
· Barney Maccabe, Executive Director, Institute for Computation and Data-Enabled Insight
· Denice Ross, U.S. Chief Data Scientist, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
· Parker Antin, Moderator and Associate Dean for Research, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Presentations
· Snapshot of Arizona Agriculture: George Frisvold, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
· Leading Technologies for Agriculture: Duke Pauli and Eric Lyons, School of Plant Sciences
· Past, Present, and Future Indigenous Data Sovereignty Needs in Agriculture: Stephanie Carroll, Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance & Zuckerman College of Public Health
· Workforce Development for Data-Enabled Agriculture: Maliaca Oxnam, Data Science Institute, and Tyson Swetnam, Geoinformatics, BIO5 Institute
· Trusted and Responsible Data-Driven Collaboration: Nirav Merchant, Data Science Institute
· What Does the Future Look Like? How Extension Translates Science into Action: Channah Rock, Cooperative Extension, Maricopa Agricultural Center
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