First Time Attendee Lunch
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Welcome to AgGateway Randy Beard, Vice-Chair 2014 AgGateway Board of Directors
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Enjoy Your Lunch… We will restart around 11:55 a.m.
First Time Attendees Luncheon Sponsor
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Collaboration Activity: THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE Courtney McNeese, Meeting Planner, AgGateway
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Break Out into Teams Each team has 15 minutes to collaborate and build the tallest freestanding structure possible with only the items shown above: • 20 sticks of spaghetti • 1 yard of tape • 1 yard of string • 1 marshmallow
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THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE • ✦Build the Tallest Freestanding Structure: The winning team is
the one that has the tallest structure measured from the table top surface to the top of the marshmallow. That means the structure cannot be suspended from a higher structure, like a chair, ceiling or chandelier. • ✦The Entire Marshmallow Must be on Top: The entire marshmallow needs to be on the top of the structure. Cutting or eating part of the marshmallow disqualifies the team. • ✦Use as Much or as Little of the Kit: The team can use as many or as few of the 20 spaghetti sticks, as much or as little of the string or tape. The team cannot use the paper bag as part of their structure.
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THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE • ✦Break up the Spaghetti, String or Tape: Teams are free to
•
•
• •
break the spaghetti, cut up the tape and string to create new structures. ✦The Challenge Lasts 15 minutes: Teams cannot hold on to the structure when the time runs out. Those touching or supporting the structure at the end of the exercise will be disqualified. ✦AgGateway Staff cannot be a member of a team ✦Winning Team will receive a prize ✦Does everyone understands the Rules? Any questions?
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THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE Begin Building – 15 minute countdown starts now
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THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE How well did we collaborate? Our winning team is….. Who typically does the Best and the Worst?
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THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE • Lesson 1: PROTOTYPING MATTERS • Business Students versus Kindergarten Students
• Lesson 2: DIVERSE SKILLS MATTER
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Welcome to AgGateway Randy Beard, Vice-Chair 2014 AgGateway Board of Directors
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AgGateway: What it is • A non-profit, collaborative
membership association • Focused on helping growers, retailers and their supply chain partners improve productivity, profitability and sustainability. • AgGateway activities help companies reduce the cost and frustration of managing and exchanging complex data. • Broad representation across ag segments
Non-profit funded by: • Member dues • Subscriptions • Activity fees
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AgGateway’s Mission To promote, enable and expand eBusiness in agriculture.
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Why eBusiness? eBusiness is critical to address: • Increasing operational complexity • Need to manage more and more data • Increasing regulatory requirements • International and domestic market pressures
And at an even larger level… • To support demands on agriculture to produce more food with
fewer resources.
15
What’s the big idea? To enable the entire agriculture community to use eBusiness to exchange information to: • Improve business processes • Improve productivity throughout the supply
chain – from crop inputs to the farmer • Streamline the supply chain • Enhance traceability and food safety • Support sustainable agricultural practices
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AgGateway: Who’s involved? • More than 200 member companies • Members include ag retailers,
manufacturers of ag inputs (e.g., seed, crop nutrition, crop protection, feed, grain, equipment), distributors, companies supporting precision ag, and software and data service providers. • Business and information technology (IT) professionals from these member companies collaborate on AgGateway activities. • Companies work together to develop and implement common industry standards and tools.
17
AgGateway membership growth reflects the need/desire for eBusiness 217 230 210 190
162
170
118
150 130 110 90 70 50 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 YTD
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What we’re working on at AgGateway • Contracts, ordering, shipping and
invoicing in seed, feed, grain, crop protection, other sectors • Regulatory compliance • Precision ag • Much more… The result: eConnectivity helps companies and growers with strategic planning, inventory and resource management, traceability, more accurate reporting, better resource allocation.
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How AgGateway operates
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How is AgGateway organized? • Small number of staff • Councils (by industry segment) • Standing committees • Standards and Guidelines, Data Privacy & Security, Education, AGIIS Directory Oversight, Architecture, Conference, Communications, etc. • Project teams and working groups
21
AgGateway Staff
Rod Wendy
Janet
Jim Marilyn Meri Josh Courtney Susan
Paula Chris
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Currently 9 ag industry segments (so, 9 councils)
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Councils • Industry segment councils operate • • •
•
with relative independence. Each has a chair and co-chair. Conference calls, face-to-face at AgGateway meetings. Decide on and manage the priorities and project work that make eBusiness a reality. The chairs and co-chairs of each council comprise the overall AgGateway Board of Directors.
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Committees • ADAPT (New) • Architecture • Communications
• Conference • Data Privacy & Security • Directory Oversight • Education • Membership
• Standards and Guidelines
25
AgGateway: a Rough Org Chart Members
Board of Directors
Councils
Project
Management Team
Teams
Committees
26
For more information about AgGateway… • AgGateway.org houses a great deal of news and information on
AgGateway activities, including a monthly newsletter. • To get signed up for the monthly newsletter or get onto other AgGateway mailing lists, contact Member Services • Member Services is a centralized resource for AgGateway members and non-members, to respond to your needs, questions and requests. [email protected] or 1-866-251-8618 26
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AgGateway Annual Conference Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success Judy Warf, 2011 and 2012 Conference Committee Chair
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Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success AgGateway Annual Conference • Network, collaborate and move your company’s eBusiness
efforts forward • Learn about developments in eBusiness and how AgGateway can help you get more connected • Great opportunity for those companies who want to be a part of the movement to promote eBusiness in the ag industry
29
Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success Education: This year’s conference includes stimulating speakers and educational sessions, plus multiple open working group sessions focused on the many projects underway. General session speakers include: • Darren Coppock President, Ag Retailers Association • “Everything I learned about Ag Data, I learned from a Bee Speaker” by Bob Riley Chairman of the Board, Feed Energy Company. • “Smarter Agricultural Decisions - A Big Data and Big Computer Approach” by Chid Apte, Director, Mathematical Sciences & Analytics, IBM Research • Herman Wilson President, Pioneer Equipment Co. • “Information Overload….We Need Data Integration!” by Chalmers Carr President, Titan Farms, Inc.
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Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success • Working Sessions: In addition to education, the annual
conference is a time for moving our work forward in multiple interactive working sessions. Contribute your thoughts and ideas as part of the successful collaborative process central to AgGateway. • Networking: Excellent opportunities every day at the conference to network with your customers, future customers and peers, including refreshment breaks, meals and receptions. • Good to Know: When reviewing the agenda, all sessions marked as OPEN are an indicator that anyone is welcome to sit in the session. If a session is listed as CLOSED, it most likely requires membership in that working group to participate.
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Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success TODAY - Monday, November 10 • General Session and Business Meeting • Working Sessions • Ag Retail, Crop Nutrition and Crop Protection Council meetings • Precision Ag Working Groups: Water Management (PAIL), Field Operations,
Telematics and Asset Management, and Remote Sensing
• Networking • This session • Refreshment Break • If you are a new member – New Member Meet & Greet at 5:00 p.m. • Welcome Networking Reception at 5:30pm
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Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success Tomorrow - Tuesday, November 11 • General Session Speakers: Darren Coppock, Keynote and Bob Riley • Educational Sessions • Auto Identification Data Capture (AIDC) • eBusiness and the Value Chain • Allied Providers Technical Workshop • Emerging Technologies Forum • The Why and How of Trading Partner Connectivity and Electronic Data Exchange • Working Sessions • Allied Provider, Feed, Grain, Precision Ag and Seed Councils • Looking to the Future - Ensuring We Address Our Needs Today and Tomorrow • Expanding the Global Location Number Update • Auto Information Data Capture • Precision Ag: SPADE2 Data Conversion Toolbox, and the Insurance, Regulation, & Government Relations Working Group • Networking • Breakfast • Refreshment Breaks • Meet the Board Networking Reception at 5:30
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Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success Wednesday, November 12 • General Session Speakers: Chid Apte, Herman Wilson and Chalmers Carr • Educational Sessions • AgGateway Global Network, Continuing the Vision • Paperless Fertilizer Tonnage Reporting • Future Internet – The European FI Space Project • Promoting/Marketing AgGateway Participation • Member Benefits - Your AGIIS Search/View Subscription and How to Get Started • Working Sessions • Architecture, Communications, Data Privacy & Security, Directory Oversight, Education, Membership, Standards & Guidelines Committees • Standards & Guidelines Glossary Working Group • Precision Ag SPADE2 / PAIL Update Session - Joint Session • Networking • Breakfast • Refreshment Breaks • Final Reception at 5:30
34
Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success Thursday, November 13 • Educational Sessions • Enabling Decisions using Precision Ag Tools • Interoperability, Sustainability and Big Data Impact on Agriculture Panel • Making Connectivity CLICK • Working Sessions • Conference Committee • Networking • Breakfast • Refreshment Break
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For more information about Conference… • Registration Desk • Member Services Live on site • Conference Mobile App
Next steps… • Enjoy the Conference… • Learn about AgGateway and how we promote, enable and expand eBusiness through the various sessions • Network at the Breakfasts, Refreshment Breaks, Lunches and Receptions • Provide Feedback! • Through the mobile app for each session and for the conference overall, OR • Through the web survey provided • Make a post-Meeting Action Plan • Share and implement what you learn here within your own organizations 35 • Become involved in the Councils, Committees, and Projects
36
Thank you!
Welcome to AgGateway Randy Beard, Vice-Chair 2014 AgGateway Board of Directors
2
Enjoy Your Lunch… We will restart around 11:55 a.m.
First Time Attendees Luncheon Sponsor
4
Collaboration Activity: THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE Courtney McNeese, Meeting Planner, AgGateway
5
Break Out into Teams Each team has 15 minutes to collaborate and build the tallest freestanding structure possible with only the items shown above: • 20 sticks of spaghetti • 1 yard of tape • 1 yard of string • 1 marshmallow
6
THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE • ✦Build the Tallest Freestanding Structure: The winning team is
the one that has the tallest structure measured from the table top surface to the top of the marshmallow. That means the structure cannot be suspended from a higher structure, like a chair, ceiling or chandelier. • ✦The Entire Marshmallow Must be on Top: The entire marshmallow needs to be on the top of the structure. Cutting or eating part of the marshmallow disqualifies the team. • ✦Use as Much or as Little of the Kit: The team can use as many or as few of the 20 spaghetti sticks, as much or as little of the string or tape. The team cannot use the paper bag as part of their structure.
7
THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE • ✦Break up the Spaghetti, String or Tape: Teams are free to
•
•
• •
break the spaghetti, cut up the tape and string to create new structures. ✦The Challenge Lasts 15 minutes: Teams cannot hold on to the structure when the time runs out. Those touching or supporting the structure at the end of the exercise will be disqualified. ✦AgGateway Staff cannot be a member of a team ✦Winning Team will receive a prize ✦Does everyone understands the Rules? Any questions?
8
THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE Begin Building – 15 minute countdown starts now
9
THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE How well did we collaborate? Our winning team is….. Who typically does the Best and the Worst?
10
THE MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE • Lesson 1: PROTOTYPING MATTERS • Business Students versus Kindergarten Students
• Lesson 2: DIVERSE SKILLS MATTER
11
Welcome to AgGateway Randy Beard, Vice-Chair 2014 AgGateway Board of Directors
12
AgGateway: What it is • A non-profit, collaborative
membership association • Focused on helping growers, retailers and their supply chain partners improve productivity, profitability and sustainability. • AgGateway activities help companies reduce the cost and frustration of managing and exchanging complex data. • Broad representation across ag segments
Non-profit funded by: • Member dues • Subscriptions • Activity fees
13
AgGateway’s Mission To promote, enable and expand eBusiness in agriculture.
14
Why eBusiness? eBusiness is critical to address: • Increasing operational complexity • Need to manage more and more data • Increasing regulatory requirements • International and domestic market pressures
And at an even larger level… • To support demands on agriculture to produce more food with
fewer resources.
15
What’s the big idea? To enable the entire agriculture community to use eBusiness to exchange information to: • Improve business processes • Improve productivity throughout the supply
chain – from crop inputs to the farmer • Streamline the supply chain • Enhance traceability and food safety • Support sustainable agricultural practices
16
AgGateway: Who’s involved? • More than 200 member companies • Members include ag retailers,
manufacturers of ag inputs (e.g., seed, crop nutrition, crop protection, feed, grain, equipment), distributors, companies supporting precision ag, and software and data service providers. • Business and information technology (IT) professionals from these member companies collaborate on AgGateway activities. • Companies work together to develop and implement common industry standards and tools.
17
AgGateway membership growth reflects the need/desire for eBusiness 217 230 210 190
162
170
118
150 130 110 90 70 50 2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 YTD
18
What we’re working on at AgGateway • Contracts, ordering, shipping and
invoicing in seed, feed, grain, crop protection, other sectors • Regulatory compliance • Precision ag • Much more… The result: eConnectivity helps companies and growers with strategic planning, inventory and resource management, traceability, more accurate reporting, better resource allocation.
19
How AgGateway operates
20
How is AgGateway organized? • Small number of staff • Councils (by industry segment) • Standing committees • Standards and Guidelines, Data Privacy & Security, Education, AGIIS Directory Oversight, Architecture, Conference, Communications, etc. • Project teams and working groups
21
AgGateway Staff
Rod Wendy
Janet
Jim Marilyn Meri Josh Courtney Susan
Paula Chris
22
Currently 9 ag industry segments (so, 9 councils)
23
Councils • Industry segment councils operate • • •
•
with relative independence. Each has a chair and co-chair. Conference calls, face-to-face at AgGateway meetings. Decide on and manage the priorities and project work that make eBusiness a reality. The chairs and co-chairs of each council comprise the overall AgGateway Board of Directors.
24
Committees • ADAPT (New) • Architecture • Communications
• Conference • Data Privacy & Security • Directory Oversight • Education • Membership
• Standards and Guidelines
25
AgGateway: a Rough Org Chart Members
Board of Directors
Councils
Project
Management Team
Teams
Committees
26
For more information about AgGateway… • AgGateway.org houses a great deal of news and information on
AgGateway activities, including a monthly newsletter. • To get signed up for the monthly newsletter or get onto other AgGateway mailing lists, contact Member Services • Member Services is a centralized resource for AgGateway members and non-members, to respond to your needs, questions and requests. [email protected] or 1-866-251-8618 26
27
AgGateway Annual Conference Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success Judy Warf, 2011 and 2012 Conference Committee Chair
28
Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success AgGateway Annual Conference • Network, collaborate and move your company’s eBusiness
efforts forward • Learn about developments in eBusiness and how AgGateway can help you get more connected • Great opportunity for those companies who want to be a part of the movement to promote eBusiness in the ag industry
29
Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success Education: This year’s conference includes stimulating speakers and educational sessions, plus multiple open working group sessions focused on the many projects underway. General session speakers include: • Darren Coppock President, Ag Retailers Association • “Everything I learned about Ag Data, I learned from a Bee Speaker” by Bob Riley Chairman of the Board, Feed Energy Company. • “Smarter Agricultural Decisions - A Big Data and Big Computer Approach” by Chid Apte, Director, Mathematical Sciences & Analytics, IBM Research • Herman Wilson President, Pioneer Equipment Co. • “Information Overload….We Need Data Integration!” by Chalmers Carr President, Titan Farms, Inc.
30
Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success • Working Sessions: In addition to education, the annual
conference is a time for moving our work forward in multiple interactive working sessions. Contribute your thoughts and ideas as part of the successful collaborative process central to AgGateway. • Networking: Excellent opportunities every day at the conference to network with your customers, future customers and peers, including refreshment breaks, meals and receptions. • Good to Know: When reviewing the agenda, all sessions marked as OPEN are an indicator that anyone is welcome to sit in the session. If a session is listed as CLOSED, it most likely requires membership in that working group to participate.
31
Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success TODAY - Monday, November 10 • General Session and Business Meeting • Working Sessions • Ag Retail, Crop Nutrition and Crop Protection Council meetings • Precision Ag Working Groups: Water Management (PAIL), Field Operations,
Telematics and Asset Management, and Remote Sensing
• Networking • This session • Refreshment Break • If you are a new member – New Member Meet & Greet at 5:00 p.m. • Welcome Networking Reception at 5:30pm
32
Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success Tomorrow - Tuesday, November 11 • General Session Speakers: Darren Coppock, Keynote and Bob Riley • Educational Sessions • Auto Identification Data Capture (AIDC) • eBusiness and the Value Chain • Allied Providers Technical Workshop • Emerging Technologies Forum • The Why and How of Trading Partner Connectivity and Electronic Data Exchange • Working Sessions • Allied Provider, Feed, Grain, Precision Ag and Seed Councils • Looking to the Future - Ensuring We Address Our Needs Today and Tomorrow • Expanding the Global Location Number Update • Auto Information Data Capture • Precision Ag: SPADE2 Data Conversion Toolbox, and the Insurance, Regulation, & Government Relations Working Group • Networking • Breakfast • Refreshment Breaks • Meet the Board Networking Reception at 5:30
33
Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success Wednesday, November 12 • General Session Speakers: Chid Apte, Herman Wilson and Chalmers Carr • Educational Sessions • AgGateway Global Network, Continuing the Vision • Paperless Fertilizer Tonnage Reporting • Future Internet – The European FI Space Project • Promoting/Marketing AgGateway Participation • Member Benefits - Your AGIIS Search/View Subscription and How to Get Started • Working Sessions • Architecture, Communications, Data Privacy & Security, Directory Oversight, Education, Membership, Standards & Guidelines Committees • Standards & Guidelines Glossary Working Group • Precision Ag SPADE2 / PAIL Update Session - Joint Session • Networking • Breakfast • Refreshment Breaks • Final Reception at 5:30
34
Cultivating eBusiness for Global Success Thursday, November 13 • Educational Sessions • Enabling Decisions using Precision Ag Tools • Interoperability, Sustainability and Big Data Impact on Agriculture Panel • Making Connectivity CLICK • Working Sessions • Conference Committee • Networking • Breakfast • Refreshment Break
35
For more information about Conference… • Registration Desk • Member Services Live on site • Conference Mobile App
Next steps… • Enjoy the Conference… • Learn about AgGateway and how we promote, enable and expand eBusiness through the various sessions • Network at the Breakfasts, Refreshment Breaks, Lunches and Receptions • Provide Feedback! • Through the mobile app for each session and for the conference overall, OR • Through the web survey provided • Make a post-Meeting Action Plan • Share and implement what you learn here within your own organizations 35 • Become involved in the Councils, Committees, and Projects
36
Thank you!
