Schedule

Schedule subject to change

Monday, March 23: 8 am - 4 pm

8 am - 5 pm: Mental Health First Aid - $80 fee
1 pm - 4 pm: New Staff Training
1 pm - 4 pm: Worksite Assessment, Secondary Injury, and AT Selection- $25 fee
1 pm - 4 pm: Offsite tour of UW Health Rehabilitation Hospital- $25 fee
1 pm - 4 pm: Youth Pre-Conference
4:30 pm - 6 pm: Poster Session and Reception

Tuesday, March 24: 8 am - 5 pm

8 am - 9 am: Opening Conference Session
9:15 am - 10:00 am: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Update on USDA’s Support for Veterans
- Tips for Aging Farmers & Ranchers
- Connecting with Diverse Audiences (an 1890 Perspective)
- Low Cost Farm Assistive Technology
10 am - 10:30 am Break
10:30 am - 12:00 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Panel presentation on state/regional programs for Farmer Veterans
- Improving AgrAbility Relationships with Vocational Rehabilitation
- Worksite Assessment Networking
- Communicating with Farmers Under Stress
12 pm - 1:30 pm : Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- One Veterans Journey from PTSD to Farmer
- 3D Printing for Farmers
- Project Director (PI) Session
- QPR Gatekeeper Training
- Youth for Ag of Tomorrow
2:40 pm - 3:40 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Helping our Veterans with mTBI: A model for successful transition
- Considerations for Adding Value to Farm Products
- Are Clients Slipping Through the Cracks?
- Farmer Mental Health Trends , Risk Factors, and Stress Reduction Technique "Mindful Living"
- Outdoor Assistive Technology Show and Tell
3:40 pm - 4:00 pm: Break
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Cultural Humility and AgrAbility- A Panel Presentation
- Avoiding Uneven Ground
- Legacy Innovation Farming Economics Project
- Indoor AT Show and Tell
6:00 pm Banquet and Auction with Keynote Speaker Davon Lamar Goodwin, veteran, farmer, motivational speaker and NC AgrAbility client

Wednesday, March 25: 8 am - 5 pm

8:00 am - 8:45 am: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Celebrating Veteran Total Farmer Health
- Community of Support for Return to Work Life
- Developing Programs for Veterans in Agriculture: How Maine Does It
- Mobile Learning Lab - Taking Resources Directly to the Farmer and Beyond
- How to Collaborate with Your Goodwill and Other Non-Profits
8:55 am - 9:40 am: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Best Practices when working with Service Connected Disabled Veterans
- 21 Tools & Strategies to Work Smarter not Harder
- International Panel
- Utility Vehicle Selection and Safety
9:40 am - 10:10 am: Break
10:10 am - 10:55 am: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Exploring Job Options in Rural Wisconsin
- Programmatic factors that lead to changes in Quality of Life and Independent Living and Working Levels with AgrAbility Clients and a 25-Year Overview of AgrAbility Demographics
- Mobile Technology and Diabetes Management
- Assistive Technology: Programs and Partners for Making Technology Happen
11:05 am - 11:50 am: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Working with Farm Media to Promote AgrAbility
- Independent Living
- Preventing Hand Injuries While Pruning
- Table Talk: Assistive Tech for Women in Ag
12pm - 1:30pm: Lunch
1:30pm - 2:30 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Asking the Right Questions and Finding the Right Resources for Rural Caregivers
- Opportunities and Challenges of Alternative or Value-Added Agricultural Enterprises
- What Isn’t Currently Attainable Through AgrAbility?
- Low-Tech Assistive Technology at Home and Abroad
2:40 pm - 3:40 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Safe Livestock Handling and Labor-Saving Devices
- How to DIY Your Small Farm Marketing in the Digital Age
- Enhancing AgrAbility Services Through Preparing Successful Requests for Funding
- Considerations in Choosing the Right After-Market Tractor Seat Cushion
3:40 pm - 4:10 pm: Break
4:10 pm - 4:50 pm: Conference Breakout Sessions
- Adaptive Farming with the New Mexico AgrAbility Apprenticeship Program
- How Do You Know What You Don't Know?
- Sustainability
- Enhancing Participation through Outreach and Technical Assistance for USDA Programs in Wisconsin
Dinner on your own

Thursday, March 26: 8 am - 4 pm

Conference Tours- Fee $50 All tours subject to change.

Tour 1 (Full Day Tour)

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Dairy Focused: This tour will travel to the Dairy Forage Center on UW Madison Campus, a large dairy and cheese making operation, and a creamery for lunch $50 Fee

Tour 2 (Full Day Tour)

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

AgrAbility Farmer and Agricultural Research: This tour will travel to a couple of AgrAbility client farms (a crop farmer and a greenhouse operation), a distillery for lunch and the UW Arlington Research Station. $50 Fee

Tour 3 (Full Day Tour with ½ day drop off)

8:00 am - 3:30 pm with hotel drop off around noon

UW Madison Agricultural stops and Kuhn Agricultural Machinery: This tour will travel to to the Kuhn manufacturing plant, have lunch on the bus, drop off at the hotel around noon, and then travel to a couple Agricultural places on UW Madison Campus. $50 fee for full day and $25 fee for half day