Speakers

William Aderholdt, Ph.D

Executive Director and Co-Founder

Grand Farm

Mure Agbonlahor, Ph.D

Senior Economist-Production & Marketing

African Union Commission

Nirupam Aich, Ph.D

Richard L. McNeel Associate Professor of Engineering

University of Nebraska – Lincoln

Ali Ajaz, Ph.D

Snr. Applications Engineer-Global Irrigation

Lindsay Corporation

Sammy Akasheh, Ph.D

Senior Research Associate

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

Tala Awada, Ph.D

Professor and Associate Dean

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Andrea Basche, Ph.D

Associate Professor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jesse Bell, Ph.D

Director of Water, Climate and Health

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

Demetrius Bledsoe

Founder and CEO

Fresh Harvest 365, LLC

Prasanna Boddupalli, Ph.D

CIMMYT Distinguished Scientist & Regional Director for Asia

CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center)

Mike Boehm, Ph.D

Vice President and Vice Chancellor of Agriculture and Natural Resources

University of Nebraska

Ruhiza Jean Boroto

Senior Land and Water Officer

UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Nick Brozović, Ph.D

Director of Policy

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

Brian Bruckner

General Manager

Lower Elkhorn Natural Resources District

Claudio Caamaño Vélez

Executive Director

Directorate of National Irrigation Technology of the Dominican Republic

Ozan Ciftci, Ph.D

Associate Professor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Lorelei Cloud

CWCB Board Member

Southern Ute Tribe

Aaron Daigh, Ph.D

Associate Professor of Vadose Zone Science

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Samira Daroub, Ph.D

Director and Professor

University of Florida

Lyndsey Dowell

Spatial Data Science Lead, Corporate Engagement

The Nature Conservancy

Dhone Dugnani

Associate Grower

Aiba

Pan Ei Ei Phyoe, Ph.D

PhD Candidate in Geography an the Environment | Water Systems Associate, Ambition Loop

University of Oxford

Drew Gholson, Ph.D

Extension Irrigation Specialist and NCAAR Coordinator

Mississippi State University

Konstantinos Giannakas, Ph.D

Harold W. Eberhard Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Chloe Ginsburg

Associate Director, Tenure Tracking Program

Rights and Resources Initiative

Jordana Gabriel Sara Girardello

Technical Advisor for Sustainability and Irrigation

CNA – Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock of Brazil

Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D.

President

University of Nebraska

Patricio Grassini, Ph.D

Professor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Mohsin Hafeez, Ph.D

Strategic Program Director - Water, Food and Ecosystems

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Seifeldin Hamad, Ph.D

Director

The Centre of Water Security Studies and Capacity Development

Derek Heeren, Ph.D

Professor and Associate Head for Academic Programs

University of Nebraska–Lincoln

Tiffany Heng-Moss, Ph.D

Dean and Professor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Paul Hicks

Interim Director - Rio Lempa Conservation and Restoration Program

CRS

Brandon Hunnicutt

Owner/Partner

Hunnicutt Farms

Brea Hutchcraft-May

Alliance Development Manager

Bayer CropScience LP

Greg Ibach

Undersecretary in Residence

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Samir Ibrahim

CEO

SunCulture

Abdulrahman Abdurabu Jafer

Manager of Mitigation and Planning, Dept of Combating Desertification

National Center for Vegetation Development and Combating Desertification

Patricia Jimenez Beato

Partnerships and Resource Mobilization Coordinator

FAO Dominican Republic

Dave Johnson

Principal Scientist

LI-COR

Rena Jones, Ph.D

Senior Investigator

National Cancer Institute

Adam Keough

Program Manager

Catholic Relief Services

Benjamin Kiersch

Senior Water Resources Specialist

Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO)

Dave Lambe

Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program - Chief Learning Officer

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Aaron LaPointe

Chief Executive Officer

Ho-Chunk Capital

Paulo de Tarso de Lara Pires, Ph.D

CEO

Simepar

Nicole Lefore, Ph.D

Associate Director

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

Joe Luck, Ph.D

Professor and Associate Director

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Everardo Mantovani

AIBA and IMAFIR Consultant and Senior Professor

Federal University of Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Luis Marcos

Co-Founder and Executive Director

Comunidad Maya Pixan Ixim: Reinforcing Our Roots, Living our Maya Heritage

Felicia Marcus

Landreth Visiting Fellow

Stanford University’s Water in the West Program

Marty Matlock, Ph.D

Professor

University of Arkansas

Peter McCornick, Ph.D

Executive Director

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

Doug Merrey, Ph.D

Consultant on natural resources management

Independent

Rabi Mohtar, Ph.D

Senior Fellow

TAMU

Laura Nagengast

Environmental Health Extension Educator

University of Nebraska

Vinay Nangia, Ph.D

Research Program Director - Soil, Water, and Agronomy

ICARDA: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas

Christopher Neale, Ph.D

Director of Research

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

Daniel Osgood, Ph.D

Senior Research Scientist, Financial Instruments Lead

Columbia University

Jackie Ourada

News Announcer, Greater Nebraska Reporter

Nebraska Public Media

Roric Paulman

Owner

Paulman Farms

Carlos Armando Peñate Trujillo

Técnico en Ingeniería Eléctrica

Centro de formacion Tierra Saludable Ameyalli

Karen Beatriz Peñate Trujillo

Ingeniera Agrónoma

Centro de Formacion Tierra Saludable Ameyalli

Santosh Pitla, Ph.D

Professor and Associate Head for Research & Innovation

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Clay Pope

Partnership and External Affairs Manager, The Nature Conservancy of Oklahoma

NC036

Ed Prosser

Senior Vice President - Special Projects

Scoular

Nicolas Quintana Ashwell, Ph.D

Professor

Mississippi State University

Abbie Raikes, Ph.D

Professor and Director, Center for Global Health and Development

UNMC College of Public Health/ECD Measure

Jay Reiners

Co-founder

Sustainable Agriculture Solutions for Africa

Renata Rimšaitė, Ph.D

Senior Program Manager

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute

Claudia Ringler, Ph.D

Director, Natural Resources and Resilience

International Food Policy Research Institute

Abraham Salomon

Consultant

DWFI

Bridget Scanlon, Ph.D

Research Professor

University of Texas

Moisés Schmidt

President

AIBA (Association of Producers and Irrigators of Bahia)

Petra Schmitter, Ph.D

Research Group Leader Climate Adaptation and Mitigation Pathways

International Water Management Institute

Jim Schneider, Ph.D

Technical Expert

Olsson

Karina Schoengold, Ph.D

Associate Director

Nebraska Water Center

Barbara Schreiner

Executive Director

Water Integrity Network

Yeyin Shi, Ph.D

Associate Professor

Biological Systems Engineering

Kelly Smith, Ph.D

Research Assistant Professor in Drought Impacts

https://drought.unl.edu

Mark Smith, Ph.D

Director General

International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Daniel Snow, Ph.D

Research Professor and Laboratory Director

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Asa B. Stone, Ph.D

Research Assistant Professor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Mark Svoboda, Ph.D

Director/Professor

National Drought Mitigation Center/UNL

Saleh Taghvaeian, Ph.D

Associate Professor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Jessica Troell

Senior Attorney; Director, International Water Program

Environmental Law Institute

Daniel Tsegai, Ph.D

Programme Officer

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)

Cora Tso

Senior Research Fellow, Tribal Water Policy

Arizona State University

Naga Velpuri, Ph.D

Principal Researcher

International Water Management Institute

Andrea Vezzini

CTO & Chairman of the Board

ennos ag

Karin Jeanneret Vezzini

CEO

ennos ag

Lyndon Vogt

General Manager

Central Platte Natural Resources District

Harkamal Walia, Ph.D

Professor

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Daniele Zaccaria, Ph.D

Professor of Agricultural Water Management in Cooperative Extension

University of California, Davis

Tracy Zink

Owner/Operator

Sunny Heights, LLC

Ivo Zution Gonçalves, Ph.D

Research Assistant Professor

Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute