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USDA to live stream big data summit in October

The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) isconvening a summit

to identify the frontiers and future of data in agriculture and build on existing U.S. government-wide efforts and investments in Big Data.

Save the date for an opportunity

to help shape the agenda driving innovation in our agricultural enterprise. Join us via livestream as leaders in agriculture and data science fields converge to synthesize the future of data-driven agriculture.

This

Oct.10 event

will include an address from NIFA Director Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy, a set of visionary talks from leaders in the fields of data science and agriculture, and discussion.

This event

will be streamed live in tandem with the Oct.10-12, National Science Foundation's


Midwest Big Data Hub All-Hands Meeting.

Event Details

Monday, October 10, 2016 - 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

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Stay tuned for more webinar details and information. More information will be available on the

event web page.

 

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