Agenda

USDA Farm Bill 2002 National Technical Service Provider Summit
“Expanding the Capabilities of Conservation Service on Private Lands”

November 7, 2002
Jefferson Auditorium, Washington, D.C.

8:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.             Registration

SESSION I- OPENING SESSION
10:00 a.m.
Welcome and Introductions by Moderator, Bob Ellison, USDA Office of Communications

Secretary Ann M. Veneman - Opening Remarks
Deputy Secretary James Moseley – Key Opening Remarks
Chief Bruce Knight, NRCS, and Jim Little, FSA Administrator - Opening Remarks

SESSION II- PANEL SESSION
10:25 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.         Panel A (Recipients of Technical Service)
11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.         Panel B (Private Technical Service Providers)
11:45 a.m. - 12:25 p.m.         Panel C (Public Technical Service Providers)
12:25 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.           Lunch

SESSION III- LISTENING SESSION
Listening Panel: Deputy Secretary Moseley, Chief Knight, Administrator Little, Technical Service Provider Steering Committee Representative and Mack Gray, Deputy Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment

1:30 p.m. - 1:40 p.m.           Review of Session II Highlights
1:40 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.           Statements/Comments from Audience,
                                          Private & Public Technical Service Providers & Interactive Calls

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.            Break

2:45 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.           Statements/Comments from Audience,
                                           Private & Public Technical Service Providers & Interactive Calls

3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.            Break

SESSION IV- CLOSING SESSION
3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.  Closing Remarks.

Written statements will be accepted at the registration tables and by emailing:
tspg@nrcs.usda.gov