NASA Space for Ag New York Tour - Ithaca

August 19, 2024

122 Gates Hall
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell University

NASA leadership is visiting Cornell University on a Space for Ag Tour in order to have conversations with growers, stakeholders, and researchers about their needs and challenges; have two way dialogue with end users and stakeholders to improve NASA Earth Science’s research portfolio in specialty crop agriculture and viticulture; and foster a broader conversation about effective research translation into practice. 

The event will focus on the intersection of social science and digital agriculture.

9:30-11:45 a.m.

Enjoy and participate in a series of discusses about how social science and digital agriculture intersect with NASA leaders and faculty including:

• Hakim Weatherspoon
• Ginger Allington
• Xiangtao Xu
• Alistair Hayden
• Dominic Woolf

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture (CIDA) Seminar from NASA-Acres Executive Director Alyssa Whitcraft. This portion of the event is available via Zoom. Registration is required.

2:30-4:00 p.m.

Social science panel on remote sensing, digital agriculture, and innovation emceed by Steven Wolf 

• Brad Doorn, NASA, Program Manager, Agriculture
• Jenny Goldstein
• Bruce Lewenstein