Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Noon

Lunch

Session 1 - Cooperative Strategic Management

1:00 p.m.

Welcome and Introductions

1:15 p.m.

Good Strategy, Bad Strategy
Trey Malone, Associate AGEC Professor and Boehlje Chair
Purdue University

3:15 p.m.

Break

3:45 p.m.

Navigating Strategic Uncertainties
Eric Itambo, President
CoBank

4:45 p.m.

Bull Session

5:30 p.m.

Reception and Dinner

Wednesday, April 8, 2026

8:00 a.m.

How AI is Rewiring Agriculture
Teddy Bekele, Chief Technology Officer
Land O'Lakes

Ranveer Chandra, Managing Director Research for Industry
Microsoft

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Captive Insurance for Cooperatives
Lane Danielsen, CPCU, Principal, Practice Leader - Risk Management
Jonathan Stark, Vice President of Alternative Risk
TrueNorth Companies

Noon

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Agricultural Economic and Policy Update
Matt Clark, Executive Head
Terrain

2:15 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m.

Detecting and Mitigating Fraud
Nick Mueting, Managing Shareholder
Lindburg Vogel Pierce and Farris Chartered

3:45 p.m.

Break

4:00 p.m.

Policy Update
Duane Simpson, President and CEO
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives

5:30 p.m.

Load Bus to go to the CoBank Reception and Dinner
Venue: Eagle's Landing Meal: Jack Stack BBQ
hosted by Michael Walton, Regional Vice President and Marcus Wilhelm, Regional President
CoBank

Thursday, April 9, 2026

8:00 a.m.

Highly Engaged Management
Bruce Tulgan, Founder and CEO
Rainmaker Thinking

10:00 a.m.

Wrap-up Discussion and Adjourn