2024 Agenda
Time
Session Name
State Managers Meeting
Jr. Ballroom 3
Registration
Grand Ballroom Registration Desk
Welcome Reception
Grand Ballroom Foyer
Sponsored by 1,4GROUP
NPC Annual Meeting of the Voting Delegates and Awards Dinner
Grand Ballroom
Breakfast on own
Potato Industry Leadership Institute
Jr Ballroom 1
Committee Meetings
Junior Ballroom 2/3
8:30am-9:30am Finance Committee
9:45am-10:45am Legislative Affairs Committee
11:00am-12:00pm Environmental Affairs Committee
Lunch: Measuring the Economic Significance of the U.S. Potato Industry
Grand Ballroom
Bill Knudson, Product Marketing Economist at the Michigan State University Product Center
Committee Meetings
Junior Ballroom 2/3
1:45pm-2:45pm Grower Outreach and Industry Research Committee
3:00pm-4:00pm Trade Affairs Committee
Board of Directors Meeting
Grand Ballroom
Potato PAC Reception
Jr Ballroom Foyer
Dinner on own
Breakfast on own
General Session on Priority Issues
Grand Ballroom
9:00 am-9:45 am – Promoting U.S. Agricultural Exports
Alexis Taylor, Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
10:00 am-10:30 am – Implementation of Endangered Species Act Workplan
Mike Goodis, Deputy Director for Programs, EPA Office of Pesticide Programs
10:45 am-11:15 am – Federal Government and Nutrition Policy
Beth Johnson, CEO and Founder, Food Directions
Jennifer Tiller, Committee on Agriculture, U.S House of Representatives
11:15 am-11:45 am – NPC Priority Issues Review
Kam Quarles, CEO, National Potato Council
Mike Wenkel, COO, National Potato Council
Lunch Keynote: Political Outlook
Grand Ballroom
David Wasserman, Senior Editor & Elections Analyst, The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter; NBC Contributor
Sponsored by Syngenta
Members of Congress Address the Potato Industry on Capitol Hill
Hart Senate Office Building, Room 902