Join us for the 2012 Agri-Marketing Conference, April 18-20, 2012.

What Will You Discover Among Acres of Innovation

View the Schedule At-A-Glance for the 2012 Agri-Marketing Conference!

How do you turn good ideas into action that influences customer behavior and accelerates the buying process? How do you grab market share and stay relevant to your clients and customers for years to come? What are the simple tools you need to rebound from setbacks stronger than ever? Join NAMA for the 2012 Agri-Marketing Conference and get the answers to these pressing questions and more!

Do some mental spring cleaning with us in April. Recharge and return to the office with the innovations that will set you and your company apart in the year ahead.

This year’s keynote speakers are going to flip your thinking and challenge you to ask yourself the tough questions that will set you apart from the pack. Learn to identify and amplify your unique strengths to focus, stay on track and deliver remarkable results.

The 2012 Conference is just the right mix of marketing leadership and development … and tactical, strategic breakouts to arm you with action plans you can use immediately

Professional Schedule

Tuesday, April 17, 2012
1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting
11:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. ABEF Golf Outing
6:00 - 8:00 p.m. Golf Reception
   
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon Chapter Leaders Workshop
1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Board of Directors' Meeting
1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Pre-Conference Workshop
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. First Timer/Leader Reception
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Best of NAMA Finalists' Reception
5:00 - 6:00 p.m. Best of NAMA Awards Ceremony
6:00 - 7:30 p.m. Best of NAMA Celebration Reception in the Connection Point
   
Thursday, April 19, 2012
7:30 - 8:45 a.m. Omelette Feast
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. Opening General Session
Agribusiness Leader of the Year Award
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Second General Session
NAMA Leadership Awards
NAMA Marketer of the Year Award
12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Connection Point Luncheon
1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Student Marketing Competition Finals
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Senior Management Workshop
2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Connection Point Break
4:00 - 5:00 p.m. Breakout Sessions
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Connection Point Closing Reception/
ABEF Silent Auction
Midnight - 2:00 a.m. Last Call Pancake Breakfast
   
Friday, April 20, 2012
8:00 - 8:45 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Breakout Sessions
10:30 a.m. - Noon Closing Session Brunch

Student Schedule


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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Noon - 5:00 p.m. Student Practice
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Student Orientation
6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Judges' Reception/Orientation
7:00 - 8:00 p.m. Student Practice
   
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
7:30 - 11:00 a.m. Student Competition Preliminary Heats
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Student Luncheon
12:30 - 3:00 p.m. Student Competition Semi-Finals
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Student Critiques
   
Thursday, April 19, 2012
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Student Mentoring Luncheon
1:30 - 5:30 p.m. Student Competition Finals
5:45 - 6:30 p.m. Student Awards
6:45-7:45 p.m.
    Reception for Student advisors & outgoing and incoming student chapter presidents
9:00 p.m. - Midnight Student Party
Midnight - 2:00 a.m. Last Call Pancake Breakfast

Our Sustaining Partners


Adyana Agri-Marketing Broadhead Commodity Farm Progress Farm Progress High Plains Journal John Deere Paulsen Marketing RK Successful Farming Sullivan Higdon & Sink Syngenta Zimm Comm