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Agenda

October 21, 2020

10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Welcome

10:15 - 10:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker

10:30 -11:30 a.m. Rural Broadband Discussion

11:30 - 11:45 a.m. Break

11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. A Fireside Chat with Featured Speaker*,

Beth Ford, CEO, Land O'Lakes
Moderators: Virginia Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry, Bettina Ring and Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Dr. Jewel Bronaugh

12:15 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break

1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Panel Discussion on Rural Virginia's Economic Recovery

Tom Barkin, President & CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Stephen Moret, President & CEO of Virginia Economic Development Partnership
Lisa Sturtevant, Chief Economist, Virginia Realtors
Moderator: Larry Terry, Executive Director of the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia

2:00 p.m. End of Program

* Agenda items noted with an asterisk are pre-recorded and will be presented during the assigned time slot.