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8:00 am Registration & Networking

8:50 am Chair’s Opening Remarks

Optimizing Emissions Removal Accounting in Crop Rotations to Improve Accuracy & Reporting Confidence

9:00 am Managing Rotation Variability to Improve Multi-Year Removal Accuracy

Principal, Terra Economics
  • Examining rotation-driven fluctuations in soil carbon to inform reporting
  • Documenting rotation outcomes in LSRS-consistent ways to strengthen reliability
  • Highlighting rotation programs with stable multi-year results to improve confidence

9:30 am Roundtable: Building MRV Systems That Capture Rotation Effects to Improve Inventory Quality

  • Reviewing MRV tools designed for multi-year systems to enhance tracking accuracy
  • Capturing data on fertilizer, tillage, and cover crops to improve completeness
  • Integrating rotation observations into inventories to increase reporting accuracy

10:00 am Morning Refreshments & Networking

Strengthening Cross-Functional Alignment to Deliver Credible Scope 3 Progress

11:00 am Understanding Producer-Led Sustainability Practices to Strengthen Credible Scope 3 Strategies

Associate Vice President & Analyst - Animal Agriculture Sustainability, Rabobank
  • Revealing how practice-level data from a large-scale producer survey challenges common Scope 3 assumptions to improve decision confidence
  • Comparing producer priorities, technology uptake, and incentive responses across systems to strengthen value chain alignment
  • Explores on-farm decision-making related to sustainability and aims to support the value chain in finding common ground on sustainability

11:30 am Embedding Carbon Requirements into Procurement Workflows to Improve Supplier Engagement

Agronomy & Supply Chain Sustainability Program Manager, New Belgium / Bells Brewing
  • Setting carbon reporting expectations for suppliers to increase compliance
  • Using GHG data to inform sourcing decisions to improve alignment
  • Delivering unified supplier communication to reduce confusion

12:00 pm Panel Discussion: Transforming Cross-Team Collaboration to Improve Organizational Progress

Associate Vice President & Analyst - Animal Agriculture Sustainability, Rabobank
Agronomy & Supply Chain Sustainability Program Manager, New Belgium / Bells Brewing
  • Comparing internal collaboration models to accelerate decision-making
  • Improving communication habits that reduce internal friction
  • Spotlighting success stories that demonstrate Scope 3 progress to inspire adoption

12:30 pm Lunch

Building Durable Financing & ROI Models Beyond Pay‑for‑Practice to Sustain Farmer Adoption at Scale

1:30 pm Designing Incentive Structures That Support Adoption After Pilot Funding Ends

Director - Grant Administration Sustainability, National Pork Board
  • Assessing multi-year farmer ROI to increase participation
  • Transitioning from pay-for-practice to shared-value models to improve longevity
  • Structuring financial support that stabilizes adoption to maintain continuity

2:30 pm Roundtable Discussion: Designing Multi-Year Incentive Models to Improve Farmer Retention

Science Lead, Sustainable Livestock Production, The Nature Conservancy
  • Identifying weaknesses in short-term funding to reduce drop-off
  • Creating durable incentive pathways to support long-term engagement
  • Sharing risk between buyers and producers to increase stability

3:30 pm Chair’s Closing Remarks