Board on Agriculture Assembly 2023 National Advocacy Leadership Summit

This November 1-3, APLU’s Board on Agriculture Assembly (BAA) will be hosting a National Advocacy Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. The summit will bring together individuals from across the network of public and land-grant universities’ colleges of agriculture, life sciences, and natural resources, with a focus on the dynamics of successful federal advocacy strategies, how to be more effective in working with your federal offices, the key elements of advocacy messaging, and how annual appropriations (the Budget and Advocacy Committee) and Farm Bill priorities (Committee on Legislation and Policy) are determined.

The intended audience is Vice Chancellors, Vice Presidents and Deans of the colleges of agriculture (and life sciences & natural resources), senior level administrators (associate deans, research directors, Extension directors, 1890s administrators, 1994 TCUs, center directors) and other senior leadership with an interest in knowing more about BAA advocacy structure and priority setting.

Due to space constraints, registration will be capped at 100 participants and invitations will be extended based on a nomination process so that consideration can be given to size and type of institution, geographic representation, engagement of all BAA sections, and diversity of attendees. If you would like to nominate yourself or someone who would benefit from attendance, please use this form. We are accepting nominations until Friday, September 15th COB. Please consider the event’s agenda and focus on advocacy leadership when nominating.

The summit will take place in the DC/Virginia metro area, beginning with an opening dinner on Wednesday, November 1st at 6:00PM ET. There will be a registration fee of $200 for food and meeting space. Please reach out to Suzette Robinson at srobinson@aplu.org with any questions.

Tentative Agenda:

Wednesday, November 1:

6:00PM                    Opening Dinner / Fly-Over of Federal Advocacy Landscape

Thursday, November 2: 

7:30AM                   Breakfast and Opening Remarks

8:45AM                   Advocacy 101: Understanding the Process and Identifying Priorities

9:30AM                   Lobbying Guidelines

10:30AM                 Break

11:00AM                  APLU Office of Governmental Affairs (OGA)

11:30AM                  APLU OGA Ag Committees

12:00PM                  Lunch

1:30PM                     Overview of Budget and Advocacy Committee (BAC)

2:00PM                    Overview of Committee on Legislation and Policy (CLP)

2:30PM                    Council on Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching (CARET)

3:00PM                    Break

3:30PM                    Connecting with Congressional Offices

4:00PM                    Bringing Together Diverse Groups: The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA) Coalition

5:00PM                    Adjourn, Dinner on Your Own

Friday, November 3:

7:30AM                   Breakfast

8:15AM                   Thursday Debrief

8:30AM                   Creating a Unified Voice

9:30AM                   Engagement of BAA Membership

9:45AM                   Next Steps

10:00AM                Closing Remarks

10:30AM                Adjourn