WASHINGTON, Feb. 23, 2011 – Former President Bill Clinton, Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and Senator Debbie Stabenow will speak at the USDA’s Agricultural Outlook Forum at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, on Feb. 24.
During the Thursday session of the USDA 2011 Agriculture Outlook Forum for security reasons, no one, including press, may stand or leave their seats during the plenary sessions. Press will be admitted to designated seating in the Arlington Ballroom entered through the Press entrance. Admittance requires that you must have your press credentials and Forum Press badge obtained at either the pre-registration or onsite registration desks. Two monitors in the Arlington Ballroom Foyer will broadcast the plenary live. The Alexandria Room and McLean Room (Press room) will offer live audio of the plenary sessions for press overflow. Twelve wireless connections will be available for press in the McLean Room only. Online Press registration closes at 4 p.m. today, Feb. 23.
USDA Forum Photos will be posted online here:
LinkPlenary Broadcast posted after 6 p.m. here:
Link
A.M.
8:00
Welcome: Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan
8:05
2011 Agricultural Economic & Foreign Trade Outlooks
Chief Economist Joseph Glauber Speaks
Presentation will be available in press room (McLean Room/2nd floor)
and online at 8 a.m. Feb. 24:
www.usda.gov/oce/forum
8:30
Forum Keynote Address
Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack
Speech transcript will be posted online later in day on USDA Web site.
8:55
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow Speaks
Speech transcript will be posted online the following week.
10:05
Former President William Clinton Speaks
Speech transcript will be posted online the following week.
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10:45
Plenary Panel (90 minutes)
Speech transcripts will be posted online the following week.
Moderator: Christine Cochran, President, Commodity Markets Council
Critical Issues Shaping the Global Economic Outlook
Nariman Behravesh, Chief Economist, IHS Global Insight
Electronic Trading and the Globalization of Grain Markets
Charles Whitman, Founder and CEO, Infinium Capital Management
A Brokerage Firm’s Approach to Risk Management
Pete Nessler, President, FCStone, LLC
Friday, February 25
USDA Commodity Outlook Speeches will be posted online at 7 a.m. at www.usda.gov/oce/forum and simultaneously available at the Forum in the press room and on a table outside the Arlington Ballroom.
