TGE Field Boundaries Phase 2 Workshop
When: 6 pm Monday, March 17th through 3 pm Thursday, March 20th, 2025
Where: St. Louis, MO: CIC 4220 & 4240 Duncan Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110
Lodging: Aloft booking link – choose Aloft St. Louis Cortex
Dining: The workshop will kick off with a social at 6 pm on Monday, March 17th where food and drinks will be provided. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided by TGE on Tues, Mar 18, and Wed, Mar 19. Breakfast and lunch will be provided by TGE on Thurs, March 20th.
High-Level Agenda
Mon, Mar 17, 2025 |
6 – 8 pm social gathering |
Tues, Mar 18, 2025 |
9 am – 5 pm review accomplishments, hear from stakeholders with industry expertise and understand desired outcomes, set milestones for the initiative, plan sprints |
Wed, Mar 19, 2025 |
9 am – 5 pm talks & sprints |
Thurs, Mar 20, 2025 |
9 am – 3 pm talks & sprints |
| Tues, Mar 18, 2025 | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Welcome Coffee and breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:15 am | TGE welcome |
| 9:15 – 9:45 am | Review Phase 1 of the project (Hannah Kerner / ASU, Chris Holmes / TGE Fellow) |
| 9:45 – 10:15 am | High level overview of FTW Long-Term Vision (Marcus, Holmes, Kerner) and Phase II Goals – Data publishing: prioritize datasets to ‘ship’ – Academic: field delineation methods; more sources; scaling ML process – Usability & scaling: scale model input; plug-ins, LLM demo |
| 10:15-10:30 | 15m Break |
| 10:30 – 11:15 am | Sponsor perspectives: Supply chain and EUDR (UN FAO + WRI) |
| 11:15 – 12:00 pm | Sponsor perspectives: AI for EO & Fields (Planet) |
| 12:00pm – 12:15pm | 15m Break |
| 12:15 pm – 1:00 pm | Sponsor perspectives: Sustainable Ag & Ag Tech (Bayer) |
| 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | Lunch – Stakeholder Perspectives (5-10 minute talks) |
| 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm | Prioritize work items for 2025 |
| 3:00 – 5:00 pm | Outline agenda & establish breakout groups for sprints. |
| 5:00 – 6:00 pm | Individual time before dinner |
| 6:15 – 8:15 pm | TGE Host Dinner in St. Louis (Group Reservation) |
| Wed, Mar 19, 2025 | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Coffee and breakfast |
| 9:00 – 9:15 am | Large group: Discuss plan of action for each sprint group |
| 9:15 – 12:00 pm | Sprints (separate sprints for each work thread) |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch – Stakeholder Perspectives (5-10 minute talks) |
| 1:00 – 4:30 pm | Sprints (separate sprints for each work thread) |
| 4:30 – 5:00 pm | Pre-Dinner Huddle |
| 5:00-6:00 pm | Individual time before dinner |
| 6:15 – 8:00 pm | TGE Host Dinner in St. Louis (Group Reservation) |
| Thurs, Mar 20, 2025 | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Coffee and breakfast |
| 9:00 – 12:00 pm | Final sprint sessions (separate sprints for each work thread) |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Sprint reports |
| 2:00 – 3:00 pm | Outline plan for meeting cadence throughout initiative Goodbyes |