Webform Block: Submission #1466

Educational Component of Event On Monday, July 27th, Grand Farm will host an educational social in conjunction with the Elevate Summit, which takes place on July 28th.

Elevate is Grand Farm’s annual summit focused on how artificial intelligence is transforming agriculture across the Upper Midwest, from predictive analytics and automation to robotics, sensing, and real-time on-farm decision systems. Through expert keynotes, focused panels, hands-on demonstrations, and curated networking, Elevate gives attendees a place to collaborate, ask honest questions, validate needs, and help shape what comes next for AI-powered agriculture in the region.

The educational social provides an opportunity to bring together key stakeholders, including summit sponsors, speakers, as well as business and community leaders from across the region to engage in information sharing and discussions relevant to the themes. The event will include verbal remarks from Grand Farm staff, summit speakers, and sponsors on innovation in AgTech, previewing the next day’s agenda and content. Attendees will be encouraged to discuss AI in ag issues, industry challenges and opportunities with fellow attendees.

Grand Farm materials will be available throughout the event that outline Grand Farm’s mission and work as they relate to agriculture technology.

Additional goals and themes of the event include:

Summit Goals
- Align AI Innovation With Agricultural Stakeholders: Ensure AI tools and research reflect grower realities, regional conditions, and the top challenges identified in the newest Regional Agriculture Pain Point Report.
- Lower Barriers to Adoption: Address cost, connectivity, data access, workforce readiness, interoperability, and ROI so AI becomes practical for farms of all sizes.
- Build a Secure and Interoperable Data Ecosystem: Promote trust, transparency, and responsible data practices across AI-driven platforms.
- Explore the Future of AI in Agriculture: Showcase emerging technologies, including robotics, autonomy, sensing systems, computer vision, digital phenotyping, and predictive modeling that support real decision making on farms across the Upper Midwest.