Session 1: Wed Morning
Breakout 1 - Engineering Developments for Sustaining Wellbeing (Physical, Mental, and Environmental)
Breakout 2 - Technologies to Improve Education, Community Connectivity, and Medical Care
Breakout 3 - Engineering Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Manufacturing, and Mining Practices
Breakout 4 - Research towards Adapting to Climate Change, Aging Populations, and Economic Shifts
Session 2: Wed Afternoon
Breakout 5 - Autonomous Systems: AI, Robotics, Autonomous Transportation
Breakout 6 - Connectivity: Information Technology, Telehealth, and Remote Services
Breakout 7 - Food and Fuel: Agrivoltaics and Regenerative Agriculture
Breakout 8 - Energy: Smart Infrastructure, Microgrids, Green Energy, Grid Resilience, Energy Storage
Session 3: Thurs Morning
Breakout 9 - Research on Future Rural Communities: Beneficial Impacts of In-Migration/Out-Migration
Breakout 10 - Research for Future Transportation Infrastructure, Autonomous Vehicles, and Movement of Goods and Services
Breakout 11 - Engineering Prospects for Future Resource Extraction: Food and Raw Materials, Sustainable Soil and Water
Breakout 12 - Engineering Innovations towards New Models of Rural Living (Entrepreneurial Communities, Industrial Cooperative Ownership)
Breakout 13 - Engineering Technologies for Cultural and Economic Revitalization
Visioning
Goal: identify specific areas that are nascent or require additional exploration with the potential for the greatest return on investment.
Attendees: cross-sector experts from academia, government, industry, non-profits
Format: expert, informed discussion and interactive thematic breakout sessions
Expected Outcomes of Breakout Sessions
- Bring together experts from across the country to envision paths to research and innovation.
- Two meetings per breakout - Discussion and Charting sessions
- Log ideas and discussion on shared Google doc.
- Each room will have a scribe recording ideas.
- Each group will report key takeaways to full group.
- The final report compiling this information will be completed in the weeks following the meeting.