Sunday-Tuesday, November 23-25, 2025

Location:
Younes Conference Center South
416 W Talmadge Rd
Kearney, NE 68845

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TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

​Sunday, November 23, 2025
5:00 PM - Exhibitor Move-in/setup
7:00 PM - NSIA board meeting

Monday, November 24, 2025
7:30 AM - Registration
8:00 AM - NSIA annual meeting
9-9:30 AM - Welcome & Natural Resources Com,Stan Clouse,State Senator,Kearney, NE
9:30-10:30 AM - AI & Water:  Opportunities, Risks & Realities for Nebraska's Future,Kristin Malek,UNL Extension
10:30-11:00 AM - Break and Exhibits
11:00 AM -12:30 PM - Merger Updates from the NDWEE,Jesse Bradley,DWEE Director & Panel
12:30-1:30 AM - Lunch and Kremer Award
1:30-2:30 PM - Matt Rabbe, Senior Wildlife Biologist,US Fish & Wildlife Services; 
               Jim Jenniges, Senior Environmental Specialist, NPPD
               Ruby Rolland, Wildlife Biologist,Game and Parks
               Eric Marrow, Jeo Consulting Group
               Melissa Mosier, Platte River Program Manager, Audubon Great Plains
2:30-3:15 PM - Bureau of Reclamation Update,Aaron Thompson,Bureau of Reclamation
3:15- 4:00 PM - Break and Exhibits
4:00-4:30 PM - Niobrara Rights Transfer,Don Blankenau,BWJ Law Group
4:30-5:00 PM - Fort Laramie Canal Tunnel Replacement Update,Scott Hort/Cory Foreman,Gering-Ft. Laramie Irrig. District/HDR
5:00-6:30 PM - Reception and Visit Exhibits

Tuesday, November 25, 2025
7:30 AM - 9:30 AM - Registration
7:30-9 AM - NWRA Membership & Board Meetings
9-10:00 AM - Cyber Security for Water Infrastructure,Nicholas Brand,CISA
10:00-10:45 AM - Irrigation Project Updates,Mike Placke,LeRoy Sievers and Jake Miriovsky,JEO Consulting Group
10:45-11:15 AM - Break and Exhibits
11:15 AM-12:00 PM - Improving Water Quality in Irrigated Corn Production: Sensor-based Nitrogen Management,Joe Luck,UNL
12-1 PM - Lunch and DC Policy Update,Dillon Kuehn,Water Strategies

*Speakers and topic titles subject to change.