A one-day conference exploring the impact and implications of the emerging bioeconomy for Iowa's small communities, with a keynote address by Governor Chet Culver. Also featuring presentations, panel discussions and breakout sessions with economists, sociologists, designers, extension staff and local officials.

April 10, 2007
Scheman Building, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Video recordings of the day's general sessions:
Conference Welcome and Keynote - ISU College of Design Dean Mark Engelbrecht, ISU President Gregory L. Geoffroy, and the Hon. Chet Culver, Governor of Iowa

Facets of the Bioeconomy Affecting the Small Towns in Iowa, Bruce Babcock, Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Iowa State University

The Bioeconomy: Visual Aspects, Quality of Life, and the Rural Landscape, Julia Badenhope, Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University; Christopher J. Seeger, Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist, Landscape Architecture, Iowa State University; Paul Anderson, Professor, Landscape Architecture and Agronomy, Iowa State University

The Opportunities and Issues of Small-town Life in the Bioeconomy, Jack Payne, Vice President for Extension and Outreach, Iowa State University, Moderator; John Allen, Director, Western Rural Development Center, Utah State University ; Robert Gramling, Director, Center for Socioeconomic Research, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; Tom Johnson, Frank Miller Professor of Agricultural Economics and Director, Community Policy Analysis Center, University of Missouri