{"id":41,"date":"2025-06-26T12:38:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2026-10-01T12:20:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T16:20:45","slug":"speakers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--link_color: var(--awb-color1);--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:0%;--awb-padding-bottom:3%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1260px + 30px );margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_3_5 3_5 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:60%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:calc( 0.04 * calc( 100% - 30px ) );--awb-margin-bottom-large:10px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:60%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:calc( 0.04 * calc( 100% - 30px ) );--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-separator\" style=\"align-self: flex-start;margin-right:auto;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;max-width:50%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);border-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);border-top-width:10px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"--awb-margin-top-small:10px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;\"><h2 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:500;margin:0;--fontSize:34;line-height:1.2;\">Meet the Speakers &amp; Panelists<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_5 2_5 fusion-flex-column fusion-no-small-visibility\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:40%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:calc( 0.04 * calc( 100% - 30px ) );--awb-width-medium:40%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:calc( 0.04 * calc( 100% - 30px ) );--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\" data-scroll-devices=\"small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-post-cards fusion-post-cards-1 fusion-grid-archive fusion-grid-columns-4\" style=\"--awb-column-spacing:30px;--awb-dots-align:center;--awb-active-filter-border-size:3px;--awb-filters-height:36px;--awb-row-spacing:20px;--awb-columns-small:50%;\" data-post-type-label=\"portfolio\"><ul class=\"fusion-grid fusion-grid-4 fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-grid-posts-cards\"><li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-0 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/naohiro-idegami\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Naohiro Idegami\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Naohiro Idegami\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Naohiro_Idegami.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-511\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-2 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">FEATURED SPEAKER<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-3 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/naohiro-idegami\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Naohiro Idegami<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-4 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Representative Director & CEO, NARO-Nature Ponics Co., Ltd.<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-1 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/kazuo-kyuma\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Kazuo Kyuma, Ph.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Kazuo Kyuma, Ph.D.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Kazuo-Kyuma.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-505\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-5 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">FEATURED SPEAKER<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-6 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/kazuo-kyuma\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Kazuo Kyuma, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-7 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Senior Executive Adviser (Former President); National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO)<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-2 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/tsuyoshi-morita\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Tsuyoshi Morita, Ph.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Tsuyoshi Morita, Ph.D.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27700%27%20height%3D%27700%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20700%20700%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27700%27%20height%3D%27700%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Tsuyoshi-Morita.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-769\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-8 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">FEATURED SPEAKER<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-9 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/tsuyoshi-morita\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Tsuyoshi Morita, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-10 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Postdoctoral Researcher, Hokkaido University<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-3 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/junichi-nakagawa\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Junichi Nakagawa, Ph.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"496\" height=\"496\" alt=\"Junichi Nakagawa, Ph.D.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27496%27%20height%3D%27496%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20496%20496%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27496%27%20height%3D%27496%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Nakagawa.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-741\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-11 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">FEATURED SPEAKER<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-12 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/junichi-nakagawa\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Junichi Nakagawa, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-13 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Executive Director, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO); Director-General, Research Center of Agricultural Robotics, NARO<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-4 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-5 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/noboru-noguchi\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Dr. Noboru Noguchi\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Dr. Noboru Noguchi\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Noboru-Noguchi.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-530\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-14 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Featured Speaker<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-15 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/noboru-noguchi\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Noboru Noguchi, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-16 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Executive Vice President, Hokkaido University<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-5 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-6 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/taiga-sakai\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Taiga Sakai\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Taiga Sakai\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Taiga_Sakai.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-535\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-17 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Featured Speaker<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-18 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/taiga-sakai\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Taiga Sakai<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-19 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">President & CEO, NTT Agritechnology Corporation<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-6 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-7 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/yoshikiyo-sakakibara\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Yoshikiyo Sakakibara, Ph.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Yoshikiyo Sakakibara, Ph.D.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/Yoshikiyo_Sakakibara.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-686\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-20 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Featured Speaker<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-21 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/yoshikiyo-sakakibara\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Yoshikiyo Sakakibara, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-22 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Executive Director, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO); Director-General, Institute of Food Research, NARO<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-7 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-8 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/shinjiro-yamada\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Shinjiro Yamada, Ph.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"519\" height=\"519\" alt=\"Shinjiro Yamada, Ph.D.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27519%27%20height%3D%27519%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20519%20519%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27519%27%20height%3D%27519%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Shinjiro_Yamada.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-515\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-23 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">FEATURED SPEAKER<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-24 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/shinjiro-yamada\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Shinjiro Yamada, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-25 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Chairman of the Board, PLANTX Corporation<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-11 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-8 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-9 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/daisuke-yamamoto\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Daisuke Yamamoto\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"595\" alt=\"Daisuke Yamamoto\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27595%27%20height%3D%27595%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20595%20595%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27595%27%20height%3D%27595%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Daisuke_Yamamoto.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-598\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-26 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">FEATURED SPEAKER<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-27 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/daisuke-yamamoto\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Daisuke Yamamoto<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-28 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Director, Office of the President, OPTiM<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-12 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-9 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-10 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/yoshitomo-yamasaki\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Yoshitomo Yamasaki, Ph.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Yoshitomo Yamasaki, Ph.D.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Yoshitomo-Yamasaki.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-770\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-29 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">FEATURED SPEAKER<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-30 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/yoshitomo-yamasaki\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Yoshitomo Yamasaki, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-31 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Assistant Professor, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-13 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-10 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-11 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/meredith-adkins\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Meredith M. Adkins, PhD\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Meredith M. Adkins, PhD\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Meredith_Adkins.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-647\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-32 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-33 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/meredith-adkins\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Meredith M. Adkins, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-34 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Assistant Research Professor, Institute for Integrative and Innovative Research, University of Arkansas<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-14 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-11 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-12 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/joseph-batta-mpouma\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Joseph Batta-Mpouma, Ph.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Joseph Batta-Mpouma, Ph.D.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Joseph-Batta-Mpouma.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-662\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-35 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-36 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/joseph-batta-mpouma\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Joseph Batta-Mpouma, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-37 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">CEO, CelluDot<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-15 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-12 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-13 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/yukiko-bivens\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Yukiko Bivens\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Yukiko Bivens\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/Yukiko_Bivens.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-735\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-38 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-39 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/yukiko-bivens\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Yukiko Bivens<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-40 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Financial Advisor, Edward Jones<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-16 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-13 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-14 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/michael-blazier\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Michael Blazier, Ph.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Michael Blazier, Ph.D.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Michael_Blazier.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-657\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-41 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-42 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/michael-blazier\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Michael Blazier, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-43 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Dean and Director, University of Arkansas at Monticello and University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-17 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-14 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-15 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/nhiem-cao\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Nhiem Cao\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Nhiem Cao\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Nhiem_Cao.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-757\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-44 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-45 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/nhiem-cao\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Nhiem Cao<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-46 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">President, C12XL<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-18 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-15 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-16 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/kevin-crow\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Kevin Crow\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Kevin Crow\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27700%27%20height%3D%27700%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20700%20700%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27700%27%20height%3D%27700%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Kevin-Crow.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-749\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-47 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-48 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/kevin-crow\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Kevin Crow<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-49 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">CEO, Cold Steppe<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-19 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-16 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-17 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/deacue-fields\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Deacue Fields\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Deacue Fields\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Deacue_Fields.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-764\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-50 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-51 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/deacue-fields\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Deacue Fields, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-52 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Vice President for Agriculture, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-20 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-17 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-18 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/matt-francis\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"matt-pres\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20400%20400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/03\/matt-pres.jpg\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-595\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-53 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-54 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/matt-francis\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Matt Francis, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-55 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Founder and President, Ozark Integrated Circuits<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-21 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-18 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-19 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/mark-grobmyer\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Mark W. Grobmyer\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Mark W. Grobmyer\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/Mark_Grobmyer.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-675\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-56 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-57 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/mark-grobmyer\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Mark W. Grobmyer<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-58 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Chairman, Global Solutions Institute<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-22 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-19 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-20 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/russell-harrison\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Russell Harrison\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Russell Harrison\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20400%20400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/02\/Russell_Harrison-400x400-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-100\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-59 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-60 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/russell-harrison\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Russell Harrison<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-61 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Managing Director, IEEE-USA<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-23 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-20 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-21 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/kathy-herring-hayashi\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Kathy Herring Hayashi\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Kathy Herring Hayashi\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20400%20400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/KHH.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-732\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-62 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-63 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/kathy-herring-hayashi\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Kathy Herring Hayashi<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-64 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">2027 President, IEEE-USA<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-24 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-21 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-22 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/bao-hoang\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Bao Hoang\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"380\" alt=\"Bao Hoang\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27380%27%20height%3D%27380%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20380%20380%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27380%27%20height%3D%27380%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/Bao-Hoang.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-706\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-65 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-66 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/bao-hoang\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Bao Hoang, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-67 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Assistant Professor of Management, Southern Arkansas University<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-25 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-22 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-23 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/nathan-holmes\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Nathan Holmes\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" alt=\"Nathan Holmes\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27720%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20720%20720%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27720%27%20height%3D%27720%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/Nathan_Holmes.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-694\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-68 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-69 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/nathan-holmes\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Nathan Holmes<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-70 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">CEO, PumpTrakr<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-26 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-23 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-24 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/neal-jansen\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Neal Jansen\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Neal Jansen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Neal_Jansen.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-646\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-71 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-72 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/neal-jansen\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Neal Jansen<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-73 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Director, Asia Office, Arkansas Economic Development Commission<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-27 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-24 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-25 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/whitney-isbell-jones\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Whitney Isbell Jones\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Whitney Isbell Jones\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/Whitney-Isbell-Jones.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-678\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-74 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-75 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/whitney-isbell-jones\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Whitney Isbell Jones<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-76 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">COO, Isbell Farms\/Cypress Creek Milling<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-28 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-25 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-26 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/yui-nozoe\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Yui Nozoe\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Yui Nozoe\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Yui-Nozoe.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-664\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-77 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-78 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/yui-nozoe\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Yui Nozoe<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-79 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Director, IEEE Japan Office<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-29 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-26 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-27 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/clint-oneal\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Clint O&#8217;Neal\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Clint O&#039;Neal\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Clint_Oneal.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-644\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-80 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-81 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/clint-oneal\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Clint O&#8217;Neal<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-82 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Executive Director, Arkansas Economic Development Commission<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-30 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-27 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-28 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/mary-ellen-randall\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Mary Ellen Randall\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1152\" height=\"1152\" alt=\"Mary Ellen Randall\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271152%27%20height%3D%271152%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201152%201152%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271152%27%20height%3D%271152%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/randall-mary-ellen-bio-card-1050x1050-4.jpg.jpeg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-717\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-83 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-84 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/mary-ellen-randall\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Mary Ellen Randall<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-85 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">2026 IEEE President & CEO<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-31 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-28 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-29 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/brittany-scott\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Brittany Scott\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Brittany Scott\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/Brittany_Scott.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-696\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-86 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-87 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/brittany-scott\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Brittany Scott<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-88 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">CEO, SMART Reproduction<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-32 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-29 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-30 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/glenn-scott\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Glenn Scott\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"303\" height=\"303\" alt=\"Glenn Scott\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27303%27%20height%3D%27303%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20303%20303%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27303%27%20height%3D%27303%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Glenn_Scott.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-752\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-89 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-90 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/glenn-scott\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Glenn Scott<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-91 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Chief Manufacturing Officer, Nichirei Global Foods, LLC<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-33 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-30 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-31 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/todd-shields\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Todd Shields, Ph.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Todd Shields, Ph.D.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20400%20400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27400%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/Todd_Shields.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-708\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-92 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-93 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/todd-shields\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Todd Shields, Ph.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-94 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">President, Arkansas State University System<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-34 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-31 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-32 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/brian-shonk\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Brian K. Shonk, Ed.D.\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Brian K. Shonk, Ed.D.\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20600%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27600%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/Brian-Shonk.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-663\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-95 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-96 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/brian-shonk\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Brian K. Shonk, Ed.D.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-97 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Chancellor, University of Arkansas Community College at Batesville<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-35 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-32 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-33 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/jay-silveria\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Jay B. Silveria\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Jay B. Silveria\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/09\/Shanna_Rolen.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-695\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-98 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-99 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/jay-silveria\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Jay B. Silveria<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-100 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Lt. Gen. (Retired)<br>\r\nPresident, University of Arkansas System<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-36 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-33 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-34 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/lucas-smolic\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Lucas Smolic\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Lucas Smolic\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Lucas_Smolic.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-755\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-101 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-102 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/lucas-smolic\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Lucas Smolic<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-103 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">President and Founder, Sake Brewers Guild<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-37 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-34 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-35 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/katie-thompson\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Katie Thompson\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"417\" height=\"417\" alt=\"Katie Thompson\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27417%27%20height%3D%27417%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20417%20417%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27417%27%20height%3D%27417%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Katie_Thompson.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-744\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-104 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-105 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/katie-thompson\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Katie Thompson<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-106 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Executive Director, Science Venture Studio<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-38 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-35 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-36 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/toma-tomonari\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Toma Tomonari\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Toma Tomonari\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20500%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27500%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/10\/Toma_Tomonari.jpg\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-756\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-107 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:700;margin:0;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\"><\/h4><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-108 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:5px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-top-medium:0px;--awb-link-hover-color:rgba(24,58,94,0.74);--awb-font-size:22px;\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:22;--minFontSize:22;line-height:1.2;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/toma-tomonari\/\" class=\"awb-custom-text-color awb-custom-text-hover-color\" target=\"_self\">Toma Tomonari<\/a><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-109 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Senior Advisor, Startup Junkie<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-39 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:;--awb-flex-grow-small:;--awb-flex-shrink-small:;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-builder-row-inner fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-justify-content-center fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"--awb-min-height:no;--awb-min-height-medium:no;--awb-min-height-small:no;--awb-flex-grow:0;--awb-flex-grow-medium:0;--awb-flex-grow-small:0;--awb-flex-shrink:0;--awb-flex-shrink-medium:0;--awb-flex-shrink-small:0;width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;max-width:calc( 100% + 30px ) !important;margin-left: calc(-30px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-30px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column_inner fusion-builder-nested-column-36 fusion_builder_column_inner_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:15px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:15px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:15px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:15px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:15px;--awb-spacing-left-small:15px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-37 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/john-verbeoncoeur\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"John Verbeoncoeur\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"John Verbeoncoeur\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20800%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27800%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/John_Verbeoncoeur.png\" class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-639\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-110 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-text-color:var(--awb-custom_color_1);--awb-margin-top:3px;--awb-margin-bottom:3px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:0px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-medium:0px;--awb-sep-color:var(--awb-custom_color_2);--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" 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fusion-title-112 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-four\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:0px;--awb-margin-top-small:0px;--awb-margin-right-small:0px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:10px;--awb-margin-left-small:0px;--awb-font-size:16px;\"><h4 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"font-family:&quot;proxima-nova-condensed&quot;;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;margin:0;font-size:1em;--fontSize:16;--minFontSize:16;line-height:1.25;\">Chair, IEEE Smart Agri-food Systems Initiative; Senior Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, Michigan State University<\/h4><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/li>\n<li class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-40 fusion-flex-column post-card fusion-grid-column fusion-post-cards-grid-column\" 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style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:10px;--awb-margin-bottom-small:5px;--awb-caption-title-color:var(--awb-color1);--awb-caption-overlay-color:rgba(190,30,45,0);--awb-caption-margin-bottom:5px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;magistral&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:700;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:18px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-38 hover-type-zoomin\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"https:\/\/iwrc.ieeeusa.org\/smartag\/speaker-bios\/mary-zunick\/\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Mary Zunick\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Mary Zunick\" 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