25 Years of USAIN: Looking back...Looking ahead...

Sarah Williams gave a great account of the first USAIN conference held at the University of Illinois in 1990. We are looking forward to being in Gainesville, FL at the University of Florida in 2016.

The University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Hosted the Inagural USAIN Conference. When will you play host?

To stimulate your imagination, enthusiasm and desire to host a USAIN conference, here’s a recap of the locations and themes of our past conferences.

November 7-9, 1990
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
Inaugural Meeting

October 14-16, 1991
University of Minnesota
Electronic Information in the Agricultural Sciences

October 28-30, 1993
Auburn University
Rural Information at the Crossroads: Issues and Opportunities

April 26-29, 1995
University of Kentucky
Cultivating New Ground in Electronic Information; Use of the Information Highway to Support Agriculture

April 3-5, 1997
University of Arizona
The Information Frontier: Linking People and Resources in a Changing World

April 22-24, 1999
Kansas State University
From Production to Consumption: Agricultural Information for All

April 20-23, 2001
North Carolina State University
Extending Our Reach: Redefining and Promoting Agricultural Information Through Partnerships

April 25-28, 2003
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Agricultural Information for the New Millennium: New Crops, Biotechnology, and Saving the Past

May 15-18, 2005
University of Kentucky
Globalization of Information: Agriculture at the Crossroads

October 8-11,2006
Cornell University
Delivering Information for the New Sciences

April 27-30, 2008
Ohio State University
Tradition in Transition: Information Fueling the Future of Agbiosciences

May 9-12, 2010
Purdue University
Agriculture Without Borders: Creating Knowledge and Partnerships Across Disciplines and Across the World

April 29-May 2, 2012
University of Minnesota
Soil, Water, Food and Energy: Agriculture in an Era of Global Climate Change

May 4-7, 2014
University of Vermont
Sustainable Agriculture: Stewardship of Our Informaiton Ecosystem

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USAIN Celebrates 25 Years

A special logo and member pin was issued for the 25th anniversary

USAIN was founded in 1988 as a network of agricultural information professionals. Today, the organization still fosters collaboration, advocacy and professional development in support of agricultural information.