Events, International Tours, Professional Development, and Webinars

The MAB program offers professional development and alumni reunion events, international farm and agribusiness tours, and webinars for students, alumni, and friends.

Professional Development/Alumni Reunion events

The MAB program offers professional development and alumni reunion events in different locations throughout the U.S. These events allow alumni to interact with each other and industry members, as well as provide continuing education programming. Topics have included such hot-button issues as climate change, sustainability, risk management, farm bill legislation and international agribusiness.

Previous Professional Development/Alumni Reunion events:

  • Manhattan 2018 - Blockchain Drive-in Workshop
  • Kansas City 2017 - Leading through Change with Bruce Tulgan, Rainmaker Thinking Inc.
  • Manhattan 2015 - Risky Business: Managing Agribusiness Risk
  • Minneapolis 2013 - Agribusiness: What Could Go Wrong?
  • Manhattan 2011 - Engery, Global Food Security, and Ag Policy
  • Kansas City 2009 - The Global Agribusiness Puzzle
  • Manhattan 2007 - MAB in the Heartland
  • Kansas City 2005 - International Trade Policy and Strategic Alliances

Animal Health Industry Insights Seminars

Kansas State University’s Master of Agribusiness Program invites members of industry to attend our Industry Insights Seminars.

Previous Animal Health Industry Insights Seminar Speakers:

  • Dr. Tad Coles, DVM, MRSS-P, CCFP, Personal and Organizational Techniques to Minimize Burnout
  • Dr. Mike Dicks, Director of the Veterinary Economics Division of the American Veterinary Medical Association
  • Dr. Lee M. Myers, State Federal Liaison, National Veterinary Stockpile, USDA, APHIS, VS, SPRS, LC
  • Dr. Steven Vaughn, Director of the Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, FDA
  • Dr. Richard A. Carnevale, Vice President for Scientific, Regulatory, and International Affairs, Animal Health Institute
  • Ms. Denise E. Farris, Esquire
  • Dr. Sharon Benz, FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine
  • Dr. Steven A. Karli, Director, Inspection & Compliance CVB, USDA, APHIS, Vet Services