Big Data has the Answers: Now All We Need are the Questions

It seems that one can’t go through a work day without seeing some mention of Big Data, its application and its potential to have unprecedented impact (i.e. it will change the world!).  Drawing from both ag and non-ag experience, lessons from prior application of information technology will be used to inform our thinking relative to the potential impacts of Big Data.  Key questions, regarding technology, firm decision making, and supply chain organization will be explored.
 
Speaker
ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Emeritus Chaired Professor
807 S. Wright Street, Suite 320K
Champaign, IL 61820
(217) 265-7796

Biography:
Steve Sonka is Emeritus Chaired Professor of Agricultural Strategy at the University of Illinois and Research Professor at the ADM Institute for the Prevention of Postharvest Loss. At the University of Illinois, he was the first faculty member to hold the Soybean Industry Chair in Agricultural Strategy. His prior administrative responsibilities include serving as the Vice Chancellor for Public Engagement for the campus as well as being the founding Director of both the National Soybean Research Laboratory and the ADM Institute. A co-founder of the Centrec Consulting Group, LLC, in Savoy, Illinois, he was a partner there for more than 25 years. An economist reared on an Iowa family farm, his scholarship emphasizes strategic change and decision making. In 1983, he authored Computers in Farming, the first text devoted to computer use in the sector. An author or coauthor of over 220 publications, his international experiences include consulting and lecturing on every continent except Antarctica.

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Date
July 31, 2014 11:00am


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