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Heuermann Lectures

The Heuermann Lectures focus on providing security, and here security means enough to sustain the world, in the areas of food, natural resources, and renewable energy for people, as well as on securing the sustainability of rural communities where the vital work of producing food and renewable energy occurs.

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Industry & Sustainability: What next? And What’s next?

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 |  3pm CST

Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center, Lincoln, NE

Reception following at 4:30pm

Steve Evans, Director of Research in Industrial Sustainability at the University of Cambridge, will discuss sustainability efforts by companies like Toyota, Chanel, and Airbus, highlighting their current strategies, potential limitations and future innovations. Gain insights into practical actions, long-term goals and emerging opportunities or challenges in industrial sustainability.

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This public lecture series in the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is made possible through a gift from B. Keith and Norma Heuermann of Phillips, Nebraska. The Heuermanns are long-time university supporters with a strong commitment to Nebraska's production agriculture, natural resources, rural areas and people

Meet Keith Heuermann

Nebraska agriculture has been part of Keith Heuermann's life since childhood, and he has seen many changes over the years. In these brief videos he talks about some of those changes, as well as the wonder of corn, the droughts of the 1930s, 1950s and 2012, the importance and issues of food for the world, what he'd do if starting out today, and more.

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Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center
2021 Transformation Drive,
Lincoln, NE

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