May 7th-Future Proof Agriculture: Critical Competencies for Feeding (RTP AgBio + AgTech Meetup)
Date
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Time
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Venue
First Flight Venture Center
2 Davis Drive Research Triangle Park, NC 27709
Cost
Free
Future Proof Agriculture: Critical Competencies for Feeding Tomorrow Technology acceleration is transforming agriculture from the inputs at the farm gate to consumers’ plates and all stages in between. What competencies do individuals and teams need to develop to keep pace? Jenny Bates Heaton, an expert in talent management, gathered a roundtable of key agricultural stakeholders to determine what competencies Ag organizations must be developing by 2030. Join AgBio+AgTech at First Flight Venture Center on May 7th and learn more about their surprising findings! Jenny will be joined by Adrian Percy executive director of the NC PSI and roundtable attendee to discuss the stakeholder experience, methods used, and critical competencies for future proof agriculture! As a bonus, Jenny will address how to apply the competencies to your entire talent cycle, to ensure you are embedding them into your culture. You'll Learn: A process to determine competencies needed Some core competencies for the future Key discussion points for executives to build strategic competencies of the future Adrian Percy’s experience at the roundtable; why he attended and what he learned How to apply competencies to your own talent management strategy