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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Fira Sans",sans-serif;color:#C00000">Sent on behalf of Jim Llano</span></i><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#C00000"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Office of Technology Partnerships is excited to host our next UC Riverside "Industry Research Partnership Series” featuring
<b><i>Microsoft Agriculture </i></b>on <b>Wednesday May 10<sup>th</sup>, 2023</b>. The event take place
<b><i>12:00noon – 1:00pm and will be available virtually via Zoom</i></b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Speaker Series was created to expose faculty to consider avenues of engagement with various industries, with the goal of providing faculty an understanding of how a particular company collaborates with universities, research opportunities
for faculty, opportunities to increase career opportunities for students, and internship programs. We are also interested to learn what is important to industry from a sustainability standpoint, particularly in relation to UCR’s OASIS Initiative. The OASIS
project is based on six pillars addressing regional challenges: Sustainable Transportation & Infrastructure, Renewable Energy and Fuels, Agriculture Technology and Food Security, Natural Resource Management, Community Health and Health Disparity, and Human
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">OASIS Initiative link</span></b><span style="color:#1F497D">:
</span><a href="https://ucrotp.ucr.edu/oasis-accelerator">https://ucrotp.ucr.edu/oasis-accelerator</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Description of Microsoft Agriculture</b>: “<i>The agriculture industry is at a turning point. To feed growing populations sustainably and efficiently under increasingly climatic conditions, we need to change farming practices and help
with better decision making. From soil—where improvements to farming practices can help mitigate climate change to the shelf—where customers look for products with minimal carbon footprint—the agriculture and food value chain is primed for innovation. Microsoft’s
goal is to help democratize data-driven insights to help all farmers and organizations achieve more and transform the agri-food value chain to become more productive, more transparent, and drive shared value all the way back to producers. At Microsoft, we’ve
long recognized that scaling innovation across the industry starts with data. Microsoft Azure Data Manager for Agriculture allows to connect farm data from disparate sources, enabling organizations to leverage high-quality datasets and accelerate the development
of digital agriculture solutions.”</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Microsoft Agriculture speaker for the Wednesday May 10<sup>th</sup> virtual event will be:</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Roessler; Director of Agriculture, Microsoft <o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We will be inviting faculty from the College of Engineering and the College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences. In addition, post docs, and graduate students will also be invited via zoom.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The goal is for our faculty (especially younger faculty) to become comfortable and willing to work with industry by directly hearing from an industry representative.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">This virtual Zoom event is free to attend by requires pre-registration.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">Attached is a Promotional Flyer for the zoom event which includes a
<span style="color:#1F497D">zoom </span><span style="color:red">Registration Link.</span></span><span style="color:red">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">For further information contact: Jim Llano; Associate Director, Corporate & Strategic Partnerships / Office of Technology Partnerships<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Email: </span><a href="mailto:james.llano@ucr.edu">james.llano@ucr.edu</a><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank You! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jim <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Jim Llano<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Associate Director, Corporate & Strategic Partnerships<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Office of Technology Partnerships<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">University of California, Riverside
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">Office: 951 827-4808 | Cell: 805 264-7828<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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