Join us for 2025 AgriLife Connect!

"Trust is not a soft skill." - David Horsager

Join us at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center for a unique one-day experience where we can unite as an organization with a focus on building our connection through trust.

2025 AgriLife Connect features:

  • Special Guest Keynote Speaker David Horsager on "Trust Matters More than Ever: The Trust Building Tools You Didn't Know You Needed."

This impactful keynote will focus on how trust is the most critical—and endangered—resource in today’s world. Like water to a plant: without trust, cultures deteriorate, productivity fades, and impact is lost. While many recognize this growing trust deficit, few know how to rebuild it. 

In this brand-new keynote, global trust expert, David Horsager, draws from his decades of pioneering work and his new book, “Trust Matters More than Ever: 40 Proven Tools to Lead Better, Grow Faster & Build Trust Now!”

After an enlightening dive into the impact of trust on society, David equips audiences with real-life, actionable tools they can use immediately to restore and strengthen trust across teams, organizations, and every relationship.

 

  • Lunch and extended time to connect with colleagues across AgriLife
  • Messages from our Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, and Agency Directors
  • Celebration of the Vice Chancellor's Awards in Excellence
  • Reception

All employees of Texas A&M AgriLife, its agencies and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are invited and encouraged to attend.

To help us better plan, please take a moment to RSVP.

 

Speakers

Agenda

 

 

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

8:00 - 11:30 a.m.

Professional Headshots Available

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

Outside of the Frymire Auditorium

1002 George Bush Dr W, College Station, TX 77843

8:15 - 9:00 a.m. Coffee and light refreshments

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

 

Outside of the Frymire Auditorium

9:00 - 9:30 a.m.

Remarks

John Sharp

Chancellor of the Texas A&M University System

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

 

Frymire Auditorium

9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
 

Keynote: "Trust Matters More than Ever: The Trust Building Tools You Didn't Know You Needed"

David Horsager

Global Trust Expert

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

 

Frymire Auditorium

11:00 - 11:15 a.m.

Break

 

11:15 a.m. - noon

Remarks

Jeffrey Savell

Vice Chancellor and Dean for Agriculture and Life Sciences

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

 

Frymire Auditorium

Noon - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch | Meal Provided

George H.W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum

 

Marine One/4141 Locomotive Pavilion

 

1000 George Bush Dr W, College Station, TX 77845

1:30 - 2:15 p.m.

"Trust in AgriLife"| Impact Stories from Agency Leaders

Rick Avery

Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

Amy Swinford

Director, Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

 

Frymire Auditorium

2:15 - 2:30 p.m. Break  

2:30 - 3:15 p.m.

"Trust in AgriLife"| Impact Stories from Agency Leaders

Al Davis

Director, Texas A&M Forest Service

G. Cliff Lamb

Director, Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

 

Frymire Auditorium

3:15 - 3:30 p.m. Break  
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Vice Chancellor's Awards in Excellence

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center

 

Frymire Auditorium

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. Reception

Annenberg Presidential Conference Center


1011BC Banquet Room

Nearby Lodging Options

Note: Attendees are responsible for booking their own lodging.

 

Texas A&M Hotel and Conference Center

177 Joe Routt Blvd.

College Station, TX 77840

979-260-2235


Hilton Garden Inn

3081 University Dr. East

Bryan, TX 77802

979-703-7919


The Hilton College Station & Conference Center

801 University Dr. East

College Station, TX 77840

979-693-7500

 

The Stella Hotel

4100 Lake Atlas Drive

Bryan, TX 77807

979-421-4000

 

Holiday Inn Express

3041 Plaza Centre Court

Bryan, TX 77802

979-703-4774